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December Newsletter Out NOW

December Newsletter Out NOW

Discover our recommended books of the year, all with a strong sense of place, ranging from Venice to Iceland, by way of Japan's Noto Peninsula, Moscow, Italy's Lake Garda and Bangalore. LINK HERE

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Hot Stage eBook discounted for this week

Hot Stage eBook discounted for this week
JUST £1.99 in the UK and $2.99 in the USFOR THE eBOOK OF  HOT STAGE by Anita Nair LINK Read More
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Bitter Lemon Press buys rights to 'The End of the Sahara' by Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi

Bitter Lemon Press buys rights to 'The End of the Sahara' by Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi
Bitter Lemon Press has announced that it has acquired World English Language rights to The End of the Sahara by the Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi who won the Young Author category of the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) with this novel in 2023. We are very proud to be publishing our first novel translated from the Arabic. 
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July Newsletter Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain out now

Joachim B. Schmidt - Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain
The July newsletter is out: LINK  Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain by Joachim B. Schmidt, translated by Jamie Lee Searle. Winner of the Friedrich Glauser Prize 2024, awarded by the German Crime Writers Association. The return of Kalmann the self-appointed Sheriff of Raufarhöfn.
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Wonderful short video portrait of Leonardo Padura

Wonderful short video portrait of Leonardo Padura

An excellent short film about Leonardo Padura is now available as BIRKENSTORY #33 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OtmkmDzmzEU 

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Interview with Joachim B. Schmidt about "Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain"

Joachim B. Schmidt - Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain
Crime Fiction Lover has just interviewed Joachim Schmidt LINK about "Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain", out July 18 in the UK and August 13 in the US.
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June 2024 Newsletter Hot Stage by Anita Nair AVAILABLE

Anita Nair - Hot Stage
JUNE NEWSLETTER OUT NOW. Hot Stage by Anita Nair is available online and in bookshops. The third in the inspector Borei Gowda crime series.
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Interview about The Lover of No Fixed Abode with Tim Parks, Gregory Dowling and Enrico Palandri

Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini - The Lover of No Fixed Abode
The Lover of No Fixed Abode: Gregory Dowling has translated it from the Italian and in this video interview he is in conversation with the author Tim Parks, moderated by professor and author Enrico Palandri. Read more
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July 2023 The Murder of Anton Livius is Out Now

Hansjörg Schneider - The Murder of Anton Livius
The Murder of Anton Livius is out.  . The third in the Basel Inspector Hunkeler series. Read more
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May 2023 The Man in the Corduroy Suit by James Wolff OUT NOW

James Wolff - The Man in the Corduroy Suit
The Man in the Corduroy Suit by James Wolff out now: . The third in the Discipline Files series, after the success of Beside the Syrian Sea and How to Betray Your Country. Read more
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March 2023 The Translator by Harriet Crawley OUT NOW

Harriet Crawley - The Translator
The Translator by Harriet Crawley OUT NOW: LINK "A classic thriller of the new Cold War." Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad
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January Newsletter and new interview with Katja Ivar

Katja Ivar - Trouble
"Trouble" by Katja Ivar is out and the subject of our January newsletter HERE. It's the third in the Hella Mauzer series and Katja reveals much about the genesis of the book and its context in the INTERVIEW.
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