Evolution of the Translator (LBF 2023)
At this year´s London Book Fair 2023, Nicole Witt has been invited to contribute to the panel "Evolution of the Translator". The panel will take place in the Literary Translation [...]
Lumen Prize for Novels 2023
Leticia Martin // Leticia Martin wins the Lumen Prize for Novels with her work Vladimir. The novel, which was selected among 407 submissions, is inspired by Nabokov's Lolita, reversing [...]
Disney announces feature film based on “Pilar’s Diary”
Flávia Lins e Silva // The book series "Pilar's Diary" of the Brazilian bestelling author Flávia Lins e Silva will gain a feature film adaptation produced by Conspiração, with [...]
Shortlist Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Prize
Héctor Abad // Héctor Abad‘s “Except for My Heart, All Is Well” is one of 6 finalists of the Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Prize for Novels 2023. It consists [...]
HBO Max Turns ‘City of God’ into Series
Paulo Lins // HBO Max's City of God series will follow in the footsteps of the film by Fernando Meirelles and will also be based on Paulo Lins' book [...]
Shortlist LiBeraturpreis 2023
Tatiana Salem Levy // "Vista Chinesa" by Tatiana Salem Levy is on the shortlist of the LiBeraturpreis 2023. The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding title by a [...]
Africa and the World: A mini series of digital exchange
// Africa and the World: A mini series of digital exchange N°3, organized by the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Federal Foreign Office, took place on 16 February 2023 [...]
Finalist of PEN Translation Prize 2023
Marcial Gala // Marcial Gala's Call Me Cassandra is one of the finalists for the 2023 PEN Translation Prize, the 2022 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Fiction, and the [...]
Bestselling Title in Colombia
Héctor Abad // "Except for My Heart, All Is Well", the most recent novel by Héctor Abad, occupies the 1st place of the bestselling list of the leading Colombian [...]