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...
The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana by Maryse Condé, and translated by Richard Philcox, is a finalist for the Caribbean Readers' Awards in the Translated Work category! Vote for this title now through 31 December by clicking here! Image from Rebel Women Lit...
One of the world’s most generous international literary prizes, 50,000 Swiss francs (£41,400) recognizes world literature Mia Couto has been awarded the 2020 Jan Michalski Prize for literature for his trilogy As areias do imperador (Editorial Caminho, 2015-2017), translated into English by David Brookshaw and published...
World Editions author Amin Maalouf will take part in a unique event with Karen Armstrong, and Complicité Theatre’s Artistic Director, Simon McBurney. In a conversation hosted by Esther Woolfson they will discuss stories: why we tell them, what they do, and, in particular, the story...