Nobel Prize speculation - more details
The Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced on Thursday; as we've noted, our prognostication record with regards to any of these big literary prizes is spectacularly poor, but that doesn't stop us from offering our two cents worth. Check out who we...

APA's Book Issue - more details
The current issue up at the Asia Pacific Arts site is APA's Book Issue, with several interesting articles -- including the APA Top Ten: Favorite Asian American characters in literature.

Philip Glass opera of Peter Stephan Jungk book - more details
The New York City Opera has commissioned Philip Glass to compose an opera based on Peter Stephan Jungk's Walt Disney-inspired The Perfect American.

Charlotte Mandell interview - more details
Greta Aart interviews Charlotte Mandell in Emprise Review, in Translation as Breathing New Life in a New Language.

Nobel notes: Office pools - more details
More Nobel office pools and discussion opportunities.

October issues - more details
Among the October issues of online periodicals now available is the always interesting Open Letters Monthly as well as the debut issue of the promising-looking The Manchester Review.

Monteiro Lobato's O Presidente Negro - more details
An interesting piece by Manuela Zoninsein at Slate, claiming in The Black President that: 'A 1926 Brazilian sci-fi novel predicts a U.S. election determined by race and gender'.

Translation Prizes 2008 - more details
Last night in London they handed out six translation prizes and Louis de Bernieres gave the Sebald Lecture on Literary Translation; we list all the winners, etc.

The Pets review - more details
The most recent addition to the complete review is our review of Bragi Olafsson's The Pets, the second offering from Open Letter.

Goteborg Book Fair - more details
The Goteborg Book Fair ran 25 to 28 September, with Latvia as guest of honour and Stockholm News report on the Booklovers gathered in Gothenburg