The electronic application form for Strand 1.2.2 of EU’s Culture Programme (literary translation projects) is now online (http://eacea NULL.ec NULL.europa NULL.eu/culture/funding/2012/call_strand_122_2012_en NULL.php). Publishers can apply by 3 February, 2012. Please note that the application procedure has been simplified to a great extent since the introduction of the flat-rate system in 2008.
Italy: Introducing Calibro, a confederation of authors
A new organization has been founded in Italy to represent the main authors’ categories in the publishing industry: writers, literary translators, illustrators, and comic book writers have now joined forces in Calibro, Confederazione Autrici e Autori del Libro (Confederation of Book Authors).