We are delighted to announce that as of February 21st, the Institut Ramon Llull’s grants for publishing and promoting Catalan literature are at your disposal.
Grants to publish Catalan literature:
- Literature Translation - open call from February 21st to April 27th
https://www.llull.cat/english/subvencions/traduccio_literatura_intro.cfm
- Illustrated Books - open call from February 21st to April 28th
These grants cover 3 types of copyright assignment: work commissioned by a foreign publisher to an illustrator; sale of the copyright license for an already-published work; and international co-edition.
Includes also comic titles.
https://www.llull.cat/english/subvencions/obres_ilustrades_intro.cfm
Grants to promote Catalan literature:
1. Literature Promotion - open call from February 21st to May 16th
These grants include the following: texts of Catalan literature published in translation in cultural journals; promotional events abroad centered around works by an illustrator residing in Catalonia or the Balearic Islands; and promotional events focusing on Catalan literary works, including digital activities (pre-recorded videos, readings or performances, interviews online, etc.). https://www.llull.cat/english/subvencions/promocio_literatura_intro.cfm
2. Promotional materials - open call from February 21st to May 17th
The aim of this grant is to assist publishers of Catalan literature and literary agents with the translation of excerpts, plus the author’s biography and associated press releases, as well as the generation of promotional materials of works written in Catalan, in any format (print, digital and/or audiovisual).
https://www.llull.cat/english/subvencions/traduccio_fragments_intro.cfm
If you prefer a printable version of the Grants, downloadable here:
https://www.llull.cat/english/literatura/publicacions_irl.cfm