The novel Mira'm als ulls (Look Me in the Eye) by Sílvia Soler has just been released in English by the British publishing house Parthian, in a translation by Richard Thomson. This project has received the support of the Institut Ramon Llull, as part if its grant programme for translations.
Josep Maria Benet i Jornet’s play Desire will be performed at the White Bear Theatre in London from July 13th through the 31st. The July 16th performance includes the discussion “In conversation with Josep Maria Benet i Jornet,” scheduled for 12:30pm at the theatre. Participants include the playwright, the play’s director Julia Stubbs, and translator Sharon G. Feldman.
From 17 to 25 July the 13th Voix de la Méditerranée Festival will be held at Lodève (France) with the participation of Catalan poets, including Enric Casasses and Pep Aymeric.
On 16, 17, 18 and 19 July, the Sarruga company will take their show entitled “Insectes” to Chicago when they participate in Millennium Park.
From 24 July to 14 August the 9th Campus Universitari de la Llengua Catalana will take place in Mallorca, Menorca, Girona and Andorra.
From 8 to 18 July the Festival d'Été is taking place in Quebec with shows by three Catalan companies.
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From 19th to 21st July, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Girona will host the International Conference for Catalan Teachers, an annual event organized by the Institut Ramon Llull in conjunction with the Vives University Network and the University of Girona.
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The Translators’ House of Amsterdam and the Institut Ramon Llull organize a translation literary seminar from Dutch to Catalan and Catalan to Dutch from 14th to 16th October that will be hold at the Translators’ House of Amsterdam.
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The 42nd Quebec City Summer Festival will take place from 8th to 18th July and will feature shows by Los Gingers and Pep Bou and the band La Pegatina, in collaboration with the Institut Ramon Llull. The 11-day festival, one of Canada’s most important cultural offerings, includes a programme of over 300 events showcasing artists from around the world.
Jointly organized by the Institut Ramon Llull, the Language Academy of Valencia and the Vives University Network
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The theatre company En Blanc has selected the “Feria de Teatro del Sur” theatre festival in Palma del Rio (Cordoba) for the premiere of its play MARIA? in its Spanish translated version. The festival, which is being held on the 27th time this year, includes various indoor and street performances, which last year had over 12,000 spectators. The Spanish version of the play MARIA? will premiere in the Reina Victoria theatre, and will be seen by programmers from all over Spain.
[The
Institut Ramon Llull is a consortium made up by the Government
of Catalonia and the Government
of the Balearic Islands dedicated to the international promotion of the Catalan
language and the culture of the areas in which Catalan is spoken. The IRL forms
part of the Fundació Ramon Llull, which
was established by the governments
of Andorra, the Ramon Llull Institute, General
Council of the Eastern Pyrenees, the city of Alghero,
and the Network of Valencian Cities, and has its central offices in Andorra] 
