ALTA has shortlisted work translated from Spanish, French, Arabic, Kannada, Bengali, Chinese, Italian, Croatian, Tamazight, and Korean.
In London, a Call for Publishers to ‘Name Translators on the Cover’
Authors including Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Olga Tokarczuk, Max Porter, and Bernardine Evaristo lead the Society of Authors’ appeal.
UK’s Publishers Association: 64 Percent of Book Revenue at Stake in Copyright Question
As much as £2.2 billion (US$3.1 billion) in revenue, the Publishers Association says, is imperiled in the UK’s copyright consultation.
Goldsboro Books’ ‘Glass Bell Award’ Announces Its 2021 Shortlist
Six shortlisted books include four debuts in this year’s Goldsboro Books program, with a winner coming in late September.
Authors, Illustrators Pressure the UK Government on Copyright
A total 2,661 authors, illustrators, and translators question London’s consultation on post-Brexit copyright.
The UK’s Goldsboro Books Names ‘Glass Bell’ Award Longlist
The Goldsboro ‘Glass Bell’ award is selected by the booksellers of one of London’s most prominent independent retailers.
In London, the Society of Authors Names Its 2021 Winners
Thirty-five winners are named in this year’s round of specialized book awards administered by the Society of Authors.
UK Book Publishing Industry Raises Copyright Alarm: ‘Save Our Books’
‘The biggest threat to our industry post-Brexit,’ says the Publishers Association, is an ‘international copyright exhaustion framework.’
Translators in the UK Call for Racial Equality in Literary Translation
The UK’s Translators Association issues a statement on debates about who should translate whom–and ‘institutional barriers.’
UK Author Unions Launch Investigation Into ‘Partner Publishing’
Citing ‘a sharp rise in complaints’ about companies that charge writers to produce their work, author-advocacy unions open a study.