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Preti Taneja’s Aftermath wins the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize!

We are delighted to announce that Preti Taneja has won the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize for Aftermath. On receiving the prize, […]

Bookshop of the Month: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

The booksellers at Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe, New York have renovated their space and are preparing right now for […]

We’re firm believers in the ‘translator as curator’ credo here at And Other Stories – we know from experience that […]

A Requiem for Rural Portugal – Julia Sanches on Susana Moreira Marques

For #WomenInTranslationMonth we thought we’d let one of our uber-passionate translators introduce the author she’s translating for us. We’ll be […]

Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones, in Clarissa Botsford’s wonderful translation, is becoming something of a sensation – we’ve had fantastic […]

We’re thrilled to see #WomenInTranslationMonth going strong in the twittersphere, if also slightly daunted by the sheer number of incredible-sounding […]

SILENT VOICES – Lesley Lawn on translating Chahdortt Djavann’s “La muette”

Chahdortt Djavann was born in Iran, but now considers herself French and writes in French since she has lived in […]

August = Women In Translation Month!  Readers, it’s time to get excited. We’re obviously huge translation fans here at &OS, […]

Q&A with translator Rosalind Harvey Rosalind Harvey is the translator of Juan Pablo Villalobos’ wildly popular Down the Rabbit Hole (20… […]