Frankfurt Book Fair
5th October, 15.30 – 16.30
Translation grants – policies, issues, practice
Translation grants are essential to the international dissemination of quality literature. Come and find out about the wide range of translation grants available and about the issues surrounding translation policies and grants schemes in Europe, and browse through a display of relevant information.
Moderated by: Alexandra Büchler (Literature Across Frontiers). Yana Genova (Next Page Foundation), Valentin Sandulescu (Romanian Cultural Institute), Jürgen Jakob Becker (Literarisches Colloquium Berlin) and Kate Griffin (Arts Council England).
6th October, at 14.00 – 15.00
Translators as literary ambassadors
Lesser known literatures often depend on their translators to be discovered by international publishers and readers alike. Representatives of key national institutions promoting literature discuss the ways in which they support translators in their important work.
Moderated by: Alexandra Büchler (Literature Across Frontiers). With Iris Schwanck (FILI – Finnish Literature Abroad), Ela Kalinowska (Polish Book Institute), Sinead Mac Aodha (Ireland Literature Exchange), Misia Sert (Institut Ramon Llull) and Inga Nostyte (Books from Lithuania).
Friday, 6 October, 15.00-15.30
Transcript – European Internet Review of Books and Writing
Since its launch three years ago, Transcript, the tri-lingual online literary review, has taken its readers on literary journeys across Europe, helping them discover new voices in contemporary writing.
With Editor Chantal Wright.
Sealines Valetta Residency
1st – 31st October
Writers Mikko Rimminen (Finland), Laima Muktupavela (Latvia) and Gwyneth Lewis (Wales) take part in the Riga Sealines Residency. In cooperation with Inizjamed.
Poetry Translation Workshop in Malta
11th – 17th September
In Wardija and Valetta. With writers from Croatia, Finland, Latvia, Catalonia, Wales and Malta. Reading at the St James Cavalier Theatre.
Vilenica Festival
9th September
Focus on Basque Literature with Bernardo Atxaga, Rikardo Diaz de Heredia, Kirmen Uribe and others.
To read more about the festival click here www.vilencia.si
Sealines Koper Residency
1st – 30th September
Writers Celia de Freine (Ireland), Egils Venters (Latvia) and Pirkko Lindberg (Finland) take part in the Koper Sealiens project. In cooperation with Tropos.
Border Lines
28th August – 1st September
Poetry translation workshop in Crear, Argyll, with Petr Borkovec (Czech Republic), Jerzy Jarniewicz (Poland) and Gregor Podlogar (Slovenia), the Scottish Gaelic poet Christopher Whyte and Zoe Skoulding from Wales.
In cooperation with the Scottish Poetry Library and with support from the Scottish Arts Council, Center for Slovenian Literature, Czech Ministry of Culture and the Polish Book Institute.
Edinburgh Book Festival
23rd August, 7.30 pm, Writers’ Retreat
Alexandra Berková and Magdaléna Platzová. Two Czech authors read from the new short story anthology by Czech women Povídky, published by Telegram Books.With support from the Czech Ministry of Culture and in cooperation with the Czech Centre in London.
27 August, 7:30 pm
Petr Borkovec (Czech Republic), Jerzy Jarniewicz (Poland) and Gregor Podlogar (Slovenia) read from three anthologies by Arc Publications.
Sealines Riga Residency
1st – 31st August
Writers Clare Azzopardi (Malta), Ian Davidson (Wales) and Michael O Laughlin (Ireland) take part in the Riga Sealines Residency.
In Cooperation with the Latvian Literature Centre.
Dublin Writers’ Festival
Friday 16th - Sunday 18th June
Literature Across Frontiers presents European writers of fantasy with a socio-political theme: Johanna Sinisalo (Finland) Robin Llywelyn (Wales), Marius Serra (Catalonia) and Andrej Sapkowski (Poland).
With support from FILI – Finnish Literature Abroad, Institut Ramon Llull, Polish Book Institute and Welsh Literature Abroad.
Sealines Cardiff Residency
28th May - 25 June
Writers Igor Likar (Slovenia), Juha Ruusuvuori (Finland), Janis Elsbergs (Latvia), Milan Rakovac (Croatia) and Welsh artist Ffion Rhys take part in the Cardiff Sealines Residency. The Sealines project will link six European port cities with a tradition of literary bilingualism through a series of writers’ residencies to create a literary multimedia portrait of each city. The cities involved will be four capitals: Cardiff, Helsinki, Riga and Valletta and two regional ports Galway on the west coast of Ireland and Koper (Capodistria) on the Slovenian coast.
In cooperation with Welsh Literature Abroad and Academi.
Gay Poetry Translation Workshop in Slovenia
27th May - 3rd June
Five poets from Slovenia, Ireland, Latvia, the Basque Country and Poland spend a week in Slovenia discussing and translating each other’s work, and give a reading of the resulting work at the Festival of Living Literature in Ljubljana.
With Rikardo Arregi Diaz de Heredia (Basque Country), Karlis Verdins (Latvia), Cathal O Searcaigh (Ireland), Jacek Denhel (Poland) and Brane Mozetič (Slovenia).
In cooperation with the Center for Slovenian Literature and with support from Institut Ramon Llull, Latvian Literature Centre and Polish Book Institute.
Thessaloniki Book Fair
25th – 28th May
Collective stand with the participation of organizations from the Czech republic, Basque Country, Estonia, Flanders, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland, Malta and Wales.
European Festival of the Short Story
8th – 13th May
LAF presents two authors, Emil Hakl (Czech Republic) and Empar Moliner (Catalonia).
Literature Across Frontiers round table debate at the British Council, Zagreb. With Alexandra Büchler, Faith Liddell, Diana Reich and Sinead Mac Aodha.
Prague Book Fair 2006
LAF holds a collective stand and cooperates with the book fair on the International conference on Independent Publishing and Translation and on the international programme
Sealines Helsinki Residency
1st – 31st May
Writers Gasper Malej (Slovenia), Tristan Hughes and Fflur Daffyd (Wales) take part in Helsinki Sealines Residency. The Sealines project will link six European port cities with a tradition of literary bilingualism through a series of writers residencies to create a literary multimedia portrait of each city. The cities involved will be four capitals: Cardiff, Helsinki, Riga and Valletta and two regional ports Galway on the west coast of Ireland and Koper (Capodistria) on the Slovenian coast.
In cooperation with FILI (Finish Literature Information Centre)
Cuírt Festival Galway and the Sealines Project
27th – 30th March
The Sealines project will link six European port cities with a tradition of literary bilingualism through a series of writers residencies to create a literary multimedia portrait of each city. The cities involved will be four capitals: Cardiff, Helsinki, Riga and Valletta and two regional ports Galway on the west coast of Ireland and Koper (Capodistria) on the Slovenian coast.
The first residency held in Galway hosted the Slovenian poet Barbara Korun and the Russian-language Latvian poets Artur Punte and Semyon Chanin.
To read about the festival click here www.galwayartscentre.ie
Leipzig Book Fair
17th – 19th March
Collective stand and panel debate on contemporary Welsh writing and its translation into German.
Sunday 19th March
Panel debate on Welsh writing and its translation into German with Ned Thomas, Academic Director of Mercator Centre, Welsh novelist Christopher Meredith, Transcript Editor Chantal Wright and Translator Sabine Heinz.
Transcript Event
Promotional event for Transcript, the European internet review of books and writing, with its new Editor Chantal Wright.
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Welsh authors in Prague
17th – 19th March
7 pm on Friday and Saturday and 7.30pm on Sunday
Welsh authors Menna Elfyn, John Williams and Christopher Meredith read at The Globe Cafe and Bookstore in Prague. In cooperation with the British Council to mark the end of the Welsh season in the Czech Republic.
London Book Fair
5th – 7th March
Visit our collective stand D890.
Participating countries: Catalonia, Czech Rep, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia and Portugal.
Baltic Book Fair
24th – 26th February
LAF Director Alexandra Büchler speaks at an information seminar for publishers on translation grants in Europe: Translation Grants – Who gives them, how to get them?