New NYRB
The September 27th issue of the New York Review of Books is now online, and has some interesting articles, including a piece by Christian Caryl on Vladimir Sorokin’s Ice. Over at the Literary Saloon they point out that this issue—the “Fall Books Preview”—is surprisingly lacking in fiction ...
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One Way to Become Famous
Complete Review has a great summary of Canadian “author” Shahir Shahidsaless’s attempt to sue Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. A Canadian author sued Nobel Peace Prize winner and Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi Thursday, saying she reneged on getting a publisher for a book they had ...
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Rentrée Littéraire
For anyone interested in French literature, this is a special time of year. And as cited in Complete Review, here are three overview articles (sorry, all in French) of the 700+ titles about to drop: Le Figaro, Libération, and La République des Lettres. If you find any others of interest, please let us ...
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African Writing
Complete Review, which is active every day of the week, posted over the weekend about Afam Akeh and African Writing, the web magazine he’s editing. This is the first I’ve heard of African Writing, but I’m very impressed. There’s a lot of interesting content, including a list of 50 contemporary ...
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Congrats to the Literary Saloon
Turns out today is the Literary Saloon’s fifth anniversary. Congrats on your first 4,454
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The Literary Translation Situation in Brunei Darussalam
Michael at Complete Review has a great post this morning about the literary scene in Brunei Darussalam. Recently, there was a meeting of high ranking representatives to “express their concern over the future of the literature scenario in Brunei Darussalam.” They proposed for major works of local literary ...
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Aflame Books
Thanks to Complete Review for calling attention to Aflame Books, a new press in the UK dedicated to “Sharp writing from the warm world.” Aflame Books is an independent publisher based in the UK. It publishes, in English translation, works from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East; works whose brilliance ...
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