Bill Swainson💙@SwainsonBill@mastodon.sdf.org Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Bill Swainson💙@SwainsonBill@mastodon.sdf.org

Happy publication day to Carlos Fonseca for his brilliant & mysterious novel Austral, brilliantly translated by @meganalimcd and garlanded with advance praise. You can catch author & translator in conversation with @KatyaTaylor at Foyles at 7pm on 13 June: https://t.co/UXc9X2Pkkt https://t.co/QL4Z7lH4ad

Bill Swainson💙@SwainsonBill@mastodon.sdf.org

Delayed returning from 🇺🇦, 🇳🇴Roy Jacobsen (was @Litfest 20 Mar) will now be coming to 📚@Litfest International Fiction (Zoom) Book Club at 6.30pm on 17 Apr to discuss his outstanding novel The Unseen (tr. D. Bartlett & D. Shaw, @maclehosepress). To join📩 litfestbill@gmail.com https://t.co/yB3Rbly3D5

Bill Swainson💙@SwainsonBill@mastodon.sdf.org

Delighted that Charlotte Collins will be our guest at @Litfest International (Zoom) Fiction Book Club's discussion of 🇦🇹 Robert Seethaler's 'heart-rending & heartwarming' (Jim Crace) A Whole Life @picadorbooks, photo© @rolandglasser), 16 Nov, 6.30pm. email: litfestbill@gmail.com https://t.co/RKWVLTUi6v

Bill Swainson💙@SwainsonBill@mastodon.sdf.org

The 20 July 📚@Litfest International (Zoom) Book Club will discuss The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar (trans. Anon.) published by @EuropaEditions and shortlisted for the Booker International Prize. To join: email litfestbill@gmail.com https://t.co/hDcCl0CHqb

Bill Swainson💙@SwainsonBill@mastodon.sdf.org

@Litfest 2023's fiction Sunday kicks off with @aptshadow (aka Adrian Tchaikovsky) reading with wonderfully convincing accents from his latest novel City of Last Chances. Now in conversation with @oliverklangmead on the livestream at https://t.co/kKaTYzPjrL. https://t.co/4XLljeblz1

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Mon 20 Feb, 6.30pm 📚@Litfest International Fiction (Zoom) Book Club will discuss Cocoon by 🇨🇳Zhang Yueran with translator🇸🇬Jeremy Tiang @WorldEdBooks). To view Jeremy's video intro: https://t.co/kY8o9Cq4iq To join:📩litfestbill@gmail.com To buy the book:https://t.co/0PtCNtVRyv https://t.co/acnwNP8R1m

Bill Swainson💙@SwainsonBill@mastodon.sdf.org

Come and hear Jonathan Sims (@jonnywaistcoat) in conversation about 'Writing Horror' tomorrow Tuesday 7 March at 7pm @The_Storey Lancaster, where @Litfest will be selling PB Thirteen Storeys & new HB Family Business at special prices: £2 off HB/£1 off PB https://t.co/0CFoCgcNrR

Bill Swainson💙@SwainsonBill@mastodon.sdf.org

📚@Litfest International Fiction (Zoom) Book Club is 'going' to Japan 21 June, 6.30pm, to discuss 🇯🇵Tokyo Ueno Station ('a social novel, but in more of a magical than a strictly realist sense' Guardian) by Yu Miri (tr. Morgan Giles, @TiltedAxisPress). Email litfestbill@gmail.com https://t.co/063mO58N6z