Call for applications: Prague City of Literature Residencies (Deadline 31 August 2018)

Jul 2, 2018 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicThe project Prague City of Literature offers residency stays for foreign writers and translators. There are six residencies available for 2019, each lasts two months. Prague City of Literature reimburses the resident for a return ticket, provides...

Call for applications – Grants for promotional activities and translations from Catalan and Aranese literature (Deadline 5 October 2018)

Jun 25, 2018 | Catalonia

Tags: CataloniaThe Institute Ramon Llull offers grants to carry out promotional activities focused on Catalan and Aranse literature, and taking place outside of the Catalan – or Aranese – speaking areas, during 2018. The grant covers expenses for promotional events...

Call for applications: Funded residencies for translators of Italian literature (Deadline 17 July 2018)

Jun 25, 2018 | Italy

Tags: ItalyThe Casa delle Traduzioni in Rome, a public library and cultural centre specializing in the subject of translation, awards funded residencies for translators working from Italian into their native language. There are four scholarships to cover the costs of...

PEN International issues Case List of transgressions against freedom of expression

Jun 8, 2018 | World

Tags: WorldPEN International has just issued its annual Case List of transgressions against the freedom of expression. Affirming the idea that ‘Literature knows no frontiers and must remain common currency among people in spite of political or international upheavals’...

Czech translators and their concerns at the Prague Book Fair (10–13 May 2018)

Jun 4, 2018 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicTranslators enjoyed much attention at the last Prague Book Fair, visited by 46,000 book lovers, where as many as 26 countries participated in various programmes throughout the four days. Apart from numerous readings organized by publishers and a...