Call for applications: Residencies in Prague and Brno (Deadline: 21 March 2019)

Feb 17, 2019 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicThe Czech Literary Centre has opened a call for translators from Czech. Literary translators with at least one published book can apply for a residency in Prague (July-November 2019) or Brno (September-October 2019). Residencies can  be for two,...

Applications open for ‘Warwick Translates’ (6-10 July 2019)

Feb 15, 2019 | United Kingdom

Tags: United Kingdom‘Warwick Translates’ is the first literary translation summer school to be held at the University of Warwick (UK). It offers the opportunity to translate texts across the literary genres into English, working with leading professional translators....

New residency programme for authors and translators from Germany, France and Poland (Deadline: 15 March 2019)

Feb 4, 2019 | France, Germany, Poland

Tags: France, Germany, PolandA new German-French-Polish residency programmme, ‘Tandem Residenz’, invites authors and translators from Germany, France and Poland to apply for a joint residency in the castle of Genshagen, close to Berlin. Three ‘tandems’ from the...

Call for applications: Residencies for literary translators from German

Jan 25, 2019 | Germany

Tags: GermanyThe Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia has twelve grants available for one-month residencies in the European Translators’ House in Straelen (Germany). Literary translators who work on a text written by an author from the state of...

Global streaming premiere of documentary ‘Dreaming Murakami’

Jan 19, 2019 | Denmark

Tags: DenmarkToday at 19:00 (CET) the documentary Dreaming Murakami has its global streaming premiere. The movie follows Danish Murakami-translator Mette Holm in her quest for the perfect translation of the Japanese author’s debut novel Hear the Wind Sing, and...