Tag Archives: Laura Watkinson

And the 2015 Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation Goes to…

Posted on January 21, 2015 by forwardtranslations

The Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation 2015 was presented yesterday evening at the English Speaking Union in London. It was particularly exciting for me to be invited to the presentation because this time round I knew two people … Continue reading →

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Roads to Berlin – A book of two halves

Posted on February 3, 2014 by forwardtranslations

Dutch author Cees Nootemboom has been travelling to and occasionally living in Berlin since 1963. He was there in 1989 for the fall of the Wall and the events leading up to it, and he travelled back to Germany on … Continue reading →

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