Poets & Writers Roundtable on Publishing Translations
A few months ago, Jeremiah Chamberlain invited me to participate in an indie-press roundtable on publishing translations with Barbara Epler from New Directions, Michael Reynolds of Europa Editions, Jill Schoolman of Archipelago Press, and CJ Evans of Two Lines. This ended up being a long, sprawling email conversation, that ...
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An Article about a Book I'm Working On [100 Best Translations of the Century]
I’ve made reference to this a few different times—in a couple posts, on the podcast—but this article in today’s Frankfurt Show Daily (also available as a PDF) is the first official mention of the book that I’m writing with Stephen Sparks of Green Apple Books. (Granted, we don’t have a ...
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Amazon Continues to Make Translation Annoucements
New day, new Amazon press release related to literature in translation: AmazonCrossing, the literary translation imprint of Amazon Publishing, today announced a commitment to publish exceptional works of literature from Indonesian authors translated into English beginning in early 2016. The announcement coincides with ...
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Naja Marie Aidt @ Brazos Bookstore
Naja Marie Aidt’s long-awaited first novel is a breathtaking page-turner and complex portrait of a man whose life slowly devolves into one of violence and jealousy. Join the awesome folk at Brazos for a reading by Naja Marie Aidt. Where: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet StreetHouston, TX 77005 For more information, go ...
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AmazonCrossing Commits $10 Million to Translating Books
A press release about this came out yesterday, and at least a few people have written about it or at least mentioned it on social media, but AmazonCrossing announced “a $10 million commitment over the next five years to increase the number and diversity of its books in translation.” There’s not a lot of ...
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Reminder: Our First Gala is Only Ten Days Away
Next Friday (October 23rd), we’ll be hosting our first annual Celebration of Open Letter and Rochester. It’s our one and only fundraising event of the year, and is centered around _Rochester Knockings: A Novel of the Fox Sisters by Hubert Haddad and translated from the French by Jennifer Grotz. The gala will ...
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Naja Marie Aidt @ The Wild Detectives
Join the good folk at The Wild Detectives for a reading with Naja Marie Aidt. Where: The Wild Detectives, 314 W. Eighth St., Dallas, TX Free and open to the public. More information forthcoming ...
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