Author and translator in conversation
Isabel Bogdan: The Peacock
![Insel Verlag: Der Pfau / V&Q Books: The Peacock Insel Verlag: Der Pfau / V&Q Books: The Peacock](/resources/files/jpg1059/pfauundpeacock-formatkey-jpg-w320m.jpg)
Join us for an evening with German author Isabel Bogdan and Scottish translator Annie Rutherford as they chat about the novel “The Peacock” and the joys and challenges of translating.
The book
Take a dilapidated castle in the Scottish Highlands; add a peacock gone rogue, a group of bankers on a teambuilding trip, an overwhelmed psychologist, a housekeeper with a broken arm, and an ingenious cook; get Lord and Lady McIntosh to try and keep it all together; and top it off with all sorts of animals – soon no one will know exactly what’s going on. Selling 500,000 copies, Isabel Bogdan’s book is a big hit in Germany – and now it’s coming home to roost.The author
![Isabel Bogdan Isabel Bogdan © © Heike Blenk Isabel Bogdan](/resources/files/jpg1059/isabel-bogdan_c_heike-blenk-formatkey-jpg-w320m.jpg)
The translator
![Annie Rutherford Annie Rutherford © © Perry Jonsson Annie Rutherford](/resources/files/jpg777/rutherfordperry-jonsson-formatkey-jpg-w320m.jpg)
If you would like to further discuss the novel, why not join our book club meeting on 21 September?
Registration
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Participation is free of charge.