Bulgarian Fiction NYghts

22 – 25 April, New York

Open Letter Books & The Elizabeth Kostova Foundation are pleased to mark the publication of two new books:

ANGEL IGOV’s A Short Tale Of Shame (Open Letter Books, 2013)
ZACHARY KARABASHLIEV’s 18% Gray (Open Letter Books, 2013)

Meet the two authors and the translator, Angela Rodel, at the following events:

READING&TALK

Monday, April 22, 6PM
Hunter College (695 Park Ave, NY 10065)
CLOSED.

READING GROUP

Wednesday, April 24, 7PM
Bulgarian Consulate (121 E 62nd St, New York, NY 10065)

BOOK PARTY

Thursday, April 25, 7PM
192 Books (192 Tenth Avenue at 21st Street New York, NY 10011)

READ ABOUT THE AUTHORS & THE BOOKS
ALLOCADES

Free admission to all events
RSVP IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT IT’S APPRECIATED.

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Chad Post on "Karaoke Culture" by Dubravka Ugresic

I mentioned in my post about the ALTA conference that I'd share some videos interviews I conducted while there and here we are with the first one. Chad Post, from Open Letter Books, talks about one of my favorite books from 2011, Karaoke Culture by Dubravka Ugresic.

(If your browser cuts off part of the video you can watch it here too.)

Open Letter Books Launches eBook Series

A great offer from Chad Post and our friends over at Open Letter Books:

"Open Letter is proud to announce the launch of a new ebook series for international literature. Beginning today, the first nine titles in the collection will be made available on e-reader devices such as Kindle, Nook, and iPad, among others.

To highlight this event, each book will be priced at $4.99 at launch—a limited offer lasting until June 30, 2011. Currently available ebooks include translated titles like the award-winning A Thousand Peaceful Cities by Polish writer Jerzy Pilch and the Russian classic The Golden Calf by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov.

The Open Letter ebook series also boasts what is believed to be the world’s largest ebook collection of Catalan literature translated into English, with titles such as the modern classic Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda.

“We believe the best publishing model for Open Letter is the one that gets great international literature into the hands of readers. That’s why we’re so excited, not only to be offering a large selection of our books in both print and digital formats, but also to be putting these ebooks out there at a price that allows anyone to take a chance on something new,” says publisher Chad W. Post.

The current collection includes: Bragi Ólafsson’s The Ambassador andThe Pets, Jerzy Pilch’s A Thousand Peaceful Cities and The Mighty Angel, Mercè Rodoreda’s Death in Spring and The Selected Stories of Merce Rodoreda, Quim Monzó’s Gasoline and Guadalajara, and Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov’s The Golden Calf.

To see the full collection to learn more about each title, click here."