Following its successful launch, the EBRD Literature Prize will travel to the famous Hay Festival of Literature & Arts in Wales next week. The Turkish author Burhan Sönmez and
The prize was launched in 2017 by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in partnership with the British Council and the London Book Fair. The three shortlisted title
Novels in English translation by Boris Akunin (Russia), Daša Drndić (Croatia) and Burhan Sönmez (Turkey) up for €20,000 prize – winner announced 10 April 2018. Three nov
The first EBRD Literature Prize, launched in 2017 by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in partnership with the British Council and the London Book Fair, announce
Burhan Sönmez’ latest novel Istanbul Istanbul is set in a cramped two-by-one-metre prison cell beneath the teeming city, where a student, a doctor, a barber and a frail activist
Tuesday 22 November, 7 pm at Waterstones – Piccadilly Amid political volatility, Turkish literature is key to understanding the country’s past, present and future. Join us
Kate Mosse launches European Literature Night 2016 (read in The Guardian) featuring authors Alek Popov, Gabriela Babnik, Jaap Robben, Peter Verhelst, Burhan Sönmez and Dorthe N
A brief synopsis of Istanbul Istanbul, Turkish writer Burhan Sönmez’s third novel, suggests a book about claustrophobia, terror and pain. Four men are confined in a windowless c
The centrepiece of the Festival, the Writers’ Showcase follows a day of talks and translation clinics at the British Library, with novelist and playwright Kate Mosse to deliver a
In a session that brings together ELN writers Burhan Sӧnmez (Turkey), Gabriela Babnik (Slovenia) and Jaap Robben (Netherlands), Fiona Doloughan (Senior Lecturer in English, Open U
