July 2026

A month in books: July 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 July we received copies of 8 titles in 6 languages:

• Adrian Duncan's “The Geometer Lobachevsky" in French translated by Marie Hermet Bilhaut - @les.grands.vents
• Enda Walsh’s “Disco Pigs” in Macedonian translated Biljana Kitanovska (Билјана Китановска) - Perun Artis
• Colm Tóibín’s “Nora Webster” in Armenian translated by Astghik Atabekyan (Աստղիկ Աթաբեկյան) - Newmag Publishing House
• Emilie Pine’s “Ruth and Pen” in Danish translated by Christa Leve Poulsen - @vinterforlag
• Louise Kennedy’s “Stations” in German translated by Claudia Glenewinkel and Hans-Christian Oeser - @ullsteinbuchverlage
• Paul Murray’s “The Bee Sting” in Ukrainian translated by Maksym Kalinichenko (Максим Калініченко) - @stary_lev
• Colm Tóibín’s “Long Island” in Bulgarian translated by Elka Videnova (Елка Виденова) - ICU Publishing
• Colin Barrett’s “Wild Houses” in Polish translated by Milosz Biedrzycki - @wydawnictwo.filtry