Friday, March 23, 2018

Bookish News: A Weekly Update

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PEN/Faulkner 2018 Finalists


PEN/Faulkner has announced the 2018 finalists for its PEN/Faulkner award. The winner will be awarded the final prize at the award ceremony on May 5th. For more details, visit this link.

The five finalists are -

The Dark Dark by Samantha Hunt

Improvement by Joan Silber

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas

Man Booker Prize Longlist

The thirteen book longlist has been released for the Man Booker International Prize. This prize celebrates the best works of translated fiction from around the world. The shortlist of six books will be released on April 12th with the winner named in London on May 22nd.

This year's longlist titles include -

The 7th Function of Language by Laurent Binet (France), translated by Sam Taylor

The Impostor by Javier Cercas (Spain), translated by Frank Wynne

Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes (France), translated by Frank Wynne

Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany), translated by Susan Bernofsky

The White Book by Han Kang (South Korea), translated by Deborah Smith

Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz (Argentina), translated by Sarah Moses and Carolina Orloff

The World Goes On by László Krasznahorkai (Hungary), translated by John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet and George Szirtes 

Like a Fading Shadow by Antonio Muñoz Molina (Spain), translated by Camilo A. Ramirez

The Flying Mountain by Christoph Ransmayr (Austria), translated by Simon Pare

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi (Iraq), translated by Jonathan Wright

Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (Poland), translated by Jennifer Croft

The Stolen Bicycle by Wu Ming-Yi (Taiwan), translated by Darryl Sterk

The Dinner Guest by Gabriela Ybarra (Spain), translated by Natasha Wimmer

Book Cover Art

Meet the designers of your favorite book covers is a great article about cover art designers. And they showcase a few of my favorites such as Rachel Willey and Rodrigo Corral. 

New Book Riot Podcast

I love all of the Book Riot podcasts but I'm so excited about their new non-fiction focused podcast called For Real which will cover all things non-fiction every other week! 

50 Books By and About Women of Color

I love this list from the Top Shelf Text blog (Madeleine has a great blog AND a fantastic Instagram account) which contains some wonderful books that you should definitely add to your TBR!

April Library Reads

Have you seen the April Library reads list? It's a great list and makes me eager to    You can find the full list in PDF format here. I find that these lists are always packed full of amazing reads! 

Science Tells Us Reading Books Should Be Your Priority

I have always known that reading should be a priority and this article just reinforces that knowledge!

That is it for me this week ... Have you heard of other bookish news you'd like share with us? We'd love to hear about them in the Comments! 

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