Messengers Booker (and more)

What started as a blog looking at Booker Prize Shortlisted novels since 1969, has morphed into a search for the best writing from the whole planet. Books listed for Awards of various descriptions a forte but not a prerequisite.

Sunday, 21 August 2016

Ten Women - Marcela Serrano (translated by Beth Fowler)

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Throughout my literary journey, which has lasted publicly for five years here on my blog, I have explored a number of literary styles. An...
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Saturday, 20 August 2016

Umami - Laia Jufresa (translated by Sophie Hughes)

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Three in a row of Mexican women’s writing, with today’s review being the recently released “Umami” by Laia Jufresa (some places have this...
Monday, 15 August 2016

Natural Histories - Guadalupe Nettel (translated by J.T. Lichenstein)

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I have been involved in Women In Translation Month since its inception three years ago and each year I plan ahead my potential reading titl...
Monday, 8 August 2016

Olga Tokarczuk - Women In Translation

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As regular visitors to this blog would know, I have supported and been involved in “Women In Translation Month”, since its establishment th...
Thursday, 4 August 2016

Underground River and Other Stories - Inés Arredondo (translated by Cynthia Steele)

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I’ve been in central and South American (not physically but with my reading choices) for about six weeks now and I am going to continue the...
Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Custody of the Eyes - Diamela Eltit (translated by Helen Lane & Ronald Christ)

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There is a scholarly body of work that explores Daimela Eltit’s work, and I feel humbled, and a little under pressure, when attempting to...
Sunday, 31 July 2016

The Hazards - Sarah Holland-Batt - 2016 WA Premier's Literary Award (Poetry)

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Onto the last of the shortlist for the 2016 Western Australian Premier’s Literary Awards for poetry and the University of Queensland Press’...
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