February 2026

A month in books: February 2026

Literature Ireland's Translation Grant programme invites international publishers to apply for a contribution towards the translation of Irish literature from English or Irish into another language. For 30 years now, Literature Ireland's archive has housed copies of these awarded books!

In February we received copies of 7 titles in 6 languages:

• Colin Walsh's "Kala" in German translated by Andrea O’Brien (@gutkind_verlag)
• Ferdia Lennon's "Glorious Exploits" in Dutch translated by Peter Valkenet (@meridiaanboeken)
• Doireann Ní Ghríofa's "Clasp" in Spanish (Argentina) translated by Victoria Principi / @victoria.homingwords and Irene Meneguzzi / @irene.meneguzzi (@editora.homingwords)
• Anna Burn's "Milkman" in Macedonian translated by Katerina Josifoska / Катерина Јосифоска (Artkonekt)
• Soula Emmanuel's "Wild Geese" in Portuguese (Mozambique) translated by Sandra Temele / @asandratamele (@editoratrintazeronove)
• Roisín O’Donnell's "Nesting" in Dutch translated by Lisette Graswinckel (@wereldbibliotheek)
• Jan Carson's "The Raptures" in Greek translated by Vicky Porfyridou / @vicky_n_books (@vakxikon.gr)