September 2026

A month in books: September 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 September we received copies of 14 titles in 9 languages:

• Colm Tóibín's “The Magician” in Hungarian translated by Júlia Kada - Libri Publishing Hungary / Park Publishing
• Garrett Carr’s “The Boy from the Sea” in Romanian translated by Ana-Valentina Dobrin - Humanitas
• Claire-Louise Bennett’s “Checkout-19” in Chinese translated by Su Liang (苏凉) - Archipel Press
• Claire Keegan’s “So Late in The Day” in Slovenian translated by Jerca Kos - Mladinska knjiga
• Colum McCann’s “Twist” in Spanish trans. by Marina Perezagua - Feltrinelli editores
• Annemarie Nì Churreàin’s “Ghostgirl” in Italian trans. by Alessandro Gentili - Valigie Rosse Edizioni
• Paul Murray’s “The Bee Sting” in Slovenian trans. by Andrej Ermenc Skubic - Založba Pivec
• Claire-Louise Bennett’s “Big Kiss, Bye-Bye” in Spanish trans. by Silvia Martín Salvador - Malas Tierras Editorial
• Sheila Armstrong’s “Falling Animals” in Italian trans. by Lorenzo Medici - edizioni SUR
• Liadan Ní Chuinn’s “Every One Still Here” in Italian trans. by Daniela De Lorenzo - La Nuova Frontiera
• Colm Tóibín’s “The Empty Family” in Japanese trans. by Noriko Ito (伊藤範子) - Ronsosha Publishing
• Sebastian Barry’s “The Newer World” in Dutch trans. by Jan Willem Reitsma - Uitgeverij Querido
• Frank O'Connor’s “The Lonely Voice” in Italian trans. by Stefano Friani - Racconti Edizioni