This week is a celebration of several new milestones: the Man Booker shortlist came out, with Colm Tóibín’s novel, The Testament of Mary, coming in as the shortest nominated book in the prize…

This week we said goodbye to two literary giants: first to Seamus Heaney, who passed away this week at the age of 74. We also lost Frederik Pohl this week, champion of the sci-fi genre with a career…

As we celebrate the launch of the September issue this week, we aim to bring your attention to LGBT-related news from around the world, particularly as it relates to literature. You’ll find an article…

As the date for the Nobel Prize announcement draws ever nearer, speculation has officially begun about who might be in the running this year. Check out the blog link below as well as our guest blog fr…

This week’s news seemed to arrive in doubles—two new pieces on Haruki Murakami, two new pieces on the roles of public libraries, and two new pieces about the upcoming Neustadt/NSK Festival in October.…

This week brought up several important topics within literary discussions, including the state of Polish publishing houses and the right to free speech on the Internet. But there were also several fun…

This week was all about new translations. Pieces by Jorge Luis Borges and César Aira were published this week, and forthcoming titles, including the much anticipated Library of Arabic Literature serie…

There was much talk of the need for various revolutions within the literary world this week, including for modern poetry (again) and for quietness. Also new this week are several literary prize announ…

What a busy week for us at WLT—the nine Neustadt nominees have been announced! You can find the link for that list, as well as lists for other prizes announced this week, in the links below.…

Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Lit Links—we hope you didn't miss them too much over the holiday. To make up for our absence, links this week include more fun finds and calendar items than us…

From the protests in Turkey to graduation speeches in the U.S., this week’s lit links cover a lot of ground. We’ve also included several upcoming events and dates we think you should be aware of, so m…

What an exciting week for WLT! As you know (or will find in the links below), we recently announced the jurors of the 2014 Neustadt Festival. You can expect the Neustadt Prize finalists annou…

So many lit links, so little time! This week’s highlights include more literary news from the protestors in Gezi Park, Turkey; some disheartening news from German-language publisher Suhrkamp; and a cr…

This week’s links take us around the world to see poetry in Afghanistan, a new library amid the protests in Turkey, and the longest word in German language history finally being retired. Enjoy!…

Poetry has a long history in the Middle East (as author Khaled Furani examines in one of the new books listed below), and Palestinians in the footsteps of Mahmoud Darwish and many other predecessors a…

“Resiliency is the transformative process in life that changes the dark coal of adversity into a brilliant clear diamond of strength. It is the force that energizes us to grow through diversity or cha…

From Pablo Neruda’s exhumation to Cairo’s first ever translation slam, this week’s lit links have it all! News, Reviews, and Interviews The New Yorker recently asked world-fa…

This week, the representation of women in translated literature was a hot-button issue. Read about it below! News, Reviews, and Interviews A new study reveals that women represent onl…

This week, you can meet the two winners of the Best Translated Book Awards, transport yourself to the Bogota International Book Festival, and check Google for how many times your favorite word has bee…

All new links ready for your perusal, including photo recaps of this year’s PEN World Voices Festival, two exciting events in London this month, and a flash game inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most…

This week’s links are jam-packed with literary news (as you can see), including several links about Chinese literature, commentary on upcoming lit prize announcements, and, as always, lively discussio…

1. He wrote the song “A Boy Named Sue” popularized by Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (Live At San... by DJ_DirtyDevil   2. In 1956 he started drawing comics for…

This week’s links highlight several new literary events, including some poetry seminars available to anyone with an Internet connection. Don’t forget our fun finds, either - lots of great inspirations…

The Man from Snowy River (1982, Australia) Director: George Miller; Screenplay: Cul Cullen, John Dixon; Poem: Banjo Patterson (same title) Jim Craig is eighteen when his father dies, and to…

Retrato de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. por Miguel Cabrea, 1750.  Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–95) was born in San Miguel Nepantla, Tepetlixpa, Mex…