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Dutch tale of isolation and infidelity wins the Independent...

Posted 20 May 2013
1 comments IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner Gerbrand Bakker wins the £10,000 prize with latest novel The Detour. Dutch tale The Detour has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Independent... Read 'Dutch tale of isolation and infidelity...'
Banned Syrian novel makes prize longlist

Posted 2 March 2013
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 longlist is announced. Four from Harvill Secker, including Laurent Binet's HHhH, make list. Khaled Khalifa's In Praise of Hatred, banned... Read 'Banned Syrian novel makes prize longlist'
Pilot Readers' Project launches with world literature focus

Posted 4 February 2013
8 comments Booktrust is delighted to announce a pilot Readers' Project focusing on engagement with world literature, funded by the Free Word Strategic Commissioning Fund and the NALD Futures Fund (administered by... Read 'Pilot Readers' Project launches with world...'
Elif Shafak joins judging panel for Independent Foreign Fiction...

Posted 25 October 2012
Award-winning Turkish author Elif Shafak, whose novels have been translated into more than 30 languages, joins a prestigious panel of judges for the £10,000 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013. The... Read 'Elif Shafak joins judging panel for...'
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 launches

Posted 3 August 2012
We are now accepting entries from publishers, agents and authors for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013! The Independent Foreign Prize honours the best work of fiction by a living... Read 'Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013 launches'
Peirene does it

Posted 4 July 2012
Booktrust's Claire Shanahan heads to Peirene Press' very hip translated fiction literature salon. We were met at the door by a young blonde boy with an officious-looking clipboard and... Read 'Peirene does it '
Prizes round-up

Posted 7 June 2012
It's been a busy month for prizes announcements so we thought we would give you some of the highlights of the last few months: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize ... Read 'Prizes round-up '
80-year-old Israeli author wins Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for...

Posted 14 May 2012
Blooms of Darkness by Aharon Appelfeld has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012. Appelfeld and Jeffrey M Green, who translated the novel from the Hebrew into English, were each... Read '80-year-old Israeli author wins Independent Foreign...'