2008 Country Nominations

[Scheherazade]

The Book Club will be reading works of fiction from a different country each month in 2008.

- Please nominate the countries you would like to be included by October 15th.

- Only those members with at least 50 posts can take part in nominations.

- Every member can nominate two countries.

- There will be a poll to determine the 12 most popular countries after October 15th.

[Lote-Tree]

India
Japan

[papayahed]

France
Australia

[Aiculík]

Australia
Finland

[Virgil]

United States
Italy

[papayahed]

I take back my Australia and substitute South Africa.

[SleepyWitch]

Southern U.S.A.
edit: cancel Russia and make that India

[papayahed]

or can I just do Africa as a whole? (I know it's a continent not a country)

[Alexei]

Japan
Italy

[Scheherazade]

or can I just do Africa as a whole? (I know it's a continent not a country)It might be a better idea to nominate individual countries rahter than a whole continent. :)
Southern U.S.A.
edit: cancel Russia and make that IndiaI will add USA as a country for now; if it is selected, then you can nominate concentrating on the southern part of the country, perhaps. :)

Nominations so far:

1. Japan

2. Italy

3. USA

4. India

5. South Africa

6. Australia

7. Finland

8. France

[NickAdams]

1. Ireland
2. China

[papayahed]

It might be a better idea to nominate individual countries rahter than a whole continent.


Yeah, that's what I thought I just wasn't sure if we could find enough authors for a proper poll. There probably is...

[manolia]

UK
Germany

[grace86]

Russia
Italy

[Virgil]

Some of you guys are nominating countries that have already been nominated. What's the point of that?

[Madhuri]

Some of you guys are nominating countries that have already been nominated. What's the point of that?

I think, it's to find out the ones that will get the most votes. And, out of all nominated, the twelve countries with most votes will be read. If there are not twelve then maybe the list will be repeated, I guess.

My nomination:

India :D
Pakistan (for Urdu writers)

[Virgil]

I think, it's to find out the ones that will get the most votes. And, out of all nominated, the twelve countries with most votes will be read. If there are not twelve then maybe the list will be repeated, I guess.


No i think Scher will collect the large list of nominations and then all vote on that.

[papayahed]

No i think Scher will collect the large list of nominations and then all vote on that.

Yeah, that's why I change my vote once somebody also posted a country I nominated!!!

[Nossa]

I was gonna vote for Russia and Egypt..but now I'll just stick to Egypt..which can also be considered Africa..so right now, I don't know what to nominate...but you guys nominated all the countires I wanted..lol

[Alexei]

Sorry, my post have coutries that have already been posted on purpose. I thought that it was like Madhuri said. I will change to Czech Republic and Portugal.

[Niamh]

For Ireland are we going to include Ireland as a whole or separate as in Northern Ireland and R.O.Ireland?
If separate then one of my votes will be northern Ireland. Plenty of great reads from there. And New Zealand.
If not then lets say
New Zealand
Mexico
:)

[barbara0207]

Canada

[Scheherazade]

Just to clarify, yes, this the nominations thread. Countries which have been nominated will be included in the poll.

Nominations so far:

1. Japan

2. Italy

3. USA

4. India

5. South Africa

6. Australia

7. Finland

8. France

9. Ireland

10. China

11. UK

12. Germany

13. Russia

14. Pakistan

15. Egypt

16. Czech Republic

17. Portugal

18. New Zealand

19. Mexico

20. Canada

[grace86]

Oh wow I didn't even think of Mexico. There are a lot of countries here, it will be interesting to see what we come out with in the end. Hmmm, maybe countries won't be as bad as I thought. :D

[Virgil]

Oh I didn't think of the South American countries. I hope someone nominates Peru. It might be interesting to read a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa.

[Granny5]

Peru
(how's that Virgil?)

[Virgil]

Peru
(how's that Virgil?)

Thank you Granny. :)

[applepie]

How about Greece and Spain

[Pensive]

I think, it's to find out the ones that will get the most votes. And, out of all nominated, the twelve countries with most votes will be read. If there are not twelve then maybe the list will be repeated, I guess.

My nomination:

India :D
Pakistan (for Urdu writers)

Man do you read minds? These were the two countries I would have nominated. :p

But the problem with Urdu Literature is the very limited amount of good writing it offers in English. The only good Pakistani English writer I have read has been Bapsi Sidhwa. There are many amazing works in Urdu but not many people understand it sadly. And as far as I can see, most of the Urdu works are not translated in English.

Now, what should I nominate? Russia has already been nominated. So has been Ireland (which would have been my third and fourth choices). Maybe Persia and Turkey? I have read a little bit of translated poetry and some short stories from both countries and I liked some of them. (Rumi's poetry can be really interesting!) but I don't know anything about prose really...well except some short stories as I have mentioned before.

[NickAdams]

I hope members are motivated to read a lot of the unfamiliar authors, that we are bound to come across. This can be an enriching experience for all who participates. We have the opportunity to read works with members who could give valuable references to the culture.

[papayahed]

Now, what should I nominate? Russia has already been nominated. So has been Ireland (which would have been my third and fourth choices). Maybe Persia and Turkey? I have read a little bit of translated poetry and some short stories from both countries and I liked some of them. (Rumi's poetry can be really interesting!) but I don't know anything about prose really...well except some short stories as I have mentioned before.

I was considering both but wasn't sure if there were any/enough translations.

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Japan

2. Italy

3. USA

4. India

5. South Africa

6. Australia

7. Finland

8. France

9. Ireland

10. China

11. UK

12. Germany

13. Russia

14. Pakistan

15. Egypt

16. Czech Republic

17. Portugal

18. New Zealand

19. Mexico

20. Canada

21. Peru

22. Greece

23. Spain

24. Turkey

Pensive> By Persia, you mean today's Iran, right? (Persian is spoken in Afganistan, too :))

[bazarov]

Pensive> By Persia, you mean today's Iran, right? (Persian is spoken in Afganistan, too :))

Yes, it should be Iran.

Croatia and Germany.

[Bakiryu]

What about Cuba? :( (Is there such a thing as Cuban literature anyway?)

[papayahed]

What about Cuba? :( (Is there such a thing as Cuban literature anyway?)


Why don't you nominate Cuba?

[thelastmelon]

I nominate Sweden. :)

[Pensive]

Pensive> By Persia, you mean today's Iran, right? (Persian is spoken in Afganistan, too :))

Yes, I meant Iran of the modern day. It was known as Persia in ancient times. Actually, there was a time when Persian was quite prevalent in Indian subcontinent as well...but Persian is a language and so it can be spoken anywhere even though it originated from the present Iran while Persia (Iran) is a country.

[Scheherazade]

Thank you Pensive. Now that we have agreed that it is Iran that you want to nominate(since there is no country called Persian today), the nominations so far are:

1. Japan

2. Italy

3. USA

4. India

5. South Africa

6. Australia

7. Finland

8. France

9. Ireland

10. China

11. UK

12. Germany

13. Russia

14. Pakistan

15. Egypt

16. Czech Republic

17. Portugal

18. New Zealand

19. Mexico

20. Canada

21. Peru

22. Greece

23. Spain

24. Turkey

25. Iran

26. Croatia

27. Germany

28. Sweden

[Niamh]

Okay so i'll take we are going with Ireland as a whole and not as two separate countries.:)

[Scheherazade]

Sorry Niam. I must have overlooked your question earlier; yes, I think it might be a good idea to keep it as a whole. :)

[Niamh]

Thats fair enough. Only problem now is that if Ireland is voted, theres too many good writers to choose from!:p ;)

[manolia]

Scher i think you have Germany twice on the list..

[NickAdams]

(Is there such a thing as Cuban literature anyway?)

Yes. Enough to have a movie based on one author: Before Night Falls.


Thats fair enough. Only problem now is that if Ireland is voted, theres too many good writers to choose from!:p ;)

I am proud to be a part of that lineage.:D

[Virgil]

Lots of counties. Should be an interesting vote.

[brainstrain]

I was going to nominate Mexico, but that's already up there so...

Dang! Greece is already up as well! I guess I'll just wait for the voting to start....

[Scheherazade]

Scher i think you have Germany twice on the list..Yup, thank you! :)

Nominations so far:

1. Japan

2. Italy

3. USA

4. India

5. South Africa

6. Australia

7. Finland

8. France

9. Ireland

10. China

11. UK

12. Germany

13. Russia

14. Pakistan

15. Egypt

16. Czech Republic

17. Portugal

18. New Zealand

19. Mexico

20. Canada

21. Peru

22. Greece

23. Spain

24. Turkey

25. Iran

26. Croatia

27. Sweden

[B-Mental]

Japan and Brazil

[jlb4tlb]

Great list! I see no need for me to add to it in the next ten days. The hard part will be what countries not to vote for. :crash:

[Scheherazade]

Great list! I see no need for me to add to it in the next ten days. The hard part will be what countries not to vote for. :crash:I hear ya!

Nominations so far:

1. Japan

2. Italy

3. USA

4. India

5. South Africa

6. Australia

7. Finland

8. France

9. Ireland

10. China

11. UK

12. Germany

13. Russia

14. Pakistan

15. Egypt

16. Czech Republic

17. Portugal

18. New Zealand

19. Mexico

20. Canada

21. Peru

22. Greece

23. Spain

24. Turkey

25. Iran

26. Croatia

27. Sweden

28. Brazil

[CdnReader]

Chile and Spain