Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel have won the 2023 International Booker Prize for ‘Time Shelter,’ the program’s first win from Bulgaria.
At Abu Dhabi: The 2023 Sheikh Zayed Book Award Ceremony
The Egyptian composer and musician Omar Khairat, is probably the best known of the winners of the 17th edition of the award program.
ArabLit Opens a New Monthly Newsletter for Rights Professionals
The Morocco-based online magazine ArabLit offers a new rights resource for industry pros on Arabic literature and translation.
The French-American Foundation’s 2023 Translation Prize Winners
The French-American Foundation’s Translation Prize is in its 36th year, and has three winners from its two categories of fiction and nonfiction.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award: The 17th Edition Winners
The winners of the 17th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award will be honored this month at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.
Amazon Publishing’s World Book Day #ReadTheWorld Giveaway
The World Book Day promotion from Amazon Publishing this year offers international reads from several imprints and nine countries.
London Book Fair: Translation and Arabic as a ‘Global Language’
On London Book Fair’s final day, ‘Translating in a Global Language’ looked at vernacular dialects and Modern Standard Arabic.
At London Book Fair: Translation Markets’ Expansion, Challenges
‘A major shift in English and American culture’ toward translation is examined in a session at London Book Fair.
At London Book Fair: The International Booker Prize 2023 Shortlist
The International Booker Prize shortlist again this year is announced at London Book Fair.
In London: New Data on the UK’s Translated Fiction Readers
The Booker Prize Foundation reveals a Nielsen study’s data on consumers of translated fiction in the United Kingdom.