Daniel Hahn
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Writing & Reviewing

I've written a few books. (This one here was the first, now I think out of print.)

I also occasionally write features or reviews for a range of publications.

Here are some recent reviews:
  • The Hungry and the Fat, Timur Vermes (tr. Jamie Bulloch) - The Spectator, 22/02/20
  • Bird Cottage, Eva Meijer (tr. Antoinette Fawcett) - Reviews by Writers, 02/12/19
  • Fierce Bad Rabbits, Claire Pollard - Books for Keeps, November 2019
  • This Is Not Propaganda, Peter Pomerantsev; & The Twittering Machine, Richard Seymour – The Spectator, 01/08/19
  • Four Words for Friend, Marek Kohn – The Spectator, 09/03/19
  • Mouthful of Birds, Samanta Schweblin (tr. Megan McDowell) – The Guardian, 10/02/19
  • Among the Lost, Emiliano Monge (tr. Frank Wynne) – The Spectator, 10/01/19
  • Daemon Voices, Philip Pullman – The Author, Winter 2018
  • A Winter's Promise, Christelle Dabos (tr. Hildegarde Serle) – Riveting Reviews, 24/11/18
  • Three books on language and writing, Moran/Greene/Pulleyn – The Spectator, 3/11/18
  • The Shape of the Ruins, Juan Gabriel Vásquez (tr. Anne McLean) – Prospect, 15/05/18
  • The Line Becomes a River, Francisco Cantú – The Spectator, 05/05/18
  • Dog Town, Luize Pastore (tr. Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini) – Riveting Reviews, 16/4/18
  • Packing My Library, Alberto Manguel – The Spectator, 14/04/18
  • The Book of Tbilisi, ed. Becca Parkinson & Gvantsa Jobava – Riveting Reviews, 16/3/18
  • We Are the End, Gonzalo C. Garcia – The Guardian, 27/12/17
  • The Impostor, Javier Cercas (tr. Frank Wynne) – The Spectator, 1/11/17
  • The Murderer's Ape, Jakob Wegelius (tr. Peter Graves) – Scoop, Nov 2017
  • You Should Have Left, Daniel Kehlmann (tr. Ross Benjamin) – The Spectator, 22/07/17
  • The Novel of the Century, David Bellos – The Spectator, 18/02/17
  • Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot, Horatio Clare – Scoop, Nov 2016
  • The Good Immigrant, ed. Nikesh Shukla – The Spectator, 22/09/16
  • The Man Who Invented Fiction, William Egginton – The Guardian, 23/07/16
  • Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction, Michael Levy & Farah Mendlesohn – The Spectator, 04/06/16
  • East West Street, Philippe Sands – The Spectator, 21/05/16
  • Quentin Blake: In the Theatre of the Imagination, Ghislaine Kenyon – The Spectator, 07/04/16
  • Shakespeare in Swahililand, Edward Wilson-Lee – The Independent on Sunday, 13/03/16
  • Diary of a Body, Daniel Pennac (tr. Alyson Waters) – The Guardian, 06/02/16
  • The Silver Eye, Susan Brind Morrow – The Spectator, 06/02/16
  • June, Gerbrand Bakker (tr. David Colmer) – The Guardian, 10/07/15
  • The Weather Experiment, Peter Moore – The Spectator, 04/07/15
  • The Festival of Insignificance, Milan Kundera (tr. Linda Asher) – The Spectator, 20/06/15
  • Reading the World, Ann Morgan – The Spectator, 28/02/15
  • The Vegetarian, Han Kang (tr. Deborah Smith) – The Guardian, 24/01/15
  • Best European Fiction 2015, ed. West Camel – The Guardian, 23/12/14
  • Lingo, Gaston Dorren – The Spectator, 15/11/14
  • Swansong 1945, Walter Kempowski (tr. Shaun Whiteside) – The Independent on Sunday, 15/11/14
  • The Strangest Family, Janice Hadlow – The Independent on Sunday, 25/10/14
  • The Extrordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an IKEA Wardrobe, Romain Puértolas (tr. Sam Taylor) – The Independent on Sunday, 10/08/14
  • The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, Joël Dicker (tr. Sam Taylor) – The Independent on Sunday, 11/05/14
  • Gwynne's Latin, N.M. Gwynne – The Independent on Sunday, 20/04/14
  • Dead Interviews, ed. Dan Crowe – The Independent on Sunday, 24/11/13
  • Crow Blue, Adriana Lisboa (tr. Alison Entrekin) & Other Carnivals, ed. (& tr.) Ángel Gurria-Quintana – The Independent, 25/10/13
  • The Parrots, Filippo Bologna (tr. Howard Curtis) – The Independent, 25/09/13
  • All Dogs Are Blue, Rodrigo de Souza Leão (tr. Stefan Tobler & Zoë Perry) – The Independent on Sunday, 24/08/13
  • Multiples, Adam Thirlwell et al. – The Guardian, 16/08/13
  • The Taste of Apple Seeds, Katharina Hagena (tr. Jamie Bulloch) – The Independent, 27/02/13
  • The Middlesteins, Jami Attenberg – The Independent on Sunday, 10/02/13
  • The Last Quarter of the Moon, Chi Zijian (tr. Bruce Humes) – The Independent on Sunday, 03/02/13
                                                                                                                                                          (Older reviews will be added eventually.)

And a few interviews:
  • Philip Ardagh, 2009
  • Patrick Ness, 2010
  • Daniel Pennac, 2010 (with Sam Holmes)
  • Norton Juster, 2012
  • Michael Morpurgo and Maggie Fergusson, 2012
  • Patrick Ness, 2013
  • Bernardo Atxaga and Margaret Jull Costa, 2015
  • Michael Morpurgo, 2016


And a few children's books round-ups:
  • Christmas 2015 round-up for 6-11s – The Independent on Sunday, 13/12/15
  • Ten children's books about elsewhere – Books for Keeps, 07/15
  • Ten children's books you should know and probably don't – The Guardian online, 30/04/15
  • Eight YA novels that adults should read – The Guardian, 20/03/15
  • Christmas 2014 round-up for 6-12s – The Independent on Sunday, 13/12/14
  • Christmas 2013 round-up for 5-12s – The Independent on Sunday, 15/12/13
  • Ten of the best children's books in the last three decades – Books for Keeps, 05/13
  • Christmas 2012 round-up for 8-12s – The Independent on Sunday, 9/12/12
  • Christmas 2011 round-up for 7-12s – The Independent on Sunday, 11/12/11
  • Christmas 2009 round-up for teens – The Independent on Sunday, 13/12/09
  • Summer 2009 round-up for under-12s – The Independent on Sunday, 12/07/09


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