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Open letter to publishers worldwide to meet the Ten principles for fair contracts

Open letter to publishers worldwide to meet the Ten principles for fair contracts

On 5 January 2016, authors from a number of countries released open letters asking publishers to reconsider the contract terms they offer authors and outlining the parts of publishing contracts where, from the author’s perspective, reform is urgently needed.

The International Authors Forum (IAF) has also established 10 Principles for Fair Contracts. These Principles apply to the needs of authors in the 65 countries represented by IAF through its 49 member organisations, who have some 500,000 individual author members between them. Fair contracts are crucial to authors’ financial survival and ability to do their job at a time when their working conditions are tougher than ever. […]

Open letter to EU leaders from Europe’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027

Open call: Artists’ Residencies in Austria (Deadline 18 September 2017)

In co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Chancellery is offering 50 artists’ residencies in Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) for the year 2018. Translators must have published at least two literary translations and are only eligible if they translate Austrian literature into a foreign language. […]

Open letter to EU leaders from Europe’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027

Online Conference: “Dall’italiano al mondo”

Salone Internazionale del Libro announces the second edition of the conference “Dall’italiano al mondo”. The project aims at promoting and supporting all foreign translators who give voice to Italian literature …