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…
Hello and welcome to my July wrap up. I read a lot this month. I read a lot every month, but this month I was not in the best place in terms of my mental health and so I sought solace in my books more than ever. This meant that sometimes I was avoiding talking…
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…
Welcome to my July audiobook round-up! I’ve had one of my most productive audiobook months yet, a combination of compelling choices and a lot of new cross stitch projects. I’ve also read an extraordinary amount of non-fiction this month, with most of them as audiobooks! It is so satisfying to learn while doing something basic…
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…
Not so long ago, Libro.fm asked if I wanted to become an affiliate for them, complete with Libro.fm promo code, and I jumped at the chance! I was not in any way required or asked to write a blog post about them, but I wanted to. This post can act as a resource for anyone…
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…
