About Profusion
Profusion International Creative Consultancy, led by Ramona Mitrica and Mike Phillips, provides consultancy services in the field of culture. Details on http://www. profusion.org. uk
Profusion Description
When we started publishing under the name Profusion, in 2011, our aim was to bring aspects of East European literary culture, hitherto unknown in Britain, to the attention of the reading public. This was because most publications from the region were, more or less, “highbrow”, while popular stories and genres such as crime fiction tended to go unnoticed. Our list of books and authors is therefore a factor in increasing knowledge throughout Europe about the life and prospects of ordinary men and women in the region.
The founders and directors of Profusion are Mike Phillips and Ramona Mitrica. Ramona is a former Romanian diplomat, now a British citizen and based in London. Mike is an English novelist and screenwriter, whose publications include “Windrush: the irresistible rise of multi-racial Britain”(HarperCollins), the BBC TV series “Blood Rights”, adapted from his novel of the same name, and, more recently, the true crime story, “Rimaru - Butcher of Bucharest”.
You can order our books through Amazon, Gardners, Bertrams, or through the Profusion web site directly: www. profusion.org. uk For any further details, please write to us on mail@profusion.org. uk
All our books are available in paperback, as well as Kindle e-books. Books are available in Romania as well, from “Anthony Frost English Bookshop” in Bucharest (www. anthonyfrost. ro).
Profusion Publishers:
- is an independent British enterprise,
- interested in Eastern Europe,
- looking for popular stories that also speak about society, mentalities, the way people live.
- We are challenging preconceptions about Eastern Europe, its peoples and its cultures,
- championing new authors on the English-speaking book market,
- introducing original stories and themes appearing for the first time in English.
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Acad. univ. prof. dr. Jean-Jacques Askenasy - neuroscientist in neurology and neuroscience researcher - Laureate of the Excellence Award of the 1st edition of the Augustin Buzura Cultural Foundation Awards Gala, along with Dr. Mike Phillips OBE FRSL FRSA, writer, journalist, translator, Laureate of the Excellence Award of the 2nd Edition of the Augustin Buzura Cultural Foundation Awards Gala. Fundaţia Culturală Augustin Buzura Profusion #MikePhillips #AugustinBuzura
Opening today! The 15th Romanian Film Festival in London: “Fragments of Truth” 24 - 28 Oct 2019 @CurzonSoho Event page: The 15th Romanian Film Festival in London #Cinema #FilmFestival #filmlover http://rofilmfest.com Romanian Film Festival London
Take a peek! New festival teaser 🎉🎉🎉 If you Like it, please Share with your film lovers. 💓 #europeancinema #filmfestival #worldcinema #foreignlanguagefilm https://vimeo.com/367981218 Book now: www.rofilmfest.com Romanian Film Festival London Curzon
“Lemonade goes to a dark place we don’t usually visit when discussing the move to another country. We talk about those who dream of migrating but never find the heart to do it – and about those who did migrate successfully. The sadder stories seem to get lost on the border between these two territories, a terrain whose mentality Lemonade explores convincingly.” (Cineuropa). 'Lemonade' has its UK premiere @CurzonSoho, Sat 26 Oct, at 3.30 pm. Followed by Q&A with director Ioana Uricaru (on Skype) - not to be missed! www.curzoncinemas.com/rff #cinema #filmmaker #filmfestival #RomaniaUK #filmmakers #movielovers #cinematographer #cinematography #filmmaking
For all film buffs out there! Here is today’s COMPETITION‼️ 🔻WIN TICKETS. TWO pairs of tickets are up for grabs to the RFF Opening Gala screening! Thurs 24 Oct; 6.20pm. THE WHISTLERS / LA GOMERA at Curzon Soho 🔻RFF is offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to this fantastic suspense thriller. (Comedy, Crime | 2019 | Romania-France-Germany | 97 min | in Romanian, with English subtitles)... To enter the competition Like this photo before 22 October, and comment on this post by tagging a friend plus @rofilmfest Don’t forget to use #RFF15 Good luck! 🍀 🔻www.rofilmfest.com
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GENRE: Comedy 🔻DIRECTOR: Corneliu Porumboiu 🔻 COUNTRY: Romania. A playful thriller. Slick and engaging. Are you coming to see The Whistlers/La Gomera with us in London next week? Thursday 24 Oct. Check in on event page and please share with film loving friends, as well. Many thanks. https://www.facebook.com/events/166862428 9934628/ #LaGomera #TheWhistlers #Porumboiu #director
15th Romanian Film Festival in London (24-28 Oct 2019) We are delighted to return to Curzon Cinema and showcase Romania’s finest releases from the past year. The full festival line-up will be published shortly on www.rofilmfest.com, but we can confirm that programme will include Stere Gulea’s Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time, Adina Pintilie’s Touch Me Not, Daniel Sandu’s A Step behind the Seraphim, Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers/La Gomera and Infinite Football. @Roman...ianfilmLDN #FilmFestival #UKpremiere #RomanianCinema #RomanianFilmFestival #NewCinemafromRomania #RomanianNewWave #Romania #RFFLondon2019 #film #premiere #romanianfilm #rfflondon #RomanianfilmLDN #arthousecinema #internationalcinema #RomaniainUK
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PROFUSION BOOKS Fiction and Non-Fiction in translation; Series Editor: Mike Phillips
Attack in the Library by George Arion One of the classic narratives of Romanian crime fiction, was written during the dictatorship of the 1980s in the finest Noir tradition. ISBN-13: 978-0956867612
... Rimaru - Butcher of Bucharest by Mike Phillips and Stejarel Olaru A social review of Romania in the ‘70s, with a serial killer’s story as a central focus. A fascinating read. ISBN-13: 978-0956867636
The Innocent and Collateral Victims of a Bloody War with Russia by Liviu Antonesei These seductive short stories are an ingenious merger of simple life, essay, diary and reportage. ISBN-13: 978-0956867650
Report on the State of Loneliness by Augustin Buzura A concluding moment in Augustin Buzura’s great series of novels about the Central European social and political landscape. ISBN-13: 978-0956867643
Greuceanu – Novel with a Policeman by Stelian Turlea Turlea locates one of the major Pan-European issues in contemporary times, the problem of organised crime. ISBN-13: 978-0956867667
Kill the General by Bogdan Hrib An exciting and suspenseful thriller which takes you on a rollercoaster ride through the last decades in Romanian history. ISBN-13: 978-0956867605
Anatomical Clues by Oana Stoica-Mujea Featuring Iolanda, a crime-fighting heroine unique in the landscape of Romanian literature: mad, bad and dangerous to know. ISBN-13: 978-0956867629
All books translated from the Romanian by Ramona Mitrica, Mike Phillips, and Mihai Risnoveanu. Profusion books are available in paperback from Profusion.org.uk and Amazon.co.uk, as well as Kindle e-books. Send an e-mail at mail@profusion.org.uk for details. www.profusion.org.uk • Facebook.com/ProfusionBooks • Twitter @ProfusionBooks
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Profusion books are available in paperback from Profusion.org.uk and Amazon.co.uk, as well as Kindle e-books. Send an e-mail at mail@profusion.org.uk for details. www.profusion.org.uk • Facebook.com/ProfusionBooks • Twitter @ProfusionBooks
“Report on the State of Loneliness” by Augustin Buzura... “Attack in the Library” by George Arion “Rimaru - Butcher of Bucharest” by Mike Phillips and Stejarel Olaru “The Innocent and Collateral Victims of a Bloody War with Russia” by Liviu Antonesei “Greuceanu – Novel with a Policeman” by Stelian Turlea “Kill the General” by Bogdan Hrib “Anatomical Clues” by Oana Stoica-Mujea
All books translated from the Romanian by Ramona Mitrica, Mike Phillips, and Mihai Risnoveanu. #reading #novels #crimefiction #europeanliterature #translations
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PEN Translates autumn 2018 awards announced
A tense and thought-provoking thriller about modern slavery that hides in plain sight. Preview of Doing Money + Q&A w/ writer Gwyneth Hughes, director Lynsey Miller, executive producer Alex Cooke and lead actor Anca Dumitra / Mon 29 Oct 6:20 PM, Curzon Soho. Starring: Anca Dumitra, Tom Glynn-Carney, Dragos Bucur, Alec Secareanu, Cosmina Stratan, Voica Oltean, Alina Serban, Turlough Convery, Karen Hassan, Jonathan Harden https://www.curzoncinemas.com/soho/film-i nfo/doing-money #CurzonSoho Curzon
An Enduring Tale of Forbidden Love: Tristan and Isolde BBC Radio 3 - Tue 9 Oct 2018 19:30 East and West, romance and tragedy collide in Julian Joseph's contemporary, multi-cultural reworking of the Tristan and Isolde story, as retold by librettist Mike Phillips Tristan, recast as a Romanian mafia enforcer of African descent, meets Isolde of African-Transylvanian heritage when she visits her family in Romania. But have they met before in London? Julian Joseph draws on jazz and... classical music to illustrate the changing nature of European identity in the modern world. Singers Carleen Anderson, Ken Papenfus, Christine Tobin, Cleveland Watkiss and Renato Paris join the Julian Joseph Trio and members of his All Star Big Band, with the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Clark Rundell. Presented by Sarah Walker. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000nlj BBC Radio 3 #JulianJoseph #MikePhillips #TristanAndIsolde #jazz
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Augustin Buzura (22 September 1938 – 10 July 2017) was one of the best-loved and respected Romanian authors, with a career as a journalist, novelist, and cultural manager spanning more than fifty years.
The English version of his last novel - ‘Report on the State of Loneliness’ - was published in English by Profusion. /www.profusion.org.uk/products/197-report -on-the-state-of-loneliness-by-augustin- buzura.aspx #FCAB #augustinbuzura Profusion
Profusion recommends: TRISTAN AND ISOLDE (world premiere) A new jazz opera by Julian Joseph. Libretto by Mike Phillips.
Romance and tragedy collide in Julian Joseph’s reworking of the ancient legend of Tristan and Isolde.
... Fri 5 Oct 2018; 19.30, and Sat 6 Oct 2018; 14.00, at Queen Elizabeth Hall https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ef5d2m https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/er8qwh
Tickets: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/…/121977-juli an-josephs-tristan-a…
This oratorio for today draws inspiration from the worlds of jazz and classical music creating a contemporary setting for this heart-breaking tale. Mike Phillips’s new libretto sets the historic tale in modern day London, exploring themes such as identity, discovery and multiculturalism. In this world premiere and concert performance, composer and pianist Joseph brings together his own choice of singers, including Carleen Anderson, Ken Papenfus, Christine Tobin and Cleveland Watkiss, and jazz soloists to collaborate on this significant new work with the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers.
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Commemorating distinguished Romanian writer Augustin Buzura (22 September 1938 - 10 July 2017). So proud of this amazing novel we published at Profusion : "Report on The State of Loneliness" Translated from the Romanian by Ramona Mitrica, Mike Phillips and Mihai Risnoveanu, ISBN-13: 978-0956867643 https://vimeo.com/187579264 #read #literature #AugustinBuzura www.profusion.org.uk
"Report on the State of Loneliness" Kindle edition https://www.amazon.co.uk/…/B01LW32Q9T/r ef=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb A concluding moment in Augustin Buzura’s great series of novels about the Central European social and political landscape. He explores, without reserve, over more than 70 years, its clashes of nationalisms, its cruelty and militaristic savagery, its loves and romantic fantasies, its peasant transformations, its desperate longing for European significance, and much, much more. www.profusion.org.uk ISBN-13: 978-0956867643 Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/Report-State-Lon eliness-Profusi…/…/ #fiction #literaryfiction #books #novel #AugustinBuzura #ProfusionBooks