Europa Editions

05/04/2021

It’s another #EuropaSuperTuesday! ⁣📚
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We’re beyond excited to celebrate the #pubday of three wonderful novels from around the world!⁣
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• From Australia 🇦🇺, FRIENDS AND DARK SHAPES by @kavita_bedford!⁣
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Wry, relatable, lyrical, and beautifully told, a book about politics, desire, youth, relationships and friends.⁣
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“An intimate, epiphanic portrait of millennial city life.”— @guardian
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• From Italy 🇮🇹, NIVES by @sacha_naspini, translated from the Italian by Clarissa Botsford!⁣
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A hauntingly beautiful story of undying love, loss, and resilience.⁣
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“Delightful and affecting.”—Maureen Corrigan, @npr
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- From France 🇫🇷 , FRESH WATER FOR FLOWERS by @valerieperrin_, translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle!⁣
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The international bestseller that sold over a million copies in Europe, now in paperback!⁣
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★ “A triumphant celebration of life and love.”— @forewordreviews
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Get your copies today from your local bookstore!⁣

05/03/2021

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Kavita Bedford Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List
"Solitary walking is where many writers—Baudelaire, Benjamin, Wordsworth, Thoreau—did much of their most important thinking and composing."

https://lithub.com/redefining-the-modern-flaneuse-a-reading-list

Solitary walking is where many writers—Baudelaire, Benjamin, Wordsworth, Thoreau—did much of their most important thinking and composing. When I first thought of writing a novel, I wanted to emulat…

04/30/2021

"Lyrical, brimming with situational irony and character contrast, The Promise is timely, relevant, and thematically significant."— George Kendall, Booklist

https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Promise-Galgut-Damon/pid=9743831

"Lyrical, brimming with situational irony and character contrast, The Promise is timely, relevant, and thematically significant."— George Kendall, Booklist

https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Promise-Galgut-Damon/pid=9743831

04/29/2021

"Translation also operates at a different speed compared to writing — the first draft can move quite swiftly, but once I begin revising, I can spend hours playing with a single sentence, or meditating upon a single word."—Jhumpa Lahiri

https://link.lithub.com/view/602ea743180f243d6532c115e1nou.mvt/b0575725

"Translation also operates at a different speed compared to writing — the first draft can move quite swiftly, but once I begin revising, I can spend hours playing with a single sentence, or meditating upon a single word."—Jhumpa Lahiri

https://link.lithub.com/view/602ea743180f243d6532c115e1nou.mvt/b0575725

04/24/2021

We’re all itching to get out this summer. We’ve decided to take Europa Summer Reading on the road for a grand tour of independent bookstores across the country.

We’re kicking off our journey today, Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday April 24 (it’s not a national holiday, we’re still working on that).

And we invite you to join us to help get independent bookstores back on their feet after a difficult year. These stores are the heart of our communities and they help bring the world to us at home.

Stop by, drive up or shop online for your next Europa title at your favorite bookstore. Then post a picture of your book with the hashtag #EuropaSummerReading or #IndiesForIndies.

We’re all itching to get out this summer. We’ve decided to take Europa Summer Reading on the road for a grand tour of independent bookstores across the country.

We’re kicking off our journey today, Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday April 24 (it’s not a national holiday, we’re still working on that).

And we invite you to join us to help get independent bookstores back on their feet after a difficult year. These stores are the heart of our communities and they help bring the world to us at home.

Stop by, drive up or shop online for your next Europa title at your favorite bookstore. Then post a picture of your book with the hashtag #EuropaSummerReading or #IndiesForIndies.

04/22/2021

"The chicken made me read it."—Maureen Corrigan on Fresh Air

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989758370/why-did-the-chicken-befriend-the-widow-find-out-in-this-plucky-italian-novella

"The chicken made me read it."—Maureen Corrigan on Fresh Air

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989758370/why-did-the-chicken-befriend-the-widow-find-out-in-this-plucky-italian-novella

04/19/2021

Damon Galgut on The Promise with Anderson Tepper

Join Damon Galgut, author of THE PROMISE, for a conversation with Anderson Tepper, co-chair of the International Committee of the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sat, Apr 24 at 1pm ET.
Register online with the Brooklyn Public Library - https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/damon-galgut-promise-virtual-20210424

Join us for a Zoom talk with Damon Galgut, who discusses his new novel, The Promise, with Anderson Tepper. Twice shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Damon Galgut is one of the most perceptive and inventive chroniclers of post-apartheid South Africa. His latest novel, The Promise—an electric tour...

04/19/2021

Wry, relatable, lyrical, and beautifully told, a book about politics, desire, youth, relationships and friends, FRIENDS AND DARK SHAPES introduces a bold new Australian voice to American readers.
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456641

Wry, relatable, lyrical, and beautifully told, a book about politics, desire, youth, relationships and friends, FRIENDS AND DARK SHAPES introduces a bold new Australian voice to American readers.
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456641

04/17/2021

Congratulations to Aaron Gwyn. His novel ALL GOD'S CHILDREN has been short-listed for the Reading the West Book Award in fiction.

Please give us your vote. https://readingthewest.com/vote/

Congratulations to Aaron Gwyn. His novel ALL GOD'S CHILDREN has been short-listed for the Reading the West Book Award in fiction.

Please give us your vote. https://readingthewest.com/vote/

04/13/2021

In a first-person voice as wry as it is wise, Amélie Nothomb narrates Jesus’s final days, from his trial to his crucifixion to the resurrection. Happy #pubdate to Nothomb and translator Alison Anderson for THIRST.
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456603

In a first-person voice as wry as it is wise, Amélie Nothomb narrates Jesus’s final days, from his trial to his crucifixion to the resurrection. Happy #pubdate to Nothomb and translator Alison Anderson for THIRST.
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456603

04/13/2021

The Venn diagram of historical fiction, mystery and serial killer stories is where IN THE SHADOW OF THE FIRE lives. Happy #pubdate to Hervé Le Corre and translator Tina Kover.
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456177

The Venn diagram of historical fiction, mystery and serial killer stories is where IN THE SHADOW OF THE FIRE lives. Happy #pubdate to Hervé Le Corre and translator Tina Kover.
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456177

04/09/2021

Alan Parks on Drugs, Noir, and Glasgow in the 1970s

Alan Parks didn’t set out to be a crime writer. But his beyond gritty depictions of 1970s Glasgow, seen through the eyes of rather bent copper, Harry McCoy, are at once searing and humane.

https://crimereads.com/alan-parks-on-drugs-noir-and-glasgow-in-the-1970s/

Alan Parks didn’t set out to be a crime writer. But his beyond gritty depictions of 1970s Glasgow, seen through the eyes of rather bent copper, Harry McCoy, are at once searing and humane. The form…

04/09/2021

All Over Desire | by Sarah Chihaya | The New York Review of Books

Mieko Kawakami’s characters live in a world that is made up almost entirely of women but is decidedly not made for them.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/04/29/mieko-kawakami-all-over-desire/

“What do you want?” is a painful question. To answer it honestly forces you to bring your own desire into confrontation with the flinching fear of its

04/09/2021

What's your favorite "lockdown read" thus far in the time of pandemic? Robert Gray from Shelf Awareness has an answer.

https://www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2021-04-09/robert_gray:_fresh_water_for_flowers_in_a_time_of_lockdown_reads_.html

What's your favorite "lockdown read" thus far in the time of pandemic? Robert Gray from Shelf Awareness has an answer.

https://www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2021-04-09/robert_gray:_fresh_water_for_flowers_in_a_time_of_lockdown_reads_.html

04/06/2021

Happy #pubdate to Maki Kashimada for her novellas TOURING THE LAND OF THE DEAD. "Maki Kashimada writes about one woman’s trauma with razor-perfect concision and an austere beauty."—Asian Review of Books
#EuropaSuperTuesday
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456511

Happy #pubdate to Maki Kashimada for her novellas TOURING THE LAND OF THE DEAD. "Maki Kashimada writes about one woman’s trauma with razor-perfect concision and an austere beauty."—Asian Review of Books
#EuropaSuperTuesday
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456511

04/06/2021

Happy #pubdate to Alan Parks for the third Harry McCoy noir, BOBBY MARCH WILL LIVE FOREVER.
#EuropaSuperTuesday #tartannoir

https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456856

Happy #pubdate to Alan Parks for the third Harry McCoy noir, BOBBY MARCH WILL LIVE FOREVER.
#EuropaSuperTuesday #tartannoir

https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456856

04/06/2021

Happy #pubdate to Damon Galgut for THE PROMISE. Searing portrait of a dysfunctional family.
#EuropaSuperTuesday

https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456580

Happy #pubdate to Damon Galgut for THE PROMISE. Searing portrait of a dysfunctional family.
#EuropaSuperTuesday

https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456580

04/05/2021

From sisterly love to frenemies: the best female friendships in books

"The malaise, I believe, is widespread, so here are some books in which to immerse yourself in complex, occasionally wounding, but always irreplaceable female friendships."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/05/from-sisterly-love-to-frenemies-the-best-female-friendships-in-books

Whether it is Vera Brittain or Elena Ferrante, women’s relationships have provided succour in troubled times, writes Lucy Jago

03/25/2021

Elena Ferrante's THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS, a 2020 Best Book of the Year, will be coming in paperback this fall.

03/24/2021

Touring the Land of the Dead by Maki Kashimada & Translated by Haydn Trowell

“I loved [how] Touring the Land of the Dead was so character driven and how the past, emotions, and trauma played such a significant role throughout.” https://wheretheresinktherespaper.wordpress.com/2021/03/10/touring-the-land-of-the-dead-by-maki-kashimada-translated-by-haydn-trowell/

First of all I would like to thank Daniela at Europe for being so kind and sending me a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. Touring the Land of the Dead by Maki Kashimada an…

03/24/2021

Japan's Mieko Kawakami wants to 'stir things up'

"There is a growing desire to hear the real voices of Asian women," BREASTS AND EGGS author, Mieko Kawakami told AFP, describing her desire to shed light on a broader sweep of Japanese society.

https://news.yahoo.com/japans-mieko-kawakami-wants-stir-024040697.html?guccounter=1

Mieko Kawakami has called out cliched depictions of women by one of her country's most feted writers, and seen her own bold style attacked by a top politician.

03/23/2021

Happy #pubday to Mieko Kawakami for BREASTS & EGGS, which is now in paperback.

https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456702

03/22/2021

One of the most exciting new voices in Italian literature brings to life a hauntingly beautiful story of undying love, loss, and resilience, and a fierce, unforgettable new heroine.
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456665

03/19/2021

BOBBY MARCH author Alan Parks will join Nick Triplow and Nick Quantrill at HULL NOIR.
https://www.facebook.com/events/233701021750635

03/18/2021

What is the nature of friendship if your shared bond is terror? https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456214

03/17/2021

Meet Nives: widow, Tuscan through-and-through, survivor. Nives has recently lost her husband of fifty years. She didn’t cry when she found him dead in the pig pen, she didn’t cry at the funeral, but now loneliness has set in.
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456665

03/15/2021

Who is to blame when no one is innocent? BOBBY MARCH WILL LIVE FOREVER - in bookstores April 6.
https://bookshop.org/a/345/9781609456856

03/13/2021

“This is Elena Ferrante, the author of the brilliant Neapolitan quartet, who has already shown us penetrating insights into the adolescent mind […] It’s a gritty novel. There is humor but there is also a great deal of sadness, and the ending offers no resolution." https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/books/fiction/2021-03-10-ferrante-focuses-on-adolescence-and-class-divisions/

03/12/2021

FRIENDS & DARK SHAPES author Kavita Bedford talks about the lover she always returns to: Sydney. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/09/a-love-letter-to-sydney-the-dazzling-uncaring-lover-i-on-but-always-return-to

03/11/2021

Bobby March - the man, the myth, the rock star - will take you back to 1970s Glasgow with this Spotify playlist. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47q6NvrvZxlmFQig4lPMFz

03/09/2021

Happy #PubDay to Benjamin Wood for his novel A STATION ON THE PATH TO SOMEWHERE BETTER https://www.europaeditions.com/book/9781609456825/a-station-on-the-path-to-somewhere-better

03/08/2021

Lifting women's voices and telling women's stories. Celebrate International Women's Day with a few of our amazing authors.

03/06/2021

An Interview With Glasgow Crime Fiction Writer Alan Parks

When did Harry McCoy first pop into your mind? https://murder-mayhem.com/alan-parks-interview-2021

Alan Parks' third book, 'Bobby March Will Live Forever' is being released in the United States as a trade paperback on April 6, 2021

03/05/2021

Watch a conversation between Natalie Portman and @kawakami_mieko, author of BREASTS AND EGGS—the December pick of #nataliesbookclub, out in paperback on March 23—and of HEAVEN, the new novel publishing in May!

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMAQHpUgSs2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

03/04/2021

Books Across Borders | Official Merchandise | Bonfire

In 2016, Europa was a founding sponsor of Books Across Borders. BAB awards fellowships to American booksellers to attend international book fairs, where they meet with publishers, editors, authors, agents, and other publishing professionals; connect with booksellers and with bookseller trade associations from around the world; speak on and attend panels; and visit local bookstores, distributors, cultural agencies, and literary arts organizations.

We're committed to amplifying voices from around the world, and you can join us in that effort w some cool merch.
https://www.bonfire.com/store/books-across-borders/

Help bring international literature and own voices to all readers.