Nick Barley
@nickbarley.bsky.social
Director of the National Poetry Centre in Leeds. Used to head up the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Love books, poetry, cycling and York City
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Young Critic Elliot Ruff reviews Gboyega Odubanjo’s Adam, which is shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2023. @tseliotprize
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Young Critic Elliot Ruff reviews Gboyega Odubanjo’s ‘Adam’
Young Critic Elliot Ruff reviews Gboyega Odubanjo’s ‘Adam’ (Faber & Faber, 2024), which is shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2023. More at tseliot.com/pr...
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December 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Young Critic Elliot Ruff reviews Gboyega Odubanjo’s Adam, which is shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2023. @tseliotprize
youtube.com/watch?v=t6sTrU3o4Io
youtube.com/watch?v=t6sTrU3o4Io
Now then: poetry is one of the Major Trends in African publishing this year!
This year, translations get a well-deserved spotlight, particularly works from Arabic. Of the hundred books on the list, 14 are translations from French, Arabic, Portuguese, and Swahili: 9 Major Trends in African Publishing and Literary Culture in 2024: brittlepaper.com/2024/12/9-ma...
9 Major Trends in African Publishing and Literary Culture in 2024
Earlier today, we released our annual 100 Notable African Books of 2024 list. It’s the result of months of compiling, sourcing, and sorting through nearly 300 titles, and, in the process, deepening ou...
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December 10, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Now then: poetry is one of the Major Trends in African publishing this year!
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And bravo all you fabulous translators! www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/lit-lis...
World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2024, by Michelle Johnson
It’s time to celebrate another year of translations, and there’s plenty to celebrate.
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December 10, 2024 at 6:28 PM
And bravo all you fabulous translators! www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/lit-lis...
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Hello people of BlueSky. Let’s hope this is a more creative, kinder, more nuanced site than the other place. I’m the director of the new National Poetry Centre in Leeds. Happy to connect with anyone interested in #books #poetry #discourse and #ideas
November 23, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Hello people of BlueSky. Let’s hope this is a more creative, kinder, more nuanced site than the other place. I’m the director of the new National Poetry Centre in Leeds. Happy to connect with anyone interested in #books #poetry #discourse and #ideas