Our next book is Canzone di Guerra by Daša Drndić, translated from Croatian by Celia Hawkesworth. We will be joined in the discussion by Susan Curtis of publisher Istros Books. Join us online on Mon 8 April at 7pm London time. All welcome, from anywhere. Follow/DM for details.

In March we travel to Portugal to read Nobel Laureate José Saramago’s Blindness, translated from Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Join us online on Monday 5 March at 7pm London time. All are welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow and DM for connection details.

I should add that we are reading it for London Reads the World - a global open book club Book Club for March. It's a very friendly virtual book club, get in touch if you're interested.

In March we travel to Portugal to read Nobel Laureate José Saramago’s Blindness, translated from Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. Join us online on Monday 5 March at 7pm London time. All are welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow and DM for connection details.

We take a rest in Jan and reconvene in Feb for our annual long read: The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild by Mathias Énard, translated from French by frank wynne 🏳️‍🌈. Join us online at 7pm London time Mon 5 Feb to discuss. All welcome, wherever in the world. DM for details.

We’ll be talking about The Song of Kieu on Zoom tomorrow evening, Monday 4th December at 19:00 UTC - everybody is welcome!

We’re delighted to say that translator Timothy Allen 💙 will be with us on Monday 4 Dec as we discuss his translation of The Song of Kiều by Nguyễn Du, from Vietnam. Join us online at 7pm London time. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for connection details.

Each December we read a pre-modern work and this time it’s Vietnamese author Nguyễn Du’s epic open The Song of Kiều, translated by Timothy Allen 💙. Join us online at 7pm London time on Mon 4 Dec. Everyone welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow and DM for details.

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Each December we read a pre-modern work and this time it’s Vietnamese author Nguyễn Du’s epic open The Song of Kiều, translated by Timothy Allen 💙. Join us online at 7pm London time on Mon 4 Dec. Everyone welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow and DM for details.

For our November book we are turning to science fiction and Vladimir Sorokin’s satire of the new Russia, Day of the Oprichnik, translated from Russian by Jamey Gambrell. Join us online on Monday 13 Nov at 7pm London time to discuss. All welcome. Follow/DM for connection details.

For our November book we are turning to science fiction and Vladimir Sorokin’s satire of the new Russia, Day of the Oprichnik, translated from Russian by Jamey Gambrell. Join us online on Monday 13 Nov at 7pm London time to discuss. All welcome. Follow/DM for connection details.

At our next meeting we will be discussing Zama by Antonio de Benedetto, translated from Spanish by Esther Allen. Join us on Monday 9 October at 7pm London time, online over Google Meet. All are welcome, wherever in the world you are! Follow and DM for connection details.

We’re delighted to say that author Ananda Devi and translator Jeffrey Zuckerman will join us for the discussion of Eve Out of Her Ruins this Wednesday 3 May. Join us on Zoom at 7pm London time. Open to all, wherever in the world. DM for details.

For May we travel to Mauritius to read Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi, translated from French by Jeffrey Zuckerman. Join us to discuss the book on Wednesday 3 May at 7pm London time via Zoom. Follow and DM for details. Anyone is welcome to join, from wherever in the world.

Our book for April is Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table, translated from Italian by Raymond Rosenthal. Join us on Wednesday 12 April at 7pm London time on Zoom to discuss. Free and open to all, wherever in the world. DM for connection details.

Our book for April is Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table, translated from Italian by Raymond Rosenthal. Join us on Wednesday 12 April at 7pm London time on Zoom to discuss. Free and open to all, wherever in the world. DM for connection details.

For March we travel to 1940s Mitteleuropa. We will be reading Sándor Márai’s Embers, translated by Carol Brown Janeway from Christina Viragh’s German translation (as Die Glut) of the Hungarian original. Join us! All welcome. 7pm London time Mon 6 March, by Zoom. DM for details.