The Second Pass
A good friend of mine, and of Three Percent’s, has just launched an online literary magazine called The Second Pass. Unlike many of these sorts of ventures (ours included?), he appears to have a solid plan in place—and an an impressive list of contributors—and the site is already off and running, with a ...
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The Future of Calque
The rumor’s been floating out there for the past few months that the recent issue of Calque is also the final issue. As Steve and Brandon write on the Calque website this is “both true and not strictly accurate.” It’s true that the current format of the magazine is going to end, but Calque will live ...
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Indies Choice Book Awards
OK, so the finalists for the 2009 Indies Choice Awards have been announced. The awards—voted on by American Booksellers Association members, with the winners announced at BookExpo—cover seven categories: Best Indie Buzz Book (fiction), Best Conversation Starter (nonfiction), Best Author Discovery (debut), Best New ...
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Lance Fensterman on BEA's Future
Over at MediumAtLarge, Lance Fensterman has started a short series of posts entitled “Who Is BEA?” on what BookExpo America is and how it should evolve. Ultimately I believe the event’s success is measured by the demand and buzz publishers create for their book(s) and how meaningfully they impact the ...
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Two More Bolano Novels . . .
Big day for Roberto Bolano fans (and the Wylie Agency) . . . according to the Guardian, two more Bolano novels have been discovered among his papers. Oh, and a sixth part (!?!) to 2666. Two new novels by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño have reportedly been found in Spain among papers he left behind after his death. ...
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Manual Labor
Continuing my series of posts about the Salzburg Global Seminar on Translation (earlier posts available here) I wanted to share the most depressing study about translation I’ve ever heard about—the CEATL Survey of Translator Working Conditions. CEATL—the Conseil Européen des Associations de Traducteurs ...
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Obituary: Barbara Wright (1915-2009)
This is horrible news. From the Alma Books Bloggerel: John Calder called me this afternoon to give me the sad news of Barbara Wright’s death last night, after complications from a hip operation. Barbara was one of the greatest and most influential translators from the French, and was almost as instrumental as John ...
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