News and Events The Editors of WLT Today the New Yorker announced the longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. With such a wealth of talent on display, we don’t envy the judges’ task. To aid you, the reader, in appreciating the range of that talent, we’ve rounded up some of our recent coverage of the authors and translators who made the list. Congrats to all! Naja Marie Aidt When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl’s Book Translated by Denise Newman Coffee House Press Recent interview with Aidt on When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back An essay co-authored by Newman on poets and visual artists who use language in ways that blur the line between disciplines, with a particular emphasis on the environment. Forthcoming feature review of When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back in our Fall 2019 issue László Krasznahorkai Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming Translated by Ottilie Mulzet New Directions Review of Krasznahorkai’s The World Goes On Forthcoming review of Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming in WLT’s Fall 2019 issue Scholastique Mukasonga The Barefoot Woman Translated by Jordan Stump Archipelago Books Fall 2018 review of The Barefoot Woman Yoko Ogawa The Memory Police Translated by Stephen Snyder Pantheon Books / Penguin Random House Summer 2019 review of The Memory Police Pajtim Statovci Crossing Translated by David Hackston Pantheon Books / Penguin Random... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
[ World Literature Today | 2019-09-17 16:53:18 UTC ]
Legend of children’s literature Beverly Cleary died on March 25th in Carmel, California, HarperCollins announced on Friday. She was 104. Since publishing Henry Huggins in 1950, when she was a librarian, Cleary has sold 85 million copies of her books, which have been translated into 29 different... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-03-27 13:47:12 UTC ]
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Literary publishing veteran Yuka Igarashi has been tapped by Graywolf Press as executive editor, lured away from Soft Skull Press. Igarashi will assume her new position on April 8, working remotely from Hawaii. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Books of Jacob, praised by the Nobel prize judges and winner of Poland’s prestigious Nike award, will be published in the UK in NovemberThe magnum opus of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk – a novel that has taken seven years to translate and has brought its author death threats in her native... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-02-26 15:00:18 UTC ]
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Three winning university students and three instructors are honored by a new Black Stories program from Macmillan Learning. The post US Black History Month: Macmillan Learning Awards ‘Black Stories’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-18 17:52:15 UTC ]
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Today, the National Book Foundation announced that Ruth Dickey will be its next Executive Director, filling the role that Lisa Lucas vacated at the end of last year. Dickey has served since 2013 as the Executive Director of Seattle Arts & Lectures, and in 2019 was a judge for the National... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Macmillan Children’s Books has landed a new poetry anthology from bestselling curator and writer Allie Esiri. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-11 11:42:50 UTC ]
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The contest was created by Macmillan Learning "to elevate Black voices in education and in recognition of the fight for social justice inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A Pulitzer Prize winner and a National Book Award finalist have new books headed our way. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-02 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Publishers has made a series of personnel changes to its central digital marketing team in order to restructure the team’s core functions of marketing, metadata, data analysis, and web development. Cristina Gilbert has been promoted to senior v-p of publishing and marketing strategy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jon Yaged, head of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, has been promoted to president of all of Macmillan Publishers' U.S. trade group. Jen Besser has been named to succeed Yaged as head of the children’s division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven Stories Press UK will publish The Lost Soul, the first children's book by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, translated into English by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Joanna Concejo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 16:52:22 UTC ]
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The National Book Awards' new digital outreach series features a 12-event presentation of winners, shortlistees, and finalists, including international literature and translation. The post US National Book Award Program: Spring Season appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-18 19:01:19 UTC ]
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Class action lawsuit filed in US claims the houses have colluded with the online giant to keep prices artificially highAmazon.com and the “Big Five” publishers – Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster – have been accused of colluding to fix ebook... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-01-15 13:04:33 UTC ]
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As hospitals struggle to cope, Macmillan’s work on cancer care is more vital than ever. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2021-01-13 15:06:20 UTC ]
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Interviews Barbara Epler started working at New Directions after graduating from college in 1984, and she has been its president and publisher since 2011. In 2015 Poets & Writers awarded Epler their Editor’s Prize, and in 2016 Words Without Borders... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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His exhaustive coverage of the Vietnam War also led to the book “A Bright Shining Lie,” which won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-01-07 23:20:39 UTC ]
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A former New York State Poet, she won the National Book Award and was a Pulitzer finalist for poems in which small details could accrue great power. Continue reading at The New York Times
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2021 is already starting off right (movie-wise, at least): Deadline has just announced that Tiffany Haddish is in final negotiations to star in the screen adaptation of National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson’s sci-fi novel Landscape with Invisible Hand, which will be produced by MGM, Annapurna... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-06 19:07:21 UTC ]
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Zakaria discusses “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World,” and Margaret MacMillan talks about “War: How Conflict Shaped Us.” Continue reading at The New York Times
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