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). Panelists 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 2012 panel was formed by:Michal Shavit (Editorial Director – Harvill Secker), Geoffrey Mulligan (Head of Clerkenwell Press), Gary McKeone (representing BCLT), Frank Wynne (Translator), Guy Ramage (Head of Sales, Belgravia Books) and Michael Prodger (Journalist). The following people have translated book summaries or/and written reports for this issue: Catherine Forrest, Christina MacSweeney, Lise Jones, Chris Moss, Izzie Kaufeler, Martin Schifino, , Judith Willis, Ollie Brock, Anne McLean, Suky Taylor and Miranda France.
A big thank you to all of them for their enthusiast and invaluable contribution to the Autumn/Winter 2012 edition of New Spanish Books.
Natura quasi morta is an astute and brilliant novel of intrigue, which grips us from the first page.
On returning from Burkina Faso, Patricia shows her writer friend her travel snaps.
Jacob has decided to die. A car accident has left him paraplegic and in such pain that his life is unbearable. His father David faces the hardest of tests: witnessing the event.
Years ago I heard about a programme Paul Auster had on the American public radio station NPR called ‘The National Short Story Project’. Auster came on air the first night and asked American listeners to send in their stories.
Europe, XV Century: the Black Death epidemic is devastating the continent. Godofredo Chaucer, his servant Corbino, Argentina and Eleazar de Caballería embark on a écheme of espionage to unravel the mystery behind the unknown disease.
Did Federico García Lorca’s lover Enrique Amorim steal his corpse? Did he disguise himself as Jean Paul Sartre to attend a secret meeting between Chaplin and Picasso? Did he sabotage Pablo Neruda’s efforts to win the Nobel Prize?
Did you know that cutting paper helps children to think, aids the reading-writing process and encourages creativity?