19 Apr
With Boyd Tonkin, former chair of the International Booker and author of the forthcoming The 100 Best Novels in Translation, and Frank Wynne, nominated in the International Booker shortlist for his translation of Virginie Despentes. Presented by Sam Leith. Read more at Audioboom…
12 Apr
Short film from the Man Booker International Prize 2018 short-list announcement ceremony at Somerset House, London.
12 Apr
The Man Booker International Prize today, Thursday 12 April, reveals the shortlist of six books in contention for the 2018 prize, which celebrates the finest works of translated fiction from around the world. The £50,000 prize for the winning book will be divided equally between its author and translator. The 2018 shortlist is as follows: […]
02 Apr
The Man Booker International Prize have produced a Readers’ Guide to Vernon Subutex 1 – download it here…
27 Mar
THE 2018 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Saturday 26 May 2018, 10am Venue: Llwyfan Cymru – Wales Stage The longlist for this year’s international fiction prize consists of Laurent Binet, Javier Cercas, Virginie Despentes, Jenny Erpenbeck, Han Kang, Ariana Harwicz, László Krasznahorkai, Antonio Muñoz, Christoph Ransmayr, Ahmed Saadawi, Olga Tokarczuk, Wu Ming-Yi and Gabriela Ybarra. The […]
12 Mar
Sam Leith for The Spectator “The longlist for the Man Booker International Prize for fiction – judged by a very impressive panel headed by Lisa Appignanesi and including Michael Hofmann, Hari Kunzru, Helen Oyeyemi and our own Tim Martin – is out. Special props to super-translator Frank Wynne, who has translated not one but two […]
12 Mar
Vernon Subutex 1 has been nominated for the longlist of the The Man Booker International Prize 2018. “The Man Booker International Prize has revealed the ‘Man Booker Dozen’ of 13 novels in contention for the 2018 prize, which celebrates the finest works of translated fiction from around the world. The prize is awarded every year for […]
03 Oct
By Elsa Keslassy for Variety “French star Romain Duris is set to topline the TV adaptation of “Vernon Subutex,” Virginie Despentes’ bestselling novel. Canal Plus, the French pay-TV channel behind “The Returned,” has commissioned the series… The novel “Vernon Subutex” has been lauded by critics for its richly layered, dark-humored and crystalline depiction of contemporary French […]
