Sharing literary gems from around the world
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…
Many thanks to Faber & Faber for sending me a free advanced copy of The Discomfort of Evening to review. This has not affected my opinion in any way. Overview Although I said ‘thank you’ to Faber & Faber, I’m not really sure that’s the right word! The Discomfort of Evening is without a doubt…
My thanks to the team at the International Booker Prize for gifting me the full longlist, including The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, to read and review! This has not affected my opinions in any way. ‘Or if just once they were to watch and understand the blooming of a flower or birth of a…
I’ve always had a passion for translation, but my translated fiction stats haven’t always reflected that. Translation was my favourite activity during language lessons at school, all the way through to university where I studied French and Italian. Forget oral classes, give me a dictionary and let me transform a text from one language into…
Thank you to the publisher for gifting me a copy of The Eighth Life (for Brilka) in exchange for an honest review. Overview Okay so. OKAY SO. This book. I’m going to need you all to put aside any qualms you might have about its 930 pages and just DIVE RIGHT IN to this beautiful,…
