Syrian author Samar Yazbek will discuss her new novel, Planet of Clay, at the Edinburgh Book Festival on Tuesday 17 August. Planet of Clay, translated from the Arabic by Arabic by Leri Price will be published on 26 August. Samar is the acclaimed author of The...
Acclaimed author Amin Maalouf discusses his recent book Adrift with Margaret Heffernan at a special online event hosted by the Bristol Festival of Ideas. In the book Maalouf uses his own intellectual and political autobiography to trace how civilisations have drifted apart throughout the twentieth century. Monday...
It is with great sadness we announce the death of our author Paolo Maurensig, whose novels A Devil Comes to Town and Game of the Gods are published by World Editions, translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel. World Editions publisher Judith Uyterlinde says, ‘It...
Visit these great blogs for reviews of this German-language bestseller, translated by Sharmila Cohen ‘The High-Rise Diver is a chillingly beautiful dissection of perfected capitalism. Lucadou creates a horribly convincing world where every aspect of existence has been monetised. In a taut, delicate narrative an implacable and disinterested cruelty faces the...
Maryse Condé will be awarded the Prix Mondial Cino del Duca 2021 for her oeuvre. The Prix Mondial Cino del Duca is an international literary award intended to reward an author whose work, in either scientific or literary form, constitutes a message of modern humanism....
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]...