In a taut tale of radicalization, Norway’s Demian Vitanza contributes ‘This Life or the Next’ to a season of top-notch political books. Read More
Political Literature’s Darkest Nightmares
The New Year’s Eve of Time
Wishing you the opportunities you crave and the resources you deserve in 2019. Read More
At AWP: Love Before Trump
Released by AmazonCrossing, Kazuki Kaneshiro’s 18-year-old novel ‘Go’ has found a new voice in Takami Nieda’s translation. It’s a timely indictment of today’s nationalism. Read More
APub Docks at London Book Fair
At London Book Fair 2018, the Amazon Publishing foreign rights team packs dependable titles, making deals in up to 40 territories—and the retail muscle to make all boats float. Read More
Translating Katja Kettu: ‘At the Margins of History’
As AmazonCrossing arrives at Frankfurt Book Fair this week, Finland’s Katja Kettu’s ‘The Midwife’ has just been released, one of Amazon Publishing’s big books of the year. Read More
The Author and His Translator: Working Together Is All the ‘Rage’
‘Translators are wonderful readers,’ says Poland’s top-selling author, Zygmunt Miłoszewski, whose ‘Rage’ is out in English from AmazonCrossing. Read More
AmazonCrossing in Translation Expansion
With a huge response to its call at Frankfurt Book Fair for submissions, AmazonCrossing arrived at London Book Fair in rapid expansion. Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives. Read More
At Frankfurt: AmazonCrossing's new $10 million translation bid
Interviewing Sarah Jane Gunter at Frankfurt Book Fair’s Business Club This story was written for Wednesday’s (14th October) “Hug the Alien” session at Frankfurt Book Fair. In a move that answers a constant question both from independent authors and from publishers, AmazonCrossing has announced that it now is accepting submissions. The news comes with word of… Read More
China’s Feng Tang: Translating the ‘Beijing, Beijing’ Of His Peers
‘Sexuality Is Almost My Trademark’ “Why didn’t you take your stupid Three Gun briefs home?” she asked. “They were clearly dry already, dry as they would ever get, but you didn’t take them back. Why? After looking at them all day, I would go out and dance all night.” What the author Feng Tang does… Read More