Granta – Robin Houghton

12/05/201712/05/2017

Currently reading (part 1)

By Robin Houghton12/05/201712/05/2017Categories: Blog, Mags & Blogs, RoundupsTags: beautiful dragons, cinnamon press, envoi, first salsa in cusco, Granta, rebecca bilkau, the bee's breakfastLeave a comment

Through the letterbox fell two parcels yesterday, one from Germany and one from Wales, although both in English, luckily. A Bee’s Breakfast is the latest anthology from Beautiful Dragons, a Facebook-based collaboration and the brainchild of Rebecca Bilkau. This is the third ‘Dragons’ anthology I’ve contributed to and I think it has the most beautiful coverRead more ⟶

10/05/2014

Granta Japan launch

By Robin Houghton10/05/2014Categories: Events, Readings, WritingTags: Granta, Hiromi Kawakami, Japan, New Writing South, translation, Yukiko MotoyaLeave a comment

A fascinating evening yesterday in Brighton at New Writing South for the launch of the latest issue of Granta magazine issue 127, Japan, published simultaneously in English and Japanese. Two of the contributors, Yukiko Motoya and Hiromi Kawakami, read extracts of their work in Japanese, and their translators then read the same passages in English.Read more ⟶