International outlook: Translated books in the Australian market
In Australia, the reading public's appetite for translated books has been growing steadily over the years. With international travel at a standstill, now more than ever there appears to be...
‘The Eighth Life’ wins Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
The Eighth Life (Nino Haratischvili, trans by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, Scribe) has won the UK’s Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, reports the Bookseller. The Eighth Life, an...
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2019 shortlist announced
In the UK, the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Disoriental (Négar Djavadi, trans Tina Kover, Europa Editions) Drive Your...
Ardern launches te reo Māori translation trust
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has launched the Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust, which will translate 100 popular fiction books into te reo Māori over the next 10 years. Working...
UK sales of translated fiction grew in 2018
In the UK, Nielsen Book statistics commissioned by the Man Booker International Prize show that translated fiction sales in the UK grew by 5.5% in 2018, with sales of £20.7...
Benyamin wins inaugural JCB Prize for Literature
Novelist and short story writer Benyamin has won the inaugural JCB prize for Literature in India. Benyamin won Rs 25 lakhs (A$48,220) for his book Jasmine Days (Juggernaut Books), translated into...
Inaugural JCB Prize for Literature shortlist announced
In India, the shortlist has been announced for the inaugural 2018 JCB Prize for Literature, which aims to 'foster greater translation between Indian languages' and promote ‘the diversity and energy of...
US arts agency awards US$325,000 in translation grants
US federal arts-funding agency National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the 25 recipients of its Literature Translation Fellowships worth US$325,000 (A$451,000) in total. The fellowships enable American and...
Turkish agency seeks support from international publishers during economic crisis
In Turkey, the Istanbul-based Kalem Agency is urging publishers and agents to support the country's book trade in light of the current economic crisis, reports the Bookseller. Kalem Agency owner Nermin...
HGE, ASRC to release three bilingual editions of ‘My Two Blankets’
Publisher Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) have partnered to publish three bilingual editions of the picture book My Two Blankets (Irena Kobald, illus by...
Indonesia launches translation grant program
Indonesia has launched a translation grant program to assist translations of works by Indonesian authors into English and German as part of its ‘guest of honour’ status at the Frankfurt Book Fair...
Found in translation: Alexandra Yatomi-Clarke and Julia Marshall
Berbay Publishing and Gecko Press have built their publishing lists by cherry-picking the best children’s books from around the world, reports Kate Blackwood. When Alexandra Yatomi-Clarke, managing director at Melbourne’s...
Longlists for book translation awards announced
The longlists for two international awards for books translated into English have been announced this week. In the UK, the longlist for the Independent Foreign Prize, run by literary charity Booktrust,...
NZ translation grants scheme recipients announced
The first recipients of funding from Creative New Zealand's Translation Grant Scheme have been announced. Norwegian publishing house Cappelen Damm will receive funds to translate Joy Cowley's children's book Friends:...
NZ Translation Grants Scheme Announced
Creative New Zealand has announced that it will support a new Translation Grant Scheme to encourage the translation of New Zealand literature into foreign languages. The scheme, which will be...
Colmer shares IMPAC Dublin award
Amsterdam-based Australian translator David Colmer is the co-winner of this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his translation of The Twin by Gerband Bakker (Scribe) from Dutch into English.Colmer,...