6.30pm - 7.30pm, Thursday 19 November 2026.
Location: National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St, Dublin 2, D02 P638.
Free registration HERE.
Award-winning publisher Bridget Farrell and translators Frank Wynne and Jo Heinrich discuss how the world of literary translation operates in English. Who are the players? What are the constraints? How does translation happen? Moderated by novelist and critic Rob Doyle.
Bridget Farrell is the founder of Bullaun Press, an independent publisher specialising in translated fiction. Bullaun's fourth title, There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2025.
Jo Heinrich's first published translation, Katja Oskamp's Marzahn, Mon Amour, won the Dublin Literary Award in 2023. She has since translated Half Swimmer, also by Oskamp, and Mayfly Season by Matthias Jügler. She lives outside Bristol, England.
Frank Wynne is a literary translator from Ireland. He has translated works by Michel Houellebecq, Frédéric Beigbeder, Ahmadou Kourouma, Boualem Sansal, Claude Lanzmann, Tómas Eloy Martínez and Almudena Grandes. His work has earned him a number of awards, including the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Premio Valle Inclán.
Rob Doyle is the author of several internationally acclaimed books, including Threshold, Autobibliography, This Is the Ritual, Here Are the Young Men and most recently, Cameo. His work has been translated into several languages and nominated for various prizes.
Funded as part of the Culture Programme for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026. In partnership with the National Library of Ireland.
Posted to News on 29 Oct 2026.