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In celebration of International Womenâs Day on Monday 8
th March, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland is shining a light on just some of the many talented women who are working in the Arts in the region.
RoisÃn McDonough, Chief Executive, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, commented,Â
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I am delighted to help celebrate IWD and in particular the many women artists that the Arts Council supports. Itâs anÂ
opportunity to remember just what the ARTS can do, how powerful the arts are in their ability to challenge, inspire and give women a voice. And importantly, the power of the arts to bring women and communities closer together across the world.
PUBLISHING Scotland has announced that its Translation Fund, designed to support international publishers with the translation of Scottish authors, has once again supported a brilliant array of authors and publishers. With the help of Creative Scotland, the publishing house has spent £23,000 on 15 international publishers to translate Scottish writing into German, Turkish, French, Danish, Italian, Arabic, Serbian, Macedonian, Hungarian and Portuguese. The website explains further: “Its purpose is to support publishers based outside the UK to buy rights from Scottish and UK publishers and agents by offering assistance with the cost of translation of contemporary Scottish writers. The funding will be received in the form of a grant.”
BBC News
By Giancarlo Rinaldi
Published
image captionMany book festivals are looking at continuing some digital elements this year
Book festivals across Scotland have been busy drawing up plans to cope with an uncertain year ahead.
An online format, a change of date or switch of venue are among the options being explored to try to help meet the nation s literary needs.
Paisley Book Festival is one of the first into the fray this year, running from 18 to 27 February.
Launched last year on the back of its UK City of Culture bid, this time around it will be an online event.
Friday, February 12, 2021 | 6:00 AM – 6:59 AM
A true Bergener – both proud of and spiteful about his city – is author Tomas Espedal, who has written extensively about Bergen life and rain. Author Karl Ove Knausgård lived in Bergen for many years and will read from his latest novel Morgenstjernen (The Morning Star), which is partly set in the city. On stage are also Sámi author Kathrine Nedrejord and musician Sara Marielle Gaup. The Sámi, Norway’s indigenous population, were at one time forcibly assimilated into Norwegian life, language, culture and literature, but a new generation of them is no longer either ashamed or silent about their ancestry. Hosts are TV and radio journalists Siss Vik and Mona B Riise, who will also chat with festival director Teresa Grøtan about the Literature Live Around the World programme.