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Colm Tóibín talks about the power of imagination in artistic and literary creation

In a talk with journalist Àlex Vicente that will take place at CCCB on July 11.

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Ava Reid, Frances Hardinge and P. Djèli Clark, the first confirmed names of the 42

The Barcelona Fantastic Genres Festival will also have the participation of Albert Sánchez Piñol, Victoria Álvarez and Edgar Cantero.

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Writers Adam Shatz and Pankaj Mishra discuss the legacy of Frantz Fanon

The meeting will take place at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) on the afternoon of 3 July.

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Ideal announces an immersive exhibition on literature and science with Jules Verne as the protagonist

It will be produced by the Catalan audiovisual content creation studio Layers of Reality and will open on 19 September.

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Barcelona, guest city of the Angoulême 2025 comics festival

The most important event of the comic genre in Europe will celebrate the new edition from 29th January to 2nd February.

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Open call for a literary residency in Vilnius

Applications can be sent to the organisation until first of July.

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Literary Radar

Selection of local and international pieces on literature

Anthony Fauci’s Side of the Story | THE NEW YORKER | 17/06/2024

The former niaid director has been both lauded and demonized for his work during the covid pandemic, but his autobiography insists that his career needs to be seen whole to...

Passiontide by Monique Roffey review – a passionate protest novel | THE GUARDIAN | 16/06/2024

Set on a Caribbean island, the follow-up to The Mermaid of Black Conch highlights the scale of violence against women.

 

Growing Up With Joan Didion and Dominick Dunne, in the Land of Make-Believe | THE NEW YORK TIMES | 08/06/2024
Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War by Jonathan Dimbleby review – the Red army’s advance into history | THE GUARDIAN | 27/05/2024

A fresh take on Operation Bagration, the colossal eastern front offensive in the second world war, is the author and broadcaster’s best book yet – and shows how next to the...

Books for a better world: as chosen by Lenny Henry, Geri Halliwell-Horner, Andrew O’Hagan and others | THE GUARDIAN |18/05/2024

Game-changing books that offer hope, as recommended by speakers at this year’s Hay festival, including Theresa May, Tom Holland, Helen Garner and Jon Ronson

 

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€100,000 Dublin literary award won by Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu | THE GUARDIAN THE GUARDIAN THE GUARDIAN | 24/05/2024

Cărtărescu’s novel Solenoid, translated by Sean Cotter, was described by judges as ‘wildly inventive with passages of great beauty’

 

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