Books in Translation

In this episode of the Brighton Book Club, Anna explores books in translation. She talks to translator and author of 50 SOUNDS (out soon with Fitzcarraldo Editions, Polly Barton, Literary Scout Soraya Bouazzaoui and local book blogger Kit Winks about the International Man Booker Prize. She speaks to Rufus Purdy who has recently started a literary agency in Brighton and to the team at the Page Turner Awards which are open for submissions now. This month’s book club book was Danish author and poet Tove Ditlevsen’s novel, THE FACES. Local writer and theatre maker Laura Mugridge joins the conversation.

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If you'd like to read ahead for next month's Local Author Special, get your hands on a copy of Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut novel OPEN WATER (Penguin)

More info about this month's guests:

Polly Barton and 50 SOUNDS: https://www.waterstones.com/book/fifty-sounds/polly-barton/9781913097509

Soraya Bouazzaoui: https://twitter.com/halalltakeaway

Kitty Winks: https://www.instagram.com/kit_reads/

Rufus/Two Piers Agency: https://twopiersagency.com/

The Page Turner Awards: https://pageturnerawards.com/

Laura Mugridge: https://twitter.com/MugridgeMagic