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We are happy to welcome to Sofia Literary the talented Nataliya Deleva who just joined our portfolio! @nataliedelmar is a Bulgarian-born writer living in London. Her debut novel, "Four Minutes", was originally published in Bulgaria (Janet 45 Publishing, 2017), where the book received the most prestigious Bulgarian prize for emerging literature in 2018 and was shortlisted for several other national literary awards. It has since been published in English by @openletterbooks, German by @etaverlag and Polish (Wydawnictwo EZOP). "Four Minutes" is also forthcoming in Spanish by @automaticaeditorial.

Deleva’s second novel, "Arrival", written originally in English, was published by The Indigo Press, UK (2022), and it has been translated into Bulgarian as "Пътна връв" and published by @janet45publishing (2025). Deleva’s short fiction, non-fiction and critique have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, such as the Words Without Borders, Fence, Psyche, Asymptote, Lunate, Review31 and Granta.

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Me and my book-guardian-angels in a random pub in London. 🔥

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London was a blast!
THANK YOU ALL!
❤️❤️❤️

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Join us for an intimate Fireside Chat with Nataliya Deleva, the award-winning author of Four Minutes (Невидими) and Arrival. We’re exploring the powerful themes that define her work: Literature, Identity, and the Diaspora Experience.

From receiving Bulgaria’s most prestigious prize for emerging literature to being featured in Granta and Words Without Borders, Nataliya’s journey is as compelling as her prose. Be part of an insightful discussion that touches on themes close to our hearts and identities!

📍 Where: Bush House SE 2.09
📅 When: Friday, March 13th 18:30-19:30
🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984223992375?aff=oddtdtcreator

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🚨 (Another) New Event (and still more to come!)

📖 She Who Remains by @az.renekarabash, trans. by @izidoraxangel

🏆 Longlisted for the International Booker Prize
🪑 Chaired by @nataliedelmar
📆 March 12th
🕖 7pm
🎟️ £6 (10% off the book with ticket!)
🔗 Link in bio

🏆 Winner of the Elias Canetti prize – the most prestigious literary prize in Bulgaria – and named by @service95 as a must read of 2026, She Who Remains will be launched with both author Rene Karabash and translator Izidora Angel at Brick Lane Bookshop.

⛰️ High in the Accursed Mountains, in a village ruled by the ancient laws of the Kanun, Bekija escapes an arranged marriage by becoming a sworn virgin, renouncing her womanhood to live as a man. Her decision sets off a brutal chain of events, destroying her family and separating her from the one she loves the most. Years later, as Bekija – now Matija – tells their story to a visiting journalist, long-buried truths come to light, along with the realisation of all that might have been.

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„Пътна връв“ (“Arrival”) е новият роман на Наталия Делева, преведен на български език от Ана Пипева. Корицата е дело на Люба Халева, а редактор е Ангел Игов. Повече за историите в романа и процеса на работа чуйте в разговора на авторката с Живка Танчева в БНР – Пловдив тук: https://bnr.bg/plovdiv/post/102185469/patna-vrav-na-natalia-deleva-veche-na-balgarski-ezik

По думите на Наталия Делева, „Пътна връв“ е една книга за избора. Всъщност правото на избор, поставен срещу обществените, културните и дори семейните ролеви очаквания са може би основния конфликт в романа…

…книга за историите, които се пренасят в едно семейство между различни поколения, които оставят следи в нас, които носим със себе си, развиваме и превръщаме в нещо наше.“

🩵А книгата можете да поръчате тук: https://janet45.com/p/8541-пътна-връв

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„Мъглива есенна сутрин е. В гората съм и играя на топка с дядо. На три-четири години съм. Мама е отишла някъде и не знам къде е. Чувствам се изоставена и уплашена и не искам да играя повече. Обувките ми са подгизнали от росата и така или иначе, почти нищо не виждам, затова все не мога да хвана топката, когато дядо ми я подава, и това започва да го дразни.

Тогава всичко изведнъж се изпарява и се оказвам сам-сама…“

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„Пътна връв“ е фин, въздействащ роман за последствията от семейното насилие върху децата през погледа на жена, напуснала родината си, която се опитва да изгради нов живот. С помощта на терапия, тя започва да осмисля преживяното и да търси отговори: как да бъде майка, когато още носи вината на своите родители? Това е роман за наследените истории и способността ни да ги съчиним наново.

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„Пътна връв е разказ за израстването и изцелението. Четенето на тази книга боли, но и ни носи надежда за несломимостта на човешкия дух.“
~ Катерина Стойкова, автор на „Втора кожа“

🩵„Пътна връв“ от Наталия Делева е тук: https://janet45.com/p/8541-пътна-връв

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Read are conversation with FEATURED WRITER Nataliya Deleva in issue 6! Link in bio.

Photo Credit: Jay Shifman

#featuredwriter #lespritliteraryreview #nataliyadeleva #interview #inconversation ##conversationwithnataliyadeleva #translation #bulgarianwriters #britishbulgarianwriter #fiction #novelextract #submitnow #creativewriting #contest #prose

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“To drift off to sleep, what you need is to smooth the sharpness of the stubborn thoughts by doing something like listening to the repetitive sound of raindrops hitting the window.“ FEATURED WRITER Nataliya Deleva’s novel extract “Your Beautiful Life”
up now in issue 6! @nataliedelmar Link in bio!

Photo Credit: Jacelyn Yap

#lespritliteraryreview #llrissue6 #novel #novelextract #fiction #writing #creativewriting #lespritliteraryreviewfeaturedwriter #NataliyaDeleva

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Books I want to read next.💌🤍

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You simply cannot.✨

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