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International Literary Agent of the Year 2015
The Literary Agency Mertin has been voted International Literary Agent of the Year 2015 by The London Book Fair, in partnership with the UK Publishers Association! This is a great acknowledgement of our work and above all, it’s a great tribute to our outstanding authors. Christopher MacLehose of MacLehose Press, chairman [...]
Portugal and PALOP Leipzig Book Fair 2022
After the cancellation of this year’s Leipzig Book Fair due to the pandemic, Portugal's Guest of Honour appearance will be postponed to 2022. However, from 27 to 30 May 2021, as part of this year's reading festival Leipzig liest extra, the literature in Portuguese language from Portugal and PALOP, which includes [...]
Spain: Translations Grants – Deadline 31st December
Spain will be Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022. There is a third round of applications for grants for translation projects into German, English, French, Dutch, and Italian of literature from Spain by Acción Cultural. Applications may be submitted from June 9th to December 31st 2021. > accioncultural.es [...]
Colombia: Translations Grants – Deadline 1st December
Reading Colombia, co-financing program for the translation and promotion of Colombian literary and scientific works in foreign languages, launches a new call. From August the 10th to December the 1st 2021, or until incentives are depleted, interested publishers may participate by sending the application to: Programacion@camlibro.com.co > www.camlibro.com.co/ [...]
New Translation Grant between Portugal and the USA
At a difficult time for authors and publishers, FLAD launched the first open call for the translation of literary works in order to promote Portuguese authors in the U.S. market and support Portuguese publishing companies, helping to enable works by American authors who would not otherwise arrive in Portugal. The next [...]
Inauguration of Lídia Jorge’s professorship at the University of Geneva
Lídia Jorge // Lídia Jorge takes up a professorship at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. There will be an international conference on "The power of the image in Lídia Jorge's work" from 15-16 September. You can also follow the conference online. All necessary information can be [...]
Junot Diaz writes blurb about Call Me Cassandra
Marcial Gala // We are proud to announce that Junot Diaz has written a great blurb on Call Me Cassandra by our Cuban author Marcial Gala: "A spellbinding novel by one of the best writers of the Americas. Call Me Cassandra is Marcial Gala’s masterpiece, blending [...]
Longlisted for Oceanos Prize 2021
Gonçalo M. Tavares, Lídia Jorge, José Eduardo Agualusa, Germano Almeida, Mia Couto, and Luís Cardoso // We’re happy to announce that Gonçalo M. Tavares, Lídia Jorge, José Eduardo Agualusa, Germano Almeida, Mia Couto, and Luís Cardoso have been longlisted for the Oceanos Prize 2021. > publishnews.com.br/