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Missed our news last year? We added another string to our bow! You can still read about our latest title acquisition here. digitalbackbooks.com/staticc…
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4 Aug 2022
Congratulations to all the winners of the PEN Translates Awards! 🎉 Especially @RuthAhmedzai @lawrenceschimel @EmKateRam @oliviahellewell @tesslewis94 @DigitalbackBks @TiltedAxisPress @PressPeninsula @andothertweets englishpen.org/posts/news/pe… @englishpen
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30 Sep 2022
Very productive day @englishpen #ITD conference. And thrilled to get such insightful feedback on pitching skills from @EdEmmie, Gersy Ifeanyi Ejimofo (@DigitalbackBks) and @MrFeditor.
For those asking, 'People Like Dirk' will appear in the Fall issue of Your Impossible Voice!
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28 Oct 2022
For #BHM & beyond check out @claireama's convo w/ @IjomaMangold on his memoir Das deutsche Krokodil & @RuthAhmedzai's brilliant English translation The German Crocodile tinyurl.com/299mrbnm
@DigitalbackBks @ExpandingGerman @ags_tweets
#mfltwitterati #decolonizingthecurriculum
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21 Jul 2022
#ThrowbackThursday
#BuchiEmechetaDay
My beautiful sister Ifeanyi founder of @DigitalbackBks, on a panel with Verna Wilkins, James Currey, Sylvester Onwordi, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf and Margaret Busby reflecting on Publishing: Past, Present and Future📚📖📙
#CelebratingBuchiEmecheta
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Digitalback Books | DAS Editions retweeted
15 Mar 2022
If you missed @TTW1984 in conversation with @IjomaMangold it is still available to watch. A fascinating, candid conversation about best selling 'The German Crocodile' (transl. @RuthAhmedzai @DigitalbackBks )
🔗daad.cam.ac.uk/hub-events/th…
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TOMORROW: @SharonDoduaOtoo on curating a Black Literature Festival @ruhrfestspiele @Blackgermans -- join us!
13 Mar 2022
Our exciting week of events with @SharonDoduaOtoo is nearly upon us!
You can still sign up for a spot (in-person or online) for tomorrow's "In Search of Resonance: On Black German Literature and Literary Criticism" here! 17:00GMT Mon, 14 March
eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-search…
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7 Mar 2022
7 Mar 2022
Ijoma Mangold's reading from his memoirs The German Crocodile was fantastic! A full audience and an inspiring atmosphere - thank you to Ijoma & everyone involved! #mfltwitterati #GermanStudies #TheGermanCrocodile
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3 Mar 2022
Looking forward to speaking with @IjomaMangold about his book The German Crocodile (transl. @RuthAhmedzai) @GermanCambridge on Tues 8 March, 11-12 GMT.
In-person & online! Details & livestream here: daad.cam.ac.uk/hub-events/th…
A must event if you are in Cambridge on Tuesday! @TTW1984 in conversation with @ijomamangold Pls RT @RuthAhmedzai @CUGermanSociety @CamAfricaDay @heffersbookshop @Cambridge_Uni @newgermanbooks @ReadinginTrans @TheGSA @DDGCtweets @NewBooksGerman @ExpandingGerman @GSATeaching
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Digitalback Books | DAS Editions retweeted
3 Mar 2022
We will be streaming live! Join us if you can! daad.cam.ac.uk/hub-events/th…
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2 Mar 2022
Come to our event with @IjomaMangold
4-6pm this Friday (4th March) at Univeristy of Reading! Sign up here eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-u…
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1 Mar 2022
Friday 4 March 2022, 4pm UoR "Growing up bi-racial in Germany: A conversation with Ijoma Mangold" eventbrite.co.uk/e/growing-u… @Eventbrite #mfltwitterati #germanstudies #racial #deutscheskrokodil #digitalbackbooks
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A fascinating @DAADCamHub event. Ijoma Mangold speaks about his memoir, the German Crocodile. Details below
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A must event if you are in Cambridge on Tuesday! @TTW1984 in conversation with @ijomamangold Pls RT @RuthAhmedzai @CUGermanSociety @CamAfricaDay @heffersbookshop @Cambridge_Uni @newgermanbooks @ReadinginTrans @TheGSA @DDGCtweets @NewBooksGerman @ExpandingGerman @GSATeaching
A fascinating @DAADCamHub event. Ijoma Mangold speaks about his memoir, the German Crocodile. Details below
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10 Feb 2022
Here's the list of upcoming translation seminars! With the likes of @JeremyTiang , @EmKateRam and more! #xl8
bu.edu/geddes/events/transla…
@bcltuea @translationtalk @NetworkEmerging @hopscotch_tr @WritersCentre
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We need to stop pigeonholing writers and what we expect them to write about. theguardian.com/books/2022/f…
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#AmReading #BooksWorthReading Winner English PEN Award. DAS - Discover Africa’s Stories @GI_NewYork @TranslatedWorld @NewBooksGerman @DeutschesHausNY Translation kudos go to @RuthAhmedzai A superb literary memoir by @IjomaMangold
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2 Dec 2021
Excellent to spend last night chatting with @RuthAhmedzai & @TranslationExch Book Club members about 'The German Crocodile' by @IjomaMangold. I adored this book! Published by @DigitalbackBks & supported by @GI_London1 @englishpen - read a bit here:
europeanreviewofbooks.com/es…
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23 Nov 2021
If the recent event with @IjomaMangold and @RuthAhmedzai at @hilda_beastoxf is anything to go by, everyone attending this will be in for a treat!
22 Nov 2021
'literary non-fiction at its best': don't miss the chance to discuss Ijoma Mangold's award-winning literary memoir with translator @RuthAhmedzai at our next #InternationalBookClub on Wednesday 1st December. Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/internati….
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22 Nov 2021
@IjomaMangold’s beautiful memoir is a must read
22 Nov 2021
A fascinating conversation that could have gone on for many more hours! Thank you to everyone who attended the gist between @IjomaMangold and @chikaunigwe Recording will be uploaded on @GI_Nigeria soon. Next conversation hosted by @GI_London1 in German goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.cfm?…
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22 Nov 2021
A fascinating conversation that could have gone on for many more hours! Thank you to everyone who attended the gist between @IjomaMangold and @chikaunigwe Recording will be uploaded on @GI_Nigeria soon. Next conversation hosted by @GI_London1 in German goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.cfm?…
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Starting now. Don't forget to join using the zoom link
18 Nov 2021
Thanks to @GI_Nigeria for hosting "the virtual gist" between @IjomaMangold & @chikaunigwe! 1st 25 attendees get a free digital copy so perfect for book clubs @Rainbowbkclub @mybookclubng @AbujaBookClub @cinqfleursbooks Register here for the monday event! goethe.de/ins/ng/en/ver.cfm?…