Mo Yan. Photo by Jonathan Stalling. Shortly after China woke up to the news on October 11 that a Chinese national had won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, a storm of discussion raged throughout…

This week, the buzz in literary news seemed all about translation—the process, the difficulties, and the benefits.  Don't forget that the November issue is right around the corner! Subscribe today to…

When it was announced yesterday that Mo Yan is this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, it echoed the case made by WLT executive director Robert Con Davis-Undiano, who deliver…

From the Clinton Library, a view of a bridge crossing the Arkansas River. Every two years a group of outstanding international writers gathers for the International Conference on the Short Story in E…

This week was full of new items worthy of our "Fun Finds and Inspiration" title. But don't forget to mark your calendars with the events listed under "For Your Calendar"! News, Reviews, and In…

The world of literature never rests. This busy week was filled with new podcast lectures, new author interviews, and a new translation of a very old publication. Stay tuned to find out what's new next…

The Edinburgh International Book Festival is off to an energetic start, and in the course of two weeks the festival will feature no fewer than eight hundred international writers in around 750 unique…

Upon finishing Chris Cleave’s recent novel Gold (a drama examining the friendship and family of three Olympic-caliber British cyclists), I took to the Web to find other fiction featuring Oly…

As always, it was a very busy week in the world of literature. This week's links reach across the globe, with news from Japan, Germany, France, and England. News, Reviews, and Interviews…

Welcome to the first Friday Link Pool post! Every week, this space will feature links from media sources around the web about recent literary news and events. News, Reviews, and…

Photos from Ó Bhéal, Cork City’s six-years-old-and-still-going-strong weekly poetry reading. Ó Bhéal / Paul Casey An American fiction writer faces a crisis of self-doubt upon fi…

  Since the early 2000s, World Literature Today has been gingerly dipping a toe into the fast-flowing waters of the World Wide Web. In the early years, we started out by hosting a basic webs…