Kurt & Helen Wolff Translator's Prize shortlist - They've announced the longlist for this year's Kurt & Helen Wolff Translator's Prize, honoring: "an outstanding literary translation from German int...

Senses - My translation of Pia Tafdrup's Senses pentalogy (five-volume collection), on which I have been working with the author during the past few years, is now c...

"For Isabel: A Mandala" by Antonio Tabucchi [Why This Book Should Win] - *This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series is from BTBA judge Jeremy Keng.* *For Isabel: A Mandala by Antonio Tabucchi, translated from the It...

Love Your Translator - Ah, translators! Invisible, overworked, underpaid, and…underloved? Check out the Love Your Translator campaign and Facebook page. Get some stickers and sho...

International Books and Roses Day 2014 - Today is La Diade de Sant Jordi in Catalan lands, a.k.a. St. George's Day, a.k.a. UNESCO's World Book Day, a.k.a. International Books & Roses Day. Traditi...

Première sélection du Prix de Flore 2012 - Le jury du Prix de Flore a annoncé mercredi 12 septembre sa première sélection de dix romans en lice pour le prix qui sera décernée le 8 novembre. [image...

Rediscovering The Quay Brothers - *by Sandy Mandelberger, North American Editor* Among the filmmaker iconoclasts who have influenced many a film and visual artist, one of the least herald...

2010: Ten Best Films - *Here’s the only top ten that really matters, then, as Colin and James offer their respective five best films.Over to Colin first:* *5. TRON: Legacy (20...

2nd International Conrad Festival in Kraków - The second International Joseph Conrad Festival started yesterday in Kraków and for the second year running is putting Kraków on the map of international l...

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