Dear members and friends of AALITRA, We have an exciting announcement regarding this year’s Translation Awards. The French Embassy in Australia has added two extra prizes to the competition – for the two MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENTRIES. $250 prize for the MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENTRY in the Prose Section $250 prize for the MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENTRY in the Poetry Section These Outstanding Student Prizes are donated by the French Embassy in Australia. Closing date: 24 May, 2024 All enquiries should be sent to aalitratranslationawards@gmail.com ..read more

Prix de Traduction du PEN Club français édition 2024 Deadline: June 1st, 2024 For more information (in French): Appel à candidatures pour les Prix de Traduction du PEN Club français – 2024 ..read more

Challenging Words: A Conversation Between Translator & Author Daniel Hahn & Lilit Thwaites Date: Wednesday, 9 May 2024 ⏰Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Venue: The Research Lounge, Level 5 Arts West, Room 552, University of Melbourne, Building 148B (directions here) Click HERE to Register! Photo © John Lawrence, 2015 Daniel HAHN OBE is an award-winning writer, editor and translator with over a hundred books to ..read more

Writers Victoria Event Date: 21 February 2024 06:30 PM to 21 February 2024 08:00 PM Author / Presenters: Shu-Ling Chua, Oslo Davis, Ronnie Scott and Damjan Zorc Event Venue: Online via Zoom Event Organiser: Writers Victoria Ticket Price: Free Event link: https://writersvictoria.org.au/calendars/events/event/?reset=1&id=1227 Often, writers dream of spending time overseas, focused on creative work, but don’t quite know how to make this happen. Many UNESCO Cities of Literature, however, offer funded residencies for writers and translators from other Cities of Lit ..read more

STOP PRESS: THE BIENNIAL AALITRA TRANSLATION AWARDS WILL BE HELD IN 2024 Focus language: French Prizes: $500 prize for Best Prose Translation (set piece) $500 prize for Best Poetry Translation (set piece) $250 prizes for runners-up in each category Dates: Opens 28 February 2024            Closes 24 May 2024 Judges: Frances Egan, Dominique Hecq, Penny Hueston, Brian Nelson More details available at www.aalitra.org.au Prizes generously donated by ISFAR (Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations)  ..read more

Applications are NOW OPEN for the online British Centre for Literary Translation Summer School 2024.   More info here ..read more

Check out the latest AALITRA Review, edited by Lola Sundin and Eliza Nicoll. https://ojs.latrobe.edu.au/ojs/index.php/AALITRA/issue/view/95 ..read more

Please see the link to the LCNAU database below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mu5WaAooAe1CTj5hjp3gbw-vau1QCyqjTkld3_Eu0KM/edit ..read more

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https://authorsguild.org/news/new-survey-examines-state-of-literary-translators-working-conditions ..read more