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“Changing the Translation Landscape from Multilingual Spain: Cultural Diplomacy and the UK Publishing Industry” <\/em>– funded by the Arts and Humanities Impact Fund, AHIF (2022-2023).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The participation of Spain as Guest of Honour 2022 at the strategically important Frankfurt Book Fair is seen by the Spanish Government as a crucial opportunity to display Spain\u2019s diverse literary heritage. Multilingualism was one of the five strategic pillars of the Spanish Guest of Honour Frankfurt 2022 project \u201cSpilling Creativity”<\/a>. This project studies how multilingualism is materialised (and to which extent it was achieved) at the Frankfurt Book Fair, with a special focus on the internationalisation of literatures in non-hegemonic languages. This project has a crucial impact and public engagement component, as the overarching aim is to contribute to changing the UK publishing landscape in translation (and ultimately, British readers\u2019 perceptions) raising a greater awareness about Spain\u2019s multilingualism. Both the Spanish Directorate for Books and Reading Promotion (Ministry of Culture, Spanish Government) and the Instituto Cervantes London are my non-academic partners, and I will also be working closely with literary translators, writers, cultural agents and translation policy-makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I carried out participant observation at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2022, to develop knowledge and understanding of how multilingualism is materialised in the cultural diplomacy strategies developed as part of the Spanish Guest of Honour project and how key stakeholders think and make decisions. Following this initial research and networking phase, a series of impact focused outputs were developed, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Events & Outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Panel “Less Translated Literatures from Multilingual Spain: Asturian, Basque, Galician”<\/strong>, at the London Book Fair, 20 April 2023. For more info, visit the London Book Fair website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For an album of pictures, links and coverage on social media, check this collection on Wakelet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Round table and translator’s readings “Riveting Writing from Multilingual Spain”<\/strong>, at Instituto Cervantes London & streaming online, 21 April 2023. Video here:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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