Leningrad, 1938. When Shura and Tanya’s parents and little brother suddenly disappear in the middle of the night, it’s…
Apple Cake and Baklava
Title: Apple Cake and Baklava Author: Kathrin Rohmann Illustrator: Franziska Harvey My English translation published by: Darf Publishers 2018 Aimed…
The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature’s Secret Signs
At what temperature do bees stay home? Why do southerly winds in winter often bring storms? How can birdsong or…
What I translated in 2017… and what’s out in 2018
This year has been an extremely busy one with some very enjoyable and satisfying books to translate. I’ve fulfilled a…
Banthology: Stories from Unwanted Nations
This urgent and timely collection brings together seven specially commissioned stories from the so-called ‘banned nations’: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria,…
A Crime in Ramallah, Abbad Yahya
The Words without Borders July 2017 issue “Divided Countries” includes an excerpt I’ve translated of A Crime in Ramallah by…
Farewell to the Horse: The Final Century of Our Relationship
*** BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week, from 29 May 2017 *** *** Sunday Times history book of the year…
Sacrifice – a German crime thriller
He must hunt her down. Kill her. Destroy her . . . In her very first case, criminal psychologist Lena…
The Prehistory of the Turkic-Speaking Peoples
Slavic and Turkish languages have been studied separately for many years. This book offers scientific and theoretical hypotheses on the…
Bottled up by Basma Abdel Aziz
‘I could wander aimlessly from one colleague’s office to another, stopping here and there for a chat, maybe a cup…
