WLT Announces Best Literary Translations 2026 Nominees and 2025 Shortlisted Titles, by The Editors of WLT News and Events [email protected] Wed, 12/18/2024 - 14:08 Translators nominated for Best Literary Translations 2026 (top row, left to right): Vonani Bila, David Boyd, Whitney DeVos, Kit Maude; (bottom row) Valeria Meiller, Lola Rogers, Sharni Wilson, Linda Stern ZisquitThe editors of WLT are delighted to announce their shortlist of nominees, drawn from the pages of the magazine in 2024, for the anthology Best Literary Translations 2026: “And the Earth Opened Its Mouth,” by Israeli writer Avigail Antman, translated from the Hebrew by Linda Stern Zisquit “the dance,” by South African writer Vonani Bila, translated from the Xitsonga by the author “Flash Flood,” by Guaraní writer Mario Castells, self-translated from Guaraní into Spanish and translated into English by Whitney DeVos and Valeria Meiller “Love All,” by Coreco Hibino, translated from the Japanese by David Boyd “Game Land,” by Juhani Karila, translated from the Finnish by Lola Rogers “Death Valley,” by Junko Mase, translated from the Japanese by Sharni Wilson “Utterly Supernova’s Ride through Buenos Aires,” by Argentine writer Ana Ojeda, translated from the Spanish by Kit Maude BLT 2026 will be guest-edited by Arthur Sze. The editors of literary translation journals, and translators who wish to self-nominate, are encouraged to look over the FAQs page and submit... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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This excerpt-sampler of work from the anthology ‘Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival’ Edited by Diane Noomin, includes three stories by artists who survived sexual assault: Lee Mars’ “Got Over It,” Carol Lay’s “A Sampler of Misdeeds,” and Ajuan Mance’s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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They turned down Ulysses and Animal Farm, but still shaped 20th‑century literatureAll publishing houses have archives, but for anyone interested in 20th-century literature the archive of Faber & Faber is a fabled treasure house. This is the firm that was, as Toby Faber puts it, “midwife at... Continue reading at The Guardian
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An indie publisher has been forced to find a new venue to launch its anti-Brexit poetry anthology Bollocks to Brexit: An Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction after the church where it was due to be held refused to host the event, citing issues with political balance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Intan Paramaditha will be appearing alongside Syd Moore to discuss re-writing old stories and myths with a contemporary, feminist slant at the Essex Book Festival on 15 March 2019 at 19.00. Find out more and book tickets here. What’s exciting about Indonesian literature at the moment, and... Continue reading at British Council global
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