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Quesadillas – Juan Pablo Villalobos in Norwich

Posted on September 5, 2013 by forwardtranslations

Excitement abounded on Tuesday evening when my friend Sarah and I headed into Norwich Waterstones to hear Juan Pablo Villalobos and translator Rosalind Harvey reading from Quesadillas, his new novel just published by And Other Stories, at an event put … Continue reading →

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The House of Impossible Loves – Q&A with Translator Lisa Carter

Posted on August 15, 2013 by forwardtranslations

I’m always keen to find new ways of promoting translated literature so when I saw that translator Lisa Carter was hosting a virtual literary salon to mark the launch of her latest publication, I was intrigued. Unfortunately, real life intervened … Continue reading →

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Down the Rabbit Hole – Juan Pablo Villalobos

Posted on July 26, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Down the Rabbit Hole  made a bit of a splash on publication – innovative publisher And Other Stories’ first book, it was immediately shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize – so it had been … Continue reading →

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