Fans of haunting and fear might want to get started on spooky reads sooner rather than later. Lauren Sands’ Substack unfurls a long list of gothic literature for your enjoyment, including translations from ALTA members Susan Bernofsky, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, David McKay, and more.

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Bennington Writing Seminars is proud to sponsor @littranslate.bsky.social ALTA49! If you’re attending, come meet us during the Coffee Break on Friday, Oct. 23, at 10:15 a.m. and learn more about our new dual-genre concentration in literary translation. We’d love to see you!

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“Na’lbandian both cares for these traditions and...abuses and stretches their boundaries.”

Translator from Persian Neshat Sadatmansoori writes about translating Abbas Na’lbandian’s “Union in the Seventh Valley: A Ghazal of Sorrow”. Read the feature AND the ghazal here:

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🎉 Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature! She has been awarded the prize "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature." buff.ly/YN9w5RO

It's the last day to sign up for the Wayfinders program! If you're new to ALTA and looking for someone to show you the ropes, or if you'd like to be someone's "in" to the conference, sign up now: buff.ly/1DcedYs

We're especially seeking experienced conference goers to sign up to welcome newcomers!

⏰️ The deadline is TODAY to register online for ALTA49: Give and Take (10/21-24 in Portland, OR)! Register by EOD to save - if you don't, you'll have to wait to register (at a higher rate!) onsite at the conference: buff.ly/NZnBbEq

As always ALL attendees, exhibitors, and presenters must register!

“behind the angel’s visage,
there’s only rust, fire, ashes, and smithereens.”

Plume Poetry’s October Issue features two poems from Francesc Parcerisas, translated from Catalan by Cyrus Cassells. Featuring the original Catalan, both written and spoken, go check them out.

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“Everyone knows the classics…Amongst them, hailed should be Qian Zhongshu and FORTRESS BESIEGED."

Madeline Schult reviews Qian Zhongshu’s FORTRESS BESIEGED, translated from Chinese by Jeanne Kelly and Nathan K. Mao. Witty, satirical, human – what more could you want?

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Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to register online for ALTA49: Give and Take, taking place 10/21-24 in Portland, OR! If you don't register by EOD tomorrow, you will have to wait to register (at a higher rate!) onsite at the conference. All attendees, presenters & exhibitors must register! buff.ly/P9Cn1jA

🎉 We are excited to announce the shortlists for the 2026 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose! Congratulations to the translators, authors, and publishers on these lists.

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If you’re a fan of speculative fiction in translation, then you’re in luck! This site has your back with a list of 2026 translation publications. You can go and see what’s already come out, what October holds, and anticipated releases all the way up to the end of 2026.

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📣 UPDATE! ALTA is delighted to announce that the 2027 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open - and now include a mentorship in Polish with Bill Johnston!

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