Announcing NYCT’s Mid-March Conference on Literary Translation
NYCT Program Director Kate Deimling and Vice President Alta Price are pleased to announce “Adventures in Literary Translation,” the Circle’s first-ever conference on the topic, to be held this coming March. The event will feature a two-hour session of presentations by three professional literary translators, an hour-long lunch and networking break, and a two-hour roundtable discussion with a panel of five experts discussing the topic from an editing and publishing perspective.
Presenters include: Russian > English translator Antonina Bouis; Spanish > English translator G. J. Racz; French > English translator Lee Fahnestock; German > English translator Benjamin Ross; publisher Chad Post (Open Letter Books, Three Percent); and editor Sal Robinson (Melville House, The Bridge Series).
Details:
Date: Saturday, March 14
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: the Woolworth Building (entrance at 15 Barclay St.)
Prices:
NYCT Members in advance: $40
Students in advance: $30
NYCT Members onsite: $60
Students onsite: $50
Non-members in advance: $75
Non-members onsite: $100
* Students must bring valid student ID to the conference
** All registration fees include lunch
We’ll send more details and a registration link as the date approaches, so look for an NYCT email in your in-box, and please help spread the word among your colleagues, clients, students, and the broader community!
