The 20-strong Invitation Program at Frankfurter Buchmesse this year will include Macedonia’s Shkupi, a publishing house serving an Albanian readership amid many barriers to financial success.
National Book Awards 2018 Longlists: Young People’s Literature and Translation
Ten books have named to each of the National Book Foundation’s 2018 longlists in young people’s literature and the widely welcomed new National Book Award in translated literature.
Prompted by a Memoir: Author Christina Rickardsson’s Coelho Growth Foundation
Influenced by her childhood in the caves of Brazil, author Christina Rickardsson oversees the work of the Coelho Growth Foundation for children at risk.
Chad Post Named 2018 Ottaway Honoree in International Literature
At its fundraising gala this autumn, the nonprofit organization behind the magazine ‘Words Without Borders’ will honor the University of Rochester’s Chad Post for his longtime leadership in the American translation and publishing community.
American Literary Translators Association Shortlists Titles in Poetry and Prose
The 20th National Translation Awards program from the American Literary Translators Association announces its shortlists, selecting six works in poetry and six in prose–in part by comparing the English translation to its original.
Beijing International Book Fair Reports Gains in Rights Sales
The Beijing International Book Fair organizers cite robust rights sales at this year’s fair, claiming that sales of Chinese translation rights sold abroad have increased.
‘Words Without Borders’ September: Translating the Frankfurt-Bound Character of Georgia
‘Our culture is perfectly compatible with the values of the free world.’ Gvantsa Jobava is guest editor of the September issue of ‘Words Without Borders,’ as Georgia prepares to be Guest of Honor at Frankfurter Buchmesse.
US National Endowment for the Arts Names $325,000 in Translation Fellowships
Over the years, the NEA has issued grants bringing literature into English from 69 languages and 83 countries. These are the 2019 fiscal year fellowships, with a December 5 deadline for the next round.
New Partnership Announced To Publish Chronicle’s Children’s Books in China
The US-based Chronicle Books has introduced a new partnership with Trustbridge Global Media to translate, publish and distribute up to 20 children’s titles into Chinese in the first year.
Women in Translation Month: Annejet van der Zijl on ‘An American Princess’
The story of a Gilded Age socialite comes from the Netherlands, into the aristocracy of which Allene Tew married. Dutch narrative nonfiction bestseller Annejet van der Zijl’s work is translated by Michele Hutchison.