Revisiting the Warwick prize for women in translation longlist from 2024 Draw your book 2025-09-28 | The list - warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/winner2024/longlist2024Linnea Axelsson, Ædnan: An Epic, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Saskia Vogel, published by Pushkin Press.Yulia Yakovleva, Death of the Red Rider: A Leningrad Confidential, translated from Russian (Norway/Russia) by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, published by Pushkin Press.Stella Gaitano, Edo’s Souls, translated from Arabic (South Sudan) by Sawad Hussain, published by Dedalus Limited.Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory, translated from Japanese (Japan) by David Boyd, published by Granta.Han Kang, Greek Lessons, translated from Korean (South Korea) by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon, published by Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House UK.Maria Stepanova, Holy Winter 20/21, translated from Russian (Russia) by Sasha Dugdale, published by Bloodaxe BooksMarosia Castaldi, The Hunger of Women, translated from Italian (Italy) by Jamie Richards, published by And Other StoriesJenny Erpenbeck, Kairos, translated from German (Germany) by Michael Hofmann, published by GrantaGrazia Deledda, Marianna Sirca, translated from Italian (Italy) by Graham Anderson, published by Dedalus limited.Mieko Kanai, Mild Vertigo, translated from Japanese (Japan) by Polly Barton, published by Fitzcarraldo Editions.Nelly Sachs, Revelation Freshly Erupting, translated from German (Germany) by Andrew Shanks, published by Carcanet Press.Marie Darrieussecq, Sleepless, translated from French (France) by Penny Hueston, published by Fitzcarraldo Editions.Clarice Lispector, Too Much of Life: The Complete Chronicles, translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Robin Patterson and Margaret Jull Costa, published by Penguin Press.Urszula Honek, White Nights, translated from Polish (Poland) by Kate Webster, published by MTO Press.Lena Merhej,Yoghurt and Jam (or How My Mother Became Lebanese), translated from Arabic (Lebanon) by Nadiyah Abdullatif and Anam Zafar, published by Balestier Press.#booktube #bookprizes
More childrens books we love Draw your book 2025-09-21 | Books mentioned:*Pequena y grande series*Paco series*Giraffes can't dance#childrensbooks
Revisiting the Warwick prize for women in translation longlist from 2023 Draw your book 2025-09-14 | The list - warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/winner2023/longlist2023Dorthe Nors, A Line in the World, translated from Danish by Caroline Waight (Pushkin Press)Lalla Romano, A Silence Shared, translated from Italian by Brian Robert Moore (Pushkin Press)Amanda Svensson, A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding, translated from Swedish by Nichola Smalley (Scribe UK)Krisztina Tóth, Barcode, translated from Hungarian by Peter Sherwood (Jantar)Thuận, Chinatown, translated from Vietnamese by Nguyễn An Lý (Tilted Axis)Zhang Yueran, Cocoon, translated from Chinese by Jeremy Tiang (World Editions)Alba de Céspedes, Forbidden Notebook, translated from Italian by Ann Goldstein (Pushkin Press)Dorothy Tse, Owlish, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (Fitzcarraldo)Marguerite Duras, The Easy Life, translated from French by Olivia Baes and Emma Ramadan (Bloomsbury)Magda Szabó, The Fawn, translated from Hungarian by Len Rix (Maclehose)Bianca Bellová, The Lake, translated from Czech by Alex Zucker (Parthian Books)Grazia Deledda, The Queen of Darkness, translated from Italian by Graham Anderson (Dedalus)Margo Glantz, The Remains, translated from Spanish by Ellen Jones (Charco Press)Hanne Ørstavik, ti amo, translated from Norwegian by Martin Aitken (And Other Stories)Bushra al-Maqtari, What Have You Left Behind? translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain (Fitzcarraldo)Deena Mohamed, Your Wish Is My Command, translated from Arabic by Deena Mohamed (Granta)#booktube #bookprizes
August reading wrap up + September TBR Draw your book 2025-09-07 | Books mentioned:Silverborn by Jessica TownsendSister in Law by Harriet WistrichRivers of London by Ben AaronovitchThe Will of the Many by James IslingtonThe Books That Devoured My Father by Afonso CruzSweet Bean Paste by Durian SukegawaCall Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu GuoThe Nursery by Szilvia MolnarTravels with My Aunt by Graham GreeneA circle outside by Linda RosewoodHouse of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk#booktube #readingwrapup #TBR
HRCYED2 Episode 3 | A vlog Draw your book 2025-08-31 | Hardest reading challenge you'll ever do, round 2Announcement video - youtube.com/watch?v=UzS1f5gbt60Shelve it or scrap it by Becca and the books - youtube.com/watch?v=-PsFlkcNZ0o&list=PLM_DkLt-nmTfBUj3EYq49OWw7qlA38fmA#hrcyed #hrcyed2 #booktube #readingchallenge
Reading the Nevermoor series (Books #1-4) | A vlog Draw your book 2025-08-24 | #booktube #nevermoor #readingvlog
Tier ranking indie publishers Draw your book 2025-08-17 | Publishers mentioned:And other stories - andotherstories.orgCharco press - charcopress.comWorld editions - worldeditions.orgVerso - versobooks.comLolli Editions - lollieditions.comEuropa editions - europaeditions.comGalley Beggar press - galleybeggar.co.ukFitzcarraldo - fitzcarraldoeditions.comDaunt books - dauntbooks.co.ukSort of books - sortof.co.ukTilted axis press - tiltedaxispress.comScribe - https://scribepublications.com.au/#tierlist #indiepubishers #indiecember #booktube
HRCYED2 Episode 2 | A vlog Draw your book 2025-08-10 | Hardest reading challenge you'll ever do, round 2Announcement video - youtube.com/watch?v=UzS1f5gbt60#hrcyed #hrcyed2 #booktube #readingchallenge
July reading wrap up + August TBR Draw your book 2025-08-03 | Books read:*Tomb of sand by Geetanjali Shree - youtu.be/r4GbnJNSzvc*The old ways by Robert Macfarlane*The Hunger of Women by Marosia Castaldi*Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas*Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck*You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue*De fabriek by Hiroko Oyamada*All Systems Red by Martha Wells*Marianna Sirca by Grazia Deledda*Greek Lessons by Han Kang*Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow*Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow*Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan CrowBooks to read:*Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene* Dazzling by Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ*Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch* The Books That Devoured My Father by Afonso Cruz#readingwrapup #julytbr #booktube #booktubetbr
Rereading Tomb of sand by Geetanjali Shree | A vlog Draw your book 2025-07-27 | #booktube #readingvlog #reread
Revisiting the Warwick prize for women in translation longlist from 2022 Draw your book 2025-07-20 | The list - warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/winner2022Violaine Huisman, The Book of Mother, translated from French by Leslie Camhi (Little, Brown Book Group (Virago), 2021)Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob, translated from Polish by Jennifer Croft (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2021)Selva Almada, Brickmakers, translated from Spanish by Annie McDermott (Charco Press, 2021)Katja Oskamp, Marzahn, Mon Amour, translated from German by Jo Heinrich (Peirene Press, 2022)Faïza Guène, Men Don’t Cry, translated from French by Sarah Ardizzone (Cassava Republic Press, 2021)Marit Kapla, Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village, translated from Swedish by Peter Graves (Penguin Random House (Allen Lane), 2021)Samar Yazbek, Planet of Clay, translated from Arabic by Leri Price (World Editions, 2021)Susanne Wedlich, Slime: A Natural History, translated from German by Ayça Türkoğlu (Granta, 2021)Kyoko Nakajima, Things Remembered and Things Forgotten, translated from Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori and Ian McCullough MacDonald (Sort of Books, 2021)Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers, translated from Greek by Karen Van Dyck (Penguin Random House (Viking), 2021)Diana Bellessi, To Love A Woman, translated from Spanish by Leo Boix (Poetry Translation Centre, 2022)Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell (Tilted Axis Press, 2021)Irene Solà, When I Sing, Mountains Dance, translated from Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem (Granta, 2022)Diana Anphimiadi, Why I No Longer Write Poems, translated from Georgian by Natalia Bukia-Peters and Jean Sprackland (Bloodaxe Books and Poetry Translation Centre, 2022)#booktube #bookprizes
Midyear book tag Draw your book 2025-07-13 | Tag Questions:best book you've read so far in 2025best sequel you've read so far in 2025new release you haven't read yet, but want to most anticipated release for the second half of the year biggest surprisefavorite new author (debut or new to you)newest fictional crush book that made you cry book that made you happymost beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)what books do you need to read by the end of the yearBooks:Blue machine by Helen Czerski - youtu.be/0kEBwHfbosQThe copenhagen trilogy by Tove DitlevsenOotlin by Jenni FaganSliverborn by Jessica TownsendThe forbidden notebook by Alba de CespedesDisobedient bodies by Emma DabiriThe story of a heart by Rachel ClarkeProject Hail mary by Andy WeirA system so magnificent it is blinding by Amanda SvensonRaising hare by Clhloe DaltonSister in law by Harriet Wistrich#MIdYear #MidYearFreakout #MidYearCheckIn #Books #Literature
June reading wrap up + July TBR Draw your book 2025-07-06 | Books read:* Mild vertigo by Mieko Kanai* Fair play by Eve Rodsky* The physics of sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov* The bear and the nightingale by Katherin Arden* Flowers for Algamernon by Daniel Keyes* A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher* Death of the Red Rider: A Leningrad Confidential by Yulia Yakovleva* Sleepless by Marie DarrieussecqBooks to read:* The old ways by Robert MacFarlane* Funny in farsi by Firoozeh Dumas* Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck* Tomb of sand by Geetanjali Shree#readingwrapup #julytbr #booktube #booktubetbr
I am participating in HRCYED2 and I am scared... Draw your book 2025-06-29 | Hardest reading challenge you'll ever do, round 2Announcement video - youtube.com/watch?v=UzS1f5gbt60Shelve it or scrap it - youtube.com/watch?v=Y3SLsNQ3R94&list=PLM_DkLt-nmTfBUj3EYq49OWw7qlA38fmA#hrcyed #hrcyed2 #booktube #readingchallenge
Revisiting the Warwick prize for women in translation longlist from 2021 Draw your book 2025-06-22 | The list: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/winner2021/longlist2021Nana Ekvtimishvili, The Pear Field, translated from Georgian by Elizabeth Heighway (Peirene Press, 2020)Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story, translated from French by Alison L. Strayer (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2020)Jenny Erpenbeck, Not a Novel, translated from German by Kurt Beals (Granta, 2020)Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China, translated from Chinese by Jeremy Tiang (Tilted Axis Press, 2020)Hiromi Kawakami, People from My Neighbourhood, translated from Japanese by Ted Goossen (Granta, 2020)Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs, translated from Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd (Picador, 2020)Esther Kinsky, Grove, translated from German by Caroline Schmidt (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2020)Camille Laurens, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, translated from French by Willard Wood (Les Fugitives, 2020)Scholastique Mukasonga, Our Lady of the Nile, translated from French by Melanie Mauthner (Daunt Books Publishing, 2021)Duanwad Pimwana, Arid Dreams, translated from Thai by Mui Poopoksakul (Tilted Axis Press, 2020)Olga Ravn, The Employees, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken (Lolli Editions, 2020)Judith Schalansky, An Inventory of Losses, translated from German by Jackie Smith (MacLehose Press, 2020)Adania Shibli, Minor Detail, translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2020)Małgorzata Szejnert, Ellis Island: A People's History, translated from Polish by Sean Gasper Bye (Scribe UK, 2020)Maria Stepanova, In Memory of Memory, translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2021)Maria Stepanova, War of the Beasts and the Animals, translated from Russian by Sasha Dugdale (Bloodaxe Books, 2021)Alice Zeniter, The Art of Losing, translated from French by Frank Wynne (Picador, 2021)#booktube #bookprize
In memory of Ngugi wa Thiongo Draw your book 2025-06-15 | Related videos:Review the wizard of the crow - youtu.be/vhhBgBDW__YReview the perfect nine - youtu.be/ClFuWsNW8YAAbout Kenya - studio.youtube.com/video/wXyeWf4BxVc/editKenyan Q & A - youtu.be/8KXJ5TSU58A#NgugiReadalong
Reading all the Wainwright prize on conservation winners Draw your book 2025-06-08 | If you want to check the Wainwright prizes: wainwrightprize.com/conservation-prizeThe books:Rebirding by Benedict MacDonaldEntangled like by Merlin SheldrakeEating to extinction by Dan SaladinoThe lost rainforests of Britain by Guy ShrubsoleBlue machine by Helen Czerski#wainwrightprize #booktube
Reading Wrap up May + June TBR Draw your book 2025-06-01 | 0:00 The wrap upBooks read:Raising Hare by Chloe DaltonToo Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by Anne Helen PetersenChinaman by Shehan KarunatilakaPositive Discipline by Jane NelsenNot a Novel by JenA Sorceress Comes to CallT. Kingfisherny ErpenbeckSlime by Susanne WedlichChinatown by ThuậnProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir16:35 TBRThe Physics of Sorrow by Georgi GospodinovDeath of the Red Rider by Yulia YakovlevaThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenA sroceress comes to call by T. Kingfisher#booktube #readingwrapup #booktubetbr
Revisiting the Warwick prize for women in translation longlist from 2020 Draw your book 2025-05-25 | The list: warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/2020_warwick_prizeAbigail by Magda Szabó, translated from Hungarian by Len Rix (MacLehose Press, 2020)Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen, translated from Danish by Michael Favala Goldman (Penguin Classics, 2019)Happiness as Such by Natalia Ginzburg, translated from Italian by Minna Zallman Proctor (Daunt Books Publishing, 2019)Isabella by Isabella Morra, translated from Italian by Caroline Maldonado (Smokestack Books, 2019)Lake Like a Mirror by Ho Sok Fong, translated from Chinese by Natascha Bruce (Granta Publications, 2019)Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson, edited by Boel Westin & Helen Svensson, translated from Swedish by Sarah Death (Sort of Books, 2019)Pixel by Krisztina Toth, translated from Hungarian by Owen Good (Seagull Books, 2019)Summer of Reckoning by Marion Brunet, translated from French by Katherine Gregor (Bitter Lemon Press, 2020) The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated from Spanish by Iona Macintyre & Fiona Mackintosh (Charco Press, 2019)The Chandelier by Clarice Lispector, translated from Portuguese by Benjamin Moser & Magdalena Edwards (Penguin Modern Classics, 2019)The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili, translated from German by Charlotte Collins & Ruth Martin (Scribe UK, 2019)The Way Through the Woods by Long Litt Woon, translated from Norwegian by Barbara Haveland (Scribe UK, 2019)Things that Fall from the Sky by Selja Ahava, translated from Finnish by Emily Jeremiah & Fleur Jeremiah (Oneworld, 2019)Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun, translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette (Comma Press, 2019)Vivian by Christina Hesselholdt, translated from Danish by Paul Russell Garrett (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2019)White Horse by Yan Ge, translated from Chinese by Nicky Harman (HopeRoad Publishing, 2019)
Reading the womens prize for non-fiction shortlist | A vlog Draw your book 2025-05-18 | Related video:Reading the Women's prize for non fiction | A vlog - youtu.be/BFbRnRqbY1o#womensprize #booktube #readingvlog
The book of disappearance by Ibtisam Azem | A review Draw your book 2025-05-11 | #booktube #bookreview #internationalbookerprize
April reading wrap up + May TBR Draw your book 2025-05-04 | 00:00 THE WRAP UPVulture Capitalism by Grace BlakeleyÆdnan by Linnea AxelssonRebirding by Benedict MacdonaldAgent Zo by Clare MulleyThere Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif ShafakA Thousand Threads by Neneh CherryLas viudas de los jueves by Claudia PineiroThe Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam AzemDisobedient bodies by Emma Dabiri24:59 THE TBRChinaman by Shehan KarunatilakaNot a novel by Jenny ErpenbeckToo Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by Anne Helen PetersenChinatown by ThuanSlime by Susanne WedlichPositive Discipline by Jane Nelsen#booktube #readingwrapup #tbr
Revisiting the Warwick prize for women in translation longlist from 2019 Draw your book 2025-04-27 | The list: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/winner2019/longlist2019The books:· Brother In Ice by Alicia Kopf, translated from Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem (And Other Stories, 2018)· Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated from Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori (Granta, 2018)· Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated from French by Tina Kover (Europa Editions, 2018)· Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tocarczuk, translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2018)· Katalin Street by Magda Szabó, translated from Hungarian by Len Rix (Maclehose Press, 2019)· Negative of a Group Photograph by Azita Ghahreman, translated from Farsi by Maura Dooley with Elhum Shakerifar (Bloodaxe and Poetry Translation Centre, 2018)· People in the Room by Norah Lange, translated from Spanish by Charlotte Whittle (And Other Stories, 2018)· Picnic in the Storm by Yukiko Motoya, translated from Japanese by Asa Yoneda (Little, Brown Book Group (Corsair), 2018)· Season of the Shadow by Léonora Miano, translated from French by Gila Walker (Seagull Books, 2018)· Shadows on the Tundra by Dalia Grinkevičiūtė, translated from Lithuanian by Delija Valiukenas (Peirene, 2018)· The Years by Annie Ernaux, translated from French by Alison L. Strayer (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2018)· Thick of It by Ulrike Almut Sandig, translated from German by Karen Leeder (Seagull Books, 2018)· Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina, translated from Russian by Lisa C. Hayden (Oneworld, 2019)
Short book recommendations | Books to read in a day Draw your book 2025-04-20 | Books mentioned:I who have never known men by Jacqueline HarpmanSulphuric acid by Amelie NorthombThe serviceberry by Robin Wall-KimmererDislocations by Sylvia MolloyMarzhan mon amour by Katia OskampElena knows by Claudia PiñeiroStill born by Guadalupe NettelOur sister killjoy by Ama Ata AidooSer como ellos by Eduardo GaleanoIep Jaltok by Kathy Jetn̄il-KijinerMinor detail by Adania ShibliThe employees by Olga Ravn#booktube #shortbooks #bookstoreadinaday
March reading wrap up + April TBR Draw your book 2025-04-13 | 0:00 The wrap upBooks mentioned:Abigail by agda SzabóThe Everything War by Dana MattioliReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiThe Story of a Heart by Rachel ClarkePale Fire by Vladimir NabokovAmma by Saraid de SilvaNesting by Roisín O’DonnellUnder the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi KawakamiAn African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi32:10 TBRBooks mentioned:Rebirding by Benedict MacdonaldLas viudas de los jueves by Claudia PiñeiroThere are rivers in the sky by Elif ShafakAednan by Linnea AxelsonDisobedient bodies by Emma DabiriVulture capitalism by Grace BlakelyA thousand threads y Neneh CherryAgent ZO by Clare MulleyRaising hare by Chloe DaltonSister in law by Harriet WistrichThe book of disappearance by Ibtisam AzemNot a novel by Jenny ErpenbeckSlime by Susanne WeldichChinatown by Thuan#booktube #readingwrapup #booktubetbr #womensprize #buzzwordathon
Under the eye of the big bird by Hiromi Kawakami | A review Draw your book 2025-04-06 | #booktube #bookreview #internationalbookerprize
Reading books from the Womens prize for fiction 2025 | A vlog Draw your book 2025-03-30 | Books mentioned:Amma by Saraid da SilvaNesting by Roisin O'Donnell#womensprize #fiction #booktube
Reading the Womens prize for non fiction | A vlog Draw your book 2025-03-23 | Books read:What the wild sea can be by Helen ScalesWhy fish don't exist by Lulu MillerPrivate revolutions by Yuan YangBy the fire we carry by Rebecca NagleThe story of a heart by Rachel Clarke#booktube #readingvlog #womensprize
March of the Mammoths tag Draw your book 2025-03-16 | Check the original creator @jimsbooksreadingandstuff youtu.be/dJ5S-zWFFX4?si=B8-9IJAF5sh52pZCPeople I tag: @BobTheBookerer @hasteyebooks @myreadinglife8816 #booktube #marchofthemammoths
Reacting to the womens prize for fiction longest Draw your book 2025-03-05 | The listwomensprize.com#booktube #womensprize
February wrap up + March TBR Draw your book 2025-03-02 | Books read:*Yoghurt and Jam: Or How My Mother Became Lebanese by Lena Merhej *Childhood, Youth, Dependency: The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen*Edo’s souls by Stella Gaitano*The fawn by Magda Szabo*The lost rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole*A system so magnificent it is blinding by Amanda Svenson*Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller*What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World's Ocean by Helen Scales*Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China by Yuan Yang*The Chrysalids by John Wyndham*By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca NagleTBR March:*NW by Zadie Smith*An african history of africa by Zeinab Badawi*Sister in law by Harriet Wistrich*Reading lolita in teheran by Azar Nafisi*The everything war by Dana Mattioli*Pale fire by Vladimir Nabokov*Not a novel by Jenny Erpenbeck*Slime by Susanne Wedlich*Chinatown by Thuan*Vulture capitalism by Grace Blakeley#readingwrapup #booktube
Reacting to the 2025 International Booker longest Draw your book 2025-02-26 | The list: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/international/2025#internationalbookerprize #bookerprize
Revisiting the Warwick prize for women in translation longlist from 2018 Draw your book 2025-02-23 | The list: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/winner2018/longlist2018Bang by Dorrit Willumsen, translated from Danish by Marina Allemano (Norvik Press, 2017)Belladonna by Daša Drndić, translated from Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth (Maclehose Press, 2017)Flights by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from Polish by Jennifer Croft (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2017)Go Went Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from German by Susan Bernofsky (Portobello Books, 2017)Hair Everywhere by Tea Tulić, translated from Croatian by Coral Petkovich (Istros Books, 2017)Land of Smoke by Sara Gallardo, translated from Spanish by Jessica Sequeira (Pushkin Press, 2018)Letti Park by Judith Hermann, translated from German by Margot Bettauer Dembo (The Clerkenwell Press, 2018)Maybe Esther by Katja Petrowskaja, translated from German by Shelley Frisch (4th Estate, 2018)1947 by Elisabeth Åsbrink, translated from Swedish by Fiona Graham (Scribe Publications, 2017)Of Dogs and Walls by Yuko Tsushima, translated from Japanese by Geraldine Harcourt (Penguin, 2018)River by Esther Kinsky, translated from German by Iain Galbraith (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2018)The Emperor of Portugallia by Selma Lagerlöf, translated from Swedish by Peter Graves (Norvik Press, 2017)The House with the Stained-Glass Window by Żanna Słoniowska, translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Maclehose Press, 2017)The White Book by Han Kang, translated from Korean by Deborah Smith (Portobello Books, 2017)Vernon Subutex One by Virginie Despentes, translated from French by Frank Wynne (Maclehose Press, 2017)
Womens Prize For Non-fiction longlist reaction Draw your book 2025-02-13 | womensprize.com/prizes/womens-prize-for-non-fictionThe books:* Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum* Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Barraclough*The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV by Helen Castor*A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry*The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke*Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton*Ootlin by Jenni Fagan*Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller*Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elżbieta Zawacka by Clare Mulley*By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle*Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux*What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World’s Ocean by Helen Scales*The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place by Kate Summerscale*Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a System Designed by Men by Harriet Wistrich*Tracker by Alexis Wright*Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China by Yuan Yang#womensprize #womensprizenonfiction #booktube
Blue machine by Helen Czerski | A review Draw your book 2025-02-09 | #booktube #wainwrightprize #nonfictionbooks
January Reading Wrap up + February TBR Draw your book 2025-02-02 | 0:00 My month at a glance3:12 Book reviews31:12 February TBRBooks mentioned:Katalin Street by Magda SzabóA Line in the World by Dorthe NorsThe Forbidden Notebook by Alba de CéspedesThe Easy Life by Marguerite DurasA Silence Shared by Lalla RomanoWhat Have You Left Behind? by Bushra Al-MaqtariWellness by Nathan HillCocoon by Zhang YueranVernon Subutex 1 by Virginie DespentesLittle Dancer Aged Fourteen: The True Story Behind Degas's Masterpiece by Camille LaurensBlue Machine by Helen Czerski#readingwrapup #booktube
Revisiting the Warwick prize for women in translation longlist from 2017 Draw your book 2025-01-26 | The list: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/winner2017/longlist2017The books:The Art of being a Tiger by Ana Luísa Amaral, translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa (Liverpool University Press, 2016)The Song of Seven by Tonke Dragt, translated from Dutch by Laura Watkinson (Pushkin Children’s Books, 2016)Clementine Loves Red by Krystyna Boglar, translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and Zosia Krasodomska-Jones (Pushkin Children’s Books, 2016)Second-hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich, translated from Russian by Bela Shayevich (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2016)Life Begins on Friday by Iona Pârvulescu, translated from Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth (Istros Books, 2016)Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada, translated from German by Susan Bernofsky (Portobello Books, 2016)The Fox was ever the Hunter by Herta Müller, translated from German by Philip Boehm (Portobello Books, 2016)Eva Sleeps by Francesca Melandri, translated from Italian by Katherine Gregor (Europa Editions, 2016)Mirror, Shoulder, Signal by Dorthe Nors, translated from Danish by Misha Hoekstra (Pushkin Press, 2017)Swallowing Mercury by Wioletta Greg, translated from Polish by Eliza Marciniak (Portobello Books, 2017)Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated from Spanish by Megan McDowell (Oneworld Publications, 2017)Swallow Summer by Larissa Boehning, translated from German by Lyn Marven (Comma Press, 2016)The Dutch Maiden by Marente de Moor, translated from Dutch by David Doherty (World Editions, 2016)Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami, translated from Japanese by Lucy North (Pushkin Press, 2017)Mårbacka by Selma Lagerlöf, translated from Swedish by Sarah Death (Norvik Press, 2016)The Coast Road by Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, translated from Irish by Michael Coady, Peter Fallon, Tom French, Alan Gillis, Vona Groarke, John McAuliffe, Medbh McGuckian, Paul Muldoon, Michelle O’Sullivan, Justin Quinn, Billy Ramsell, Peter Sirr and David Wheatley (The Gallery Press, 2016)
My reading Stats for 2024 Draw your book 2025-01-19 | If you want to take a look at my storygraph, here it is:app.thestorygraph.com/profile/paulap#booktube #thestorygraph
My favourite books of 2024 Draw your book 2025-01-12 | Books mentioned:Larger than an orange by Lucy BurnsDucks by Kate BeatonOsebol by Marit KaplaA flat place by Noreen MasudSoldier sailor by Claire KillroyYour wish is my command by Deena MohammedI who have never known men by Jacqueline Hartman#booktube #favourites2024
December reading wrap up + January TBR Draw your book 2025-01-05 | 00:00 Wrap up23:30 TBRBooks read:The Serviceberry by Robin Wall KimmererEntangled Life by Merlin SheldrakeWhite Horse by Yan GeArid Dreams by Duanwad PimwanaThe Britannias by Alice AlbiniaThe Earth Transformed by Peter FrankopanThe Fox Was Ever the Hunter by Herta MüllerI Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline HarpmanTres veranos by Margarita LiberakiLife Begins on Friday by Ioana PârvulescuThe Lake by Bianca BellováThe Colour of Magic by Terry PratchettTo Love a Woman by Diana BellessiThe Empusium by Olga TokarczukBooks to read:Katalin street by Magda SzaboWellness by Nathan HillA line in the world by Dorthe NorsThe easy life by Marguerite DurasThings remembered and things forgotten by Kyoko NakajimaForbidden notebook by Alba de CespedesEdo's souls by Stella Gaitano#readingwrapup #booktube
My Plans and Goals for 2025 Draw your book 2024-12-29 | 00:00 Intro01:13 Wainwright prize03:37 Warwick prize17:55 Other prizes20:22 Ancient TBR26:17 Youtube goals#booktube #readinggoals
Did I achieve my goals in 2024? Draw your book 2024-12-22 | 0:00 Book reading goal6:36 Youtube goalsRelated videos:Reading plans for 2024 - youtu.be/JqWgWev2jNIMid year checkup - youtu.be/omPn8mPH7hoRead around the world project - youtu.be/PjNSs6topIQInternational booker winners - youtu.be/A1Q7d-bNoOEWarwick prize for women in translation - youtu.be/KZF_mjYSNwo#booktube #readinggoals
Reviewing the womens prize for non-fiction Draw your book 2024-12-15 | Books mentioned:The Britannias: An Island Quest by Alice AlbiniaVulture Capitalism by Grace BlakeleyEve by Cat BohannonIntervals by Marianne BrookerShadows at Noon by Joya Chatterji Thunderclap by Laura CummingSome People Need Killing by Patricia EvangelistaWifedom by Anna Funder - youtu.be/T7jyCYehniwMatrescence by Lucy JonesDoppelganger by Naomi Klein - youtu.be/0AKGynMTuYUA Flat Place by Noreen MasudAll That She Carried by Tiya MilesCode-Dependent by Madhumita MurgiaThe Dictionary People by Sarah OgilvieYoung Queens by Leah Redmond ChangHow to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair#nonfictionbooks #booktube
November reading wrap up Draw your book 2024-12-08 | Books mentioned:My Work by Olga RavnVivian by Christina HesselholdtThe Reddest Rose by Liv StrömquistWhy I No Longer Write Poems by Diana AnphimiadiShadows At Noon by Joya ChatterjiLetters from Tove by Tove JanssonGo, Went, Gone by Jenny ErpenbeckEllis Island by Malgorzata SzejnertOf Walking in Ice by Werner HerzogOn Writing by Stephen KingThe Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie#booktube #readingwrapup #nonfictionnovember
Fantasy book recommendations Draw your book 2024-12-01 | Books mentioned:City of brass by S.A. ChakrabortyBabel by R.F. KuangJonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeNevermoor by Jessica TownsendMomo by Michael EndeYour wish is my command by Deena Mohammed#booktube #bookrecomdations #fantasybook
Playground by Richard Powers | A review Draw your book 2024-11-17 | #booker2024 #bookreview #booktube
October reading wrap up Draw your book 2024-11-10 | Books mentioned:Second-hand time by Svetlana AlexievichLetti Park by Judith HermannThe safekeep by Yael van der HoudenLand of smoke by Sara GallardoPlayground by Richard PowersShadows of the tundra by Dalia GrinkevičiūtėThe maniac by Benjamin LabatutHunchback by Saou IchikawaMatrescence by Lucy JonesCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuThe adventures of Amina al-Shirafi by Shannon Chakraborti#booktube #readingwrapup #translatedfiction
If you liked this book... | Fiction-non fiction pairings Draw your book 2024-11-02 | Book pairs mentioned:Elena knows by Claudia Piñeiro Desarticulaciones (Dislocations) by Sylvia MolloySmall things like these by Claire KeaganOsebol by Marit KaplaSoldier sailor by Claire KillroyMatrescence by Lucy JonesBabel by R.F. KuangViolent phenomena (An anthology)The Overstory by Richard PowersBraiding sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererPlayground by Richard Powers Blue Machine by Helen CzerskiThe great alone by Kristin HannahDucks by Kate BeatonA little life by Hanya YanagiharaA flat place by Noreen MasudI who have never known men by Jacqueline HarpmanEve by Cat BohannonDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverEmpire of pain by Patrick Radden KeefeWashington black by Eli EdugyanA woman in the polar night by Christians Ritter#nonfictionnovember #booktube #bookrecommendations
Non-fiction November TBR Draw your book 2024-10-27 | Prompts:Code - The dictionary people by Sarah OgilviePath - My work by Olga RavnShot - Shadows at noon by Joya ChatterjiJoin - Entangle life by Merlin SheldrakeOther books mentioned:The Britannias: An Island Quest by Alice AlbiniaRebirding: Rewilding Britain and its Birds by Benedict MacdonaldSlime: A Natural History by Susanne WedlichFunny in Farsi by Firoozeh DumasThe Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan
