Coverage of the Guadalajara Book Fair
Still wish I had the money/time to attend the ongoing Guadalajara Book Fair, but instead, the coverage at Hermano Cerdo will have to suffice. They’re posting day-by-day rundowns of events, observations, etc., complete with great pictures. Definitely worth checking out—especially if you read Spanish. ...
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Saugestad lecture on Knut Hamsun
Where: Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Avenue [at 40th Street], NY, NY November 30th at 6.30 pm. Join a discussion of how Knut Hamsun’s early novels have inspired and influenced a series of modernist authors such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, James Joyce and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Lecture by Frode Saugestad ...
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TLS Best Books of the Year
Always a big fan of TLS‘s best books of the year feature in which they ask authors to talk about the best books they read over the past year. Even cooler when an Open Letter title is included . . . (And we’re 2 for 2! Last year, The Pets by Bragi Olafsson was selected.) Ali Smith The final parts of two ...
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A Holiday Present for Bolano Fans
I know I’m late to the game on this, but last month Melville House published Roberto Bolano: The Last Interview & Other Conversations featuring a conversation with journalist Monica Maristain—which turned out to be Bolano’s best—along with a collection of conversations with other Latin American ...
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2 for $22 is ending . . .
Our 2 for $22 deal (pick 2 Open Letter books for $22 flat, and you’re automatically entered to win a year of free books) is coming to a close, so if you haven’t checked it out—or did and were planning to order later—now is the time . . ...
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International Authors at the ADIBF
One of the coolest bookfairs to attend is the Abu Dhabit International Book Fair. It’s the coolest in part for the setting (who doesn’t want to visit Abu Dhabi and neighboring Dubai?), in part for the chance to learn a ton about the Arab publishing world, in part for the great programming, and in part because Irum ...
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Making the Publisher Visible
Well. Sometime over the past couple days, ALTA posted pictures of a number of people who attended the conference. (A lot of these are the same photos we’re planning on using for the Making the Translator Visible series, so you can kind of get a sneak preview of sorts.) That’s all fine and good. But what’s ...
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