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December 17, 2020

Spotlight on Publishers: Renard Press

Questions by Karen Langley 2020 has in many ways been the year of independent publishers; print books have been fighting back against the march…

December 10, 2020

Revolutionary Women from Gallic Books

Reviewed by Karen Langley French literature doesn’t lack a wide range of great women writers; the names which spring most readily to mind are…

November 19, 2020

A Sound Mind by Paul Morley

Reviewed by Karen Langley Paul Morley made his name as a music critic for the New Musical Express back in the halcyon punk days…

October 22, 2020

One Billion Years to the End of the World by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Translated by Antonina W. Bouis Reviewed by Karen Langley Science fiction writing often gets a bad press; dismissed as lightweight genre writing, mocked for…

September 10, 2020

Non-Combatants and Others by Rose Macaulay

Reviewed by Karen Langley Rose Macaulay is mainly known for her 1956 novel The Towers of Trebizond; yet she was an astonishingly prolific writer,…

August 6, 2020

The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison

Review by Karen Langley M. John Harrison has been described as one of the UK’s best-kept secrets, a hidden jewel in the literary crown…

June 30, 2020

Chitambo by Hagar Olsson

Translated by Sarah Death Reviewed by Karen Langley When we think of Nordic fiction nowadays, we’re probably inevitably aware of the preponderance of Scandi-crime;…

June 30, 2020

Crisis by Karin Boye

Translated by Amanda Doxtater Reviewed by Karen Langley When we think of Nordic fiction nowadays, we’re probably inevitably aware of the preponderance of Scandi-crime;…

June 23, 2020

I Remember by Georges Perec

Introduced, Translated, Annotated, Edited and Indexed by Philip Terry and David Bellos Reviewed by Karen Langley Regular readers of Shiny New Books may recall…

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April 30, 2020

Puzzles, constraints and cryptograms: An Oulipo beginner’s primer

By Karen Langley Although you may never have heard the name of the literary group Oulipo, there’s a good chance you might actually have…

March 24, 2020

Fandango and Other Stories by Alexander Grin

Translated by Bryan Karetnyk Reviewed by Karen Langley Recent years have seen a wave of wonderful new translations of ‘lost’ Russian authors of the…

February 27, 2020

Square Haunting by Francesca Wade

Review by Karen Langley “Square Haunting” was published to much fanfare and acclaim recently; a book which looks at the lives of five notable…

February 20, 2020

Kallocain by Karin Boye

Translated by David McDuff Review by Karen Langley Our modern world often seems to be getting very close to a dystopian nightmare, and most…

February 6, 2020

Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin by Clive James

Review by Karen Langley My love of the poetry of Philip Larkin is no secret; I’ve written about him numerous times on my own…

Stanslaw Lem Tales of Pirx the Pilot Louis Iribarne Penguin
January 23, 2020

Tales of Pirx the Pilot by Stanislaw Lem

Translated by Louis Iribarne Review by Karen Langley Polish writer Stanislaw Lem was a prolific author of science fiction works, the most well known…

November 5, 2019

The Memoir of an Anti-Hero by Kornel Filipowicz

Translated by Anna Zaranko Review by Harriet It could be argued that Anglophone readers are living in a golden age of translated literature; all…

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September 19, 2019

The Caravaners by Elizabeth von Arnim

Introduced by Juliane Römhild, with notes by Kate Macdonald Review by Karen Langley Elizabeth von Arnim is probably best known nowadays for her novel The…

anna kavan machines in the head peter owen
September 12, 2019

Machines in the Head: Selected Short Writing by Anna Kavan

Review by Karen Langley There was quite a resurgence of interest in Anna Kavan’s writing last year with the release of not one, but…

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August 1, 2019

Necropolis by Vladislav Khodasevich

Translated by Sarah Vitali Review by Karen Langley, The Russian Library series from Columbia University Press has thrown up some marvellous treasures of literature…

Red Circle Minis
July 9, 2019

Red Circle Authors: An unusual and innovative venture

By Karen Langley Japanese literature has a long and rich heritage stretching from early works like The Pillow Book (990s) and The Tale of…

Red Circle Minis
July 9, 2019

Tragedy, Farce and the Future: the Red Circle Minis

Review by Karen Langley As I’ve explained in my Bookbuzz feature, the Red Circle Minis are three slim volumes of original writing published by…

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July 2, 2019

Selfies by Sylvie Weil

Translated by Ros Schwartz Review by Karen Langley The selfie might seem to be a very modern phenomenon; the sight of people constantly stretching…

Barcelona Tales Helen Constantine
June 25, 2019

Barcelona Tales, ed Helen Constantine

Translated by Peter Bush Review by Karen Langley If you’re an armchair traveller like I am, the “City Tales” collection of books from Oxford…

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June 25, 2019

Lisbon Tales, ed. Helen Constantine

Translated by Amanda Hopkinson Review by Karen Langley If you’re an armchair traveller like I am, the “City Tales” collection of books from Oxford…

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May 9, 2019

Little Boy by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Review by Karen Langley American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti is perhaps more regularly acknowledged nowadays for his pivotal role in pioneering the Beat Generation; from…

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