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
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]