Translation funding as well as scholarships are to be supported by the Stand With Ukrainian Fund established by Sharjah and Wroclaw.
In London: Women’s Prize for Fiction Names Its Shortlist
The 2022 shortlist for the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction is headlined by work of Ruth Ozeki, Elif Shafak, and Louise Erdrich.
Richard Charkin: On Trust and the Trade
In publishing, ‘Everywhere, our industry is seeing a plethora of legal or quasi-legal activity.’ Richard Charkin writes.
Dawnie Walton Wins the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize
The fifth iteration of the US$35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize goes to journalist Dawnie Walton for ‘The Final Revival of Opal and Nev.’
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.
Germany’s World Book Day: ‘I’ll Give You a Story’ of a Secret Lake
The 26th iteration in Germany of the ‘I’ll Give You a Story’ project brings reading and environmentalism to schoolkids this year.
PEN ‘Freedom to Write’: 277 Writers, Intellectuals Jailed in 36 Nations
An alarming follow-up to the February 2021 Myanmar coup d’état: Yangon moves into the Top 10 Freedom to Write Index offenders.
The UK’s Society of Authors: A ‘Pay the Creators’ Campaign
The Society of Authors and more than 20 associated organizations are promoting freelancers’ rights in creative work.
Canadian Publishing Hails Ottawa’s Copyright Commitment
After a decade of wrenching struggle, Canada’s new federal budget specifically promises relief for beleaguered, unpaid copyright holders.
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.