Translating Wales, Reading the World
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Konstantin
Tom Bullough
'Magnificent. Unforgettable. A dazzling coming-of-age novel.' Le Figaro
...moreBlasu (The Taste of Milk and Honey)
Manon Steffan Ros
'This is a novel which engages with our primitive instincts in a world where our instincts are fading.' Catrin Beard
...moreRas Olaf Harri Selwyn (Harri Selwyn's Last Race)
Tony Bianchi
'One of the most exciting writers working in Wales today.' Taliesin
...moreMarried Love
Tessa Hadley
'Hadley joins Munro and Tóibín as one of the most clear-sighted chroniclers of contemporary emotional journeys.' The Guardian
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The Book of Idiots
Christopher Meredith
'A darkly comic triumph full of uncomfortable truths.' ShortList Magazine
...moreThe Keys of Babylon
Robert Minhinnick
'Minhinnick's powerful work has an epic quality.' The Independent ...more
Burying the Wren
Deryn Rees-Jones
'Burying the Wren is a major event and achievement in the poetry of these islands' Ian Duhig
...moreBlue Remembered Earth
Alastair Reynolds
'Reynolds's near-future is brilliantly extrapolated, with original ideas fizzing off each page. Excellent.'The Guardian
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Wales Literature Exchange is the translation junction connecting writers, translators and publishers in Wales and abroad.
Based in the unofficial cultural capital of Wales, Aberystwyth, the Exchange is committed to literary translation as a necessary element in a delicate ecology. Respect for human relations and their context in the world are vital to international exchange, and so we travel consciously, always asking why and how.
The Exchange is small, but many things: an agency facilitating the sale of translation rights, a translation grant fund for publishers, a workshop bringing together writers and translators, a library of translations, and a curator of translation events. In essence, we are a window between Wales and the world.
Watch our specially curated films featuring Bookcase authors. The films have been created by film maker, Sara Penrhyn Jones for Wales Literature Exchange. Forthcoming films will feature Patrick McGuinness and Gwyneth Lewis.
A Postcard for Argentina
Tiffany Atkinson writing in Aberystwyth on her return from the Rosario festival in Argentina.
Latest News
David Toop on Rhodri Davies
"All musical instruments come with baggage. In fact they are baggage – objects of surrealist furniture ...more
Gimbal – the interactive literary iPhone app
Literature Across Frontiers and Comma Press launch a new iPhone application.
Gimbal offers a new way of ...more
Events
Fiction Fiesta 2013
The Exchange is looking forward to Fiction Fiesta later this month (17-19th of May, 2013). We are glad to ...more
Turkish poets visit Cardiff
Fiction Fiesta, Literature Across Frontiers and Wales Literature Exchange will present an intimate ...more
