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The Swiss Riveter
7th February 2019

The Swiss Riveter

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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 […]

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The Book of Riga Launch
6th August 201822nd January 2019

The Book of Riga Launch

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In April, I had the pleasure of hosting the launch of Comma Press’s The Book of Riga at Housmans bookshop in London.  As part of the festivities I interviewed two authors who contributed short stories to the anthology: Svens Kuzmins and Dace Ruksane. The launch came at the end of the 2018 London Book Fair week – the Baltic countries being this […]

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The Baltics Riveter
19th July 201822nd January 2019

The Baltics Riveter

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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 […]

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19th July 2018

The Nordic Riveter

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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 […]

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30th August 201730th August 2017

CrimeFest 2017 – an editor’s view

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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/    

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17th March 2017

The Riveter magazine – Polish writing

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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 […]

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About West Camel

Born and bred in south London – and not the Somerset village with which I share a name – I worked as an editor in higher education and business before turning my attention to the arts and publishing.

I have worked as a book and arts journalist, and was editor at Dalkey Archive Press, where I edited the Best European Fiction 2015 anthology, before moving to new press Orenda Books just after its launch.

I currently combine my work as editor at Orenda with editing the European Literature Network’s #RivetingReviews. I am also the editor of the Network’s print magazine, The Riveter.

I have written several short scripts, which have been produced in London’s fringe theatres, and was longlisted for the Old Vic’s 12 playwrights project.

My debut novel, Attend, was shortlisted for the Polari Prize in 2019. My new novel, Fall was published by Orenda Books in December 2021.

 

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