Nachts Blick auf einen Wald, vereinzelt Lichter.
Jetzt ist Stille
der Rest der Strecke,
ohne Erinnerung
kein Leben.
Ich hör meine Schritte
nicht länger,
was mich umringt,
ist verborgen.
Blind lauf ich weiter, ein fahler Hund
in der Kälte. Hier muss es sein,
hier nehme ich Abschied von mir selbst
und werde dann langsam
niemand.
Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom obit @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b... Noting also: "Only a fraction of his complete works has appeared in English", *sigh*.
Der niederländische Schriftsteller Cees Nooteboom war ein glänzender Erzähler, berühmt wurde er gerade in Deutschland. Nun ist er gestorben. Nachruf eines guten Freundes
RIP Roy Jacobsen 🖤 - beautiful books, lovely man.
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'If you think you’ve heard this kind of story before, think again.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘Breathtaking, immensely beautiful and impossible to stop reading.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
On the Calculation of Volume III is nearly here! Publishing 18 November 📚
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We’re hiring a Senior Publicity Executive with a focus on non-fiction, film and history, and Faber Editions. If you have experience working closely with authors and agents and a track record delivering impactful campaigns, apply by 28 August.
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We are recruiting a new Commissioning Editor for fiction. Like all Faber editors, they will publish with dynamism and creativity, sensitivity and bravery – apply by 7 September.
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'Breathtaking, immensely beautiful and impossible to stop reading.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If you’ve read the first volume of Solvej Balle’s International Booker Prize-shortlisted septology, now is the perfect time to continue the story… On the Calculation of Volume II is available from all good bookshops.
We’re hiring a Senior Publicity Executive with a focus on non-fiction, film and history, and Faber Editions. If you have experience working closely with authors and agents and a track record in delivering impactful campaigns, apply by 28 August.
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We are now recruiting a new Commissioning Editor for fiction. Like all Faber editors, they will publish with dynamism and creativity, sensitivity and bravery – apply by 7 September.
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Oh my gosh!!! 🪼💙🪼💙🪼💙!!!
Fabulous news Jeffrey, congratulations to you! Astounding work on a very special book 👏👏
And then there were three!
We’re delighted to announce the finalists for the #EBRDLiteraturePrize2025:
📗Forgottenness @bullaunpress.bsky.social
📗Sons, Daughters @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social
📗The Empusium @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
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Just heard that Alex Wheatle has died. He was such a fantastic writer, who captured the intensity, the passion, the humour and the tragedy of life as an Black teen, in contemporary Britain and in times past. Steve McQueen's Small Axe episode four tells his story: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Image of Alex Wheatle
🖤 Rest in peace, Rest in power, sharing love and condolences with all family and friends, all of our writing family and community and all students of the mighty Alex Wheatle. What a loss. Thank you Alex.
A black-and-white photo of Baalu Girma, the famous Ethiopian writer. A formal portrait in suit and tie.
The original cover of the Ethiopian novel Oromay, published in 1983. The top line of Amharic text says Baalu Girma, the second line is Oromay. The cover was designed by Tibebe Terffa for Kuraz Publishing.
The cover of the English translation of Oromay, the UK edition from MacLehose.
The cover of the English translation of Oromay, the US edition from Soho Press.
On this day in 1984, the Ethiopian writer Baalu Girma vanished, almost certainly kidnapped & murdered by the Derg regime in retaliation for his novel Oromay. The brutal regime’s attempt to silence him failed, as Oromay is a beloved & popular classic. Thank you Ato Baalu. We remember.
#bannedbooks
From fresh voices to a fifth-time nominee, here's everything you need to know about the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist.
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Delighted to have had anything to do with it, and v glad to have worked with you
Our English translation of the 1983 Ethiopian novel Oromay by Baalu Girma is out *today* in the UK (Feb 4 in US). Praised in The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement, and Kirkus (⭐️), among others, as a compelling spy/romance/political thriller/war novel. Really! www.davidwrites.net/oromay
Today is the day this once-banned Ethiopian novel appears in a much-anticipated English translation by David DeGusta and Mesfin Felleke Yirgu
“Astonishing and compelling” MAAZA MENGISTE
“Carries the shock of truth” AIDA EDEMARIAM
“Startling, intimate” OKEY NDIBE
“Gripping” ANDREY KURKOV
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Goldsboro Books is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Bookseller to join our team in the heart of Covent Garden, London.
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My first outing for #ecumenicalpours on this platform. None of the bitter aftertaste you get on TwiXter.
Next up in our glorious FT annual round-up of the best books of the year: Martin Wolf shares his selection of must-reads from the world of economics. Lots of other goodies - from tech to crime - with more to come. And then all brought together print on Saturday. Dive in!
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The 40,000-year-old, 5 cm-high Venus of Hohle Fels puts all kinds of things into perspective. She has her own room at www.urmu.de in Blaubeuren, DE.
Amharic fiction coming in 2025 ! Baalu Girma's 'Oromay' coming from Soho Press in the US www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768953... and MacLehose in the UK www.hachette.co.uk/titles/baalu... 2/2025. This is fantastic ! (Basically nothing gets translated from Amharic, so this is big, big news.)
