This year’s longlist for the International Booker Prize includes its first self-translating author, Kenya’s Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
Author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Translator Michele Hutchison, Win International Booker Prize
A book written in a child’s voice wins the 2020 International Booker Prize, its author from a devoutly religious Dutch farming family.
Industry Notes: EIBF Condemns Loss of Minneapolis Bookstores; Booker Delays Announcement
The world booksellers organization in Belgium states its support for shops burned in Minneapolis, and the International Booker delays its prize date.
Coronavirus Worklife: Poland’s Wydawnictwo Literackie’s Mission Stays on Track
While the COVID-19 has sent the publisher’s staffers to their home offices, Olga Tokarczuk’s Nobel win still pushes the team to introduce emerging voices.
Frankfurt Audio Puts Out 2020 Call; International Booker Postpones Naming Winner
Frankfurter Buchmesse opens Frankfurt Audio submissions and the UK’s International Booker Prize postpones its winner announcement.
The UK’s International Booker Prize Shortlist: Digitally Announced
The original languages of the novels shortlisted for the International Booker Prize are Spanish, German, Dutch, Farsi, and Japanese.
Coronavirus: International Booker’s Shortlist; Women’s Fiction’s Delay; Fane’s Changes
Industry notes: The Rathbones Folio Prize winner talks about collectively reimagining our narratives, as programs reschedule their plans.
The UK’s International Booker Prize 2020: The Longlist Is Announced
The longlist of 13 titles for the International Booker includes translations from Afrikaans, Farsi, Spanish, Norwegian, German, French, Japanese, and Dutch.
Translator Marilyn Booth on World Arabic Language Day: ‘An Encouraging Sign’
Arabic-to-English translator Marilyn Booth tells us about the challenges and positive signals she sees for Arabic literature in translation to reach new readers.
Jurors Named for the UK’s 2020 Booker International Prize
This year’s winner, ‘Celestial Bodies,’ had a 30-fold increase in sales in the week following the Booker International ceremony.