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5 Finalists Jabuti Prize 2023
Patrícia Melo // We are excited to announce that our author Patrícia Melo is among the five finalists of the Jabuti Prize 2023! Less than one has been nominated in the category Literary Novel. The other nominees are Cristovão Tezza, Sérgio Rodrigues, Ruy Castro and Geovani Martins. The prize is [...]
Semi-Finalists Jabuti Prize 2023
Patrícia Melo // We are proud to announce that our author Patrícia Melo is among the ten semi-finalists of the Jabuti Prize 2023! "Less than one" has been nominated in the category Literary Novel. Other nominees are Cristovão Tezza, Sérgio Rodrigues and Geovani Martins. The prize is organized by the [...]
Prix Médicis étranger 2023
Lídia Jorge // The novel Misericórdia ("Mercy") by Lídia Jorge has won the prestigious Prix Médicis étranger 2023 ex-aequo with Han Kang, author of "Impossibles Adieux" from South Korea, in the category of the best foreign book. Misericórdia was published in France at Éditions Métailié, in the translation of Elisabeth [...]
World premiere of “The Fortunate Ones” in the USA
Lídia Jorge // 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 [...]
Shortlist of the Prix Fémina 2023
Lídia Jorge // "Mercy" by Lídia Jorge has been nominated for the shortlist of the prestigious Prix Fémina 2023 in the category Best Foreign Novel. The final selections will be made public on Tuesday 24 October and the winners will be announced on Monday 6 November. > https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/les-deuxiemes-listes-du-prix-femina-2023 [...]
Longlist of the Oceanos Prize 2023
Lídia Jorge, José Luís Peixoto, and Carola Saavedra // We are proud to announce that three of our authors are among the semifinalists of the Oceanos Prize 2023! "Mercy", by Lídia Jorge , "We Are the First Person of the Plural", by José Luís Peixoto, and "The Mantle of the [...]
On tour in the USA and Canada
Bachtyar Ali // 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 [...]
On the Cover of El País
Sergio Bizzio// 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 [...]