Promoting Italian literature, as a conference confirms for translators at Frankfurter Buchmesse, is ‘a little magic, a lot of hard work.’ Translators were invited to a special Day One conference at Frankfurter Buchmesse on 16 October. ‘From Italy to the World’ focused on issues and opportunities in translating Italian literature. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Eric Dupuy […]
The British Academy announces a timely £25,000 winner: Ross Perlin’s ‘Language City,’ on immigration and endangered languages. An detail from the cover art of Ross Perlin’s ‘Language City: The Fight To Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues’ from Grove Press UK By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson On ‘the Urban Soundscape’ and Endangered Languages Overnight in London,
The opening of the 43rd Sharjah International Book Fair included the Turjuman translation award and other honors in literary work. The Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi honors partners and sponsors of Sharjah’s 1.4 million UAE dirhams (US$381,159) Turjuman Award in translation. Image: SBA, Nabs Ahmedi By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also:Sharjah International Book Fair
The collaboration of the Bologna and Shanghai book fairs on their emphases in children’s content leads our November Rights Roundup. Two new exhibitions from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair will be on display at the China Shanghai International Book Fair, marking the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo’s death and the sixth year in which the
Taking a look at the European Union’s fourth-largest book market: Italy has made big strides since it was Frankfurt’s 1988 guest of honor. One of the most dramatic settings prepared by Stefano Boeri for his 2024 Guest of Honor Italy pavilion at Frankfurter Buchmesse, this view of the much-discussed piazza at the heart of his
Top countries in numbers of visitors to the 43rd Sharjah Intl. Book Fair were the United Arab Emirates, India, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan. Sharjah International Book Fair organizers say the 43rd edition of the show drew some 1.8 million attendees, including 135,000 school students. Image: Sharjah Book Authority By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See
More than 4,000 submissions were made to the 19th Sheikh Zayed Book Award, with longlist announcements coming at the end of this year. Winners in the 18th edition gather onstage in Abu Dhabi at the Sheikh Zayed Book Award ceremony on April 30. Image: SZBA By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson 75 Nations Represented in
‘Hard times are coming,’ Ruth Dickey tells the celebrants at the US National Book Awards’ 75th awards ceremony in New York City. The quiet before the show begins: Cipriani Wall Street, being set for the 75th anniversary winners’ ceremony for the US National Book Awards. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief |
Following Frankfurter Buchmesse and Göteborg Book Fair, Reykjavik Literary Agency reports heavy autumn interest in Icelandic books. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Update on a Season of Sales Ffrom Stella SoffÃa Jóhannesdóttir at ReykjavÃk Literary Agency, we hear that there’s been an upswing in interest in Icelandic titles, following Sweden’s Göteborg Book Fair and
In the week that Han Kang becomes the first Korean Nobel Prize laureate in literature, a new rights guide for Korean literature arrives. Korean author Han Kang delivers her Nobel Prize in Literature lecture at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on December 7, 2024. Image: © Nobel Prize Outreach, Anna Svanberg By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
