Dan Costinas

Dan Costinas

Beyond Blank

Literature lightens the inborn loneliness of existence, reminding us that our deepest…

In Search of Europe’s Shaka

October 13, 2026
When asking whether Europe possesses a hero of such capability, the first step is to define which dimension of Shaka’s greatness is being measured. The book’s protagonist represents a specific archetype: the foundational conqueror who creates a nation out of raw discipline, invents a revolutionary way of war, rules with…

Simply Fans

October 10, 2026
As the next reader stepped forward with a stack of three hardbacks, the writer realised then that though writing was a solitary endeavour spent staring at blank pages, his words had built a quiet, enduring community in the world outside…

Trading Screens for Nature

October 5, 2026
'Writer friends visit and often arrive fraught, with phones at the ready. By day three they are beginning to watch light move across the hills instead. By the end of the week, they are reading books and beginning to imagine stories and even getting them down on paper'…
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Former diplomat and globetrotter, Dan Costinas is a versatile contemporary writer, translator, and editor. A true polyglot, he has authored and contributed to several dozen books spanning mainly fiction, essays, aphorisms, reviews and criticism, journalism, and poetry.

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Books of Our Continent

From the quiet shelves of forty-four national archives and ancient university libraries to the cosy corners of independent bookstores and modest home…

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