Bologna Children's Book Fair 2010

notebook NEWBOOK RELEASES:A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelic, TigerHills by SaritaMandanna, Under theLemonTrees by Bhira Backhaus, Obabakoak: First Words In each issue, FirstWords will introduce a writer new to our pages. Read thebeginning of a previously unpublished storyby thewriter here, thengo toourwebsite (worldliteraturetoday. com) to read thewhole piece. Nuala Ni Chonchuir (b. 1970,Dublin) is an Irish fiction writer and poet. The IrishTimes called her third short fiction collection, Nude, "a memorable achievement" and chose her as a writer to watch in 2009. She has won many short fictionprizes, including theC?irt New Writing Prize, RT? radio's FrancisMacManus Award, the inaugural JonathanSwiftAward, and theCecil Day Lewis Award. Shewas recentlyshortlisted fortheEuropean Prize forLiterature and was one of four winners of theTemplar Poetry Pamphlet and Collection competition.Her pamphlet Portrait of the Artistwith a Red Car was published by Templar inNovember 2009, and The JunoCharm is forthcoming in2010.Her novel You will be published byNew Island inApril 2010.Her website iswww.nualanichonchuir.com. From Life Nuala M Chonchuir The Spailpm was fake-Irish,a place for Americans todrop intoby theweary busload, and for politicians to relive theirbacon-and-cabbage youths. David likedworking there?not for the under-the-counter two-pounds-an-hour, or the satisfying foot-ache after a night on the restau rant floor;or even the freedinners and after-hoursdrinking ledby S?amus, the mercurial propri etor.He liked itfortheother staff. They were students,mostly, who slaved with good humour in theSpailpm to topup theirgrantswith drinkmoney. David worked there?after dropping out of college?because there were fewother jobs inDublin at the time and, compared toofficework, the restaurantwas fun. S?amus?the boss?was rude,which made him appear more stupid thanhe was. On his first night in theSpailpm, David heard him tellinga gaggle ofwaitresses thatthe flaps inhis chef's jacketwere forease of on-the-jobmasturbation. He regularlymade statements like that,as well as generalizations on thepoor, theunemployed, and anyone who wasn't self-made, likehimself. All of the staff, except forBabette,were Irish.S?amus had takenon Babette, he said, because, being fromFrance, shewould add "culi nary cachet" to theSpailpm. Itdidn'tmatter tohim thatshewas a chefde partiewith scant experience, or thatshe toldhim tohis face that shewas sure he suffered fromarrested development?he was crazy about her. Itwas he who had given Babette her nickname; her real name was Genevi?ve. David wondered ifS?amus had been to see the filmBabette'sFeast and if he'd been able todecipher thesubtitles;or, funnieryet, ifhe'd read IsakDinesen's story. It was hard to imagine S?amus reading anything but crappy newspapers. Babette went by thename anyway, and she tolerated S?amus inaway that theother girls in theSpailpm couldn't. She lethim fondleher hair and chuck her chinwhen he passed her in thekitchen.At the same time shewas cheekywith him,which he loved. Bologna Children's Book Fair 2010 If you're looking for thedefinitive yearly event for children's literature, you'll probably find it in Bologna, Italy, at the 2010 Bologna Children's Book Fair (March 23-26). This event brings togetherall themajor internationalplayers in theworld of children's literature inmore than twenty thousand square meters of exhibition space. A festivalhighlight thisyearwill be the 2010 guest of honor, Slovakia. The countrywill present an exhibition of itsbest illustrators,past and present. Additionally, the annual Bolognaragazzi Award will be handed out tobooks in fourdiffer ent categories: fiction,nonfiction,New Horizons (for Arab, Asian, African, and Latin American artists), and Opera Prima (fordebut artists). For more information, visit www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it. Compiled bySara Brown Storiesfrom a Village by Bernardo Atxaga, All That Follows by JimCrace, Parrot and Olivier inAmerica by Peter Carey MORE ON PAGE8 a novella and stories TIPHANIE YANIQUE How toEscape froma Leper Colony TiphanieYanique (Graywolf Press) IntheU.S.Virgin Islands,thevillagers walk intothe sea, an international coffinstorehouses an eternallycyclicalstory, and aman with no hands claims he can fly. Elsewhere, a man carrying a wooden cross on his shoulderquietly filespast a localjailcell.Themagical occurrences in the lives of these charactersare interwoven with complex and realistic situations. Wroughtwith strikingimagery and an enthrallinglyrical style,these storiesare not easily forgotten. This debut collectionof shortstoriesand one novella ispartpostcolonial narrativeand partoral history

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