A blog about translation, language, literature, and other related topics. Updated every approximately every five days.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Books from Finland
Books from Finland is a publication about, well, books from Finland. They've recently stopped publishing the magazine in print and have now gone over to web-only. Check out the site.
I prefer a paper magazine every time. But I do understand the costs aspect. "Nordisk litteratur - Nordic Literature" also folded, and did not leave behind a website, as "Books From Finland" has done. The BFF website is not bad.
But if you want a printed annual magazine of a similar type as "Nordisk litteratur", and also in English, there is "Scandinavian Newsletter", published by people in Groningen, Netherlands. Check it out:
http://www.svin.nl/en/newsletter_en.htm
They've published one issue (12) since their website was updated; one with a fair amount of Faroese material, as it happens.
I don't know - I think maybe the paper magazine had reached the limits of what it was able to do. The Web version could be more outward-going and interactive - but it's probably too early to tell what the future of BfF will be.
On my computer screen the orange lettering of the headings on the BfF site looks a bit faint - it could do with being slightly darker, I think.
Originally from Chicago, I lived in southern Sweden for nearly 5.5 years, and moved to southern Wales in September 2006. I completed a Ph.D. translation studies in June 2009 at Swansea University, with a dissertation on the translation of children's literature.
Now I live in Norwich, England, where I am a lecturer at the University of East Anglia, and I also work as a translator, writer, and editor.
Contact me at bravenewwords (AT) gmail (DOT) com.
3 comments:
I prefer a paper magazine every time. But I do understand the costs aspect. "Nordisk litteratur - Nordic Literature" also folded, and did not leave behind a website, as "Books From Finland" has done. The BFF website is not bad.
But if you want a printed annual magazine of a similar type as "Nordisk litteratur", and also in English, there is "Scandinavian Newsletter", published by people in Groningen, Netherlands. Check it out:
http://www.svin.nl/en/newsletter_en.htm
They've published one issue (12) since their website was updated; one with a fair amount of Faroese material, as it happens.
I don't know - I think maybe the paper magazine had reached the limits of what it was able to do. The Web version could be more outward-going and interactive - but it's probably too early to tell what the future of BfF will be.
On my computer screen the orange lettering of the headings on the BfF site looks a bit faint - it could do with being slightly darker, I think.
Thanks for the link, Eric. Paper may be a bit easier to read and more portable, but I think it's clear that more publications are going the e-route.
Best wishes,
BJ
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