April 2022 translation news roundup

The 2022 International Booker Prize shortlist(opens in a new tab) was announced earlier this month. The six books on the list feature translations from Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, and Spanish, and the award ceremony is May 19.

The Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize shortlis(opens in a new tab)t names translators working from German.

The 2022 LA Times Book Prizes(opens in a new tab) were also announced in April.

The 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist(opens in a new tab) includes six books by women authors from Trinidad, Turkey, and the United States.

And finally, the Guggenheim Foundation announced the 2022 Guggenheim Fellows(opens in a new tab), whose work spans a range of disciplines, including translation.

The deadline to apply for a 2022 PEN/Heim Translation Fund gran(opens in a new tab)t is June 1.

The Center was one of 313 literary organizations to receive a grant from the Literary Arts Emergency Fun(opens in a new tab)d, which is administered by launched and administered by the Academy of American Poets, the Community of Literary Magazine & Presses (CLMP), and the National Book Foundation, with funding from the Mellon Foundation.

The 2022 PEN World Voices Festival(opens in a new tab) will be held May 11-13 in New York City and Los Angeles. The lineup will include more than 80 writers from 25 countries.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and acclaimed translator Richard Howard has passed away.(opens in a new tab)

The Brooklyn Public Library is offering access to banned e-books to teens across the country(opens in a new tab).

U.S. schools have pulled more than 1,000 books from shelves this year(opens in a new tab) in response to pressure from parents.

Linea Nigra author Jazmina Barrera kicks off her U.S. book tour on May 3 in Seattle; check out our events page for the full schedule of readings.

At the Edge of the Woods author Masatsugu Ono will speak at the Bay Area Book Festival and other virtual and in-person events for that book.

Today (April 30) is Independent Bookstore Day! Check out our 2022 Guide to Indie Bookstore Day that features a list of indie bookstores with large international selections–and order from them throughout the year.

April is National Poetry Month. For the occasion we shared highlights of poetry from the past three years of Calico titles, plus insights into how poetry and translation can be used in classrooms to consider questions of language and identity.

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) named the 21 best poetry and verse novels for kids in 2022.(opens in a new tab)

How bookstore chain Barnes & Noble went from being seen as an enemy by independent bookstores(opens in a new tab) to a grudging ally.

“It can save lives.” Students testify to the power of poetry.(opens in a new tab)