Danny Emerson at CPI, Orenda Books’ printer, has made this fascinating and – for a debut author – kind of moving little film. It shows my novel, Attend, coming off the printing presses and going through the various cutting and finishing stages of the factory process before being wrapped and readied for delivery to bookshops. I’m so thankful to Danny for […]
Category: Writing
Attend – my debut novel
So the news is out – my debut novel, Attend, will be published by Orenda Books in autumn 2018. As you’ll see from my other posts on this site, I work as an editor at Orenda Books, so it took a little bit of sneakiness on my part to get my novel into the submissions pile (under a different name). […]
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 […]
Interview with The Book Trail
In August, I was interviewed by award-winning book blogger The Book Trail. The focus of the Q&A was The Riveter magazine, which I edit, and the European Literature Network, which I write and edit for; but we also discussed my work for Orenda Books and how I came to work in publishing and arts journalism. You can read the interview here: http://www.thebooktrail.com/translated-fiction-european-literature-network/
CrimeFest 2017 – an editor’s view
Back in May I attended CrimeFest 2017, in my role as Editor for Orenda Books. I was also commissioned to write a feature about one of the biggest Crime Literature convention’s in the world by ELit and the European Literature Network. You can read my piece here: http://www.eurolitnetwork.com/crimefest-2017-an-editors-view-of-the-international-crime-fiction-convention-by-west-camel/
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 […]
The Riveter magazine – Polish writing
To celebrate The London Book Fair 2017 Poland Market Focus, the European Literature Network launched its very first print magazine, The Riveter. Born out of the Network’s monthly #Riveting Reviews and with much help from a range of knowledgeable and discerning contributors, the magazine is guest edited by Deborah Levy, with a cover illustration by Chris Riddell. I had the […]
Iceland Noir – Iceland’s Festival of Crime Fiction
In November, I travelled to Reykjavík with Karen Sullivan and a host of Orenda authors for Iceland Noir – a crime fiction festival organised by two of those authors and an Orenda translator, among others. Attended by crime fiction greats such as Val McDermid (who gave the keynote speech) Ann Cleeves and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, the three days of talks were […]
An Interview with Translator Don Bartlett
In September my interview with Norwegian < English translator, Don Bartlett was published on the ELit Literature House Europe website and the European Literature Network. I have worked with Don on his translations of Gunnar Staalesen’s crime novels for Orenda Books; and in preparation for the interview, I took my first plunge into Karl Ove Knausgaard’s remarkable work. The result […]