The European Literature Network teamed up with Letterenfonds, the Dutch Literature Foundation, so publish The Dutch Riveter in March 2021. Edited by me and Rosie Goldsmith, it was launched online, in partnership with the British Library, and feature live illustrations and live (actually live) music from an Amsterdam Theatre. You can download a pdf of The Dutch Riveter from the […]
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The Romanian Riveter
The European Literature Network teamed up with the good people of Timisoara, Romania, to produce The Romanian Riveter. It was launched in 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, at the Romanian Embassy in London, and at Timisoara’s Litvest book festival. The Romanian Riveter was the first of the series to be distributed by online newsagents, Newsstand. You can get […]
The German Riveter
The German Riveter was edited by Rosie Goldsmith – Riveter-in-Chief at the European Literature Network – and me, and was launched in November 2019, to mark the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was the chunkiest Riveter yet, and featured a cover and illustrations by the great Axel Scheffler.
The Queer Riveter
The Queer Riveter, covering LGBT+ writing from across Europe, was published in June 2019, and launched at Brixton Library. Published by the European Literature Network and edited by me. You can download the free pdf of the magazine here: https://www.eurolitnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/QUEERRiveterDownload-2.pdf Or you can contact ELNet and request a print copy: https://www.eurolitnetwork.com/contact-us/
Attend – book trailer
At the Orenda mega-launch event in December my novel, Attend, and five other titles were celebrated. As part of the festivities, Orenda publishing assistant, Cole Sullivan, created a short movie for each title. Here’s the one he made for Attend. Enjoy!
Foreword Reviews
With Attend published in the US and Canada on 1 May, Foreword Reviews magazine has published an excellent review, written by Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers. ‘ From its opening gambit to its final line, Attend demands and rewards attention. Camel’s magical realism opens trenchant depths in the ordinary, elevating the raw details—both emotional and prosaic—of people’s lives into moving motifs. Relayed with lyricism and […]
The Swiss Riveter
In December the European Literature Network published is biggest, best-yet edition of its print magazine The Riveter. I was editor, with director of the network, Rosie Goldsmith, as Riveter-in-Chief, and Anna Blasiak as production editor. This edition was devoted to Swiss writing. Supported by the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia, there are sections devoted to each official Swiss language, as […]
The Baltics Riveter
To celebrate London Book Fair’s Baltics Market Focus, the European Literature Network published another edition of its print magazine, The Riveter, edited by me and Riveter-in-Chief Rosie Goldsmith. With commissioned artwork and extracts and features by London Book Fair’s three Authors of the Day – Kristina Sabaliauskaitė, Nora Ikstena and Mihkel Mutt, this may well have been our most successful magazine […]
The Nordic Riveter
In autumn 2017 I once again edited (with Riveter-in-Chief Rosie Goldsmith) The Riveter, the European Literature Network’s print magazine. This edition was our longest so far, and was devoted to literature from the Nordic countries. Esteemed Norwegian crime writer Gunnar Staalesen was our guest editor, and we were honoured to include content from luminaries from across the region, including an […]
The Riveter – Russian Writing
In August, the second edition of The Riveter was published by the European Literature Network. I edited the magazine, alongside Riveter-in-Chief and Director of the European Literature Network, Rosie Goldsmith. I also contributed reviews of Zinovy Zinik’s Sounds Familiar, and China Miéville’s October to the publication. The Riveter: Riveting Russian Writing was released on 3 August to celebrate the European Literature […]