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04/08/2026

A month in books: July 2026 📚

Literature Ireland's Translation Grant programme invites international publishers to apply for a contribution towards the translation of Irish literature from English or Irish into another language. For 30 years now, Literature Ireland's archive has housed copies of these awarded books!

In May we received copies of 8 titles in 6 languages:

🌼 Adrian Duncan's “The Geometer Lobachevsky" in French trans. by Marie Hermet Bilhaut - Éditions Les Grands Vents
🌼 Enda Walsh’s “Disco Pigs” in Macedonian trans. Biljana Kitanovska (Билјана Китановска) - Perun Artis
🌼 Colm Tóibín’s “Nora Webster” in Armenian trans. by Astghik Atabekyan (Աստղիկ Աթաբեկյան) - Newmag Publishing House
🌼 Emilie Pine’s “Ruth and Pen” in Danish trans. by Christa Leve Poulsen - Vinter Forlag
🌼 Louise Kennedy’s “Stations” in German trans. by Claudia Glenewinkel and Hans-Christian Oeser - Ullstein Buchverlage
🌼 Paul Murray’s “The Bee Sting” in Ukrainian trans. by Maksym Kalinichenko (Максим Калініченко) - Видавництво Старого Лева
🌼 Colm Tóibín’s “Long Island” in Bulgarian trans. by Elka Videnova (Елка Виденова) - ICU Publishing
🌼 Colin Barrett’s “Wild Houses” in Polish trans. by Milosz Biedrzycki - Wydawnictwo Filtry

21/07/2026

Flann O'Brien's "At Swim-Two-Birds" translated into Finnish as "Hullu kuningas puussa" by Kristiina Drews / .drews, published by (2026).

13/07/2026

Michael Magee's "Close to Home" translated into Polish as "Blisko domu" by Hanna Pustuła-Lewicka, published by Wydawnictwo Czarne (2026).

09/07/2026

Ferdia Lennon's "Glorious Exploits" translated into Greek as "Σπουδαία κατορθώματα" by Natassa Sideri (Νατάσα Σίδερη) / .sideri, published by .gennitria (2026).

07/07/2026

The board and staff of Literature Ireland were deeply saddened to learn of the death of the literary agent, Simon Trewin.

Simon was a regular visitor to Ireland and a great champion of many Irish writers over the years.

A regular visitor to the Literature Ireland stand at the Frankfurt Book and London Fairs, he was also a frequent guest at the An Post Book Awards which are held each year in Dublin.

He will be greatly missed across the British and Irish book sectors.

Our deepest sympathies to his wife and son and to his wide circle of friends.

02/07/2026

A month in books: June 2026 📚

Literature Ireland's Translation Grant programme invites international publishers to apply for a contribution towards the translation of Irish literature from English or Irish into another language. For 30 years now, Literature Ireland's archive has housed copies of these awarded books!

In May we received copies of 13 titles in 10 languages:

🌻 Rob Doyle's “This is the Ritual" in Serbian trans. by Ivana Đurić Paunović - Blum izdavaštvo
🌻 Sarah Crossan’s “Moonrise” in Japanese trans. (三辺律子) - 岩波書店
🌻 Sebastian Barry’s “The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty” in Polish trans. by Dawid Czech - Art Rage
🌻 Sally Rooney’s “Intermezzo” in Chinese trans. by Huining Liu (刘慧宁) - Archival Press
🌻 John McGahern’s “That They May Face the Rising Sun” in Polish trans. by Olga Kubińska and Wojciech Kubiński - Wydawnictwo Części Proste
🌻 Paul Lynch’s “Prophet Song” in Japanese trans. by Nobuaki Tochigi (栩木伸明) - 早川書房
🌻 Catherine Prasifka’s “This Is How You Remember It” in French trans. by Laetitia Devaux /   - Éditions Globe
🌻 Eva Vezhnavets’s “Па што ідзеш, воўча?” [“What Now, Mr Wolf?”] in English trans. by Ella Dingley and Jim Dingley -
🌻 Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s “Said the Dead” in Dutch trans. by Caroline Meijer  - Uitgeverij Cossee
🌻 Flann O'Brien’s “At Swim-Two-Birds” in Finnish trans. by Kristiina Drews / Kristiina Drews  - Aula & Co
🌻 Claire-Louise Bennett’s “Pond” in Chinese trans. by Yiming Jin (金逸明) - Archipel Press
🌻 Paula Meehan’s “Geomantic” in Spanish (Mexico) trans. by Eva Cruz Yáñez - Círculo de Poesía Libros

29/06/2026

Paul Lynch's "Prophet Song" translated into Japanese as "預言者の歌" by Nobuaki Tochigi (栩木伸明), published by (2026).

22/06/2026

Poets Paddy Bushe and Fran Fernández Davila have been announced as the recipients of the Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill International Poetry Exchange 2026.

The award is made possible through the support of The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Literature Ireland, Residencia Literaria 1863, Poetry Ireland and the Xunta de Galicia.

Find the full details here: https://www.literatureireland.com/latest/paddy-bushe/

16/06/2026

Happy Bloomsday 2026 from Literature Ireland!

Here are some editions of James Joyce's "Ulysses" in our 30-year-old archive:

🖋 in Kurdish, translated by Kawa Nemir -
🖋 in Albanian, translated by Krenar Haderi - Fan Noli
🖋 in Polish, translated by Maciej Swierkocki - Officyna
🖋 in Portuguese, translated by Jorge Vaz de Carvalho - Relógio D'Água

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