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Stu Allen's favourite books in translation of the year
Posted 12 December 2012 We asked translated fiction expert and book blogger over at Winston's Dad , Stu J Allen, to tell us about his favourite translated fiction books of the year. Read 'Stu Allen's favourite books in translation...' -
Dark times
Posted 24 July 2012 Jethro Soutar reports from Noir Week in Gijón, Spain. Read 'Dark times ' -
Mark Stanisforth on the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shadow...
Posted 19 April 2012 This year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist presented our 'Shadow' judging team with an unusually strenuous task. With three of the fifteen choices weighing in at well over six hundred... Read 'Mark Stanisforth on the Independent Foreign...' -
Happiness is a Watermelon on Your Head
Posted 13 April 2012 Writer, editor and translator Daniel Hahn tells us about how he came to write his first children's picture book Read 'Happiness is a Watermelon on Your...' -
Stu J Allen: 'I've heard of Nigel Kennedy but...
Posted 29 March 2012 When you say the Four Seasons to most people, they'll mention more than likely it is by Vivaldi and more than likely Nigel Kennedy's 1989 recording of it. Kennedy brought... Read 'Stu J Allen: 'I've heard of...' -
Claire Shanahan on The Sebald Lecture/Claire Tomalin
Posted 21 February 2012 I've been lucky enough to attend two great events the last two Monday nights; braving the cold weather and fighting my natural tendency to hibernate at the start of the... Read 'Claire Shanahan on The Sebald Lecture/Claire...' -
Emily Boyce: Belgravia Books
Posted 17 October 2011 Gallic Books has been publishing the best of contemporary French fiction in English for the past five years. This month, the Gallic team upped sticks to open a bookshop, Belgravia... Read 'Emily Boyce: Belgravia Books ' -
Stuart Allen on the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize winner
Posted 7 July 2011 My day at the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize started on a damp day in Derbyshire as I made my way to the station, so two hours later I arrived in... Read 'Stuart Allen on the Independent Foreign...' -
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...' -
Robert Burdock on the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist
Posted 13 April 2011 In celebration of this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, we thought it'd be nice to hear from the best bloggers and twitterers of literature in translation (aside from our own... Read 'Robert Burdock on the Independent Foreign...'
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