Jonathan Bousfield

Culture/history/travel for @calvertjournal @jutarnjihr @timeoutcroatia. @RoughGuides Poland & Croatia. Author (w.Igor Hofbauer) of Grimizna Laguna/Crimson Quays

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Delighted to reveal that I have just signed a deal with US publisher @SandorfP to write a history of tourism on the eastern Adriatic coast. Provisionally entitled "Adria Blue", it is scheduled to sail into port some time in 2023/24.

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@MarcCasalsIg @stray_satellite Thanks as always for the tip Marc

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Si queréis saber más sobre este excelente autor bosnio, tristemente fallecido a los 48 años, y sobre su vida y obra, marcadas por el nomadismo, el desarraigo y los excesos, tenéis un avance en este artículo de @jonnbousfield para @stray_satellite: https://t.co/TL6vbiMSEE

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@MarcCasalsIg @LaCajaBooks @Patripizarroso Congratulations, the much-missed Sejranović is such a great author who deserves the widest possible audience

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https://t.co/UZZ92ji0MJ

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@MediaHistoryNow Forstyth Saga crossed a lot of borders...

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@sean_write I was in the crowd at that one. Thanks for the memories. I think that was the gig where Iggy Pop joined them for an encore of I Wanna Be Your Dog although on that particular detail I might be getting my chronology mangled.

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@sebaldfan420 Whenever I get a Flix from Zagreb there's always a state of low-intensity warfare between those with designated seat reservations and those who don't have a seat no. and have been told to sit where they want. Neither Flix nor Zagreb bus stn care about such booking system failures

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Also among 2024's best is Angela Rodel's transltn of a modern Bulgarian classic: Vera Mutafchieva's tale of C15 Ottoman prince Cem and his revolt against brother Bayezid - ingeniously presented as a case file of contemporary witness statements. @SandorfP
https://t.co/bUNsLjvDXT

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So any list of 2024's best translated fiction from my neck of the woods would undoubtedly sart with this (trans. Ellen Elias Bursać; publ. @TwoLinesPress)...

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One of the best Croatian novels of the 21st century is now out in English. Damir Karakaš 's Celebration (Proslava) concerns a rural community rent apart by World War II. More dark lyrical fable than historical novel, and at just over 100 pages, a masterclass in controlled impact.

[Andrei Kurkov @AKurkov]

This morning's bombing of Kyiv is a second part of Putin's press-conference from yesterday. Cars and buildings are still burning in 4 districts of the city. The exact number of killed and wounded is not known yet. The sounds of explosions are still ringing in the ears of kyivites

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Currently reading: @amm_hunt's book on Britain's monarch-free decade, a time so bubbling with new socio-political ideas that at times it almost seems like a utopian/dystopian science-fiction novel. And the way it suddenly ends (was Restoration so inevitable?) is a story in itself

[Nikola Yurtsaba #standwithukraine 🇺🇦 @NYurtsaba]

Добра ніч, dear friends. Christmas is coming! Take a look at the vertep, a unique #Ukrainian tradition: https://t.co/fqKCZ4T00v. Thank you, @KyivIndependent & @TsurkanKate for this article!

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Currently reading: Stu Hennigan's searing, disturbing but empathetic account of poverty and dereliction in Leeds during the 2020 lockdowns. Surely one of the UK's key non-fiction texts of recent years, published by indie trailblazers @Ofmooseandmen

[TouchScreenTravels @ScreenTravels]

#Christmas has started in Zagreb, and it's atmospheric #christmasmarket well underway. To celebrate the 2nd advent we've knocked $2 (or local equivalent) off the price of #Croatia's Best (https://t.co/y3rSvwOifT) digital travel guide - for a week. Download now!

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Time for a commercial break (but I earn royalties from these things so no apologies whatsoever for the self-promotion)

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One for lovers of a good #christmasmarket: check out #Tallinn. With its medieval backdrop & nordic atmosphere it rivals any - as detailed in our excellent digital travel guide (https://t.co/SIRHfbGuPm). For USD$2 (or local equivalent) for a week to celebrate 2nd advent.

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Some mornings are more highly textured than others

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Currently reading: anything I can get hold of by Abdulrazak Gurnah. What took me so long? Surely the most deserving of Nobel winners of recent yrs, beautifully evoking a rich East African space, & ably crafting deeply touching decade-spanning epics in the space of 260-300 pages

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Croatian artist and historian Darko Fritz gets a chapter in the exhibition catalogue.

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Electric Dreams at @Tate Modern takes a globe-spanning look at pre-internet electronic art & computer art, including the role played by Zagreb's 60s-70s New Tendencies movt, which brought international artists together as well as nurturing the home-grown.
https://t.co/WCJEuD4vMM

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@Nikola_Prevod Dunno when I will next be in Sofia but I will endeavour to insert olainyavane into conversation at every possible opportunity. Vocabulary building is so important