"Turning away from spoon-fed translation, #HeartLamp does ask a lot of its reader, but both Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi, believe we are up to the job."
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July 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Turning away from spoon-fed translation, #HeartLamp does ask a lot of its reader, but both Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi, believe we are up to the job."
My review of #InternationalBooker winner @andotherstories.bsky.social
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My review of #InternationalBooker winner @andotherstories.bsky.social
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History made. Banu Mushtaq becomes the first Kannada author—and first short story writer—to win the International Booker Prize for Heart Lamp, a stunning portrait of Muslim women's lives in southern India.
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May 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
History made. Banu Mushtaq becomes the first Kannada author—and first short story writer—to win the International Booker Prize for Heart Lamp, a stunning portrait of Muslim women's lives in southern India.
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#InternationalBooker: Shadow Panel Winner, Official Winner and Musings No One Asked For
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#InternationalBooker: Shadow Panel Winner, Official Winner and Musings No One Asked For
There goes another year of the International Booker and last night, while I was attending a rather magnificent concert at the Royal Albert Hall, the winner was announced : the short story collectio…
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May 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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“This is not just my victory, but a chorus of voices often left unheard. A thousand fireflies lighting a single sky, brief, brilliant and utterly collective.”
~ Banu Mushtaq in her acceptance speech.
#InternationalBooker2025 #internationalbooker
~ Banu Mushtaq in her acceptance speech.
#InternationalBooker2025 #internationalbooker
May 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“This is not just my victory, but a chorus of voices often left unheard. A thousand fireflies lighting a single sky, brief, brilliant and utterly collective.”
~ Banu Mushtaq in her acceptance speech.
#InternationalBooker2025 #internationalbooker
~ Banu Mushtaq in her acceptance speech.
#InternationalBooker2025 #internationalbooker
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#InternationalBooker: Shadow Panel Winner, Official Winner and Musings No One Asked For
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May 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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#InternationalBooker: Shadow Panel Winner, Official Winner and Musings No One Asked For
There goes another year of the International Booker and last night, while I was attending a rather magnificent concert at the Royal Albert Hall, the winner was announced : the short story collectio…
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May 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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A little stack I just pulled off my shelves. Congratulations to Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi & all literary translators everywhere! #InternationalBooker #BooksinTranslation
May 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A little stack I just pulled off my shelves. Congratulations to Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi & all literary translators everywhere! #InternationalBooker #BooksinTranslation
‘Radical translation’ of Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq wins #InternationalBooker prize 🥳
Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes first short story collection to win the £50,000 award
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Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes first short story collection to win the £50,000 award
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‘Radical translation’ of Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker prize
Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes the first short story collection to win the £50,000 award
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May 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
‘Radical translation’ of Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq wins #InternationalBooker prize 🥳
Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes first short story collection to win the £50,000 award
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes first short story collection to win the £50,000 award
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
#Indian writer-lawyer-activist #BanuMushtaq has scripted #History by winning the #InternationalBooker prize for the short story anthology, #HeartLamp in #Kannada language.
The stories in Heart Lamp were translated into English by #DeepaBhasthi
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The stories in Heart Lamp were translated into English by #DeepaBhasthi
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Heart Lamp: Banu Mushtaq scripts history with International Booker Prize win
Mushtaq won the prize for the short story collection Heart Lamp, translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
#Indian writer-lawyer-activist #BanuMushtaq has scripted #History by winning the #InternationalBooker prize for the short story anthology, #HeartLamp in #Kannada language.
The stories in Heart Lamp were translated into English by #DeepaBhasthi
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The stories in Heart Lamp were translated into English by #DeepaBhasthi
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1/10 level bitter I'm not at the #internationalbooker ceremony tomorrow, but it is on my running route, so perhaps I'll see some of the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social event.
May 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
1/10 level bitter I'm not at the #internationalbooker ceremony tomorrow, but it is on my running route, so perhaps I'll see some of the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social event.
In anticipation of tomorrow's announcement of official winner, the #internationalBooker Shadow Panel have selected their winner
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We Have a Decision!
Our Shadow Panel picks their 2025 International Booker winner...
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May 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
In anticipation of tomorrow's announcement of official winner, the #internationalBooker Shadow Panel have selected their winner
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What should win next week’s #InternationalBooker?
A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy … our critic weighs up the #International #BookerPrize contenders
#Literature
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A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy … our critic weighs up the #International #BookerPrize contenders
#Literature
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A Danish Groundhog Day or tales of millennial angst… What should win next week’s International Booker?
A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy … our critic weighs up the contenders
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May 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
What should win next week’s #InternationalBooker?
A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy … our critic weighs up the #International #BookerPrize contenders
#Literature
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
A headspinning novel from Japan alongside a high concept tale from Denmark, and a French account of migrant tragedy … our critic weighs up the #International #BookerPrize contenders
#Literature
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First up is The Rarest Fruit by Gaëlle Bélem (tr. Karen Fleetwood & Laëtitia Saint-Loubert) - the same author-translator team that brought you the #InternationalBooker longlisted There’s a Monster Behind the Door.
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April 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
First up is The Rarest Fruit by Gaëlle Bélem (tr. Karen Fleetwood & Laëtitia Saint-Loubert) - the same author-translator team that brought you the #InternationalBooker longlisted There’s a Monster Behind the Door.
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Join us in Merrion Square Park next month as we launch The Rarest Fruit, our second title from #InternationalBooker longlisted author Gaëlle Bélem.
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April 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Join us in Merrion Square Park next month as we launch The Rarest Fruit, our second title from #InternationalBooker longlisted author Gaëlle Bélem.
Hosted by @ilfdublin.bsky.social, in collaboration with @franceinireland.bsky.social.
Tickets via ILFD: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
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#InternationalBooker: On the Calculation of Volume
Solvej Balle: On the Calculation of Volume, transl. Barbara Haveland, Faber, 2024 Finally, finally, the last book on the longlist (and now on the shortlist) for the International Booker arrived in …
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April 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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My final review for
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#InternationalBooker: On the Calculation of Volume
Solvej Balle: On the Calculation of Volume, transl. Barbara Haveland, Faber, 2024 Finally, finally, the last book on the longlist (and now on the shortlist) for the International Booker arrived in …
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April 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
My final review for
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Last week, Gaëlle Bélem joined Professor Daniel Medin & his students at the American Univeristy in Paris for readings & thoughtful discussion of the #InternationalBooker longlisted There’s a Monster Behind the Door & the forthcoming translation of her second novel, The Rarest Fruit.
April 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Last week, Gaëlle Bélem joined Professor Daniel Medin & his students at the American Univeristy in Paris for readings & thoughtful discussion of the #InternationalBooker longlisted There’s a Monster Behind the Door & the forthcoming translation of her second novel, The Rarest Fruit.
Meanwhile I have put together my Reading Plan for the rest of April. There are 20 books on that list, which might make it a case of reading over-reach but a lot of them are short. It includes the #InternationalBooker Shortlist, which I've got until 20th May to read so that can be spread out. 1/2
April 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Meanwhile I have put together my Reading Plan for the rest of April. There are 20 books on that list, which might make it a case of reading over-reach but a lot of them are short. It includes the #InternationalBooker Shortlist, which I've got until 20th May to read so that can be spread out. 1/2
April 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Reaction to #InternationalBooker Shortlist
Although I got some of the predictions right, I have to admit I was nevertheless surprised by the just-announced shortlist for the International Booker Prize. I will now speak in an individual capa…
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April 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Reaction to #InternationalBooker Shortlist
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Getting pumped for the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social #InternationalBooker shortlist! What an undertaking @antonhur.com @sanagoyal.bsky.social & co! 🥳
April 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Getting pumped for the @thebookerprizes.bsky.social #InternationalBooker shortlist! What an undertaking @antonhur.com @sanagoyal.bsky.social & co! 🥳
So tomorrow (Australian time anyway) is pretty packed for literary prize shortlist announcements! So good! The #InternationalBooker @thebookerprizes.bsky.social shortlist and the @womensprize.bsky.social. 🥳📚 For the UK, it's today (April 8).
April 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So tomorrow (Australian time anyway) is pretty packed for literary prize shortlist announcements! So good! The #InternationalBooker @thebookerprizes.bsky.social shortlist and the @womensprize.bsky.social. 🥳📚 For the UK, it's today (April 8).
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Quick Reviews for #InternationalBooker Longlist
Just in time before the shortlist is announced on Tuesday 8th April, I’m sneaking in my last four reads on the #InternationalBooker longlist. Ibtisam Azem: The Book of Disappearance, transl. …
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April 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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