Translated from Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner (MacLehose Press, 2021) Buckle up and brace yourself, because The Antarctica of Love is an excellent book, but a…
Les Fugitives, 2021 No. 91/92: notes on a Parisian commute is the first book Les Fugitives have released that wasn’t originally written in French. It…
August has come and gone, and with it another Women in Translation month. Instigated by Meytal Radzinski in 2014 to encourage more people to read…
Translated from Spanish (Argentina) by Frances Riddle (Charco Press, 2021) This is the Charco book I was most looking forward to this year (and, if…
Translated from French by Mark Hutchinson (Les Fugitives, 2021) After publishing the uniquely provocative exploration of unconventional sexuality The Governesses in 2019, Les Fugitives return…
Translated from Bengali by Nandana Dev Sen (Archipelago Books, 2021) Acrobat is a collection by Bengali poet Nabaneeta Dev Sen, some translated by the poet…
Europa Editions, 2021 First of all, subscribers might have noticed that the blog posts have been coming less frequently lately, and I’m sorry for this.…
I was so happy to be invited back to speak at the Gŵyl Haf literary festival this year. First organised by Caitlin Van Buren in…
Translated from Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd (Picador Books, 2021) Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs (also translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd…
Translated from Dutch by Antoinette Fawcett (Saraband Books, 2021) I’m going to go out on a limb straight away, and declare this one of my…