-Translation Workshop, Turkey
Yaprak Oz, photographed by Anahit Hayrapetyan
21st - 27th June,
Buyukada Island, Turkey
Word Express writers and translators Gokcenur Celebioglu, Baris Mustecaplioglu, Yaprak Oz, Igor Isakovski, Milan Dobricic Nurduran Duman Efe Duyan and Claudiu Komartin are meeting on the island of Buyukada in Turkey to work on translations of the work of authors involved in the project. We look forward to publishing some of these translations in the autumn. This workshop is organised by Delta Publications.
You can read some samples of the work of these and other Word Express writers on the participants pages
News
Word Express writer Ognjen Spahić from Montenegro will be visiting London for events with his UK publisher, Istros Books, from the 15th - 18th of May. See the Istros Books website for more details.
This year's Prague Book Fair - Svet Knihy - is focusing on literature the Black Sea region. Word Express writers Ivan Hristov (Bulgaria), Zaza Koshkadze (Georgia) and Pelin Özer (Turkey) will talk about their Balkan literary journey and read their work at the gala evening. Go to the Literature Across Frontiers website for more details.
Word Express interviews Georgian poet Zaza Koshkadze, and talks to Owen Martell and Milan Dobricic about translating and publishing Owen's novel into Serbian after meeting on the Word Express journey. All on the Travel Blog.