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A taste of Lee Seung-U in conversation

14 April 2014

In an interview with BBC Radio Cymru’s Bwrw Golwg, Francesca Rhydderch and one of Korea's foremost…

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Reading China, Translating Wales

31 March 2014

To celebrate a special Welsh issue of Foreign Literature and Art, a leading Chinese review…

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Lee Seung-U in conversation with Francesca Rhydderch

31 March 2014

As part of the Korea Market Focus Cultural Programme at The London Book Fair 2014, Francesca…

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Francesca Rhydderch appears at The Bookworm International Literary Festival, Beijing

12 March 2014

Francesca Rhydderch one of our 2014 Bookcase authors, will appear at The Bookworm International…

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Zoë Skoulding shortlisted for Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry

10 March 2014

"The disappearing sounds of Zoë Skoulding’s new collection may be either in the rich sonic…

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On World Book Day Mr Schwob arrives in Wales

06 March 2014

On World Book Day 2014 Mr Schwob starts talking about his favourite modern classics not only in…

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By translating a text we open a new world to others

27 February 2014

Marta Klonowska joined translators from Cataluyna, Germany, India and Romania in January 2014 for a…

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Wales Arts Review's Greatest Welsh Novel #3: Shifts by Christopher Meredith

26 February 2014

Read Dylan Moore's short essay on selecting Shifts by Christopher Meredith - a Wales Literature…

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Lee Seung-U in conversation with Francesca Rhydderch

21 February 2014

Lee Seung-U in conversation with Francesca Rhydderch: an event organised by Wales Literature…

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Emilia Ivancu on her January residency

21 February 2014

My adventure with Welsh literature started with a map – by the time I first read R. S. Thomas’s…

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Connecting Wales with East Asia

13 February 2014

As the Chinese New Year celebrations draw to an end, Wales Literature Exchange is pleased to…

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Creative Wales Ambassador Award to Richard Gwyn

10 February 2014

Building on our collaboration through the Latin America Writers' Chain in 2013, Wales Literature…

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Why do I translate Welsh-language literature into German?

06 February 2014

"First, because I feel that here is a specific voice, or rather: a specific range of different…

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Trespassing? It's What All Writers Do

31 January 2014

Years after his Sealines residency in Valletta comes Robert Minhinnick's Island of Lightning…

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T. H. Parry-Williams and Mihangel Morgan feature in Finnegan’s List 2014

22 January 2014

Casgliad o Ysgrifau (Collected Essays) by T. H. Parry-Williams and Melog, a novel by Mihangel…

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Robert Minhinnick selected in collection celebrating the best of European fiction

13 January 2014

Dalkey Archive Press has published its fifth annual collection, Best European Fiction 2014. The…

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R. S. Thomas: A Turbulent Priest by M. Wynn Thomas

08 January 2014

As we are grappling with translating R. S. Thomas into Catalan, Polish, Romanian and Tamil this…

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Translating literary classics from Wales at Tŷ Newydd

08 January 2014

What better way to start the new year, than by welcoming five foreign authors and translators to Tŷ…

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A Child's Christmas in Wales

20 December 2013

A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas, translated into Catalan by Francesc Parcerisas, to…

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Pethe in Paris – The Cultural Crossroad

11 December 2013

In a special edition of Pethe, broadcast on Sunday, December 8th 2013, the author and broadcaster…

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Patrick McGuinness: Prix du Premier Roman Étranger 2013

30 November 2013

After being shortlisted for France's most prestigious prizes, including the Prix Médicis Étranger…

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Cwmni ar y paith

28 November 2013

A sonnet composed by Karen Owen and Mererid Hopwood whilst on the road between Bariloche, Patagonia…

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Forgetting Chatwin?

18 November 2013

Nia Davies recounts the voyage in translation of poets from Wales, Argentina and Chile across the…

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Translation is a way of listening that changes the way we speak

17 November 2013

Read Siân Melangell Dafydd's passionate article in the Wales Arts Review on the personal legacy of…

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Residencies: new call for January 2014

09 November 2013

We will be welcoming foreign writers and translators to Tŷ Newydd in January 2014 as part of our…

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Stuart Mudie wins Translation Challenge 2013

18 October 2013

During the opening event for this year's North Wales International Poetry Festival in Bangor last…

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Slovenian writers in Wales: 'Humour doesn't save the world, it saves people.'

17 October 2013

Four writers from Slovenia will accompany indefatigable Slovenian publisher, Goga, to Wales towards…

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