Books
Peter Lownds explains how and why he translated a recent Brazilian novel
June 27, 2022International Publishers has just released Never-Ending Youth, a recent novel by Northeast Brazilian writer Urariano Mota, in Peter Lownds’s translation.
Read moreTeachers battle white supremacist crusade to ban books from libraries
May 20, 2022American Federation of Teachers co-leads a broad coalition to stop right-wingers from purging books from the shelves in libraries and schools.
Read moreWomen achieve their hard-won agency: Two popular books in review
May 4, 2022Two highly popular novels are under review here, written by women and featuring heroines who overcome a great deal of male chauvinism to come into their own agency.
Read moreLost people, spaces and places: The 2022 crime novel
April 12, 2022One of the largest international crime writing festivals in the world, the Quais du Polar, just closed in Lyon.
Read more‘Ballad of an American: The Autobiography of Earl Robinson’ back in print
March 18, 2022Ballad of an American: The Autobiography of Earl Robinson has just been reissued in a new paperback edition.
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