International Women’s Day: Côte d’Ivoire has a library centered on literature written by African and Black women.
Russian Court Closes Memorial International, 2021 Michalski Prize Winner
In what France’s foreign minister terms ‘a terrible loss,’ Moscow’s high court closes the organization and publisher Memorial International.
An Exposé of the ‘Ostarbeiter’ Wins Switzerland’s 50,000-Franc Jan Michalski Prize
The Jan Michalski Prize for Literature honors Georgia Thomson’s new translation of the title about East European victims of Nazi forced labor.
During Frankfurt: Springer Nature Offers Auto-Translation for Research
The newly piloted program from Springer Nature translates into English from Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese and French.
Switzerland’s 2020 Jan Michalski Foundation Prize Goes to Mia Couto
The Jan Michalski Prize jury awards Mia Couto with its 2020 honor for his ‘Sands of the Emperor’ trilogy on Mozambique.
Words Without Borders in December: Female Sudanese Novelists ‘Caught in a Limbo’
‘Not being Arab nor African enough,’ translator Sawad Hussain writes, female writers aren’t supported by Sudan’s ‘literary ecosystem.’
World KidLit: Translation Rights and Challenges in Children’s Books
In an upcoming digital discussion, World Kid Lit, focused on translated literature for children, will hear from translators.
Prosveshchenie and Pearson in Educational Content Distribution Deal in Russia
In Russia, there is a growing demand for English language learning. Russian publisher Prosveshchenie announces a joint venture with Pearson to supply educational material to the market
If English Is the New Lingua Franca, Is Diversity Promoted? Or Limited?
At Cambridge University Press, Paul Colbert is seeing a growing demand for English-language learning materials. Here he discusses the good and bad of English as a lingua franca.
‘Common Ground’: Canada Council and Its Two Official Languages
More books are published in Francophone Canada than in Canada’s English-language regions. Here’s how Canada Council supports the country’s bilingual culture.