I bumped into this site through the always inter­est­ing World Literature Forum. Backed by indie pub­lisher, Canongate, meetatthegate.com seeks to become a cul­tural hub of choice. Interactive, inno­v­a­tive and new. From the intro (by the ever mys­te­ri­ous Gatekeeper):


Welcome to Meet at the Gate, a site that seeks to pro­vide a dynamic and inter­ac­tive forum for great writ­ing, intel­li­gent and lively debate, and rec­om­men­da­tions you can trust. Although launched and hosted by the inde­pen­dent pub­lish­ing house Canongate, Meet at the Gate is not a typ­i­cal publisher’s web­site. Yes you can search the Canongate cat­a­logue and find out more about the excel­lent and diverse array of books and writ­ers we pub­lish, but Meet at the Gate has much broader and big­ger ambi­tions. It’s about the cre­ation of a cul­tural hub, one that is totally inde­pen­dent in its spirit and con­tent, a place with a par­tic­u­lar focus on books, film, music and web­sites that will help guide you to the most inter­est­ing stuff around.

 

The site has launched an inter­ac­tive lit­er­ary world tour, that our read­ers may want to check out:


Thu Dec 04, 2008 04:12 PM GMT

Our ‘City’ books Gatepost last week got us think­ing more about world lit­er­a­ture, and how much cer­tain pieces of writ­ing set in a sin­gle coun­try really bring those nations alive. Here at Canongate we’re proud to pub­lish books set all around the world, writ­ten by authors from all around the world. With that in mind we’re launch­ing the Meet At The Gate Literature World Tour, pro­vid­ing you with a credit-​​crunch-​​busting round the world trip which you can embark on from your armchair.

The rules:

  • Like a real-​​life round the world ticket, the LWT only trav­els one way. We are bound eastward!
  • Every Gatepost on the LWT (except this one) will com­prise reviews of books set pri­mar­ily in one country.
  • Anyone can join in — the last line of every review will list the next stop on the LWT.
  • All you need to do is sub­mit your review, and all selected reviews will be pub­lished in the rel­e­vant month of the LWT.
  • You can review books in trans­la­tion or in their orig­i­nal lan­guage, but please make sure that the pri­mary lan­guage of your review is English.
  • The LWT will go around the world with no regard for air sick­ness — we plan on cir­cum­vent­ing the globe many, many times.
  • Use the LWT topic and sub-​​topics to browse all the reviews.


To kick things off, our first stop will be Scotland (for the month of January). If you have a favourite book set in Scotland — fic­tion or oth­er­wise — and would like to see your review on Meet At The Gate, do join us.


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