The winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction is to be announced on the eve of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Image: International Prize for Arabic Fiction By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Six Books, Six Nations Represented Six nations are represented in the shortlist announced this morning (February 19) by the International […]
This year, Frankfurt’s ‘Translation Stage’ evolves to the ‘Centre of Words’: as Eleonora Di Blasio says, ‘a broader space of exchange.’ Audience interaction with speakers on the 2023 ‘Translation Stage’ at Frankfurter Buchmesse, a space this year called the ‘Centre of Words.’ Image: FBM, Marc Jacquemin By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also: Rights Roundup:
This summertime Rights Roundup highlights titles from Finland, the United States, Quebec, South Korea, and a 1947 classic from Norway. August reading in Helsinki. Image – Getty: Diatrezor By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also:Rights Edition: Frankfurt’s 2024 ‘Centre for Words’ in Hall 4.1Rights Edition: Paola Passarelli on Italian Rights, Translation, and Stereotypes The
A conversation with the Italian culture ministry’s Paola Passarelli cheers the value of those translations that come from trade-show deals. (Sponsored.) A visit to Palermo’s La Stanza di Carta (The Paper Room), which carries rare books. Image – Getty: Alexander Farnsworth By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Recent and relevant to Frankfurt’s 2024 Guest of
The 2024 Firecracker Awards from the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), recognize three books and two magazines. Fireworks for Festa del Redentore on Guidecca Island in Venice, July 20. Image – Getty: Damiano Pesaresi By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Three Books, Two Magazines Honored As we work our way through a backlog
Our Roundup lists rights deals on titles from South Korea, France, Frankfurt Guest of Honor Italy, Norway, Germany, and the UK. At the entrance to the 2022 Literary Agent and Scout Center, the LitAg, at Frankfurter Buchmesse (once more a sellout this year). Image: FBM, Marc Jacquemin By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Also in
Established in 2018, the US National Book Awards’ newest category, Translated Literature, this year drew 141 submissions. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also:US 2024 National Book Award Longlists: Young People’s BooksUS 2024 Distinguished Contribution Medalist: Barbara KingsolverPublisher Paul Coates Wins the US 2024 Literarian Award The Second of Five Categories’ 2024 Longlists With
The Connecting Emerging Literary Artists program in Europe has selected emerging writer and translators for its third annual program. A group of participants in one of the first two iterations of the Connecting Emerging Literary Artists program. Image: CELA, Gaby Jongenelen By Jarosław Adamowksi | @JaroslawAdamows A Third Iteration Starts in January The pan-European project Connecting
The Sharjah International Book Fair translation grants drew 2,506 applications for these grants for publishers, into and from Arabic. Arabic-language titles on books at the Arab Heritage Institution Archive stand in the 2023 Sharjah International Book Fair. Image: Shahdmurshed, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson A Jump of More Than 15 Percent
The 75th National Book Awards’ longlist in fiction is drawn from an initial pool of 473 books submitted by publishers for consideration. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also:The UN’s Melissa Fleming: A ‘Summit of the Future’ and IPA’s CongressUS National Book Award 2024 Longlists: NonfictionUS National Book Award 2024 Longlists: Young People’s BooksUS
