Disagreeing with assessments of a slowdown in the Chinese book market, the Beijing International Book Fair director says she’s seeing ‘real energy in the sector.
‘Words Without Borders’ August: A Focus on Macau with Translator-Author Jeremy Tiang
‘How can we say we understand the world, if we only hear from people who sound like us?’ is the question that Jeremy Tiang, ‘Words Without Borders’ guest editor for its new Macau edition, asks in our interview.
Timely International Publication Credited as Part of Romania’s Stronger Market
A new study finds that Romanian publishers have increased book sales by releasing Romanian translations of foreign books parallel to launches in other key markets.
Interview: Jade Robertson on Entering the Arabic Market at Sharjah Publishing City
UK publisher Austin Macauley is working from the Sharjah Publishing City to gain better access to the Arabic market. Plans are underway to publish English books in Arabic and vice versa.
Prose and Poetry: National Translation Awards’ 20th Anniversary Longlists Announced
The 20th National Translation Awards from the American Literary Translators Association announces its longlist, selecting works in part by comparing the English translation to its original.
Interview: Two Lions’ Kelsey Skea on Rights, Series, and Strategies
Turning five this year, the children’s imprint Two Lions is starting to acquire and translate non-English work, even as it sells its books into other territories–and it’s experimenting with ‘a faster cadence’ in series development.
Rights Roundup: Six Countries, Several Themes, Lots of Sales
From Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the USA, France, and Norway, our rights roundup is primarily fiction, with its one nonfiction entry being in comics format, looking at historical women’s movements. A second theme in several this time: displacement and immigration.
Authors from the Arab World: Translator Recommendations
At a recent seminar in New York on Arabic literature in translation, several literary translators recommended Arabic authors they’d like to see published in English.
On Publishing Arabic Literature in Translation: Specialists Cite Rising Interest Despite Challenges
Is there enough discussion in US publishing about Arabic literature in translation? At a seminar in New York, the publishing audience was eager to know more.
At the National Book Foundation’s Translation Panel: ‘The Most Diverse Reading Experience’
Given a chance to speak to an audience of consumers, translation specialists brought together by the National Book Foundation, spoke about publishing, selling and marketing literature in translation.