You’ve Heard This One Before You’ve Heard This One Before By Karmelo C. Iribarren Translated by John R. Sesgo World Poetry. 2026. Reviewed by Eric Bies Hand a barfly a ballpoint and a napkin, and you might just end up wi…

“In ‘Those Days,’ an ode to discontent, his typically low-key register hits a note of subdued terror.”
In @ocreviewofbooks.bsky.social, Eric Bies reviews Karmelo C. Iribarren’s newly translated poetry collection, “You’ve Heard This One Before” - ocreviewofbooks.org/2026/03/12/k...

Persevering Even After the End of the World: Artem Chapeye’s The Weathering - Words Without Borders “Readers are given plenty to think about and the space in which to do their thinking,” writes critic Cory Oldweiler.

“Lots of fundamental questions are raised by ‘The Weathering,’ none of which get satisfactory answers because such answers simply don’t exist.”
In @wwborders.bsky.social, Cory Oldweiler reviews Artem Chapeye’s newly translated novel, “The Weathering” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...

Murder on the Miramichi | A review of “Songs of Love on a December Night” by David Adams Richards | Literary Review of Canada Michael W. Higgins reviews “Songs of Love on a December Night” by David Adams Richards, a death-ridden novel set in New Brunwsick.

“‘Songs of Love on a December Night’ takes place on conventional Richards turf, with a narrative formula practised to perfection.”
In @reviewcanada.bsky.social, Michael W. Higgins reviews David Adams Richards’s new novel, “Songs of Love on a December Night” - reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...

“While their bodies are committed to small, ordinary gestures, the evidence of what they’ve done accumulates around them in soil and scar tissue.”
In Asymptote Journal, Jordan Silversmith reviews Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida’s “Three Stories of Forgetting” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/03...

Acclaimed Peruvian writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique dies aged 87 The author is best known for his novel A World for Julius, which chronicles the frivolous lives of the elite.

Peruvian author Alfredo Bryce Echenique has died aged 87 - www.bbc.com/news/article...

Needle’s Eye by Wiesław Myśliwski Trans. Bill Johnston. Archipelago Books. 2025. 418 pages.

“Like Anjet Daanje’s ‘The Remembered Soldier’ or Gao Xingjian’s ‘Soul Mountain,’ Wiesław Myśliwski’s narrator reminiscing is triggered by trauma.”
In @worldlittoday.bsky.social, Alice-Catherine Carls reviews Wiesław Myśliwski’s novel “Needle’s Eye” - worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/march/n...

Scrapbook of a Rio Neighborhood | Francisco Maciel’s There’s No Point in Dying By Cory Oldweiler

“‘There’s No Point in Dying’ is sprawling and occasionally disorienting, featuring a cast of more than three dozen characters”
In @southwestreview.bsky.social, Cory Oldweiler reviews Francisco Maciel’s newly translated novel, “There’s No Point in Dying” - southwestreview.com/scrapbook-of...

A wild girl considers land rights and community in Eva Hornung’s ‘utterly gripping’ new novel Award-winning author Eva Hornung’s time-travelling new novel explores Australia’s tensions around land ownership and belonging.

“Gem proves a character of grit and independence, strength and fierce intelligence.”
In @theconversation.com, Shady Cosgrove reviews Eva Hornung’s new novel, “The Minstrels” - theconversation.com/a-wild-girl-...

“The elder’s life story is shaped by the supernatural as much as by love, grief and catastrophe.”
In @necessaryfiction.com, Katy Dycus reviews Chi Zijian’s newly reissued novel, “The Last Quarter of the Moon” - necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...

The Dream of the Jaguar - Harvard Review First published in French in 2024 and translated into English by Ruth Diver, Miguel Bonnefoy’s The Dream of the Jaguar traces Venezuela’s postcolonial upheaval from the oil boom of the 1920s to Chavez...

“Many of the Borjas Romeros circle around selves that are at odds with the futures their forebears envisioned for them.”
In Harvard Review, Jade Bailey Brock reviews Miguel Bonnefoy’s newly translated novel, “The Dream of the Jaguar” - www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...

Ronald M. Schernikau’s SMALLTOWN-NOVELLA | The Brooklyn Rail There are works of literature that so acutely respond to the moment in which they were written that they can be said to paradoxically appear “before their time.” Time, in other words, must do what it ...

“Schernikau’s b is both the gaze and the look reflected back upon the voyeur, and also the bystander filming, producing an archive of non-encounters.”
In The Brooklyn Rail, Chris Campanioni reviews Ronald M. Schernikau’s newly translated novella, “SMALLTOWNNOVELLA” - brooklynrail.org/2026/03/book...

Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes dies aged 83 António Lobo Antunes, one of Portugal's most widely read, sold and translated writers , has died. He was 83.

Portuguese author António Lobo Antunes has died aged 83 - www.euronews.com/culture/2026...

Revealing the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist - Women's Prize

2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist announced - womensprize.com/revealing-th...

Mother River – Can Xue The characters are diffuse, performing something of a vanishing act

“Can Xue’s characters take the world around them in stride—they just keep going, seeming barely perturbed by their inability to connect or understand.”
In @fullstopmag.bsky.social, Noah Slaughter reviews Can Xue’s newly translated story collection, “Mother River” - www.full-stop.net/2026/03/02/r...

Stories of Faith and Shame Six stories of mothers, hidden believers, and shame illuminate Endō Shūsaku’s complex vision of Christianity in Japan.

“All are semi-autobiographical, featuring a male character whose relationship with his mother is a constant theme, if not the focus.”
In @commonweal.bsky.social Charles De Wolf reviews Endō Shūsaku’s newly translated story collection “Portraits of a Mother” www.commonwealmagazine.org/endo-portrai...

‘THIS WAS TO BE HIS GARDEN’ | Sydney Review of Books Aidan Scott’s The Garden takes place in the U.S. during the Mexican-American War – far away from his hometown of Canberra. Yet its account of violence and racism abroad speaks volumes about white Aust...

“Each character seemingly has the inner workings of a Romantic poet, their thoughts narrated in long, cascading paragraphs.”
In Sydney Review of Books, Angus McGrath reviews Aidan Scott’s debut novel, “The Garden” - sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/this...

Queen

“Trotzig’s Sweden isn’t a land of planning and progress, of welfare and women’s rights. It’s excruciated, a desert, a medieval wilderness.”
In 4Columns, Sukhdev Sandhu reviews Birgitta Trotzig’s newly translated novella, “Queen” - 4columns.org/sandhu-sukhd...

“There are meeting places, moments of joy, of hope, of disillusionment, awareness of others and lack of it, the passionate torrent that is new love.”
In The Miramichi Reader, Susan Wismer reviews Chantal Neveu’s newly translated book-length poem, “you” - miramichireader.ca/2026/02/thro...

Book Review: "I Give You My Silence" is Vargas Llosa's Final, Gentle Vals - A Swan Song of Art's Quiet Power - The Arts Fuse Mario Vargas Llosa's final novel is a sweet, light story about art and idealism—and its ever-present opposite, cynicism.

“Like Toño (but without his eccentricity), Vargas Llosa himself also believed in the redemptive social and psychological powers of art, in his case of fiction.”
In @theartsfuse.bsky.social, David Mehegan reviews Mario Vargas Llosa’s final novel, “I Give You My Silence” - artsfuse.org/324608/book-...

Where Is the Story?, by Elaine Blair Vigdis Hjorth repeats herself

“On its own, ‘Repetition’ is an oblique, somewhat cryptic work.”
In @harpers.bsky.social, Elaine Blair reviews Vigdis Hjorth’s newly translated novel, “Repetition” - harpers.org/archive/2026...

The Old Man by the Sea This novel makes as fine an introduction as any to the work of Domenico Starnone, grand master of the Italian literary scene. Reviewed by Rick Henry

“Starnone invites us to read the book as a series of disruptions informed by the eternal tension (and slippages) between reality and fiction.”
In Rain Taxi, Rick Henry reviews Domenico Starnone’s newly translated novel, “The Old Man by the Sea” - raintaxi.com/the-old-man-...

The International Booker Prize 2026 | The Booker Prizes This year's longlist will be announced on Tuesday 24 February at 2pm GMT, with a shortlist of six books to follow on Tuesday 31 March. The winning book will be announced at a ceremony in London on Tue...

International Booker Prize 2026 longlist announced - thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

“Its narrative is challenging, sometimes surreal and obscure, though beautifully written with a poetic, intriguing rhythm.”
In @theartsdesk.bsky.social, Markie Robson-Scott reviews Makenna Goodman’s new novel, “Helen of Nowhere” - theartsdesk.com/books/makenn...

Review: The Roof Beneath Their Feet by Geetanjali Shree A story about the ambiguous relationship between two women by Booker Prize-winner Geetanjali Shree

“In each of their narratives, past and present experiences merge to the extent that Chachcho appears as a ghostlike figure, dead, but ever-present.”
In @artreview.bsky.social‬‬, Mark Rappolt reviews Geetanjali Shree’s newly translated novel “The Roof Beneath Their Feet” artreview.com/the-roof-ben...

“City Like Water” by Dorothy Tse In a 2019 interview with Words Without Borders alongside her translator Natascha Bruce, Hong Kong writer Dorothy Tse said, “I believe experimenting with language brings insight to any type of writi…

“Besides Hong Kong, besides family, the topic is unreality. ‘City Like Water,’ like water, cannot be grasped.”
In @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social‬‬, Angus Stewart reviews Dorothy Tse’s newly translated novel, “City Like Water” - asianreviewofbooks.com/city-like-wa...

Kin: A Novel | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

“Family is more than blood in ‘Kin,’ and it’s stronger than all the pain and heartbreak life serves up.”
In @wirobooks.bsky.social‬‬, Tara Campbell reviews Tayari Jones’ new novel, “Kin” - www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/k...

“The volume’s cumulative riches are plentiful and unique to one of the most invigorating and unconventional writers of short fiction around.”
In @quillandquire.bsky.social‬‬, Steven W. Beattie reviews Mark Anthony Jarman’s new short story collection “Smash and Grab” quillandquire.com/review/smash...

“Even an Angel Would Smell Like Grilled Meat When Burnt in a Fire”: Lee Heejoo's Holy Boy - Words Without Borders "Lee's prose wields Angela Carter’s baroque Gothic sensuality and Ottessa Moshfegh’s deadpan brutality," writes critic Yoojung Chun.

“Her prose wields Angela Carter’s baroque Gothic sensuality and Ottessa Moshfegh’s deadpan brutality.”
In @wwborders.bsky.social‬‬, Yooj Chun reviews Lee Heejoo’s newly translated novel, “Holy Boy” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...

Bombay Dreams: Rahul Bhattacharya’s Railsong, by Anderson Tepper Anderson Tepper reviews Rahul Bhattacharya’s 2026 novel Railsong.

“Bhattacharya, like Mistry, is a master at evoking the city’s myriad wonders: the pavement sizzling with scents, monsoon rains, rooftop Divali celebrations.”
In @worldlittoday.bsky.social‬‬, Anderson Tepper reviews Rahul Bhattacharya’s new novel, “Railsong” - worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/book-re...

The Black Milk of Dusk: A Review of Jeannette L. Clariond’s Even Time Bleeds Where she deals sometimes in symbolism, sometimes in epistemology, and now and then that personal lyric…

“Her words are crisp, like a good broth, thick with gelatin but clear enough to see through to its subject.”
In The Collidescope‬‬, Brenden O’Dell reviews Jeannette L. Clariond’s newly translated poetry collection, “Even Time Bleeds” - thecollidescope.com/2026/02/14/t...