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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.
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“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": bit.ly/2EoRUh2 @revistaanfibia @PortobelloBooks
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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: bit.ly/2rbGkNJ
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"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
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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 !
THE INVENTED PART by Fresán & RADIANT TERMINUS by Volodine featured on the #DUBLITAWARD longlist!! dublinliteraryaward.ie/nomin…
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Just finished: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. Rather bonkers, a bit disturbing, highly recommended.
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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
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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
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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: eventbrite.co.uk/e/nine-pint… #blood #Leeds #LL250
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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 : blogs.exeter.ac.uk/translati… #WarwickPrize #GermanLitMonth
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farewell portobello books, the only imprint named after a breakfast mushroom. they were always fun guys on social media
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.
Sunday 25 November at 10.30am, Rose George will be at @Birnamarts discussing her new book Nine Pints. Come along: (£11)
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"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: mancunion.com/2018/11/08/mis…
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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!
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Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood by Rose George @rosegeorge3 @GrantaBooks #NonFictionNovember #NinePints #RoseGeorge #GrantaBooks alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress…
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Congratulations to Han Kang (and @londonkoreanist )and Olga Tokarczuk (and @jenniferlcroft) for making the Warwick Prize for #WomeninTranslation brilliant shortlist! @PortobelloBooks @FitzcarraldoEds @RCWLitAgency @Read_WIT
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Just finished reading the first chapter of Human Acts by Han Kang. And I can't. The emotions. So heavy. It's emotionally torturing me. 😭 Why did I only start it now. It's sooo good. #CurrentlyReading
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It was worth reading STRANGE WEATHER IN TOKYO for the final page alone; what an intense tenderness and loneliness there is in this book. Hiromi Kawakami, tr. Allison Markin Powell for @PortobelloBooks #womenwriters #womenintranslation #japanlit #translatewomen
