Join us at the below events to celebrate the publication of Venice Requeim by Khalid Lyamlahy, translated by Ros Schwartz.
FEB 4TH: Brick Lane Bookshop, 166 Brick Lane, London, E1 6RU
- Join Khalid Lyamlahy in conversation with Ros Schwartz at the wonderful Brick Lane Bookshop. Chaired by Rebekah Vince.
Tickets here: https://bricklanebookshop.org/product/book-launch-venice-requiem-by-kha…
'BBC Radio 4 has a prophet in its midst. Either that or the scheduling of Small Boat ... two weeks after the Home Secretary announced sweeping restrictions to the UK’s asylum policy – is an eerie coincidence.' - New Statesman
Join us October 23rd, House of Books and Friends, 6pm - 7pm for the official launch of Pete Kalu's polemic memoir Act Normal: Joy and Despair in Postcolonial Britain.
Award winning author Pete Kalu returns with a kaleidoscopic memoir that explodes with life in 250 errant mini-essays. Read an extract below. Act Normal: Joy and Despair in Postcolonial Britain publishes October 23rd 2025.
'Shortly before COVID-19, there was a chillingly lethal epidemic in Africa about which there is almost no literature, beyond scientific literature and newspapers. It was caused by Ebola. They also blamed its origin on a bat. Roads, cities, countries were closed… Véronique Tadjo wanted to write about this. Although born in Paris (1961), Tadjo grew up in Côte d’Ivoire, a country which was not hit directly by Ebola, but which adapted to the measures taken in surrounding countries.'
Fatima Daas' debut novel, The Last One, has been adapted into a film. The french film 'La petite dernière' directed by Hafsia Herz, adapted from the original french language novel is in official competition for the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
The Last One, expertly translated by Lara Vergnaud, explores themes of religion, sexuality and interiority.
About The Last One
We are pleased to announce that The Darkness of Colours by Martín Blasco, translated by Claire Storey, has won the GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize 2025.
The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative's prize aims to recognise publishers, translators, and authors of books in English translation for young adult readers, and we're thrilled that Claire Storey's translation from the original Spanish has won this years prize.
What the judges say:
We’re thrilled to announce that Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix, translated from French by Helen Stevenson, has been shortlisted for this year’s International Booker Prize.
To celebrate the publication of Cauvery Madhavan's The Inheritance, author Cauvery Madhavan has chosen her favourite Irish bookshops to highlight for this year's Irish Book Week 2024.
You can explore the map of these bookshops on our dedicated Google Maps, as well as the list below:
No Alibis Bookstore (@NOALIBISBOOKS)
Botanic Avenue, Belfast
As part of our Black History Month celebrations, our editors Rosemarie Hudson and Pete Ayrton have picked what they think you should read in October, from the HopeRoad and Small Axes bookshelves and beyond. Read on to discover their choices...
