Look! The sun is out to celebrate publication day for BELLY UP, the short stories collection by Rita Bullwinkel, author of the sensational HEADSHOT.

It's #TranslationThursday and today Michael Eaude reviews The Time of Cherries by Monserrat Roig, translated by Julia Sanches for DauntBooksPublishing shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-time-of-ch…

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY, Rita Bullwinkel !! Her novel HEADSHOT has been winning hearts left, right and centre - now it's time for her stories to step into the spotlight and unsettle some souls, disturb some dreams, quicken some heartbeats:

El oxímoron de los genocidas: que todo mundo vea las atrocidades que cometen, para escarmentar a quien atreva a alzarse; pero que nadie vea, y sobre todo que nadie diga, que esto no es defensa sino asesinato en masa.
#Palestina

Delighted to see Scholastique Mukasonga KIBOGO (tr Mark Polizzotti) in the longlist for the 2024 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.
KIBOGO spins a marvellous recounting of the clash between ancient Rwandan beliefs and the missionaries determined to replace them with European Christianity.

I salute the person who took the time to do this.

This is a brilliant list of books curated by the great Amy Key💙
So nice to see Idra Novey's TAKE WHAT YOU NEED and Kathryn Scanlan 's KICK THE LATCH in such great company.
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A new short story collection from the author of my favourite novel of the year? YES PLEASE! A huge thank you to DauntBooksPublishing for sending me a copy of Rita Bullwinkel’s BELLY UP.

HEADSHOT was an incredible book and I can’t wait for Rita’s event in London next month!

I've spent some reading time in Chile and you should too.

I read some Natalia Ginzburg and all is right with the world stuckinabook.com/valentino-by-n…

En este Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa queremos recordar este episodio que retrata los grandes obstáculos que atreviesan quienes luchan por el derecho a la información en una región como la nuestra.

Escucha: 'Interrumpimos ese programa' radioambulante.org/audio/interrum…

Spoiled.🦣👊🏻

With thanks to Francesca Peacock for this wonderful review of THE TIME OF CHERRIES🍒by Montserrat Roig (tr by Julia Sanches).
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This is a wonderful episode. I found Marchelle's thoughts on the importance of nature and play in children inspiring.

I'm obsessed with this phenomenal interview with Rita Bullwinkel talking all things HEADSHOT🥊with Kathleen McNamee for Off The Ball (Includes a spot on review of Bend It Like Beckham). ENJOY.
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Greeted by this beautiful Owl Bookshop window display this morning! Griffin Hansbury's SOME STRANGE MUSIC DRAWS ME IN wooing Kentish Town:

It's so brilliant to see so much love for HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel
Thanks Jessie Thompson.

This has made me think a lot about event economics - as I think those numbers may surprise people too.

I don't have time to do a full breakdown, but on a very back-of-the-envelope level, an author coming from say London to Manchester for a bookshop event might look as follows:

around 8.35ish, Griffin Hansbury's SOME STRANGE MUSIC DRAWS ME IN features, but honestly, this is a great distillation of upcoming titles, watch the whole thing, go on:

Qué alegría y emoción escucharte querida Nona Fernandez en este episodio de Radio Ambulante.