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Upcoming South Bank: An Evening of Ethiopian Poetry, Alex Markou, Ewell Castle

This coming Wednesday at 8pm, the Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank will host one of its more obscure events; “An Evening of Ethiopian… ....

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A Poetry Revival: Three Poets on Ethiopia's Thriving Amharic Poetry Scene


A Poetry Revival: Three Poets on Ethiopia’s Thriving Amharic Poetry Scene
Published by Carcanet Press in the UK last year,
Songs We Learn from Trees is the first book of Amharic poetry in English translation. Editors Chris Beckett and Alemu Tebeje, themselves poets and translators, present over 250 pages of poetry ranging from folk and religious verse to work by contemporary and diaspora poets. While the anthology provides a representative survey of poems in Amharic, it is still only the tip of the iceberg, opening the door for readers to imagine how much more Ethiopian poetry remains to be discovered and shared with a global community through translation. ....

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'It's been a rollercoaster': how indie publishers survived - and thrived


It’s been a rollercoaster : how indie publishers survived - and thrived - in 2020
Alison Flood
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Six months ago, independent publishers Jacaranda and Knights Of were warning publicly that their income had fallen to almost zero. They weren’t the only small publishers struggling. With bookshops and distributors closing, a survey from the Bookseller at the time found that almost 60% of small publishers feared closure by the autumn. No bookshops meant no knowledgeable, passionate booksellers pressing new books they loved on to customers; no events and no travel meant that crucial avenues for introducing new writers had disappeared. ....

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'It's been a rollercoaster': how indie publishers survived - and thrived - in 2020 | Publishing


Last modified on Wed 16 Dec 2020 03.02 EST
Six months ago, independent publishers Jacaranda and Knights Of were warning publicly that their income had fallen to almost zero. They weren’t the only small publishers struggling. With bookshops and distributors closing, a survey from the Bookseller at the time found that almost 60% of small publishers feared closure by the autumn. No bookshops meant no knowledgeable, passionate booksellers pressing new books they loved on to customers; no events and no travel meant that crucial avenues for introducing new writers had disappeared.
The stars had been looking very happily aligned for Oneworld in March. The independent publisher had three of its biggest books scheduled for the month – a novel from Women’s prize winner Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow; a new thriller from the bestselling crime author Will Dean, Black River; and Damien Love’s novel for older children, Monstrous Devices. It had printed point-of-sale ma ....

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