How does the future look for European fiction? Rajendra Chitnis and Rosalind Harvey discuss their experiences of shortlisting for this year's ELN Translation Pitch event
Nepotism, sinecures, blackmailing paedophiles, bribing officials... Juan Pablo Villalobos writes for PEN Atlas this week, explaining how a writer can expose and enable the general corruption of his country
Juan Pablo Villalobos returns to PEN Atlas this week, asking us to imagine the struggle of being a writer in Mexico, where fiction is so often outpaced by brutal reality
Sold-out duels, ninjas versus saints, and the invisible translator made visible... Daniel Hahn reports from Edinburgh International Book Festival for PEN Atlas
In his latest PEN Atlas piece, Juan Pablo Villalobos introduces new voices which demonstrate Mexico’s rich literary landscape
La narrativa de la violencia en México 2: tres razones para no usar la palabra narcoliteratura
This week for PEN Atlas, Juan Pablo Villalobos writes against ‘Narcoliterature’. This piece has been translated from Spanish by Rosalind Harvey.
La narrativa de la violencia en México 1: el cuento.
The PEN Atlas series continues with a powerful despatch by Mexican writer Juan Pablo Villalobos.
