Tag Archives: travel

The Orenda Roadshow – Nordic Authors and the Beast from the East

Posted on March 4, 2018 by forwardtranslations

It’s been a bit nippy in the last week, if you hadn’t noticed… Obviously, this had to be the week of the Orenda Roadshow – a large gaggle of brilliant authors from the UK and Europe travelling from Aberdeen to … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Around the World with Mouk

Posted on June 12, 2014 by forwardtranslations

A guest post by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, originally posted on Babel Babies: Last year some friends came to stay and we were very impressed with 7-year-old Alethea’s bedtime book, Around the World with Mouk by Marc Boutavant and translated by … 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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