Isabel Lucas is a journalist and literary critic. She began her journalism career in television before working for several of Portugal’s most important newspapers and magazines. A freelancer since 2012, she contributes regularly to Publíco, Portugal’s top newspaper, and regularly writes for other publications in Portugal and abroad, focusing principally on American literature. She is the author of […]

Inês Fonseca Santos (Lisboa, 1979) is a writer and journalist. She has published among other titles Regressar a Casa com Manuel António Pina (ed. Abysmo), which includes the film As Casas Não Morrem (directed by Pedro Macedo the poetry books As Coisas (il. João Fazenda; ed. Abysmo), A Habitação de Jonas (il. Ana Ventura; ed. […]

The life of Jorge Silva Melo is made up of farewells and returns. Lisbon born and bred, he became ‘foreignised’ early on. He studied at the London Film School and in the great centres of European theatre. He trained in Berlin with Peter Stein and in Milan – at the Piccolo Teatro and La Scala […]

José Gardeazabal was born in Lisbon, where he currently lives. He has lived, worked and studied in Luanda, Aveiro, Boston and Los Angeles. Recipient of the INCM/Vasco Graça Moura Prize for his poetry book história do século vinte in 2016, he published that same year Dicionário de ideias feitas em literatura. In the following year, […]

Rui Cardoso Martins (Portalegre, 1967) is a writer and a scriptwriter. He is the author of four novels: E se eu Gostasse Muito de Morrer (Glad to Die), Deixem Passar o Homem Invisível (Let the Invisible Man Pass By — Grande Prémio APE 2009) —, Se Fosse Fácil era Para os Outros (If it was […]