The 2018 National Book Award winners were announced last Wednesday, November 14th. Since its inception in 1950, the National Book Award has been one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for literature. Past award winners include Vladimir Nabokov, Hannah Arendt, and Ralph Ellison.
Book Culture loves the eclectic and exciting books published by university presses - that’s why we’re so excited to celebrate University Press Week! University Presses are known for publishing books that might otherwise be considered too experimental or esoteric. As a result, the roughly 14,000 books published annually by university presses are some of the most eclectic and exciting volumes on our shelves
In anticipation of her event on February 22nd at our 112th street location, we talked with Diana Senechal about her newest work Mind Over Memes. Read her Q&A on our blog!
Congratulations to all the authors and works that were recognized today by the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction! Check out the shortlisted works and read to the end to find out more about an upcoming Book Culture event with last year's winner, David France.
German storytime is back at Book Culture on Broadway! Starting this week, Beatrice Beckmann, founder of KinderBooks, will be reading downstairs in our children’s room on Fridays at 4:30pm.
Inspired by Women In Translation Month, BC bookseller emeritus Adam Fales sat down with translator Kate Briggs to talk about how translation happens. We all know how essential translation is in a world of over 6,000 languages, but the craft, dilligence, effort and finesse that goes into a work of translation often goes unnoticed when executed seamlessly. Briggs's essay collection This Little Art offers us a peek inside the intricate, at times grueling process of translating a book. We hope you'll enjoy our conversation with her as much as we did!
For Women’s Translation Month, we talked with Ellen Cassedy, who translated Mash’s work On The Landing from the Yiddish. Read her Q&A on our blog!
As a part of our ongoing series highlighting books for Women in Translation Month, translator Lynne Sharon Schwartz was kind enough to answer a few questions about a recent project, Run for Your Life by Silvana Gandolfi, and her experience as a translator.
See the questions below and also take a look at the anthology she edited, Crossing Borders: Stories and Essays about Translation.
In summer there's nothing better than relaxing with a refreshing brew and a cool book, so in honor of the Queens Beer Festival on July 28th we paired a few new releases with some of our favorite beers from Queens breweries! Make sure you stop by Book Culture LIC on your way back from the bars to pick up some of these titles!
Celebrate Women in Translation month with Bookculture! Every day on our twitter we'll feature some of our new favorite translated work by women. Stay tuned for some exciting events and displays within our stores!
