#FreeAllWords: International Text and Translation Fund of the European Writers‘ Council (EWC) gives a voice to authors from Belarus and Ukraine
World Book Day – or: The Writer as Critical Infrastructure Remembrance Day
Brussels, 23rd April 2026 Celebrating the UNESCO World Book & Copyright Day 2026 – or: (more…)
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#thafbtbwbaha – WORLD BOOK DAY 2026
Spotlight to authors AND: The Human Authors Face Behind The Book Written By A Human Author #thafbtbwbaha On 23rd of April is World Book Day 💡and: We, the EWC, are asking for a tiny bit of help to spread the word who’s behind the books from…
A CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY REGARDING AI GENERATED BOOKS – Joint Statement
Machine-made products that simulate creative works using generative AI should not benefit from authors’ rights legislations or generally be considered as cultural assets. The European Writers’ Council (EWC), the European Council of Literary Translators’ Association (CEATL) and the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) are calling…
How to champion writers and translators behind every book
What Can We Do For Authors, Nina George? A special view on the German and the European Situation in and after the Covid-19 crisis 22 June 2020 I I could take an alarmist approach to this: after all, the situation for writers and translators, as…
JOIN #BEHINDEVERYBOOK ON UNESCO WORLD BOOK DAY 2024
How to join the EWC Campaign #behindeverybook on 23 April, UNESCO World Book Day 2024 INVITATION TO WRITERS, ILLUSTRATORS AND TRANSLATORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD Dear Writer, Dear Translator, Dear Illustrator: Even more in these times we want to point out, we want to…
JOIN #BEHINDEVERYBOOK ON WORLD BOOK DAY 2023
How to join the EWC Campaign #behindeverybook on 23 April, World Book Day 2023 INVITATION TO WRITERS, ILLUSTRATORS AND TRANSLATORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD Dear Writer, Dear Translator, Dear Illustrator: Behind every book is a writer, often an illustrator or a translator, a life.…
JOIN #BEHINDEVERYBOOK ON WORLD BOOK DAY 2022
How to join the EWC Campaign #behindeverybook on 23 April, World Book Day 2022 INVITATION TO WRITERS, ILLUSTRATORS AND TRANSLATORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD Brussels, 7 April 2022 Dear Writer, Dear Translator, Dear Illustrator: Behind every book is a writer, a translator, a life.Make…
#BEHINDEVERYBOOK ON WORLD BOOK DAY 2021
Some facts, figures and details of the EWC Campaign #behindeverybook on 23 April, World Book Day 2021 Brussels, 27 April 2021 All over the world, writers, translators, and visual artists followed our invitation to join the EWC campaign #behindeverybook again. Some facts, figures and details…
Authors from all over the world joined #behindeverybook on #WorldBookDay2020
EWC campaign #behindeverybook on 23 April: solidarity with and for authors – thousands of writers, translators and illustrators joined the action Brussels, 27 April 2020 Dear EWC Member, colleagues, friends, You could say: this was a great party, a declaration of love to authors and…