Partial illustration from the cover of The Angel House by Kerstin Ekman, translated by Sarah Death.

Recent Translations by SELTA Members

Sun and ShadowSun and Shadow by Åke Edwardson
Translated by Laurie Thompson
Harvill Press | 1843432005

SnowSnow by Ellen Mattson
Translated by Sarah Death
Jonathan Cape | 0224072668

HashHash by Torgny Lindgren
Translated by Tom Geddes
Duckworth | 071563299X

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What's New May 2010

The Spring 2010 SELTA meeting took place on Wednesday 28 April at 2 pm at the Swedish Embassy in London.

Our guest speaker was the noted Swedish author Per Wästberg.

 

What's New Jan 2010

God fortsättning!

What's New Dec 09

Times obituary about Karin Petherick       Click here

What's New Nov 2009

 Svenska Dagbladet obituary about Karin Petherick

  (see Members' Area / Archive)

AGM Minutes available in Members' Area / Minutes

 

What's New Oct 2009

AGM on Tue 3 Nov at 2 pm at Swedish Embassy.

The website is now running on a new, faster server.

 

What's New Sep 2009

Symposium on Elin Wägner: A Writer for Our Times

Go to Members' Area, Log in, then select 'Meetings'

 

What's New Jan 2009

Message from Helen Sigeland (see Members' Area)
 

What's New Oct 2008

Shaw Translation Prize

Click here for more info (PDF file)

Click here for Applications for financial support

 

What's New August 2008

Report on Waltic conference, Stockholm

Report by Peter Linton - click to download PDF file

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What's New June 2008 (updated Oct 2008)

EU support for Literary Translation

See website http://www.culturefund.eu/

Deadline now passed.


What's New May 2008

Booktrust New website of translated fiction

 

SELTA Newsletter
by Eivor Martinus

 

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