We’re delighted to announce that Jaap Robben’s Summer Brother, translated from the Dutch by David Doherty, is on the longlist for one of the world’s most prestigious awards: The International Booker Prize 2021. The Prize is awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and...
Amin Maalouf and Marina Warner in conversation at the Royal Society of Literature, 31 March, 6.30-7.30 pm BST In Association with the Sheikh Zayed Book Award President of the Royal Society of Literature, Marina Warner, is joined in conversation by French-Lebanese author Amin Maalouf. Their conversation, streamed...
To mark the launch of THE DUTCH RIVETER Riveting new writing from the Netherlands World Editions author Jaap Robben will be joining Karin Amatmoekrim, Simone Atangana Bekono and the great translator Sam Garrett, in a special event chaired by Rosie Goldsmith. Over the past decade several Dutch...
World Editions are reissuing Carol Shields’ novels in stunning new covers and a foreword by Margaret Atwood. The Republic Of Love won the Pulitzer Prize, and is a celebration of love in its many guises. The Guardian wrote, The Republic of Love is a hymn to the pleasures and...
Amin Maalouf’s new novel, The Disoriented, translated into English by Frank Wynne, was reviewed in the Guardian and the Herald this weekend. You can read leading author and critic Maya Jaggi’s review here [link]...
On Friday, 5 February at noon Eastern (5 pm UK time), Adeline Dieudonné, considered one of the Francophone world’s most promising emerging voices, talks with Heather O'Neill (The Girl Who Was Saturday Night) about her debut novel, Real Life. Adeline Dieudonné’s first novel, Real Life, was a literary...
On Wednesday, 3 February, at 7 pm Eastern (midnight UK time), Pilar Quintana talks with poet and translator Beatriz Hausner about her novel, The Bitch, and the subversive act of writing about the dark side of nature. Set on Colombia’s rugged Pacific coast, Pilar Quintana’s The Bitch explores...
World Editions publisher Judith Uyterlinde will join Andrea Pasion-Flores (Milflores Publishing), Anna Soler-Pont (Pontas Literary and Film Agency), Jérôme Bouchaud (Astier-Pécher Literary and Film Agency), and John McGlynn (The Lontar Foundation) for a panel discussion on the risks and rewards of publishing literature in translation. The...
Italian author Paolo Maurensig’s new novel, Game of the Gods, is published in English translation this month. Based on the true story of Indian chess master Malik Mir Sultan Khan, it’s a gripping story of colonialism, war, betrayal, karma and destiny – and chess. Do visit these...
Maryse Condé’s new book, Waiting for the Waters To Rise will be published in Richard Philcox’s English translation in August by World Editions. It’s already been selected as a highlight in the Guardian’s 2021 literary calendar, described as ‘a love letter to the Caribbean’. https://tinyurl.com/y9nhz4ja You can...