Translation Pitch: New Literary Voices With Pen Presents

Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London
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This event ended on Thursday 9th of June 2016
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£5
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Free Word Centre
Farringdon Road, EC1R 3GA
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Farringdon 0.28 miles

Six enthralling books by contemporary European writers which have not yet been translated into English will be pitched live

The Translation Pitch is back! Six translators go head-to-head, pitching their ‘must-acquire’ European books to a live audience and a jury of top publishing experts: Max Porter (Granta/Portobello), Meike Ziervogel (Peirene Press) and Stefan Tobler (And Other Stories). This whirlwind tour of contemporary European writing will uncover brilliant books from Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Turkey and France which have not yet been translated into English. Speakers: Antoinette Fawcett, Paula Darwish, Karen Leeder, Emma Mandley, Sam Nagele, James Womack.

English PEN’s ‘PEN Presents’ initiative seeks to help UK publishers to discover – and publish – the most exciting books from around the world, and to support literary translators in their development as advocates for international literature. All six shortlisted translators in this European round of PEN Presents will be awarded a prize of £250; samples and reports of their chosen books will be showcased on English PEN’s website.

This event is organised by Eunic London, the Czech Centre, English PEN and Free Word Centre.

Part of The Stories We Tell: 2016 European Literature Festival, organised by EUNIC London, initiated and coordinated by the Czech Centre.

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