News and Events Photo by Wendy Call Best Translations: An Annual Anthology an independent project endorsed by the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Call for an Africa / African Diaspora Co-Editor Deadline for Applications: Thursday, April 1, 2021 Call for Applications: A series co-editor for expertise in African and/or African diasporic literatures, for Best Translations: An Annual Anthology, a new publishing project Best Translations is a new initiative: an annual anthology of best literary translations, published by U.S. translators, of short-form literature from around the world. This new annual anthology will operate in the tradition of the “Best American” series by showcasing another great form of U.S. literary production: literature in translation. This project, an independent initiative, has been formally endorsed by the board of directors of ALTA, the American Literary Translators Association. The Best Translations anthology will showcase the most exemplary literary translations published in U.S. literary journals in the previous year, brought into English by U.S. translators. All applicants should self-identify as U.S. translators but may live and work anywhere in the world. Selection criteria will include both the quality of the finished translation and an assessment of the translation against the original work. Best Translations offers the best of global literature, brought to a broad audience of... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
[ World Literature Today | 2021-03-10 15:55:18 UTC ]
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Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts is calling on Congress to pass new legislation to rein in tech companies after Twitter boss Elon Musk ignored an information request. “Elon Musk could respond to my tweets but failed to respond to my letter by yesterday’s deadline and answer basic questions... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-11-28 12:15:18 UTC ]
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Challenging myths about heterosexual white South African men, Prinsloo published four books of short stories in 12 years. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2022-11-28 05:37:53 UTC ]
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The 11 longlisted submissions for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award's Translation category came from six Arab nations. The post Sheikh Zayed Award Names Its Translation Category Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-11-28 05:15:11 UTC ]
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Exclusive: Key Murdoch editor was at Wall Street Journal Tech Live event at Laguna Beach last month along with top News Corp executivesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChristopher Dore lost his job... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-18 07:59:05 UTC ]
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Dore tells staff he is ‘exhausted’ and is leaving News Corp Australia to ‘concentrate on restoring my health’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe editor-in-chief of the Australian, Chris Dore, has resigned suddenly, citing “personal health issues”.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-16 07:28:50 UTC ]
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Here are Amazon Book Editors' top ten books of the year, as well as trends they've noticed in published in 2022. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-11-15 14:00:00 UTC ]
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The Boston Globe named Nancy Barnes as its next editor Monday, elevating a woman to serve in the top job for the first time in the newspaper’s 150-year history Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2022-11-15 00:32:36 UTC ]
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Ms. Barnes, senior vice president for news and editorial director at NPR, has also held leadership roles at the Houston Chronicle and Minneapolis Star Tribune. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-11-14 23:27:38 UTC ]
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'Every mobile can became a pocket library,' according to digital book distributor Juan Pirlot de Corbion at YouScribe. The post Juan Pirlot de Corbion on YouScribe: Betting on Africa appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-10-28 10:40:56 UTC ]
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The Big Five publishers have a history of both publishing and distributing books by people who not only hold abhorrent beliefs, but who wield those beliefs to destroy the rights of people across the world—so it’s no surprise that Sentinel, the conservative Penguin Random House imprint, is... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-25 14:43:59 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Stephen Buoro’s debut novel The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, which will be published by Bloomsbury in April 2023. Here’s how the publisher describes the novel: Andrew Aziza is a fifteen-year-old boy living in Kontagora in Northern... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-19 13:30:34 UTC ]
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The 'Spotlight on Africa' program scheduled for October's Frankfurter Buchmesse is presented by the IPA's Africa Publishing Innovation Fund. The post At Frankfurter Buchmesse: A ‘Spotlight on Africa’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-09-19 16:24:42 UTC ]
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Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature, which includes ten titles originally written in nine different languages: Arabic, Danish, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, and Spanish. The judges for this... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-14 19:15:50 UTC ]
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It was announced yesterday that Josh Hawley, the senator from Missouri who will always be remembered for fleeing the very crowd he’d recently egged on with a fist, has written a book called Manhood.* The book, to be published by Regnery, purports to call on “American men to stand up and embrace... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-09 14:22:03 UTC ]
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A New Jersey man named Bob Jablonski has finally returned Hitler to the local library. No, this is not The Onion. Bob Jablonski checked out the 1936 biography of Adolph Hitler in 1947, for a school book report, and presumably kept it all these years just to make sure the Allies had truly won... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-02 14:55:57 UTC ]
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In South Africa's challenges, Eve Fairbanks sees parallels to the U.S. efforts to undo white supremacy. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-26 10:00:53 UTC ]
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Medieval mishaps and smarmy suitors are afoot in the upcoming film adaptation of 'Catherine Called Birdy,' based on the 1994 Newbery Honor-winning novel by Karen Cushman. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary world riven by conflict as trade union is accused of inappropriately taking sides in culture warIt is a literary row that threatens to consume the very organisation set up to protect authors’ rights. And, in spite of the involvement of three prominent names in children’s books, it has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-08-21 09:00:05 UTC ]
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Paul Pringle's work exposed serious abuses at the University of Southern California, but the dispute with his former co-workers may overshadow his book. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-19 10:00:16 UTC ]
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At Frankfurter Buchmesse this year: a trade fair supportive of free expression, diversity, and those who interpret these concepts for us. The post Frankfurt 2022: Translation, Live Audiences, Inclusivity appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-18 18:15:42 UTC ]
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