Well had a great week with BBAW posts ,I have loved find some new blogs ,well all that has left news low on the ground but have a couple of piece .
news –
All you bloggers on twitter ,should follow @peirenevoices the second feed from peierne press ,this has been having their writers and translators on-line answering question .I managed to ask F C Delius a couple one was what other german writers he enjoyed he said “death in Rome by Wolfgang Koeppen and the books of Alfred Doblin ,so follow them and get chance to meet their great writers and translators !
The second bit of news is that next year the polish book institution has set up as site to celebrate the 100th year of Czeslaw Milosz birth with a website and a number of festivals and events in his honour ,he is considered one of Poland’s greatest writers and won the Nobel in 1980 a poet ,prose and novelist ,I have his the land of ulro to read so will be next year here is a link to the site which is english ,lets hope this makes some nis books available in english again there are a few from Penguin already .
BOOK NEWS –
I received a copy of the new war and peace translation from the OUP this week ready for the read along in January .shall be posting in next few months more info on times and length of readalong etc etc .
Also going to host an around the world reading Challenge in 2011 ,I have my own around in 52 books challenge but ,want make a challenge for other people Know there is a couple of them running this year ,I want to make a fun ,simple challenge watch this blogger for more news ……….
I love the idea of the round the world challenge in 2011 – looking forward to details on that 🙂
looking forward to it my self Boof
Mmm, I like coffee and muffins! It’s homely, like my “Claire’s Corner”.
Loving the around the world challenge idea. I’m reading Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow just now and have the Finnish book Purge by Sofi Oksanen and want to branch out to read more European literature especially.
Forgive me if I have asked you this before (I know I recently asked you about The Book of Chameleons) but have you read The Blue Fox by Sjón? I love being able to recommend books in translation but you are so well-read in them!
I ve not read blue fox saw it at library not long after it came out and had got my quota and said I ll get that next time but every time I go it seems to be out ,really must read it know so many people have enjoyed it ,all the best stu
Stu, I know I’m behind a couple of weeks with the Don Quixote but I’m still looking forward to the War and Peace next year. I can’t start Anna Karenina without it. :p
me too rise I ve want to read war and peace for years and been scared ,think will be less pages a week than the Don has been ,as 92 seem to be a lot every week I ve struggle some weeks ,all the best stu
That sounds like a wonderful challenge! I had been considering something similar, but I’m glad to just join in on whatever you come up with 🙂
any help most welcome Iris ,all the best stu
looking for more challenges, will be interested to see how this one unfolds.
more info tomorrow ,all the best stu
I have always wanted to do the around the world thing, but I don’t think I am up for it next year. Can I hop in and out depending at what point you are in the world?
War and peace in January… wow.. this is so tempting..
be info tomoorow as a help ,all the best stu