The Queen Mary Catalan Book Club meets regularly to discuss Catalan books translated into English. We invite the authors and translators of contemporary novels, short story collections and even volumes on football to talk about their books with us. We work with US and UK publishers who have been generous enough to donate a few copies to those eager readers participating.

The meetings are online and take place in English. All are welcome.

Past Book Clubs

Messi: Lessons in Style (‘Messi: Exercicis d’estil’)

With author Jordi Puntí

Read more about this edition of the Queen Mary Catalan Book Club with writer Jordi Puntí on this link.

The Sound of One Hand Killing (‘L’Hora Zen: un crim refinat’)

With author Teresa Solana

Read more about this edition of the Queen Mary Catalan Book Club with writer Teresa Solana on this link.

Brigadistes: Lives for Liberty (‘Brigadistes: Vides per la llibertat’)

With author Jordi Martí Rueda and translator Mary Ann Newman

Read more about this edition of the Queen Mary Catalan Book Club with writer Jordi Martí Rueda and translator Mary Ann Newman on this link.

When I Sing, Mountains Dance (‘Canto jo i la muntanya balla’)

With translator Mara Faye Lethem

Read more about this edition of the Queen Mary Catalan Book Club on Irene Solà’s Canto jo i la muntanya balla on this link.

Wilder Winds (‘Vents més salvatges’)

With author Bel Olid and translator Laura McGloughlin

I Love You When I’m Drunk (‘T’estimo si he begut’)

By Empar Moliner

Cold Skin (‘La pell freda’)

With writer Albert Sánchez Piñol

Learning to Talk to Plants (‘Aprendre a parlar amb les plantes’)

With writer Marta Orriols translator Mara Faye Lethem