Sciascia and more Camilleri added to the shelf today... otherwordsbooks.co.uk

A friend of mine is translating a mystery novel, and she has come to despise the author so much she wants to kill them; are there any murder-mysteries where the translator did it?

Beautiful scenery at WigtownBookFestival day 2. And I bought too much Wodehouse before lunch.

Wigtown Book Festival 2022 and the town is looking splendid.

👀What was the last book that you read in Arabic -- or translated from Arabic to any language -- that you loved?

Looking for a book: published in the last couple of years, about a man writing a novel, with lots of procrastination and minutiae of daily life e.g. cooking breakfast, possibly Latin American. Cover showed rooftops/telephone wires????

BREAKING NEWS: The 2022 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the French author Annie Ernaux “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.”

Congratulations also to the translators of #AnnieErnaux , whose brilliant work contributed so much to this honor.

Tomorrow is #BookshopDay AND exactly one month since we opened the doors of our shop The Riverwalk Durham so, let's celebrate! We'll be giving our first 100 book-buying customers a £5.00 National Book Token as well as selling this year's Books Are My Bag limited edition at just £12.50

Here is an updated version of our chronological guide to Ernaux’s work, made for our friends at @Bookshop_Org by the one of us who knows anything about graphic design

A scholarship (including tuition fees and stipend) for Black Britons to study any course at Edinburgh University has been set up in the name of my late, great friend, the novelist Andrea Levy. More information in the link bit.ly/3FHFXBM Please share. Good luck

It's called getting ready for winter

Award winning author David Macphail is travelling with the Big DoG Schools Tour this week with THREE new stories. Watch out for vikings, ghosts and some humorous history at a school near you. #BigDoGSchoolsTour

We're hiring a Guest Festival Programmer for our 25th anniversary festival in 2023. Check out the details here bit.ly/wbfprogrammer

Catch Other Words Books and Bladnoch Books next Saturday 27th May at Wigtown Market, 10am - 3pm. A unique selection of translated fiction and social history, art, music and biography. Cash only.

So...this is happening. ELENA KNOWS is coming to Netflix, November 24th! Directed by the incredible Anahí Berneri, with a cast including Mercedes Morán and Érica Rivas (Wild Tales). Simply amazing. Claudia Piñeiro 💚 🧡 Anahí Berneri @mercedesmoranb

Magic in the air at @ReadingLasses17 this morning! ✨🌟🌞

Bookseller's Christmas reading: Argentina, Estonia, Spain and Italy. otherwordsbooks.co.uk

Books from Hungary, France and Russia added today! otherwordsbooks.co.uk

New stock every week, come and see at otherwordsbooks.co.uk