This year Tony and I have brought together the biggest shadow jury . But a truly global jury for a prize for world fiction . We have bloggers from the US , UK , France ,India and Australia .I feel we will really get the IFFP noticed around the world .
Chairman Stu blogger at winstonsdad , champion of translated fiction and starter of this shadow IFFp prize bringing the world of fiction to the readers so far 500 books from a 100 countries .Also twitter fan at @stujallen started hashtag #translationthurs to promote translated fiction . By day a support worker working with people with learning disabilties for the last twenty years .
Tony Malone is an Englishman based in Melbourne who teaches English as a second language to prospective university students .He is interested in foreign languages and literature , focusing in particular on German , Japanese and Korean . He blogs about literary fiction in translation at Tony’s reading list and can be found on twitter at @tony_malone .
Joe Schreiber was born in the US, but has lived most of his life in or near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He would really welcome a change should his adult children ever leave the nest. Presently on leave from a career in human services, he is finding more time for reading and writing. He has had a long standing interest in international literature, both in English and in translation, primarily from Europe and Africa. He blogs at https://roughghosts.wordpress.com/ and is learning to use Twitter at@roughghosts
Messy Tony backs up for his second IFFP Shadow Jury and having a long history of charitable work with other cultures he’s recently been a convert to learning about the many varied cultures through the literary eye. Blogger for Messenger’s Booker, Tony has been known to decline romantic dinner dates for a thick book and a blanket. Being an occasional Central Australian desert dweller, a good book helps with the isolation (maybe there’s a book in that???) tweets at @messy_tony
Emma Cazabonne is French and has been living in the US for 15 years. After university studies focusing on foreign languages, she has been an English-French translator for about 25 years. She is currently translating into French novels by Tanya Anne Crossby. She is also an online French tutor and the owner and sole operator of the virtual book tour company France Book Tours. She blogs at Words And Peace. She is especially interested in books in French as well as translated from the French and the Japanese. She can be found on Twitter @wordsandpeace
Chelsea McGill is an American living in Kolkata, India who recently got married and finished a Master’s degree from the University of Chicago. She is interested in the anthropological and psychological aspects of international literature. She blogs at The Globally Curious and tweets from @chelsea_mcgill4.
Julianne Pachico was born in Cambridge, grew up in Colombia and now lives in Norwich, where she is completing her PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia. She is working on a linked collection of short stories and blogs at never-stop-reading.com. Twitter: @juliannepachico
Clare started blogging at A Little Blog of Books three years ago. When she’s not doing her day job in London, she blogs mostly about contemporary literary fiction and particularly enjoys reading books by French and Japanese authors. Twitter: @littleblogbooks
David Hebblethwaite was born in the north of England and now lives in the south with a lot of books. He’s trying to read more from around the world, and to work out exactly how and why his reading tastes have changed recently. He blogs his thoughts at David’s Book World, and tweets as @David_Heb.
Grant Rintoul teaches English in Scotland, where, amid towering piles of marking and bringing up two children, he somehow still manages to find the time to read. He blogs at https://1streading.wordpress.com/ attempting to keep his English language reviews proportionate to those from the rest of the world. You can follow him on Twitter@grantrintoul where, among all the literary links, he will occasionally irritate you with obscure references to Scottish politics.
Nice to hear the ‘real life story’ behind some of my favourite blogging names. You have a great team there! Look forward to hearing your comments and decisions.
Thanks looking forward to our choices and the reviews we can make for the prize
How exciting ….and what an ilustrious panel . Good luck all and I look forward to reading the reviews.
Thanks yes we’ve gone global this year
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Yes, we’re back – and bigger than ever 🙂
Good stuff. Now all we need is the book list and I will be barracking from the sidelines.
Yes just 24 hours to wait
I’ll be cheering you on from the sidelines! Looking forward to following your reviews.
Thanks Stu – really looking forward to it! Does anyone know what time the longlist is coming out tomorrow?
No asked on twitter yesterday but no reply
Stu, is it Thursday yet? I can’t wait to see the long list for the IFFP and begin reading it! So wonderful to be on the Shadow Jury with you and the others. I’m really looking forward to our wonderful adventure and worthy winner (says us!).
No still weds here looking forward to joining in with every one again
So excited! It will be midnight by 6:00 PM here and I have a tendency to stay up intil 2:00 or 3:00 AM so I sure hope the news is out before I go to sleep! Looking forward to getting to know new booklovers along the way!
Me too looking forward to hearing every ones opinions about the books
Will clap & cheer from the cheap seats.
Thanks Gary
Stu, the link to my blog is not correct. Could you change it to dolcebellezza.net? Thanks, Bellezza
Will do
Sort now I hope
Very much looking forward to this. It has been particularly unbearable waiting for the list this year!
Wow, what an impressive panel. I’m looking forward to reading all of your reviews.
Thanks
thanks Stu, nice to meet the other members. I believe this is the 2015 IFFP, not 2014
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So excited to be part of the shadow Panel for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015. Just bogged my library to get several books from it! So be prepared to hear a lot about translated fiction
Can’t wait to get started!
A great line up of books and a fabulous shadow jury Stu and team, can’t wait to watch the action! Bonne Courage tous!