Now that the last book bearing the Portobello brand is out there in the world (@rosegeorge3's Nine Pints), we'll be gradually winding up the Portobello social media accounts. Follow @GrantaBooks to be sure you're not missing out on news of our books.
“I lived a lot at night and the Moon was recurring in my life.” Watch Mariana Enriquez, recognized as one of Argentina’s best writers, describe how the Moon reminds her of her youth when she was “quite a dark gothic girl": https://t.co/W44gkexqoN @revistaanfibia@PortobelloBooks
Convenience Store Woman @GrantaBooks is, in the words of our colleague Lauren: "a treasure to anyone who has ever felt a little odd! Sayaka Murata manages to balance light humour with a quiet poignancy.”
Buy it now: https://t.co/KcINzUZ4oQ
Coincidentally, this #TranslationThurs I'm halfway through yesterday's #NBAwards translated literature winner, THE LAST CHILDREN OF TOKYO (Yoko Tawada, tr. Margaret Mitsutani). Geeking out over the translator's note on 'Buying. Throwing. Drinking'... #womenintranslation
ANNOUNCEMENT!! @rosegeorge3 will be speaking at our Festival of the Mind about her acclaimed #NinePintsthebook. Join us on Thurs 29/11 at 7pm. This is a free event but booking is essential: https://t.co/TxjVQXUdzs #blood#Leeds#LL250
Now that the last book bearing the Portobello brand is out there in the world (@rosegeorge3's Nine Pints), we'll be gradually winding up the Portobello social media accounts. Follow @GrantaBooks to be sure you're not missing out on news of our books.
"Through Keiko, Murata skilfully illuminates Japanese society’s treatment of women who refuse to conform to gendered expectations."
@devijoshi9 discusses Sayaka Murata's 'Convenience Store Woman" for this week's special @MisogynyIsHate issue: https://t.co/iJvkJPo0lq
@Lyndsey_Fineran@LucieTwiggs We have a new Kawakami on the horizon (still being edited atm) and have you read either or our Tawada titles? Memoirs is a trippy but downright momentous work and Lost Children is beautiful (to look at and to read!)