Hamid Ismailov investigates the underside of the Sochi Olympics for PEN Atlas: while the Western media focuses on LGBT rights, there is also the shocking unheard story of migrant labourers held in captivity, mercury and uranium deposits from construction work, jingoism, corruption and worse
Read MorePublishers' 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…
Read MorePublishers’ 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…
Read MoreThree Years Old: the reality of publishing translated fiction
What does the future hold for the publishing of literature in translation? Stefan Tobler from And Other Stories takes us through the independents, small presses and community interest companies using innovative ways to publish work from around the world
Read MoreThe Art of the Novella
In this week’s second PEN Atlas dispatch, Meike Ziervogel from Peirene Press makes the case for the novella, charting the history of the form, and reflecting on her experience publishing great novellas in translation from around Europe
Read MoreThe Mussel Feast
Birgit Vanderbeke introduces PEN Atlas readers to her book The Mussel Feast and her experience of penning such a controversial work at a poignant time in German history
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