Blog: June 2011
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The perils (and joys) of History: Daniel Kehlmann in...
Posted 30 June 2011 On the last day of the London Review's World Literature Weekend, a press of sticky, gasping booklovers file out of the sultry weather and cram themselves into the London Review... Read 'The perils (and joys) of History:...' -
Poets and politics at World Literature Weekend
Posted 23 June 2011 A little while ago the London Review of Books bookshop came up with a very good idea: why not create a new literary festival dedicated to international fiction? So, in... Read 'Poets and politics at World Literature...' -
A charming Peruvian author and a celebrity translator
Posted 14 June 2011 It’s a bit of a distant blur now, but the highlight of my last couple of weeks is definitely still the extravaganza that was the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize party... Read 'A charming Peruvian author and a...' -
The Great London Book Group on Translated Fiction
Posted 3 June 2011 The Reading Agency ran a competition offering one reading group the chance to attend the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize awards ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London... Read 'The Great London Book Group on...'







