Publishing Scotland Takes Scottish Books To The World
As the UK must now officially prepare for a general election, our colleagues from Publishing Scotland keep calm and carry on, showing that Scottish publishing and writing is an open and dynamic industry that has stories to share with the rest of the world. This year's programme includes a leading publisher from France who will visit Scotland in August, and a French translator in residence.
Here are our highlights:
International Fellowship programme
Ten senior industry figures from the USA, South America, Canada, Europe and Australia have accepted Fellowship invitations to visit Scotland in August 2017 to meet publishers, agents and writers in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness. Among them, Bénédicte Lombardo, Senior Acquisitions Editor at Éditions Michel Lafon will represent France.
Ms. Lombardo worked for 11 years at Univers Poche as editorial director for the SFF imprints for both Fleuve Noir (trade) and Pocket (mass market paperback). She also created a general YA imprint, Territoires. She briefly worked with a TV Producer as commissioning editor and eventually joined Michel Lafon Publishing in 2014. There she is the Senior Acquisitions Editor for both adult and children's fiction, acquiring mostly foreign fiction - from commercial fiction (Kristin Hannah, Delia Ephron) to thrillers (Candice Fox, Riley Sager). She also edits French non-fiction titles.
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Translation Residences
Cove Park is delighted to announce its Translation Programme, in partnership with Publishing Scotland, which this year will welcome three translators for a four-week residency. The programme is designed to develop their practice and also boost the profile of literary translation. Cove Park, based in Argyll and Bute, offers an annual programme of residencies for the arts and creative industries. Among the participants is French translator Maïca Sanconie.
Translator and English teacher, Ms. Sanconie is also a specialist in African American painting. She has written three books published at Quidam éditeur, and translates mostly children's literature and Young Adult fiction from English into French.
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All the best to our Scottish colleagues, and may the Aulde Alliance be renewed in myriad ways!
