Translated Fiction Online Book Club – Thirteen Months of Sunrise

Name: Translated Fiction Online Book Club - Thirteen Months of Sunrise
Start: 2020-04-23T20:00:00
End: 2020-04-23T21:00:00

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23 April 2020 Entrance is free — Visit now

Comma Press will discuss Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun, with translator Elisabeth Jaquette, on April 23rd.

Every Thursday at 8pm, a different press will take over to discuss one of their books on Zoom.

Comma Press are working in collaboration with Charco Press, Tilted Axis, Istros Books, Nordisk Books and Peirene Press; who are all independent publishers of translated fiction from all over the world. The collaboration aims to create a space for readers’ to discuss great literature in these lonely times, in the hope that it will lift spirits and help the discovery of some new books.

23 April 2020 Entrance is free Visit now

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