Norwich’s National Centre for Writing opens applications for its 2020 Escalator Talent Development Scheme for fiction writers in eastern England.
Words Without Borders Honors Edith Grossman With 2019 Ottaway Award
A gala celebrates the work of Edith Grossman in a month when ‘Words Without Borders’ has focused on Arabic humor and its special charms.
Seven Shortlists for the UK’s Society of Authors Translation Prizes
The 2018 cycle of seven prizes in translation administered by the UK’s Society of Authors names its shortlists.
Ticket to Bologna: Daniel Hahn Announces Editors’ Translation Trip
Translator Daniel Hahn is organizing a UK editors’ trip to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2019 with support from several literary organizations.
Bela Shayevich’s Translation of ‘Second-Hand Time’ Wins Inaugural TA First Translation Prize
For ‘meeting the challenges of this huge polyvocal text,’ the new TA First Translation Prize goes to Russian-American translator Bela Shayevich and editor Jacques Testard for the English edition of Svetlana Alexievich’s ‘Second-Hand Time.’
Founded by Daniel Hahn, the TA First Translation Prize Announces Inaugural Shortlist
Not only debut translators but the editors who take a chance on them are recognized in Daniel Hahn’s TA First Translation Prize meant to highlight ‘new voices, skill, and risk-taking.’
Daniel Hahn on Translation, Awards, and Dodging Oblivion
He’s just won a major award for a book that doesn’t name him on its cover. Translator Daniel Hahn has endowed a prize for new translators and their editors.