Flemish Association appoints new presidency

Mar 23, 2013 | Belgium

Tags: BelgiumErik Vlaminck and Koen Stassijns, President and Vice-President of the Flemish Association of Authors (VAV) since the association’s establishment in 2006 will resign this month. They will be succeeded by co-chairmen Patrick De Rynck (publicist, translator...

European Translators’ Factory on track

Mar 23, 2013 | Europe

Tags: EuropeThe European Translators’ Factory, an initiative by the translators’ centres in Amsterdam, Arles, Visby and Wernetshausen (Looren) in co-operation with the Kalem Agency in Istanbul and the Dar Al-Mamun Foundation in Marrakech, is now well underway. The...

Nordic countries at Translators’ Centre of Bologne Children’s Book Fair (25-28 March 2013)

Mar 10, 2013 | Italy

Tags: ItalyThe 50th Bologna Children’s Book Fair will take place from 25 – 28 March 2013. The Translators’ Centre at the fair will feature an extensive programme with the focus on the guest of honour Sweden and other Nordic countries. The programme of the Translators’...

LAF report on translation statistics in the UK and Ireland

Mar 5, 2013 | Ireland, United Kingdom

Tags: Ireland, United KingdomNew research from Literature Across Frontiers – Publishing Data and Statistics on Translated Literature in the United Kingdom and Ireland – reveals the first ever accurate figures for the number of translated titles published...

Schwob.nl becomes an international network with EU support

Mar 5, 2013 | Europe, Netherlands

Tags: Europe, NetherlandsThe European Union announced today that a subsidy of €200,000, the maximum, has been granted to the Schwob.nl project to enable it to expand into an international network, a European portal for the best unknown books of world literature. The...