As proven by the conversations at BookExpo America, American publishers, editors and readers may finally be coming around to embracing more foreign literature.
Two Industries, One Job Market: Book Translation in the US vs. UK
Lower rates and a lack of royalties make the US a less appealing market than the UK for translators, but there are some advantages and work is crossing the Atlantic.
LBF 2012: Translating Minority Languages
Authors and translators discuss why more effort should be taken to translate and support minority languages.
LBF Digest: Erupting Eyjafjallajökull is Unexpected Boon to Some Authors
By Liz Bury The London Book Fair 2010 will no doubt go down in publishing folklore as, like the title of an episode of Friends, “the one with the volcano.” Monday was to be the busiest day in Earls Court in London, but the aisles were noticeably quiet. Simon Master, former Random House deputy chairman and now adviser to the …
Awards: The 2022 Youth Media Award Winners
The American Library Association’s 47 honors in the 2022 Youth Media Awards include the Newbery, Caldecott, Batchelder, and Printz prizes.
Italy’s ‘Telephone Tales’ Wins the 2021 Batchelder Translation Award
Antony Shugaar’s tranlsation of 1962 Italian picture book ‘Telephone Tales’ by Gianni Rodari and Valerio Vidali wins ALA’s 2021 Batchelder Award.
Author Benyamin’s ‘Jasmine Days’ Wins Inaugural JCB Prize for Literature in India
A new literature award, the JCB Prize goes to the work of a Kerala author who writes about issues and personalities in the Middle East. His newest book is from Juggernaut.