Australian Association for Literary Translation launches new online journal

March 25, 2009 The Australian Association for Literary Translation has a new website and online journal which is accepting submissions. The journal will be peer-reviewed and published on-line. It is expected that the first issue will be ready in mid-2009. The editors of the journal are Isobel Grave and Simon West, and the editorial advisor is Professor Brian Nelson. An editorial board will be announced soon.

The AALITRA Review aims to publish high quality material concerned with literary translation, as well as translations of literary texts from other languages into English, or vice versa. It hopes to foster a community of literary translators and to be a forum for lively debate concerning issues related to the translation of literary texts.

It welcomes submissions in the following areas:

articles on aspects of translation (both practical and theoretical)
original translations of poetry and prose
interviews with established translators on aspects of their practice
book reviews of translations and texts about translation.

More information can be found on the website of the Australian Association for Literary Translation.