This year’s Gutekunst Prize from the Goethe-Institut NY goes to translator Nick Andrews. And in Canada, the French Embassy has announced two translation initiatives, both with July 20 deadlines.
Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Film Awards Add Prize for Illustrated Book on a Film Subject
The new category announced in Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Film Awards program is for Best Illustrated Book on a Film-Related Subject–sumptuous film biographies, costume-design studies, or the making of a ground-breaking design: all are fair game in this new class of entry.
Wolff Translator’s Prize Winner Isabel Fargo Cole: ‘Recreate the Experience of the Language’
‘The translator is often the one who “discovers” the writers and seeks an audience for them,’ says Isabel Fargo Cole, winner of the Goethe-Institut’s Wolff Translator’s Prize for ‘Old Rendering Plant.’
Four ‘New Models’ at Publishers’ Forum in Berlin: ‘Going Full Circle’
From ventures in subscription, crowdfunding, narrative development, and audio-first production, a quartet of speakers talks to Klopotek’s annual Publishers’ Forum about the possibilities, and some realities.
Publishers’ Forum Opens Today in Berlin: Preview of ‘New Tech’ and Level Heads
With tracks in both English and German, and translation for plenary sessions that bring the two together, the 2018 Publishers Forum program is devised to sort out genuinely promising tech from fads.
Publishers’ Forum Preview: Argentina’s Paula Zuccotti on Everything Publishing Touches
At next week’s Publisher’s Forum from Klopotek in Berlin, designer-author Paula Zuccotti will engage in a potentially pivotal ‘fireside chat’ about what it means to publishing that ‘Everything We Touch,’ is competing for our attention.
Industry Notes: Nurturing Startups at ContentShift, Honoring Translations at GLLI
The third iteration of Germany’s publishing startup incubator ContentShift features mentoring and a €10,000 prize announced at the Frankfurter Buchmesse. And the first outing for a new YA translation honor will flag the book to American librarians.
Industry Notes: Frankfurt Has Two Wild Cards This Year; PW Star Watch Welcomes Canada
This year, Frankfurter Buchmesse offers a Wild Card free stand to both a German and an international exhibitor. And the PW Star Watch program opens to young talent in publishing in Canada, as well as in the United States.
Four Festival Neue Literatur Writers on Belonging and Displacement
The 2018 Festival Neue Literatur just opened in New York City with German- and English-language writers and readers are coming together to debate this year’s theme of outsiders and insiders.
Frankfurt Fellows 2018 Program Applications Are Open: Deadline April 30
Now entering its third decade, Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Fellows program runs for two weeks including the book fair in October, and brings publishers, rights managers, editors, and agents together from many parts of the world.