A BookBlast 10x10 Tour LIVE event from Waterstones Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1 (11.09.2018) Feat. Eric Lane (chair) Dedalus Books in conversation with Margaret Jull Costa OBE who is a British translator of Portuguese-and-Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Fernando Pessoa, Javier Marías, Bernardo Atxaga, José Régio and Nobel Prize winner, José Saramago. She received a lifetime achievement award in New York the day after the event. & Glasgow-born award-winning novelist, Andrew Crumey who has had eight novels published by Dedalus. He has a PhD in theoretical physics, and was literary editor of Scotland on Sunday for six years. Topics: Translating the classics with a focus on Eça de Quieroz, a contemporary of Flaubert and Dickens; the European novel; integrity in writing and the essence of translation, style and idiom. With questions from Sarah Anderson (author), Lucy Popescu (award-winning journalist), and Neil Griffiths (Republic of Consciousness Prize) among others. Titles discussed: The Maias, Cousin Basilio and The Crime of Father Amaro; and The Great Chain of Unbeing – available from www.dedalus.com Presented by Georgia de Chamberet | Produced by Ben Fiagbe.

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