Back from Frankfurt: A Recap
Because I wrote for the Frankfurt Book Fair blog and newsletter, and because yes, I did stay out too late at the Frankfurter Hof and elsewhere, and because the Sportschule (a great place to stay, if not a bit Spartan) has some serious internet difficulties, I really didn’t have a chance to write my usual gossipy, ...
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The Jackal, Bolano, and the Sadness of Big Deals
I’m disappointed in myself for not having found out about this during the Frankfurt Book Fair, but Wylie is making a major play for Bolano, which means that Scott Moyers can now claim that he created Bolano. (Before this Bolano was a little known writer published by some small press like New Visions or whatever, but we, ...
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Bit More on Frankfurt
One of the coolest things that happened last night was when, in the middle of the Berlin Verlag party, everyone went dead silent to watch the announcement of the Booker Prize. (_The White Tiger_ by Aravind Adiga won.) For one thing, it was interesting to see people freaking out over a book award. Of course, people from ...
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Reporting from Frankfurt
OK, it’s technically only day one, but man, everyone already looks and seems exhausted. (The stress of the financial crisis? One too many at the Frankfurter Hof? All of the above?) I’m planning on posting more about the fair here later, but as I mentioned before, I’m also blogging for the English language ...
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This Thing Called Frankfurt
Another week, another excuse for the probably lack of posts after today. This afternoon I fly out to the Frankfurt Book Fair where I’ll mingle, chat, and drink with thousands of publishers, editors, agents, authors, etc. The fair is almost beyond description, and is indispensable for anyone interested in staying in ...
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Daniel Hahn on Translating
Daniel Hahn’s new blog at Booktrust’s Translated Fiction site is a pretty interesting experiment: About to embark on translating a fourth Agulausa book, Esta癟瓊o das Chuvas, Daniel has kindly agreed to write a diary about the process from start to finish, which will appear exclusively on this ...
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Metaphysics of Literary Production and the Death of Publishing
Richard Nash is teaching a class with the above title at Columbia this spring. Sounds really interesting: Forty years ago Roland Barthes announced the “Death of the Author,” yet not only are there more authors than ever, but more with more blogs, websites, and YouTube trailers. Now, it is the “Death of ...
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