Negotiations on new contract follow successful talks between the Swedish Writers’ Union and the Bonnier Publishing Group
Tags: SwedenIn late November last year the Translators’ section of the Swedish Writers’ Union recommended its members to not sign any new deals with the Bonnier Group. The Swedish Standard Contract was cancelled last summer and in late autumn Bonnier had presented a...
Swedish Writer’s Union advocates boycott of new contract from Bonnier Publishing Group
Tags: SwedenThe Swedish Writers’ Union is advising translators in Sweden against entering into agreements with all publishing companies within the Bonnier Publishing Group, Sweden’s largest publisher. Eleven companies have been declared non grata by the Union. This...
Lecture on literary translation and Nazism, protests against Neo-Nazi March in Gothenburg – International Translation Day 2017 in Sweden
Tags: SwedenFrom 28 September to 1 October 2017, Gothenburg Book Fair hosted ´Room for Translation´, a programme with talks on literary translation. International Translation Day (30 September) was celebrated with a panel discussion about ‘Strategies of...