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Postcards from China: Shanghai - Horatio Clare

09 June 2015

Horatio Clare, appeared at The Bookworm International Literary Festival, Beijing in March. In a…

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Success for the Wales Literature Exchange Bookcase at Wales Book of the Year

09 June 2015

In a ceremony held at Galeri, Caernarfon on Thursday, 4 June 2015, three books selected to the…

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Bookcase Focus: An interview with Llŷr Gwyn Lewis

26 May 2015

Wales Literature Exchange interviewed our Bookcase author Llŷr Gwyn Lewis ahead of his journey to…

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Llŷr Gwyn Lewis to appear at the European Festival of the First Novel

19 May 2015

Llŷr Gwyn Lewis, one of our 2014 – 2015 Bookcase authors, along with Lefi Gruffudd, Commissioning…

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Promoting literature from Wales at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

17 May 2015

The Wales Literature Exchange 2014-2015 Bookcase will be promoted at the Abu Dhabi International…

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Success for books selected to the Wales Literature Exchange Book Case

05 May 2015

Four books selected to the Wales Literature Exchange 2014-2015 Bookcase have been shortlisted for…

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Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, 7 – 13 May 2015

28 April 2015

Our sister organisation, Literature Across Frontiers will be at the Abu Dhabi International Book…

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Fiction Fiesta: From Mexico to Cardiff Bay

31 March 2015

Fiction Fiesta will this year be held on Friday, 17 April 2015 at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff,…

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‘Something about Wales has fractured the layout of my poems…’

24 March 2015

Sampurna Chattarji is the featured author in the Dwy Ffenest (Two Windows) section of the Spring…

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Encounters with fellow translators

17 March 2015

“The encounters with fellow translators was refreshing, their views on translating poetry as well…

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Horatio Clare appears at The Bookworm Literary Festival, China

12 March 2015

Horatio Clare, one of our Bookcase authors, will appear at The Bookworm International Literary…

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Discovering R.S.Thomas

10 March 2015

Tomáš Míka joined translators from Belgium, China and France in January 2015 for a Schwob residency…

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Llŷr Gwyn Lewis on visiting the Schwob residency

10 March 2015

In January 2015 Llŷr Gwyn Lewis met with translators from Belgium, China, the Czech Republic at the…

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Bookcase Focus: An interview with Horatio Clare

18 February 2015

Wales Literature Exchange interviewed our Bookcase author Horatio Clare about his writing and…

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Collected Later Poems by R.S.Thomas selected to Books of 2014 lists in China

09 February 2015

Collected Later Poems (1988-2000) by R.S.Thomas, translated into Chinese by Jia Cheng and published…

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Wales-India International Translation Winter School

05 February 2015

As part of an ongoing effort to connect the literatures of Wales, India and Nepal, a second…

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Short stories from Wales published in India

05 February 2015

A collection of short stories from Wales will be launched at the Kolkata Book Fair, India held…

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Poets from Wales participate in Poetry Connections India workshop

20 January 2015

Welsh poets Siân Melangell Dafydd and David Greenslade will take part in a Poetry Connections…

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Wales Literature Exchange welcomes Tomáš Míka to Aberystwyth

14 January 2015

Wales Literature Exchange welcomes Czech poet and translator Tomáš Míka to Aberystwyth this week…

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Creative Europe Funding Opportunities – Information Session

09 January 2015

Creative Europe Desk UK in co-operation with Wales Literature Exchange will hold an information…

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Wales Literature Exchange welcomes translators to Tŷ Newydd

06 January 2015

Wales Literature Exchange welcomes four translators to Wales as part of a Schwob translation…

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2014 Highlights: Translating Wales, Reading the World: Chile and Argentina

24 December 2014

In partnership with the Welsh language literary magazine, Taliesin, Wales Literature Exchange is…

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2014 Highlights: Welsh classics selected for Schwob list

23 December 2014

Through our partnership with the European project Schwob, Wales Literature Exchange's aim is to see…

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2014 Highlights: Creative Wales Ambassador Richard Gwyn's 'Unfinished Journey'

22 December 2014

As Creative Wales Ambassador, Richard Gwyn travelled Latin America as part of his 'Unfinished…

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2014 Highlights: Translating Wales, Reading the World

20 December 2014

Pictured above are some of the books published with the support of a Wales Literature Exchange…

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2014 Highlights: Reading China, Translating Wales

19 December 2014

To celebrate the publication of a special Welsh issue of Foreign Literature and Art, a leading…

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2014 Highlights: Lee Seung-U visits Wales

18 December 2014

We we’re honured to weclome one of Korea's foremost literary figures, Lee Seung-U to Aberystwyth as…

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