2026
March 2026
London Book Fair
Thirteen member organisations will be participating in the London Book Fair where ENLIT presents the following panel debate at the Literary Translation Centre on Tuesday, 10th March, 15:45 – 16:30
Translators as agents: a solution for less translated literatures?
Translators working from less widely spoken languages are described as “ambassadors” or, in more practical terms, as “scouts”, since they often cover a wide spectrum of roles: promoting “their“ literature and authors, pitching titles to publishers, writing reader reports and more. Some make the final step towards a parallel career by becoming literary agents and representing selected authors and titles. In this session, two translators turned agents discuss the challenges of taking on this role in addition to continuing to translate with a representative of CEATL, the European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations.
Speakers: Edgar de Bruin, Director, Pluh Literary Agency; Karolina Jaszecka, translator, scout, rights agent, KaBooks Rights Agency; Francesca Novajra, translator and President of CEATL, European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations. Moderator: Alexandra Büchler, Director, Literature Across Frontiers, board member ENLIT
Organised by ENLIT European Network for Literary Translation, Literature Across Frontiers, CzechLit, Institut Ramon Llull, Polish Book Institute
2025
October 2025
Limassol Book Fair
Board member Alexandra Büchler represented the ENLIT network at the 4th Limassol Book Fair in Cyprus where she chaired two sessions in the book fair conference. The fair, organised by a group of book and literature professionals, with the aim to strengthen the position of Cyprus as a publishing hub in the Eastern Mediterranean, connecting Europe with the non-EU neighbourhood, and particularly the Arabic-speaking publishing world.
October 2025
Frankfurt Book Fair
The network held its Annual General Meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair where a new member was admitted. ENLIT members were delighted to welcome the Etxepare Basque Institute, following a presentation of its activities by Imanol Otaegi Mitxelena, Director for the Promotion of Basque Culture.
The network also extended warm thanks to outgoing member Margit Walsø for her work as Chair of ENLIT 2019-2024 and Vice Chair during the transition period 2025, and voted for a new member of the Board, Tiia Strandén, Director of FILI.
September 2025
European Book Sector Roundtable
ENLIT Chair Martin Krafl represented the network at European Book Sector Roundtable in Brussels. Organised by the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) consortium and supported by the European Commission DG EAC and the European Culture and Executive Agency (EACEA), the event brought together key stakeholders and networks, including CEATL (Council of European Associations of Literary Translators), EWC (European Writers Council), EIBF (European and International Booksellers Federation), and FEP (Federation of European Publishers).
September 2025
Mediterranean Publishing Fellowship
ENLIT Chair Martin Krafl presented the network at the Mediterranea Publishing Fellowship in Cagliari in Sardinia. The Fellowship is a distinctive cultural initiative designed to deepen understanding among international publishers. Set against the backdrop of Cagliari, our program combines academic insights with professional development, creating a space where cultural appreciation transforms into meaningful editorial relationships. The 2025 edition focused on Malta and hosted ten publishers Armenia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Malta, Switzerland and the UK.
May 2025
ENLIT joins sector lobby
ENLIT joins key organisations representing the book sector in Europe – writers (EWC), translators (CEATL), publishers (FEP), booksellers (EIBF), librarians (EBLIDA), reading promotion (EURead) – calling on the European Commission to ensure that proper funding for book professionals and literature and reading promotion is maintained in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and, even better, increased.
May 2025
Prague Book Fair
ENLIT holds its annual spring meeting in Prague hosted by CzechLit and Czechia 2026 to mark the 30th anniversary of the fair and the upcoming Guest of Honour presence of Czechia at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026. Members attending the Pragude meeting take part in the Central and East European Book Market programme and attend the 2025 Award Ceremony of the European Union Prize for Literature which takes place at the fair.
March 2025
Bologna Book Fair
Board members Julià Florit and Alexandra Büchler present ENLIT and talk about translation and dissemination of books for children on a panel organised by European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations (CEATL) at the Translators’ Cafe, with Francesca Novajra and Eva Valvo representing CEATL, and Franka Wijers, bookseller and member of RISE Bookselling Network. CEATL representatives highlighted the published report on the Strasbourg European Conference on Literary Translation.
2024
October 2024
European Conference on Literary Translation
Ten ENLIT members were represented at this landmark event organised by CEATL (European network of literary translators’ associations) and held in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 2-4 October. Alexandra Büchler (Literature Across Frontiers) introduced ENLIT in a panel session on networks, while Sinéad MacAodha (Literature Ireland) moderated a session on translation data and statistics with Julià Florit (Institut Ramon Llull) and Martin Krafl (CzechLit) speaking. Julià Florit’s contribution presenting aggregated ENLIT members’ support for translation across Europe will be made available later with more complete data. Camilla Pargentino (Dutch Foundation for Literature) spoke in a workshop on translation subsidies. The conference was attended by more than 300 participants and viewed online by over 1500.
October 2024
Frankfurt Book Fair
ENLIT member organisations participated in this key book world event on 16-20 October with national stands and in the annual network meeting hosted by the fair. The network elected a new board member, Ilvi Liive-Roosipuu, after Niki Théron stepped down, and Alexandra Büchler was reelected for three more years.
The Malta Book Council was accepted as new network member.
May 2024
ENLIT network’s spring meeting takes place at the Thessaloniki Book Fair, hosted by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture.
March 2024
ENLIT network presents itself at the Literary Translation Centre at the London Book Fair.
2023
October 2023
The network meets at the Frankfurt Book Fair and a panel debate is held at the Aldus Stage.
December 2023
ENLit presents itself and its activities in two sessions at the Guadalajara Book Fair in December 2023.
June 2023
Lithuanian Culture Institute hosts the meeting of ENLit in June on the occasion of the city’s 700 anniversary celebrations. The members discuss plans for the Guadalajara Book Fair and continue debates in working groups.
2022
October 2022
ENLit’s autumn meeting takes place at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
May 2022
ENLit spring meeting is held in Barcelona hosted by Institut Ramon Llull. The two-day meeting includes working groups discussing topics such as translation grants, book fairs, festivals and fellowships.
2021
The Frankfurt Book Fair opens its doors again after the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns and ENLit resumes in-person meetings.
Headline photo credit: Frankfurt Book Fair / Nurettin Cicek
2026
March 2026
London Book Fair
Thirteen member organisations will be participating in the London Book Fair where ENLIT presents the following panel debate at the Literary Translation Centre on Tuesday, 10th March, 15:45 – 16:30
Translators as agents: a solution for less translated literatures?
Translators working from less widely spoken languages are described as “ambassadors” or, in more practical terms, as “scouts”, since they often cover a wide spectrum of roles: promoting “their“ literature and authors, pitching titles to publishers, writing reader reports and more. Some make the final step towards a parallel career by becoming literary agents and representing selected authors and titles. In this session, two translators turned agents discuss the challenges of taking on this role in addition to continuing to translate with a representative of CEATL, the European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations.
Speakers: Edgar de Bruin, Director, Pluh Literary Agency; Karolina Jaszecka, translator, scout, rights agent, KaBooks Rights Agency; Francesca Novajra, translator and President of CEATL, European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations. Moderator: Alexandra Büchler, Director, Literature Across Frontiers, board member ENLIT
Organised by ENLIT European Network for Literary Translation, Literature Across Frontiers, CzechLit, Institut Ramon Llull, Polish Book Institute
2025
October 2025
Limassol Book Fair
Board member Alexandra Büchler represented the ENLIT network at the 4th Limassol Book Fair in Cyprus where she chaired two sessions in the book fair conference. The fair, organised by a group of book and literature professionals, with the aim to strengthen the position of Cyprus as a publishing hub in the Eastern Mediterranean, connecting Europe with the non-EU neighbourhood, and particularly the Arabic-speaking publishing world.
October 2025
Frankfurt Book Fair
The network held its Annual General Meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair where a new member was admitted. ENLIT members were delighted to welcome the Etxepare Basque Institute, following a presentation of its activities by Imanol Otaegi Mitxelena, Director for the Promotion of Basque Culture.
The network also extended warm thanks to outgoing member Margit Walsø for her work as Chair of ENLIT 2019-2024 and Vice Chair during the transition period 2025, and voted for a new member of the Board, Tiia Strandén, Director of FILI.
September 2025
European Book Sector Roundtable
ENLIT Chair Martin Krafl represented the network at European Book Sector Roundtable in Brussels. Organised by the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) consortium and supported by the European Commission DG EAC and the European Culture and Executive Agency (EACEA), the event brought together key stakeholders and networks, including CEATL (Council of European Associations of Literary Translators), EWC (European Writers Council), EIBF (European and International Booksellers Federation), and FEP (Federation of European Publishers).
September 2025
Mediterranean Publishing Fellowship
ENLIT Chair Martin Krafl presented the network at the Mediterranea Publishing Fellowship in Cagliari in Sardinia. The Fellowship is a distinctive cultural initiative designed to deepen understanding among international publishers. Set against the backdrop of Cagliari, our program combines academic insights with professional development, creating a space where cultural appreciation transforms into meaningful editorial relationships. The 2025 edition focused on Malta and hosted ten publishers Armenia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Malta, Switzerland and the UK.
May 2025
ENLIT joins sector lobby
ENLIT joins key organisations representing the book sector in Europe – writers (EWC), translators (CEATL), publishers (FEP), booksellers (EIBF), librarians (EBLIDA), reading promotion (EURead) – calling on the European Commission to ensure that proper funding for book professionals and literature and reading promotion is maintained in the next Multiannual Financial Framework and, even better, increased.
May 2025
Prague Book Fair
ENLIT holds its annual spring meeting in Prague hosted by CzechLit and Czechia 2026 to mark the 30th anniversary of the fair and the upcoming Guest of Honour presence of Czechia at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026. Members attending the Pragude meeting take part in the Central and East European Book Market programme and attend the 2025 Award Ceremony of the European Union Prize for Literature which takes place at the fair.
March 2025
Bologna Book Fair
Board members Julià Florit and Alexandra Büchler present ENLIT and talk about translation and dissemination of books for children on a panel organised by European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations (CEATL) at the Translators’ Cafe, with Francesca Novajra and Eva Valvo representing CEATL, and Franka Wijers, bookseller and member of RISE Bookselling Network. CEATL representatives highlighted the published report on the Strasbourg European Conference on Literary Translation.
2024
October 2024
European Conference on Literary Translation
Ten ENLIT members were represented at this landmark event organised by CEATL (European network of literary translators’ associations) and held in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 2-4 October. Alexandra Büchler (Literature Across Frontiers) introduced ENLIT in a panel session on networks, while Sinéad MacAodha (Literature Ireland) moderated a session on translation data and statistics with Julià Florit (Institut Ramon Llull) and Martin Krafl (CzechLit) speaking. Julià Florit’s contribution presenting aggregated ENLIT members’ support for translation across Europe will be made available later with more complete data. Camilla Pargentino (Dutch Foundation for Literature) spoke in a workshop on translation subsidies. The conference was attended by more than 300 participants and viewed online by over 1500.
October 2024
Frankfurt Book Fair
ENLIT member organisations participated in this key book world event on 16-20 October with national stands and in the annual network meeting hosted by the fair. The network elected a new board member, Ilvi Liive-Roosipuu, after Niki Théron stepped down, and Alexandra Büchler was reelected for three more years.
The Malta Book Council was accepted as new network member.
May 2024
ENLIT network’s spring meeting takes place at the Thessaloniki Book Fair, hosted by the Hellenic Foundation for Culture.
March 2024
ENLIT network presents itself at the Literary Translation Centre at the London Book Fair.
2023
October 2023
The network meets at the Frankfurt Book Fair and a panel debate is held at the Aldus Stage.
December 2023
ENLit presents itself and its activities in two sessions at the Guadalajara Book Fair in December 2023.
June 2023
Lithuanian Culture Institute hosts the meeting of ENLit in June on the occasion of the city’s 700 anniversary celebrations. The members discuss plans for the Guadalajara Book Fair and continue debates in working groups.
The Frankfurt Book Fair opens its doors again after the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns and ENLit resumes in-person meetings.
Headline photo credit: Frankfurt Book Fair / Nurettin Cicek