Demons, primates, and quirky villagers: Find all this and more in the six new books Tobias Carroll recommends this month.

Author Karim Kattan and translator Jeffrey Zuckerman discuss Eden at Dawn, longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

A precision of sounds and imagery capture the essence of elemental fire in Margaret Noodin’s self-translated poem from Ojibwe, the final post in the 2026 Words Without Borders–Academy of American…

An unwelcome visitor becomes a coveted houseguest in this poem by Voltaire Oyzon.

WWB's Alicia Lim talks with us about her past work at Feminist Press, her love of horror books and films, and her visual art practice.

Celebrate World Kid Lit Month with nine new children's and YA books translated from Korean, Arabic, German, and more.

Raging and roaring: Daniel Lipara’s prose poem translated by Robin Myers, the latest post in the 2026 Words Without Borders–Academy of American Poets National Translation Month series.

Israeli writer Nina Harel tells a story about a resourceful child who takes a phone message when he can't write yet.

Ominous, potent, and dreamlike: Jenny Tunedal’s poem, translated by Johannes Göransson, from the WWB–AAP 2026 National Translation Month.

© Isabel Zapata. By arrangement with the author. Translation © 2020 by Robin Myers. All rights reserved.

"Driven by premise rather than plot, The Formosa Exchange is packaged as a nesting doll of speculative metafiction," writes critic Michelle Chan Schmidt.

A virtual event about translating from underrepresented South Asian languages, and the challenges and rewards that come with it.

The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Translated Literature Find the New Yorker announcement here. New York, NY (September 15, 2026) – The National Book Foundation today announced…

A Whale Is a Country Wins the Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation 2026 We are delighted to announce that A Whale Is a Country by Mexican poet  Isabel Zapata, translated from Spanish by…

Ominous, potent, and dreamlike: Jenny Tunedal’s poem, translated by Johannes Göransson, from the WWB–AAP 2026 National Translation Month.

South Asia Speaks offers literary mentorship to outstanding emerging writers living in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Nepal

Tech developers think automation will fundamentally reshape the work of literary translators, but not everyone is on board.

"Driven by premise rather than plot, The Formosa Exchange is packaged as a nesting doll of speculative metafiction," writes critic Michelle Chan Schmidt.

On the Senegalese island of Niodior, an elementary-school teacher gives a poor child the French language and the rest of the world.

The Aficionado Award recognises outstanding individuals, organisations and initiatives that are making a lasting difference to the publishing industry.

Graciela Maglia introduces “Creole Languages of the Caribbean,” featuring literature translated from Palenquero, Haitian Creole, and more.

In this novel excerpt by Raphaël Confiant, a pioneer of the Créolité movement, a young man mourns the loss of a friend and colleague.