Call for applications: International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School (Norwich; deadline: 15 April 2018)

Feb 20, 2018 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThe British Centre for Literary Translation in partnership with Writers’ Centre Norwich will run an International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School from 22-28 July 2018. The summer school, which will take place in Norwich,...

Emerging Translator Mentorships (deadline: 28 July 2017)

Jul 20, 2017 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomFounded by Daniel Hahn in 2010, the translation mentoring programme of Writer´s Centre Norwich aims to develop successive new cohorts of literary translators into English, particularly for languages whose literature is currently under-represented...

Former CEATL President Ros Schwartz receives John Sykes Memorial Prize

May 29, 2017 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomOn 19 May 2017, former CEATL President and literary translator Ros Schwartz has received the John Sykes Memorial Prize for Excellence for achievements in the field of translation at a gala dinner at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. The...

Call for application: International Literary Translation and Creative Writing Summer School British Centre for Literary Translation (Norwich; deadline: 14 May 2017)

Apr 24, 2017 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomApplications are open for Summer School 2017, run by the British Centre for Literary Translation in partnership with Writers’ Centre Norwich. The Summer School (23-29 July 2017) will bring together writers and translators for an intensive,...

The Society of Authors Translation Prizes were announced on 22 February in an event at the British Library

Mar 24, 2017 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomThe £3000 Saif Ghobash Prize for Translation from the Arabic was won by Jonathan Wright for his translation The Bamboo Stalk by the Kuwaiti writer Saud Alsanousi. The John Florio Prize of £2000 for Translation from the Italian went to Jamie...