Publishing in ... Canada
In May they had a conference marking Canada, eh ? Fifty Years of Canadian Studies at Trier University (warning ! dreaded pdf format !), with David Staines giving the keynote lecture, 'Fifty...
View ArticlePublishing (translations) in ... Estonia
At ERR they speak with publishers Krista Kaer and Piret Lemetti, in Publishers say using AI to translate classics is ethically wrong. The headline is meant to be attention-grabbing, I...
View ArticleLinda Asher (1932-2026)
I only learn of this via the The New York Times obituary (presumably paywalled), but translator Linda Aasher passed away a few weeks ago. Several of her translations -- including, among...
View ArticleGish Prize
I missed this last week, but the Gish Prize Trust has announced the winner of this year's Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, "given annually to an individual who has “made an outstanding...
View ArticleGrand prix du Roman de l’Académie française longlist
The Académie française has announced the longlist for its Grand prix du Roman; among the twelve titles in the running are books by Ananda Devi, Yannick Haenel, and Olivier Rolin. The...
View ArticlePrix du Meilleur livre étranger shortlists
One of the long-established French prizes honoring the best books in translation, the prix du Meilleur livre étranger, has announced its shortlists in its two categories, fiction (six titles)...
View ArticleNothing to Lose review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Lee Child's Nothing to Lose. This 2008 novel was the twelfth in his Jack Reacher-series; it's also the sixteenth in the...
View ArticlePremio Carlos Fuentes
The Premio Internacional Carlos Fuentes a la Creación Literaria is a prominent author prize for Spanish-writing authors that they've been awarding since 2012 (the first few times biennially,...
View ArticleWarwick Prize longlist
They've announced the longlist for this year's Warwick Prize for Women in Translation -- thirteen titles, selected from 164 submissions (warning ! dreaded pdf format !) (yes ! as all literary...
View ArticleShortlist: Goldsmiths Prize
They've announced the shortlist for this year's Goldsmiths Prize, a £10,000 prize that: "rewards fiction that breaks the mould and extends the possibility of the novel" I haven't seen...
View ArticleShortlist: Baillie Gifford Prize
They've announced the shortlist for this year's Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, which is apparently: "widely recognised as the world's most prestigious international award for literary...
View ArticleOn the PEN America ‘A Silent Moratorium’-report
In July PEN America published Lisa Tolin, Geraldine Baum, and Malka Margolie's much-discussed report ‘A Silent Moratorium’, with then-president of the organization, Dinaw Mengestu, resigning...
View ArticleBoekenbon Literatuurprijs longlist
They've announced the longlist for this year's Boekenbon Literatuurprijs -- previously also known as the AKO Literatuurprijs and then the ECI Literatuurprijs, among others, and one of the...
View ArticleCundill History Prize finalists
They've announced the three finalists for the Cundill History Prize -- "one of the world's leading prizes for a work of history written in, or translated into, English", paying out US$75,000 to...
View Article(Maltese) National Book Prizes
I missed this last week, but in Malta the National Book Council has announced the winners of this year's many National Book Prizes. The best novel award went to one in Maltese, Eħlisna...
View ArticleShelley Frisch Q & A
At the Princeton University Press site they have Q & A with the translator, in Shelley Frisch on the work (and play) of translation. Lots of interesting observations, including that:...
View ArticleKamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize longlist
The New India Foundation has announced the longlist for its Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize, awarded: "in recognition of the finest non-fiction writing about the history of Independent...
View ArticleMacArthur Fellowships
The MacArthur Foundation has announced the latest batch of MacArthur Fellows -- twenty recipients of their "no-strings-attached fellowships" who will now receive US$800,000, "paid out in equal...
View ArticlePrix de la BnF
The Bibliothèque nationale de France has been giving out the prix de la BnF since 2009, with a very impressive list of winners, and they've now announced who gets the prize this year: A Reading...
View ArticlePrix de la Page 111 finalists
One of my favorite French literary prizes, the prix de la Page 111, has announced it finalists; see, for example, the Livres Hebdo report. Yes, this is a prize with finalists judged and...
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