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Category: Languages

Celebrating crime fiction in translation with The Petrona Award

  • Submitted: 25th April 2019

CRIME FICTION FROM DENMARK, ICELAND AND NORWAY SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 PETRONA AWARD Six crime novels from Denmark, Iceland and Norway have been shortlisted for…

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Magical book set in Mexico – The murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

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Beguiling Mexican novel  - El murmullo de las abejas  - by Sofia Segovia Magical book set in Mexico - The murmur of Bees by Sofia…

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Book set in Vietnam and USA – If I Had Two Lives by Abbigail Rosewood

  • Submitted: 21st April 2019

A story of  a girl from Vietnam who emigrates to the USA Book set in Vietnam and USA - If I Had Two Lives by…

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Translated fiction set in Denmark – Lucky Per

  • Submitted: 18th April 2019

Translation Thursday...Henrik Pontoppidan Translated novels are always interesting to read. When one is 100 years old and has a new translation, it's worth more than…

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Memoir set in Iceland – Heida, A Shepherd at the Edge of the World  

  • Submitted: 11th April 2019

Heiða: A Shepherd at the Edge of the World Memoir set in Iceland - Heida, A Shepherd at the Edge of the World   - What…

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