Translators featured at 22nd Budapest Book Festival
Tags: HungaryLiterary translators took a front seat at this year’s International Book Festival in Budapest, that took place from 23 to 26 April, as the book industry’s four-day festivities unfolded for the 22nd year running, in the spacious grounds of Millenáris Park...
English PEN marks decade of supporting literature in translation
Tags: United KingdomEnglish PEN’s Writers in Translation programme is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a nationwide programme of events beginning on the evening of 18 March with a launch at Foyles bookshop in London. The programme will include events dedicated...
The Society of Authors Translation Prizes 2015
Tags: United KingdomOn 25 February the Translation Prizes of the Society of Authors were presented in an award ceremony at Europe House, London. The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize (£3,000) for translation from the Arabic was awarded to Sinan Antoon for his translation of...
Programme of the translators’ cafe at Bologna Children’s Book Fair now available (30 March – 2 April 2015)
Tags: ItalyThe annual Children’s Book Fair in Bologna will run this year from 30 March till 2 April. The Fair houses a translators’ cafe, which is offering four days of lectures on different aspects of translating children’s books, slams, and workshops. For details...