Poland’s Kwiaty Orientu publishing company delivers translated editions of South Korean literature to a Polish speaking audience.
Introducing Porter Anderson’s Ether for Authors: Sans Frontières
Each Tuesday, Porter Anderson’s Ether for Authors: Sans Frontières—a new weekly column focused on the news, needs and neurosis of authors—across the globe.
Central European Crime Wave Sweeps Publishing
Crime writers from Hungary, Poland, and throughout Central Europe are making their way into English. Will they prove as popular as the Scandinavians?
Book Review: Stone Upon Stone by Mysliwski Wieslaw (Poland)
This 500+ page novel will reward the patient reader with a remarkably detailed understanding of post -WWII life in rural Poland.
The Divergent Worlds of Book World Prague 2011
A book fair has many faces depending on who you are: a local, a foreigner, or a country that is Guest of Honor but doesn’t believe in literature.
Twisted Spoon Press on “Trickle-Up Publishing”
By Amanda DeMarco PRAGUE: In an April 15th New York Times Op-Ed piece, Olga Tokarczuk ruminated on Polish public response to the recent plane crash that had killed the Polish president and 95 other people: “…sometimes I fear that the people of my country can unite only beside victims’ bodies, over coffins and in cemeteries…I dream of Poland becoming a …
The European Point of View on BEA
By Edward Nawotka Next year BEA will return to New York City, where it will remain at least through 2012. On the face of it, the decision to stop moving it around seems like a good idea, particularly as travel to New York is cheaper than it has been in recent memory. As a consequence, one constituency Americans may see …