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Book Tip of the Month: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
I knew very little of Zora Neale Hurston before coming to this, save that she was a key figure of […]
Julia Sanches on translating Slash and Burn
Q: You’ve done quite a few books with us now, but the first was Susana Moreira Marques’ Now and at […]
Love shortlisted for the 2020 Republic of Consciousness Prize!
And Other Stories’ novel Love by Hanne Ørstavik was one of five titles announced on the shortlist of the Republic […]
Bookshop of the Month: Desperate Literature
The best way to escape the long, cold days of February is to settle into a great book, it’s even […]
Book Tip of the Month: Crow College: New and Selected Poems by Emma Lew
This months book tip of the month is bought to you by prize-winning poet and translator Chris Andrews. Readers often […]
Eco Post #5: Giving Staff Extra Days Off for No-fly Holidays
A pair of interesting articles in the Guardian under the title ‘Plane Wrong‘ looked at ways companies are cutting their business […]
Eco Post #4: Our Carbon-Cutting International Mobility Collaboration Announced!
Today, 23rd January, Arts Council England and Julie’s Bicycle announced the second cohort for their Accelerator Programme, a strand of […]
Barn 8 – the heist of the century for all who subscribe by 21 January 2020
‘The row of cages […] the woo woo woo of the birds, like a hundred thousand kazoos.’ This is the […]
Bookshop of the Month: Blue Bear
How could the newly-opened Blue Bear bookshop in Farnham, Surrey, not catch our eye? With its thoughtful design to encourage […]