New York, New York, February 7, 2018—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today awards totaling more than $25 million in its first funding round of fiscal year 2018, including an…

September 30 is International Translation Day, celebrated annually on the feast of St. Jerome, the patron saint of translators. Today we’re giving thanks for the worldwide network of writers, translators,…

New York City, New York, December 13, 2016—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today awards totaling more than $30 million in its first funding round of fiscal year 2017, including…

This month’s issue of Words without Borders brings readers a delightfully diverse selection of Cambodian literature ranging from ancient poetry to rap music. But this isn’t…

The longlist for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award (formerly IMPAC Dublin) has been announced, and it’s full of outstanding work by WWB contributors! We’re especially excited…

WWB staff, board, contributors, supporters, and readers gathered on Monday night at Tribeca 360 to celebrate Words Without Borders and honor Metropolitan Books publisher Sara Bershtel with the 2015 Ottaway…

As governments around the world prepare to elect the next leaders (and as we get ready for our annual Globe Trot), we’re charting a literary itinerary of writing from countries that will hold local…

As Indonesia wraps up its starring role as the guest of honor at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, we’re shining a spotlight this weekend on Indonesian writing from our archives. Our January…

This WWB Weekend, we give you an overview of the Nobel laureates we’ve published.We were tickled to hear that Svetlana Alexievich had won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature (for more on that, see…

At the Brooklyn Book Festival, the PEN Translation Committee brought together three translators and one publisher of international children’s books for a conversation about the importance of bringing…

Pope Francis’s visit to the United States means many things to many people. Granted, so does Catholicism. But whether you’re rerouting your commute through Washington, New York, or Philadelphia, or…

The ongoing refugee crisis is weighing heavy on our minds, providing cause to revisit the WWB archives for stories of migration and displacement beyond the headlines. These are perennial themes in the…

We’re looking forward to the Brooklyn Book Festival this weekend, not least because of the many WWB contributors it will bring to the stage! The main festival is on Sunday, but we’ll…

As the first signs of fall creep into the air, we're beginning the countdown to our annual gala, and we hope you can make it! This year's gala will be held November 2nd at the gorgeous event space…

If your plans for the weekend include combing through the Words without Borders archives, be sure to read these favorites, which capture the universal melancholy of late…

A crowd of roughly sixty people filled the rustic loft space at 61 Local on Tuesday night for a bilingual reading from Words without Borders's September issue of writing from Peru, “Geography…