We are delighted to announce that our author Isabel Baboun has been selected as one of the writers for the Finestres Literary Residency. The Finestres Literary Residency, located in Catalonia, Spain, aims to provide an ideal space for imagination, reflection, literary creation, cultural exchange, and contact with nature. Each year, fifteen places are offered for writers to stay and work at the residency. Notable authors who have previously taken part in the residency include Mariana Enríquez, Irene Solà, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Leila Guerriero, and Gabriela Wiener. One of the selected writers this year is also Daniela Catrileo. Isabel Baboun will start the programm in September.

> https://rlfinestres.com/convocatorias/convocatoria/

We’re thrilled to share that Netflix’s feature film “27 Nights” (Veintisiete noches), based on Natalia Zito‘s novel of the same title, entered the weekly Global Top 10 for non-English language films at number 5, with 2.2 million views worldwide. It also ranked in the weekly Top 10 films in nine countries: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

27 Nights was also part of the films showcased in Los Angeles at the Argentine Film Festival, which took place from 8th to 10th October.

We are excited to share that “27 Nights”, the adaptation of Natalia Zito’s novel of the same title, will inaugurate the Official Competition Section at the San Sebastián International Film Festival on 20th September. The feature film is directed by Daniel Hendler and produced by Netflix. The film will be subtitled in approximately 20 languages and dubbed in between 10 and 15. “27 Nights” is a fictional novel based on real events, dealing with old age, mental health and the intertwining of money and being a woman.

Tickets for the Opening Gala of the San Sebastian Film Festival will go on sale on September 2.

We are delighted to announce that the UK paperback edition of Patrícia Melo’s novel The Simple Art of Killing a Woman has been selected by Waterstones as part of their 25% off pre-order promotion campaign running from the 22nd to the 24th of February. The novel was translated into English by Sophie Lewis and published by The Indigo Press. Waterstones is the leading bookstore chain in the UK.

> https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-simple-art-of-killing-a-woman/patr-cia-melo/sophie-lewis/9781917378086

The Fortunate Ones is a feature film based on Lídia Jorge‘s novel The Wind Whistling in the Cranes (“O Vento Assobiando nas Gruas“), directed by Jeanne Waltz.

The film will celebrate its world premiere on 7 October 2023 at the Mill Valley Film Festival in the USA.

> https://www.mvff.com/program/the-fortunate-ones/

Our Kurdish author Bachtyar Ali will be on tour in the USA and Canada this autumn. He is invited to nine readings and events in New York, Washington, Boston and Toronto between 24 September and 2 October 2023. For more detailed information, please visit Archipelago Books’ event site.

In January, Ali’s novel The Last Pomegranate Tree was launched in the US to great acclaim from the audience and critics:

»Superbly realized novel of life, death, and what lies between. […] Blending magical realism with dark fables worthy of Kafka, Kurdish novelist Ali spins episodes that require the willing suspension of disbelief while richly rewarding that surrender. […] Altogether extraordinary: a masterwork of modern Middle Eastern literature deserving the widest possible audience.«
Kirkus

»Ali’s novel is a visionary wonder that plunges into the dreamscape of a people’s fraught memory. For readers, this is unforgettable.«
Publishers Weekly

> archipelagobooks.org/events/

Sergio Bizzio was on the cover page of El País on Saturday, 16 September. The leading Spanish newspaper calls him “Argentina’s best-kept literary secret” and declares that “with his novel Rage, he became an essential part of Argentine literature”. Now re-released in Spain by interZona, the novel was adapted for film in 2009 by the Ecuadorian Sebastián Cordero and has just made its debut as a dramatic piece at the Teatro de La Abadía in Madrid, directed and performed by Claudio Tolcachir.

Here is a selection of enthusiastic reviews on Rage:

»Powerful prose and characters.«
Publishers Weekly

»With light irony, Bizzio reveals the ugly secrets of a family.«
Le Temps

»Rage is the best novel I’ve read in the past few years.«
César Aira

»Rage possesses a rare originality. One of the most authentic novels of the past decade.«
Fogwill

Check out the author’s page on our website to discover all of the his fascinating works.

> elpais.com/sergio-bizzio-el-secreto-literario-mejor-guardado-de-argentina
> teatroabadia.com/rabia-sergio-bizzio-claudio-tolcachir/