July 2020 translation news roundup

The 2020 National Book Awards ceremony(opens in a new tab) is going virtual.

The 2020 Booker Prize longlist(opens in a new tab) includes nine books by women and eight debut novels.

Jazmina Barrera’s On Lighthouses is a Top Summer Nonfiction Read(opens in a new tab) over at Kirkus Reviews.

And Book Riot called On Lighthouses one of the Best New Genre-Bending Nonfiction Books(opens in a new tab).

That Time of Year shows up on Lit Hub’s list of Most Anticipated Books of 2020, Part 2(opens in a new tab).

Masatsugu Ono’s Echo on the Bay is on the Paperback Paris list of hotly anticipated New Releases of Translated Literature(opens in a new tab).

We’re offering a 3-day virtual Poetry Inside Out workshop for teachers interested in bringing world poetry and translation to their classrooms (or distance learning) in the coming school year.

Check out our Independence Day post celebrating independent presses, with special book recommendations.

Bookforum talked with On Lighthouses translator Christina MacSweeney (opens in a new tab)about her translation work, research, and discovering the music in a text.

What does the public want from art in a post-covid world?(opens in a new tab) Above all, audiences want “more fun”.

Librarians ask patrons to stop microwaving books to kill the coronavirus.(opens in a new tab)

How problematic books can inspire debate and conversation(opens in a new tab).