The initial edition of Festival KM Amèrica runs through June 19 at Barcelona’s new Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez.
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At France’s Maghreb Orient des Livres: The Algerian War Anniversary
Paris’ Maghreb Orient des Livres, which celebrates literature from the Middle East and North Africa, focused this year on the six-year Algerian War and independence from France.
Geetanjali Shree on the Need for ‘a Pluralistic Multilingual World’
Appearing at Paris’ Festival du Livre, International Booker-shortlisted Geetanjali Shree discusses translation and ‘a very eclectic moment.’
France’s Catherine Nabokov: An Editor in Business as a Literary Agent
As Friday’s opening of the 2022 in-person Festival du Livre de Paris approaches, Catherine Nabokov talks about nurturing 14 writers’ work.
At London Book Fair: A Look at Translator-Author Relations
In London Book Fair’s Literary Translation Center, one session was about how author-translator relationships aren’t always easy.
Ukraine: Maria Galina on the Russian Language as ‘a Trigger’
‘People are choosing to speak Ukrainian instead of Russian,” says Maria Galina, a Russian author and poet in Odessa.
Edwige-Renée Dro and Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘1949’ Library of Women’s Writings
International Women’s Day: Côte d’Ivoire has a library centered on literature written by African and Black women.
A Translation Press for Women’s Writings Opens in England
Aina Martí-Balcells at Héloïse Press in Canterbury says she expects to release a first translation in May and produce four titles this year.
Barcelona’s Swank Llibreria Finestres: A Cultural Enterprise
Opened in April, Barcelona’s new, upscale Llibreria Finestres is a bookstore, its staff says, ‘on a human level.’
Croatian Publisher Fraktura and Its Bookshop: ‘To Present Quality Books’
Now in its second year, the publisher-owned Fraktura bookshop serves as a hub of literary events and trusted recommendations in Zagreb.