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ILE joins the new Centre for Literary Translation, TCD

THE CENTRE FOR LITERARY TRANSLATION is a newly established partnership between Ireland Literature Exchange (ILE), Dalkey Archive Press, the Oscar Wilde Centre and the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures in Trinity College...
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Call for expressions of interest from Irish publishers to exhibit at London Book Fair 2013

Ireland Literature Exchange invites expressions of interest from Irish publishers to exhibit and to promote their titles at the Ireland at London stand at London Book Fair, which takes place 15–17 April 2013 at...
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ILE and the Council of the European Union

As part of Ireland's hosting the Council of the European Union between January and June 2013, Ireland Literature Exchange has donated over four hundred first editions of Irish literature in...
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Residential Literary Translation Bursary (BRAZIL) 2013

Ireland Literature Exchange/Idirmhalartán Litríocht Éireann (ILE) in co-operation with The Centre for Literary Translation, Trinity College Dublin invites applications from literary translators from Brazil who are translating a work of...
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Roma Kid by Kevin Barry, published exclusively by ILE

Roma Kid, a short story by the award-winning Irish writer Kevin Barry, has been granted exclusively to Ireland Literature Exchange for a limited time to mark our key role in...
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FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2012

This year, on behalf of Culture Ireland, the official organisation for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide, Ireland Literature Exchange will co-ordinate the Ireland at Frankfurt stand at the Frankfurt...
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4 WRITERS, 8 VOICES, 12 LANGUAGES, Europe Day, Temple Bar


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2012 Deadlines for the Translation Grant Programme

2012 deadlines for the translation grant programme have now been set. They are:
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POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE

FOR A FREE SET OF POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, SEND US AN EMAIL AT eventsATirelandliteratureDOTcom AND TELL US HOW YOU HEARD ABOUT THEM! WE'LL POST A SET TO YOU.
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Call for Applications to the Translator Bursary Programme :: TURKEY


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Culture Night Dublin 2011!

Ireland Literature Exchange is pleased to invite you to an evening of fiction and poetry, in the historic and literary setting of Sweny's Chemist, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, as part...
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Four Fiction Fridays

Ireland Literature Exchange, in collaboration with Dublin City Public Libraries, is pleased to announce a series of lunchtime readings by award-winning Irish writers, taking place in Dublin City Public Library,...
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New Digital Arts Marketing Training announced today by Arts Audiences

Do you know the most cost effective way to grow your audiences online?
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Moscow Book Fair 2010: photographs!

Photographs from ILE's visit to the Non/Fiction Book Fair 2010 in December are now online here!
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Maggie O'Farrell Wins 2010 Costa Novel Award

Irish author Maggie O'Farrell has won the 2010 Costa Novel Award for her book The Hand that First Held Mine.
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Seamus Heaney wins Forward Poetry Prize for Human Chain

Ireland Literature Exchange wishes to extend warm congratulations to Seamus Heaney, who was awarded the 2010 Forward Poetry Prize for his most recent collection, Human Chain.
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National Campaign for the Arts latest video

The National Campaign for the Arts has posted a new video about the National Day of Action which takes place on 17th of September 2010.
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Kevin Barry at the European Short Story Festival, Zagreb, 2010

Irish short story writer, Kevin Barry, attended the Festival of the European Short Story in Zagreb this year.
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Irish Poetry in Translation on the Web: Clarification

It has come to the attention of Ireland Literature Exchange that misinformation has circulated in certain territories of the world in relation to ILE's position regarding the posting/publishing of Irish...
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Dublin Named UNESCO City of Literature

Dublin has become only the fourth city in the world to be named a UNESCO City of Literature.
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Harry Clifton named Ireland's Professor of Poetry 2010–2013

ILE would like to congratulate Harry Clifton who has been appointed Ireland's next Professor of Poetry, a position he will hold until 2013.
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Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin wins the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry 2010

ILE extends warmest congratulations to the Irish poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, who was named the International winner of the tenth annual Griffin Poetry Prize.
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Siobhán Parkinson becomes Ireland's first Laureate for Children's Literature

ILE would like to extend our warmest and most hearty congratulations to Siobhán Parkinson, who became Ireland's first Laureate na nÓg at a special event at the Arts Council on...
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Brendan Kennelly receives the Irish PEN Award for Contribution to Irish Literature

Brendan Kennelly has been announced as the 2010 recipient of the Irish PEN Award for Contribution to Irish Literature.
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