Time does not travel in a straight line in Sara Mesa’s masterful new novel (in masterful English translation by Katie Whittemore). Yes, we begin shortly after Martina – niece t
Without Waking Up by Austrian writer Carolina Schutti and translated by Deirdre McMahon was the second title to be published by the Irish indie Bullaun Press, the only press in Ire
I really enjoyed Sara Mesa’s short story collection Mala Letra (Bad Handwriting), so was delighted to find that Peirene Press are now publishing her novel Un Amor in English tran
The conquest of Mexico is over, and Juan de Toñanes is just one of the many inglorious soldiers living a small existence on the land he helped conquer. When he receives one last m
The Cádiz coast, southern Spain. As I write these lines, the winter solstice is just a few hours away. Mist hangs around throughout the morning, but by midday there is warm and co
The Streets of Gabriel Aresti In the city where I live and write, there was a poet named Gabriel Aresti. In one of his poems, he beseeched: God forbid they put my name on a street
Katie Whittemore: I’m so glad you all agreed to have this conversation. This is the first time The Riveter has been dedicated to writing from Spain, and we’re excited to bring
Katie Whittemore: First could you talk about Open Letter and Dalkey Archive and your role with both presses? Chad Post: Sure thing. I started in publishing in 2000 with a ‘fellow
In October 2022, Spain was Guest of Honour at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, thirty-one years after it was previously awarded the role in 1991. The 2022 theme was Creatividad desbordan
