Soirée Henry Bauchau à Bruxelles

Het Beschrijf et Meulenhoff|Manteau présentent: Autour de Henry Bauchau

20 octobre - 20.00 hrs

Het beschrijf - Passa Porta - Antoine Dansaertstraat 46 - 1000 Brussel

Soirée bilingue consacrée à l'oeuvre de Henry Bauchau (Malines, 1913), l'un des écrivains belges francohones les plus importants de l'après-guerre. A l'occasion de la traduction néerlandaise de son dernier roman Le boulevard périphérique (Prix du Livre Inter 2008). Avec Myriam Watthee-Delmotte (Fonds Henry Bauchau, UCL), le traducteur Kris Lauwerys, son confrère Rokus Hofstede et l'éditeur flamand Harold Polis.

Chika Unigwe's Fata Morgana Sold to Hungary

The young and enterprising publishing company Nyitott Konyvmuhely has acquired the Hungarian rights for the novel Fata Morgana by Chika Unigwe. This moving story of four African women in the red-light-district of Antwerp was previously released at Neri Pozza in Italy and Jonathan Cape in the USA.

Chika Unigwe on tour in the UK

Chika Unigwe tours the UK celebrating the 10th anniversery of the Caine Prize for African Writing. Unigwe was shortlisted in 2004. Africa’s highest literary reward - known as the African Booker has bolstered and launched the careers of a number of many of Africa’s best young writers.

The seven date UK-wide tour is supported by Arts Council England. It also features Caine Prize winners and short listed authors Brian Chikwava (winner 2004), Binyavanga Wainaina (winner 2002) and EC Osondu (winner 2009).

Sat 10th October - British Library
Sun 11th October 12-1pm - Cheltenham Literature Festival, The Inkpot
Tues 13th October 6pm - University of Kent, Grimond Lecture theatre 3, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF
Book: english-office@kent.ac.uk
Thurs 15th October 6.30pm
Chika Unigwe, Brian Chikwava and Binyavanga Wainaina
University of East Anglia, The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, NR4 7TJ
Booking: caineprizereadings@uea.ac.uk
Friday 16th October 7.30pmChika Unigwe, Brian Chikwava and EC Osondu chaired by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Ilkley Literature Festival, Ilkley Playhouse, Wildman. LS29 9DT
Box Office: 01943 816 714
Saturday 17th October 7pmChika Unigwe, Brian Chikwava and EC Osondu chaired by Laura Fish
Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts, Newcastle University, Culture Lab, NE1 7RU
Box Office: 0191 222 7619
Monday 19th October 8pmChika Unigwe & EC Osondu chaired by Graham Mort
Lancaster Lit Fest, Storey Auditorium, House Lane, LA1 1TH
Box Office: 01524 582 394
Wednesday 28 October 7pmBrian Chikwava and Dr Mpalive Msiska
Brixton Library, Brixton Oval. SW2 1JQ.
Email: blackhistorymonth@lambeth.gov.uk

More information can be found at the Caine Prize Tour’s facebook page.

Koen Peeters en français

Des extraits du Grand Roman Européen de Koen Peeters ont étés traduits en français et publiés dans la revue Septentrion (2009/3).

Meulenhoff | Manteau at La Triennale in Milan

The jury of the Top Selections Award has selected 4 last stories by JMH Berckmans (designed by Gert Dooreman and typeset by Jozias Boone) as one of the five best projects in the Publishing Soft Cover Category. The book will be shown at an exhibition in La Triennale in Milan, the temple of Italian design. The exhibition runs from 26 October until 1 November.

The cover of 4 last stories was printed on Tintoretto Ceylon 250 grs (manufactured by Fedrigoni).

For more information: www.paperideas.it

Rachida Lamrabet en français

Rachida Lamrabet fait partie du groupe d'écrivains choisis et présentés par Abdellah Taïa dans Lettres à un jeune marocain (Seuil). Le livre a été offert aux lecteurs de TelQuel, l'hebdomadaire marocain le plus important.

Willy Linthout's Years of the elephant

Years of the Elephant, an autobiographical graphic novel by Belgian artist Willy Linthout has been released by Fanfare/Ponent Mon. Earlier this month the Dutch edition was published by Meulenhoff|Manteau.