This year includes a series of special events around the 25th anniversary of the Goldschmidt program for literary translators.
The International Booker Prize Names Its 2025 Longlist
An ‘unconventional longlist’ opens the International Booker Prize’s cycle: authors and translators of 15 nationalities on five continents.
Yuval Noah Harari and Kohei Saito to Speak at Frankfurter Buchmesse
On the opening night of Frankfurter Buchmesse, Harari and Saito discuss issues from their books, newly published on the German market.
Vienna: The Austrian Crime Fiction Prize Goes to Eva Rossmann
The former journalist and constitutional attorney Eva Rossmann becomes the seventh winner of the Austrian Crime Fiction Prize.
Rights Edition: Frankfurt’s 2024 ‘Centre of Words’ in Hall 4.1
This year, Frankfurt’s ‘Translation Stage’ evolves to the ‘Centre of Words’: as Eleonora Di Blasio says, ‘a broader space of exchange.’
At Torino 2024: The German Language Is Guest of Honor
Italy is Frankfurt’s guest of honor in October, and the German language will be guest of honor at Torino in May.
Purses Totaling £28,000: The UK’s 2024 Translation Prize Winners
This year’s Society of Authors Translation Prizes honor literary translation into English from Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, French, Spanish, Arabic, and German.
England’s Comma Press Presents a Manchester Translation Conference
Comma Press is hosting a conference for aspiring translators of Arabic, German, and Bangla/Bengali in February.
Frankfurt’s 2026 Guest of Honor Czechia Opens Translation-Focused Planning
The 2026 Frankfurt guest of honor program from the Czech Republic is already being organized, with robust translation funding.
The £50,000 International Booker Prize’s 2023 Longlist
Announcing its 2023 longlist of novels written in 11 languages, the International Booker Prize shares its sales impact on last year’s winner.