Jo Nesbo Launch Party
Where: Idlewild Books, 12 W. 19th St., New York, NY The U.S. launch event for the Norwegian noir master’s latest novel, The Devil’s ...
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Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Longlist
So, even though we’re in danger right now of becoming a blog that only writes about book prizes (or maybe I’m only feeling that way because the Best Translated Book Award has been on my mind for so long), we would be remiss if we didn’t make mention of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize ...
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Book Presentation: The Museum of Eterna's Novel
Where: Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY The Society and Open Letter are pleased to celebrate the publication of “the best novel since both it and the world began,” as Macedonio Fernández (1874-1956) himself described his masterwork, which was first published posthumously in 1967 and, with this 2009 ...
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"The Greatest Event Since It and the World Began"
So now that the Best Translated Book Awards are over, I can fully concentrate on the next event—one for Macedonio Fernandez’s The Museum of Eterna’s Novel (The First Good Novel) that is taking place tonight at the Americas Society tonight at 7pm. Our cheeky title for this event comes from Macedonio ...
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Best Translated Book Award Ceremony
Where: Idlewild Books, 12 West 19th Street, New York, NY The winners of the 2010 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction and Poetry will be ...
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European Book Club Breakfast
Where: Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, 573-577 3rd Avenue (at 38th Street), New York, NY Join the European Book Club partners for a special breakfast on March 10 to learn more about this cross-country collaboration project dedicated to promoting contemporary European literature among NYC readers. The event will ...
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LIT&LUNCH: Alison Anderson on JMG Le Clézio and Muriel Barbery
Where: 111 Minna St (Minna @ 2nd), San Francisco, CA Literary translation is often a job with little renown and few financial rewards, but translator Alison Anderson managed to strike it big twice in 2008: the French author JMG Le Clézio, whose novels Anderson has translated, received the Nobel Prize for literature, and ...
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