The 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist has been announced, revealing a globe-spanning selection of sixteen translated titles which will be vying for this year's top prize of £10,000, which is uniquely shared equally between author and … [Read more...]
Forethoughts: Oh Sweden! Oh Israel! by Stephan Mendel-Enk
February 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
Outside of literature I have a profound interest in religion. I may be an atheist myself but religion has long fascinated me. My main interest lies in the Islamic and Judaic religions and their associated histories and architecture, but I'm also … [Read more...]
Laszlo Krasznahorkai giveaway: And the lucky winners are…
August 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
It's an historic day today at EdBookfest as Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai takes to the stage with the Argentinian Carlos Gamerro. And László's appearance signals the end of my giveaway competition, in which two lucky readers will each win … [Read more...]
Laurent Binet Giveaway: And the winners are…..
August 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
With Laurent Binet appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival today, it's time to reveal the winners of my giveaway competition, in which two lucky readers will each win a personally signed copy of Binet's extraordinary debut novel, … [Read more...]
EdBookFest Giveaway: Win one of two PERSONALLY SIGNED copies of Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s SATANTANGO
August 15, 2012 By 16 Comments
This is the second of my translated fiction giveaways, and what an absolute cracker it is. Sátántango is considered to be one of the masterpieces of post-war Hungarian literature. It was published in Hungary in 1985, and after a twenty seven year … [Read more...]
EdBookFest Giveaway: Win one of two PERSONALLY SIGNED copies of Laurent Binet’s HHhH
August 15, 2012 By 19 Comments
To mark Laurent Binet's appearance at this year's EdBookFest, the kind souls at Harvil Secker have given me two copies of the French author's extraordinary debut novel HHhH to give away. I had hoped to post my own review of the novel prior to … [Read more...]
Aharon Appelfeld wins Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012
May 15, 2012 By 3 Comments
The winner of this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was announced last night as Aharon Appelfeld, with his Holocaust novel, Blooms of Darkness (Alma Books); translated from the Hebrew by Jeffrey M. Green. Appelfeld's novel, which is based … [Read more...]
Sjón chosen as winner of 2012 ‘Shadow’ Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
May 13, 2012 By 13 Comments
If you've been following RobAroundBooks these past few weeks then you will know that I, along with others (details below), have been 'shadow judging' this year's official Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. We read, reviewed and mulled over the … [Read more...]
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 shortlist
April 12, 2012 By 5 Comments
The shortlist for this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was published this morning, revealing a final line up of six titles which span two centuries of history, and a geography that reaches from Iceland through western Europe, all the way to … [Read more...]
‘Shadow’ Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 shortlist revealed
April 11, 2012 By 2 Comments
If you've been following my activities over the past month or so (both here, and on Twitter), then you'll know that I've been busying myself with serving on a 'shadow jury' for this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The brain child of … [Read more...]