Panels are usually formed by six industry experts, amongst which there are publishers, translators, critics, booksellers, and a permanent representative from the British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT). Panellists change every edition to allow as many people as possible to be part of the project. The panel meets twice at our offices in central London. Their decisions are based on their knowledge, experience and intuition, as well as on reader’s reports. Members of the panel take their decisions with total independence.
The Autumn/Winter panel was formed by: Rosalind Harvey (translator), David Mantero (bookseller, Stanford’s), James Tennant (editor, Dalkey Archive), Maya Jaggi (journalist and literary critic), Jüry Gabriel (publisher, Dedalus) and Gary Mckeone (literary consultant, representing BCLT).
The readers who have written reports for us are Ollie Brock, Daniel Hahn, Lise Jones, Margaret Jull Costa, Rosalind Harvey, Christina MacSweeney, Laura McGloughlin, Nick Caistor, Peter Bush, Catherine Forrest, Kirsty Hooper, Tom Bunstead, Nelly Hermitant, Lorna Scott Fox, Kit Maude, Chris Moss, Catherine Forrest, and Anna Marjatta Milsom.
We would like to thank the members of the panel and the readers for their invaluable contribution to the Autumn/Winter 2011 edition.
“This seemed to me a jewel of a book.
“Barba’s short novel is an intense examination of inner life and one’s conscious and subconscious response to situations, looks, gestures and words.” (Rosalind Harvey)
“A truly stunning work with a beautiful stillness to it, very few potential translation issues, and which deserves to be in as many languages as possible. “(Rosalind Harvey)
“The Door with Three Locks” is attractive, accessible, entertaining, fascinating, surprising and by turns exciting and cute. It is a great introduction to the astonishing subject of quantum physics. (Catherine Forrest)
“Alfonso Zapico’s graphic novel Dublinés provides a witty and intuitive guide to the life and times of James Augustine Aloysius Joyce. Required reading for anyone who believes that Joyce is too serious for them”. (Lise Jones)
"35Muertos is a sprawling, fast-paced novel set in Colombia’s recent past and dealing with the country’s history of an epidemic of violence. I think anyone who enjoys García Márquez would like it.” (Rosalind Harvey)
“Aimed at 7, 8 & 9-year-olds, El Señor H is great fun, with some old-fashioned public service type information also cleverly, undidactically injected along the way.
“This is a ground-breaking work by one of Spain’s foremost contemporary historians. It is based on extensive original research, which has uncovered material of clear international significance. “(Kirsty Hooper)
“Finding a new way oflooking at this iconic figure was an ambitious project which has been beautifully accomplished by Hernández and Torres in La Huella de Lorca.” (Lise jones)
“Mae West y Yo tackles the theme of death and mortality from an unusual perspective, showing how humour and imagination can help when facing adversity, whilst also presenting a gentle critique of the privileged lives of Spain’s upper-middle classe