Dan Bird
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13-06-2010 14:55:13
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Delve into the nitty gritty of editing translations this July, at our in-person Publishers' Panel with Sawad Hussain Dan Bird and Neem Tree Press 27 July, 1:45pm - 3:15pm IN-PERSON AT UEA, NORWICH Free - Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the-g…
BLACKOUTS, Justin Torres’ first novel since We The Animals, is ‘shapeshifting and ambitious’ (Niven Govinden), ‘a dexterous, searing exploration of queer lives’ (Irenosen Okojie) that’s ‘full of a kind of daring that winks as it passes’ (@alexanderchee). V excited for it to land.
'Hugely ambitious... it builds into a rich, poetic reclamation of cultural inheritance' Great to see Justin Torres' BLACKOUTS included in Guardian Books' autumn preview: amp.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug…
V excited to be judging the Brick Lane Bookshop (has left, on bluesky) Short Story Prize this year. Submissions open tomorrow!
Late to the party, but v excited about this. A tour through different sexual fetishes, SECOND SKIN will be playful and disruptive, deeply considered and definitely a little smutty. Couldn’t be happier to be working with Anastasiia Fedorova and jessica lee
Couldn’t be happier to be welcoming @MonaOjedaF to Granta Books for her new novel. ELECTRIC SHAMANS is a trip. thebookseller.com/rights/granta-…
Join us on 13 June for an evening of readings fundraising for Palestinian writers displaced in Egypt At SET Social, Peckham - from ESEA Publishing Network, Tilted Axis, Fitzcarraldo Editions, in association with Palestine Festival of Literature, + esea.sisters will present on ESEA-Palestine solidarity teach-in events
We're looking for a new Editorial Assistant Jonathan Cape. Please apply if you think that might be you - happy to answer any questions. (Deadline is 25 June) jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_UK/job/Lon…
Very excited to announce that I'm translating EL DESIERTO BLANCO by Luis López Carrasco for Granta Books - about the future & memory, it's melancholy yet comic, structurally inventive yet highly readable, w touches of 'Lost' & 'The Traitors', among other things🏜️ anagrama-ed.es/foreign-rights…