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Literary roundup: Russians in New York3 comments

literalab wrote 1 day ago: BookExpo America (BEA) starts June 2 in New York, with a fantastic looking ReadRussia program. Guest … more →

Tags: Literary Events, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Karel Capek, David Mitchell, Zinovy Zinik, Jason Goodwin, Marina Adamovich, Alexander Genis, Yuri Miloslavsky

Martin Vopěnka’s Fifth Dimension

literalab wrote 2 days ago: Czech author and publisher Martin Vopěnka was a guest at the Prague Writers’ Festival in 2012 and sp … more →

Tags: interviews, Prague Writers' Festival, Czech writers, Martin Vopěnka, The Fifth Dimension, the sleeping city

Playing the instruments of thought

literalab wrote 3 days ago: On the BBC’s “A Point of View” writer Will Self takes on readers and critics who oppose the use of d … more →

Tags: essays, A Point of View, BBC, Igor Stravinsky, lolita, Nabokov, Vladimir Nabokov, Will Self

Five Guys Burgers and Fries Opening in Port Coquitlam

Amy wrote 5 days ago: The burger chain, Five Guys Burgers and Fries will be opening a location in Port Coquitlam. The rest … more →

Tags: local food news

Franz Kafka Prize goes to Czech writer Daniela Hodrová

literalab wrote 1 week ago: The Franz Kafka society announced today that this year’s Franz Kafka Prize goes to writer and … more →

Tags: Literary Prizes, Daniela Hodrová, elfriede jelinek, Franz Kafka Medal, Franz Kafka Prize, Franz Kafka Society, Harold Pinter, Jantar Publishing, John Banville

New Neapolitan Style Pizza Place Opening in North Burnaby

Amy wrote 1 week ago: A new Neapolitan style pizza place called Cotto Enoteca Pizzeria is set to open in North Burnaby. Th … more →

Tags: local food news

Visitors “maid” to suffer by returning King

Datchet Cricket Club wrote 1 week ago: North Maidenhead made the short journey back up the M4 with a meagre 7 points in tow after being put … more →

Tags: Match Report, lambert, Win, Datchet CC, Thames Valley League, aeri, Aziz, North Maidenhead, Pervez

Literary roundup: Rossica Prize for best post-horses of enlightenment

literalab wrote 1 week ago: Congratulations to John Elsworth for winning this year’s Rossica Translation Prize for his translati … more →

Tags: News, Andrei Bely, Ilf and Petrov, Ivan Bunin, Nikolay Leskov, russian literature, the golden calf, The Road, The Twelve Chairs

Publishing house of ill repute

literalab wrote 1 week ago: File this under: it couldn’t happen in America. It is one of the stranger publishing stories I’ve se … more →

Tags: News, Ilf and Petrov, the golden calf, The Twelve Chairs

Minami Restaurant Opening on June 51 comment

Amy wrote 1 week ago: Minami Restaurant, the restaurant that is taking over the space were Goldfish once was, is set to op … more →

Tags: local food news

Fess up: the Festival of the European Short Story

literalab wrote 1 week ago: Sunday, May 27 sees the beginning of the 2012 Festival of the European Short Story (FESS) in Zagreb. … more →

Tags: Literary Events, Cees Nooteboom, Croatia, david albahari, Football, Gyorgy Dragoman, Serbian Writers, Soccer

Book World Prague’s Emphasis on Black Sea Writers Pays Off

literalab wrote 1 week ago: An article on Publishing Perspectives examining the success of Book World Prague in spite of the eco … more →

Tags: Literary Events, Book World Prague, Gabriela Adamesteanu, Literature Across Frontiers, Saudi Arabia, Vaclav Havel Library

Enter the Czech Literature Portal

literalab wrote 1 week ago: While everyone seems vitally concerned with the portal Loki utilizes to make a surprise appearance o … more →

Tags: Writers, Bohumil Hrabal, Czech literature, Czech Literature Portal, Jaroslav Hašek, Jiří Theiner Award, Jiří Weil, Kateřina Tučková, Milan Kundera

Top Chef Canada Season 3 Application

Amy wrote 1 week ago: Think you have what it takes to be a Top Chef? Top Chef Canada will be returning for a third season … more →

Tags: local food news

EAT! Vancouver Food Festival is Happening From June 1-3 20121 comment

Amy wrote 2 weeks ago: The 10th annual EAT! Vancouver festival is back this year and is being held in BC Place. EAT! Vancou … more →

Tags: local food news

Alexander Kluge in Prag

literalab wrote 2 weeks ago: Work of Alexander Kluge, among the boldest filmmakers and writers of the past 50 years, as well as b … more →

Tags: Literary Events, Writers, ALEXANDER KLUGE, film, Fritz Lang, German Film, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Margarethe von Trotta, new german cinema

Literary roundup: Bulgarian brunch (with Absinthe) and well-read cities

literalab wrote 2 weeks ago: Absinthe: New European Writing #17 – the Bulgarian issue is ready and on the way to subscribers. So … more →

Tags: Literary Events, absinthe, Amazon, Bulgaria, Elizabeth Kostova Foundation, Farewell, Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

President's Choice Black Label Products are Available in BC

Amy wrote 2 weeks ago: President’s Choice has a new line of “black label” products that are now available … more →

Tags: local food news

Writers beyond the page2 comments

literalab wrote 2 weeks ago: Being a good or great writer is certainly no guarantee of having a great, good or even remedial gras … more →

Tags: Magazines, Writers, Claudio Magris, Czech literature, Danilo Kiš, Football, Gombrowicz, Jerzy Pilch, kafka


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