Casa do Sarau exists to close that circle, in London.
Books
Every Sarau is built around books: those read aloud, those launched, those passed from hand to hand at the book table at the end of the night.
How the book lives in the house
How the book lives in the house
- Read aloud
- The book spoken in the language it was written in, to people hearing it for the first time.
- Launches
- New editions presented in London, with the author in the room.
- Livraria do Sarau
- A table of books at the end of each evening, to browse, buy and have signed.
- Recommendations
- What the house is reading, shared between editions.
Books that have passed through the house
Books that have passed through the house
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Virna Teixeira
A debut collection of short stories about audacious women who refuse the limits of convention — among them a Brazilian immigrant in London.
Short storiesPublisher: Kotter EditorialBrasil / Reino Unido
Quem escapa do tempo presente
Virna Teixeira
Poems presented by Anelito de Oliveira, published in the Infame Ruído collection of voices working outside the hegemonic circuits.
PoetryPublisher: Inmensa EditorialBrasil / Reino Unido
Um espaço além do tempo, um tempo além do espaço
Felipe Cattapan
A play and a novella in which the true protagonist is the narrating intellect itself, and the tension it creates with what it can put into words.
Theatre and fictionPublisher: Kotter EditorialBrasil / Suíça
Nossa Jornada Bilíngue / Our Bilingual Journey
Juliana Valadares Saili
Stories, strategies and affection in raising children between languages and cultures — written by a Brazilian educator working in England.
Non-fictionBrasil / Reino Unido
Poemas de Outono
Fernando Schiavinato
Autumn poems — a slim collection of quiet, seasonal verse.
PoetryPublisher: CrivoBrasil
O Auto da Peleja do Fim do Mundo
Mabel Cavalcanti & Luis von Benkard
A cordel play of the end of the world, with woodcut illustrations by Isabelle Neri.
Cordel and theatreBrasil / Portugal
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Portuguese literature, from London to the world.
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