Call for applications: Translating literature for children and young adults (Lavigny, Switzerland; deadline: 2 July, 2017)

Apr 25, 2017 | Switzerland

Tags: SwitzerlandThe Centre de Traduction Littéraire will be running the ninth themed workshop for literary translators at Château de Lavigny, Switzerland, from 21 to 24 September 2017. This year’s theme will be translating literature for children and young-adults....

Call for application: International Literary Translation and Creative Writing Summer School British Centre for Literary Translation (Norwich; deadline: 14 May 2017)

Apr 24, 2017 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomApplications are open for Summer School 2017, run by the British Centre for Literary Translation in partnership with Writers’ Centre Norwich. The Summer School (23-29 July 2017) will bring together writers and translators for an intensive,...

Public event on literary translation during CEATL’s AGM (Utrecht, 11 May 2017)

Apr 24, 2017 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsThis year, CEATL’s annual meeting will take place in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from 10 to 13 May. Capitalising on the presence of literary translators from more than 30 countries, the Dutch hosting association, Auteursbond [‘The Authors’...

2016 Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation goes to Ulla Ekblad-Forsgren and Alexander Sitzmann

Apr 20, 2017 | Austria

Tags: AustriaTranslators Ulla Ekblad-Forsgren (Sweden) and Alexander Sitzmann (Austria) are the winners of Austria’s State Prize for Literary Translation 2016 (€ 10,000). The annual prize under the patronage of Austria’s Chancellor is awarded annually for the...

Call for application: Workshop for translators of German children’s and young people’s literature (deadline: 2 May 2017)

Apr 6, 2017 | Germany

Tags: GermanyFrom 13 to 19 August 2017 the Robert Bosch Foundation and Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (Working Group for Youth Literature e.V.) will host the eighth annual workshop on the translation of German literature for children and young people entitled...