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Biased and unprofessional reports on German books, translation issues and life in Berlin

Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Small Portions

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Two things from Germany for lovers of things in small packages: German publisher Voland & Quist has just launched an app that delivers...
Monday, 27 October 2014

Teresa Präauer: Johnny und Jean

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Imagine someone wrote a book in which they imagined they were a boy from the countryside who went to the second-bigges...
Wednesday, 22 October 2014

A Lovely, Lovely Poetry Translation Film

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I would have thought it might be impossible to make a film about something as intangible as poetry, and it might be boring to watch a film a...

Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize to Eleanor Collins

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I must apologize – I've known this for ages and keep forgetting to share. The Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize goes to a tran...
Thursday, 16 October 2014

New Competition for Emerging Non-Fiction Translators

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One of the hurdles for publishers wanting to bring out translated books in English, particularly in the non-fiction sector, is finding someo...
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Monday, 13 October 2014

Book Fair Prize Roundup

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Frankfurt has a whole lotta prizes going on, and here are a few of them: The Hotlist 2014 prize for indie publishers went to Lars Müller ...
Sunday, 12 October 2014

A Thing I Hated at the Book Fair

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You're at the Frankfurter Hof. The entire front garden and lobby of this large hotel are seething with publishers, scouts, agents and ed...
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