oh, and another green shoot!

About this time last year Meike Ziervogel was wandering round the London Book Fair, hatching a little plan, and it seems it's not only hope that springs eternal:
Her publisher Peirene Press is now up and running and no doubt her authors in translation will, like Peirene's fountain, inspire British readers and writers. One title coming up is by the Catalan writer Maria Barbal - a novel with an unusually calm voice Meike says. I'm looking forward to reading it in English, as it will be co-translated by Laura McGloughlin.. someone with a similar name claims she's having Pete Doherty's baby, that's not her!
Laura is a great translator, and when I was getting a short extract of Willemsen's An Afghan Journey translated her editing eye was invaluable (thank you!).