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Chad: written out
April was a proud month for A Year of Reading the World. The Scotsman published an article about it, UNESCO featured it on its list of World Book Day initiatives and I got to write a piece for the...
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Cuba: stellar work
One of the strange things about translated books is that they reach us quite a while after they were written. Sometimes, as in the case of smash hits like Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, this...
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Dominica: myth making
An unusual picture today, but I couldn’t resist showing you how colourful this book was inside. I found it after a search for a Dominican writer other than Jean Rhys, who is far and away the most...
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Federated States of Micronesia: his story
I was running out of ideas for the FSM. I had been in touch with a whole range of Pacific Island literature experts and academics based at universities in Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and Guam. I...
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The Gambia: a clamour of voices
I learnt a valuable lesson during the hunt for this title: if you’re looking for suggestions of books to read, contacting national writers’ associations may not always be the wisest option. No sooner...
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Tonga: empire line
When my fiancé Steve saw my Tongan book he said: ‘Cor, that’s a good, manly title, isn’t it?’ I looked glum. Manly or not, the rather pugnacious sound of A Providence of War by Joshua Taumoefolau was...
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