Portobello Books

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[Portobello Books @PortobelloBooks]

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.

[Louisiana Channel @LouisianaChann]

“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

[Foyles Bookshop @Foyles]

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

[Translating Women @translatingwomen.bsky.social @translatewomen]

"What can a picture like this that's lost its story tell us?" Gripped by the first pages of a book that's been on my list for months: GO WENT GONE by Jenny Erpenbeck, tr. @translationista for @PortobelloBooks #TranslationThurs #womenintranslation #readwomen #germanlitmonth

[New Books in German @newgermanbooks]

5 titles tr. from German on the @DublinLitAward long-list! Congrats to:
J Erpenbeck, @translationista @PortobelloBooks; D Kehlmann, Ross Benjamin @PantheonBooks; R Rothman, @shauntranslates @fsgbooks; L Seiler @tesslewis94 @ScribeUKbooks; P Stamm, Michael Hofmann @GrantaBooks !

[Diane Mulholland 😷 @dianemulholland]

Just finished: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. Rather bonkers, a bit disturbing, highly recommended.

[Slightly Foxed | Magazine, Small Press, Podcast @FoxedQuarterly]

On the Slightly Foxed Podcast, our Publicity Director Steph shares her enthusiasm for the @GrantaBooks @rosegeorge3 @nhs #shareapint campaign - spotted via @thebookseller Was she tempted? ... #foxedpod

[Translating Women @translatingwomen.bsky.social @translatewomen]

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

[The Leeds Library @theleedslibrary]

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

[Translating Women @translatingwomen.bsky.social @translatewomen]

In honour of tonight’s Warwick Prize for #womenintranslation, a review of last year’s winner, the magnificent MEMOIRS OF A POLAR BEAR by Yoko Tawada, tr. @translationista for @PortobelloBooks : https://t.co/f1dWwCYcx1 #WarwickPrize #GermanLitMonth

[London Review Bookshop @LRBbookshop]

farewell portobello books, the only imprint named after a breakfast mushroom. they were always fun guys on social media

[Portobello Books @PortobelloBooks]

Sunday 25 November at 10.30am, Rose George will be at @Birnamarts discussing her new book Nine Pints. Come along: (£11)

[Portobello Books @PortobelloBooks]

@LRBbookshop (support, not sport FYI. It was either that or lower the tone with a shiitake pun)

[Portobello Books @PortobelloBooks]

@LRBbookshop Thanks guys. We appreciate the spore-t.

[Portobello Books @PortobelloBooks]

@rosegeorge3 @GrantaBooks Thank you Rose!

[Portobello Books @PortobelloBooks]

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.

[The Mancunion: Books @MancunionBooks]

"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

[#womenintranslation @Read_WIT]

The Warwick Prize for #WomeninTranslation shortlist is out!!! Feast your eyes on this symmetric list from @maclehosepress, @FitzcarraldoEds, and @PortobelloBooks! Congrats to all shortlisted authors and translators!

[Portobello Books @PortobelloBooks]

@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!)

[Always TrustIn Books @AlwTrustInBooks]

Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood by Rose George @rosegeorge3 @GrantaBooks #NonFictionNovember #NinePints #RoseGeorge #GrantaBooks https://t.co/Ryld39xtIw