St. Andrew's Day 2020
My St. Andrew's Day recommendation: Pine by Francine Toon
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Aug 8, 2020
Unsafe Distancing - A Journal of the Pandemic V
Part V of Gabriela Ruivo Trindade's pandemic journal. In my translation.
Aug 3, 2020
Review: Many People Die Like You
Review of 'Many People Die Like You' by Lina Wolff (tr. Saskia Vogel).
Jul 30, 2020
Unsafe Distancing - A Journal of the Pandemic IV
Part IV of Gabriela Ruivo Trindade's Pandemic Journal. In my translation.
Jul 29, 2020
Unsafe Distancing - A Journal of the Pandemic III
Part III of Gabriela Ruivo Trindade's Pandemic Journal. In my translation.
Jul 24, 2020
Unsafe Distancing - A Journal of the Pandemic II
Part II of Gabriela Ruivo Trindade's Pandemic Journal. In my translation.
Jul 21, 2020
Unsafe Distancing - A Journal of the Pandemic
This is the first of a series of pieces written earlier in the pandemic by Gabriela Ruivo Trindade. They appear here in my translation.
May 21, 2020
Review: Resist
History-into-fiction. Stories of uprising, protest and resistance from across British history.
Apr 21, 2020
Confinement Travel Agency: Part 3
Part 3 of 3 in this series. Stay at home, travel by book.
Apr 12, 2020
Confinement Travel Agency: Part 2
Part 2 of 3 in this series. Physical confinement can't stop us from travelling by book.
Apr 6, 2020
Confinement Travel Agency: Part 1
We may not be able to travel further than the supermarket, but we can still read books from other countries...
Mar 5, 2020
Review: Europa28
Review of Europa28 from Comma Press. 28 women writers on the future of Europe.
Nov 14, 2019
Review: The Valley at the Centre of the World by Malachy Tallack
Review of 'The Valley at the Centre of the World', the excellent debut novel from Malachy Tallack.
Sep 30, 2019
Review: A Matter of Interpretation by Elizabeth Mac Donald
The curious life of 13th century monk Michael Scot is reimagined. Much is at stake as his translations seek to recover lost knowledge.
Aug 24, 2019
Review: Las Cenizas del Comal by Francisco Martínez Criado
This remarkable and revelatory book does rather a lot in its circa 200 pages. It is the autobiographical experience of a Spaniard working...
Aug 1, 2019
My #WITMonth Recommendations
With the arrival of August comes the beginning of Women in Translation Month, dedicated to celebrating, promoting and reading women in...
Jul 24, 2019
To Singapore, with books!
Recently I was fortunate enough to be in Singapore for the third time in less than two years and on this most recent trip I decided it...
May 14, 2019
One novel, many voices: Uma Outra Voz by Gabriela Ruivo Trindade
Uma Outra Voz is a novel of many voices. Distinct, individual and standalone yet interconnected. It is inspired by a real family history...
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