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UncategorizedJanuary 15, 2015

Publishers' translation highlights 2015

Halt your book purchases: PEN Atlas has everything you need

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UncategorizedJanuary 15, 2015

Publishers’ translation highlights 2015

Halt your book purchases: PEN Atlas has everything you need

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UncategorizedDecember 11, 2014

Yule love these books in translation 2014

Roasting chestnuts on an open fire, taking the first whiff of mulled wine, and cracking open a great work of literature in translation: find your stocking-filler or winter-cheerer with these recommendations

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archiveJune 26, 2014

The five stereotypes of Tibet

What’s the story behind the romance and propaganda surrounding Tibet?

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archiveJanuary 9, 2014

Publishers' highlights in 2014: part 1

This week PEN Atlas asks UK publishers about the translated books they are excited about publishing in 2014 – an intriguing list of books to look forward to this year, so clear your bookshelves! Publishers include Pushkin Press, Peirene, Doubleday, Istros Books and more…

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archiveJanuary 9, 2014

Publishers’ highlights in 2014: part 1

This week PEN Atlas asks UK publishers about the translated books they are excited about publishing in 2014 – an intriguing list of books to look forward to this year, so clear your bookshelves! Publishers include Pushkin Press, Peirene, Doubleday, Istros Books and more…

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archiveAugust 22, 2013

To some I have talked with by the fire

PEN Atlas this week features Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Yi, who takes us through the Great Pacific Trash Vortex, indigenous island tribes, and the ancient practice of storytelling – all of which inspired his first novel to be translated into English

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archiveApril 12, 2012

Chinese literature – where are we now?

The second PEN Atlas despatch in this week’s two-part sequence is by one of China’s most important writers and avant-garde poets, Han Dong,

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archiveApril 12, 2012

Performing in Chains

The PEN Atlas continues this week with a two-part blog sequence. The first despatch comes from one of China’s most established writers, Yan Lianke

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