Antony Shugaar’s tranlsation of 1962 Italian picture book ‘Telephone Tales’ by Gianni Rodari and Valerio Vidali wins ALA’s 2021 Batchelder Award.
UK: Translator Kay Heikkinen wins the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize
Kay Heikkinen wins the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for her English translation of Velvet by Huzama Habayeb, about ‘ordinary Palestinian women.’
Douglas Stuart’s ‘Extraordinary Year’: ‘Shuggie Bain’ Rights Sales Are Soaring
The Scottish-American winner of the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction writes in Broad Scots and says he’s fascinated with translators’ work.
The Polish Book Institute’s New Video: ‘To Lure Attention’ to Available Rights
Filmmaker Grzegorz Jankowski’s new video for the Polish Book Institute introduces New Books from Poland to international book publishers. (Sponsored)
Expanding Its Reach, the Polish Book Institute Releases Its Fall Catalog
the Polish Book Institute leaders see the influence of Polish literature expanding on the world market, even amid the pandemic. (Sponsored)
Camilla Townsend Wins the $75,000 Cundill History Prize
Townsend’s ‘Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs’ uses indigenous Nahuatl language sources and stories to surface its themes.
Words Without Borders in December: Female Sudanese Novelists ‘Caught in a Limbo’
‘Not being Arab nor African enough,’ translator Sawad Hussain writes, female writers aren’t supported by Sudan’s ‘literary ecosystem.’
The UK’s Society of Authors’ £13,000 Translation Prize Shortlists for 2020
The 2020 Translated Literature winner of the US’ National Book Awards was among this group of translation prizes in 2019.
The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation’s 2020 Shortlist
With three of five titles coming from Hoopoe Books, the 15th annual iteration of the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize names its shortlist.
UK-Born Lucy Moffatt Wins Norway’s 2020 NORLA Translator’s Award
The Norwegian Literature Abroad program, NORLA, honors Norwegian-to-English translator Lucy Moffatt with its annual prize, and lists this month’s international trade meetings.