London Reads the World - a global open book club (@ldnreadsworld) 's Twitter Profile
London Reads the World - a global open book club

@ldnreadsworld

A friendly group reading world lit in English translation, formerly meeting in London pubs, now online. Open to all. Next: Mon 3 Feb 19:00 BST. DM to join!

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Forbidden Notebook by Alba De CƩspedes Translation: Ann Goldstein. Another wonderful book in translation. Gripping. One lives with & feels for the protagonist so much. 1/2

Forbidden Notebook by Alba De CƩspedes Translation: Ann Goldstein. Another wonderful book in translation. Gripping. One lives with & feels for the protagonist so much. 1/2
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We’re delighted to say that author Elsa Drucaroff and translator Slava Faybysh slava faybysh will join us for the discussion of our next book, Rodolfo Walsh’s Last Case. Join us online at 7pm London time on Tue 3 Sep. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.

We’re delighted to say that author <a href="/Elsa_Drucaroff/">Elsa Drucaroff</a> and translator Slava Faybysh <a href="/slavabob8/">slava faybysh</a> will join us for the discussion of our next book, Rodolfo Walsh’s Last Case. Join us online at 7pm London time on Tue 3 Sep. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.
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That was a corker of a London Reads the World - a global open book club book club tonight. Learnt so much from author Elsa Drucaroff and translator slava faybysh about #RodolfoWalsh and the background for the book (even after we published it Corylus Books, there's more to find out) 🄰🄰

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For our next book we travel to Mozambique: we will be discussing Paulina Chiziane’s The Joyful Cry of the Partridge, translated by David Brookshaw, on Mon 7 Oct at 7pm London time, online. Join us! All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.

For our next book we travel to Mozambique: we will be discussing Paulina Chiziane’s The Joyful Cry of the Partridge, translated by David Brookshaw, on Mon 7 Oct at 7pm London time, online. Join us! All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.
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Many thanks to London Reads the World - a global open book club for choosing Rodolfo Walsh's Last Case as a book club read for September. Here's an edited version of the Q&A with author Elsa Drucaroff and translator slava faybysh The e-book is currently just 90p on Amazon youtube.com/watch?v=e1TSGW…

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Our book for November is Under Pressure by faruk sehic šŸ‰šŸ‡æšŸ‡¦, translated from Bosnian by Mirza Purić and published by Istros Books. Join us online on Monday 4 November at 7pm London time to discuss. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.

Our book for November is Under Pressure by <a href="/faruksehic70/">faruk sehic šŸ‰šŸ‡æšŸ‡¦</a>, translated from Bosnian by Mirza Purić and published by <a href="/Istros_books/">Istros Books</a>. Join us online on Monday 4 November at 7pm London time to discuss. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.
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In December we discuss a pre-modern work. This time it’s Thomas More’s Utopia from 1516, translated from Latin by various translators. Choose any edition you like and join us online at 7pm London time on Mon 2 Dec. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.

In December we discuss a pre-modern work. This time it’s Thomas More’s Utopia from 1516, translated from Latin by various translators. Choose any edition you like and join us online at 7pm London time on Mon 2 Dec. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.