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A new work from Turkmenistan
People often ask me about the unpublished manuscripts I encountered during my 2012 quest to read a book from every country in the world. Have they been picked up by publishers? Are they available for...
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Book of the month: Shehan Karunatilaka
A few weeks ago, Mohammed left a comment on this site: ‘Ann after these long years did you finish reading all the list?’ He was referring to the lengthy collection of alternative recommendations I...
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Book of the month: Guzel Yakhina
A little while ago, I was contacted by Anna, a teacher at Go-English language school in Blagoveshchensk city on the border with China in far east Russia – in fact, she tells me, you can see China just...
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Book of the month: Duong Thu Huong
It’s always a pleasure to hear from other literary explorers. Reading the world is such an enriching and mind-expanding experience that I’m keen for as many people to do it as possible. Among the...
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Book of the month: Narine Abgaryan
© Diego Delso / CC BY-SA This Women in Translation Month, it’s great to be able to feature a female-authored novel from a country that had almost nothing available in English translation when I...
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Book of the month: Kyung-Sook Shin
My featured read from April sparked an interesting discovery. Shortly after starting it, I found myself brought up short by something on the page: a section of dialogue featuring the response, ‘…’. I...
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Book of the month: Shuang Xuetao
Back in 2013, when I was researching Reading the World: How I Read a Book from Every Country (new edition out in September), I was fortunate to speak to many translators and other literature experts...
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Book of the month: Maggie Shen King
A few months ago, to celebrate the publication of the new UK edition of Reading the World: How I Read a Book from Every Country, I ran a giveaway. The terms of entry were simple: all those who wanted...
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Book of the month: Wu Cheng’en (probably)
‘Must dash, about to be reincarnated.’ As a reader, there are few things more discombobulating than stumbling across a classic you’ve never heard of. If you fancy yourself well read, you tend to...
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Book of the month: Perumal Murugan
For the past three years, I’ve had the privilege of holding the role of Literary Explorer in Residence at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. This sees me co-curating and participating in a range of...
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