Sharing literary gems from around the world
Thank you so much Charco Press for gifting me an early copy of Dead Girls by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott! I hope this book will make it on to reading lists far and wide, as it’s such a necessary piece of writing. It comes out on the 3rd September in the UK. The Book…
Another week of Women in Translation Month gone and more great books read! My TBR doesn’t seem to be shrinking any though, despite my best efforts, ha! Last week a few people told me they enjoyed seeing my diary-esque weekly reading wrap up, so I’m happy to provide another one. Let’s dive right in! Disclosure:…
Please note this article contains affiliate links. The novel Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes, has been making waves in literary spheres. In February, it was longlisted for the International Booker Prize, and then shortlisted in April. The judges will be announcing the winning book at the end of…
Can you believe the first week of August is gone already? I’m looking at my WIT Month TBR and it doesn’t seem to be getting any smaller. This is despite the fact I’ve read five books off it this week alone! But the beauty of WIT Month is that it can always be WIT Month…
I can’t help myself. There were just too many good books left out of my first post with recommendations for Women in Translation Month, part two was necessary! Before we dive in, I wanted to point you in the direction of two Instagram accounts that I love who read such an interesting array of translated…
As promised, here are some Women in Translation Month recommendations for next month! You’ve probably seen a lot of these on my feed in the last half a year, but I wanted to put them all in one place. I also wanted to include some great books I’ve read over the last few years. I…
August is Women in Translation Month, an exciting time to celebrate translations from women authors all over the world! This initiative was founded by Meytal Radzinski in 2014 and has been going strong ever since. The initiative has since expanded to include transgender, non-binary and intersex authors too. Obviously in an ideal world we’d all…
We all love getting lost in a big book, but recently I’ve come to appreciate the power of a shorter read. I think it takes a lot of skill to tell a good story in so few pages. So I’m always happy when an author manages to leave an impression on me with books you…
Thank you, Granta, for sending me an early copy of Earthlings by Sayaka Murata, tr. Ginny Tapley Takemori. I absolutely loved Convenience Store Woman in 2018, and I’m so excited to review this exciting upcoming translated title! The Book Natsuki has always suspected she’s different. She has a wand and a magic mirror, and she…
I’ve only had two encounters with Romanian fiction, both of which my friend Madalina from Instagram facilitated. The first one was The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller, tr. Michael Hoffman. According to my review from 2018, I enjoyed it but spent a lot of the book confused because my knowledge of Romanian history…
