With commentary from translator Clémentine Beauvais, the French Youth Literature Conference looks at ‘the role of children’s literature.’
PEN: US School-Year Book Bannings Jump 33 Percent Over Last Year
The surge in book bannings has affected at least 1,207 authors, 268 illustrators, and 14 translators, per PEN America’s new report.
Slovenia at Frankfurt: Laibach’s Sharp-Edged ‘Alamut’
The Slovenian ensemble Laibach will stage its evocation of Vladimir Bartol’s timely fable, ‘Alamut’, at Frankfurt with some 100 performers.
Rights Roundup: Warming Up for Frankfurt Book Fair
Titles in this Frankfurt-bound Rights Roundup include work originally published in New Zealand, Taiwan, South Korea, the United States, France, and Norway.
US National Book Awards 2023 Longlist: Translation
Established in 2018, the US National Book Awards’ newest category, Translated Literature, this year drew 154 submissions.
2023 Longlists Named by American Literary Translators Association
Ahead of its first fully-physical conference since 2019, the American Literary Translators Association announces its longlists.
Slovenia’s Miha Kovač on ‘The Importance of Smaller Markets’
Interview: ‘We want to help more publishers engage in rights sales,’ says Guest of Honor Slovenia curator Miha Kovač.
Rights Roundup: Chinese-Language Words-to-Screen
Our Rights Roundup features rights-trading news from Taiwan, Italy, the Czech Republic, Canada, Croatia, and Norway.
Tom Chatfield Chairs ALCS, Singapore Announces Translation Symposium
Industry Notes: Frankfurt Rights Meeting’s Tom Chatfield chairs the ALCS, and Singapore Book Council has announced its translation event.
Accessibility: England’s National Centre’s Translator Mentoring
The UK’s National Centre for Writing adds mentoring for deaf, disabled, and neurodiverse translators to its language-based offers.