Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA) is a talent development project for the new generation of European literary voices across 11 different countries.
About
CELA brings together 165 literary artists across 11 European countries, bridging the gaps between emerging talent, the publishing industry, and European audiences.
Upcoming
11 October – 15 October 2026
FILIT - Festivalul Internațional de Literatură și Traducere
The Iași International Festival of Literature and Translation – FILIT is a project that brings together in Romania hundreds of professionals in the cultural field: writers, translators, publishers, festival organizers, literary critics, librarians, book distributors, managers and journalists.
Upcoming
19 October – 25 October 2026
Conrad Festival
Now of age, yet still disobedient – it is with this mindset that we announce the 18th edition of the Conrad Festival. The festival’s patron, Józef Konrad Korzeniowski, carried the gene of disobedience within him. Before we venture onto turbulent waters to explore further manifestations of rebellion, let us first sail against the current – back to the source.
Upcoming
23 October – 28 October 2026
Wintertuinfestival 2026
From 23 to 28 November 2026 Nijmegen is dedicated to spoken stories. For six days it fills Wintertuinfestival downtown with literature, performance, art, music and meeting. You will discover new and established voices from home and abroad, sharp stories and surprising forms. With among others Nadia in Vries, Tijl Nuyts and writer-in-residence Temo Rekhviashvili.
Upcoming
6 November – 25 November 2026
Festival Eñe 2026
This year, the festival will place poetry at the heart of the conversation—a genre capable of illuminating the present, building bridges, and reminding us of the power of the word in the face of discouragement.
Published 14 Jul 2026
The audience will always be there
Conversations #9: On Audience – by Lieke Vervuren, NL
Dive into our portals
Discover the work of our translators and writers via eight dynamic portals, each offering a journey into a curated selection of translated stories. These portals offer various interesting themes—identity, migration, belonging, language, magic, and resistance—creating a space for cross-cultural dialogue. By bridging linguistic and national boundaries, CELA’s publications celebrate the richness of European storytelling, offering new perspectives that connect us all today.
Portal of the month
Una declaración de dependencia
Translated from
Dutch
to
Spanish
by Guillermo Briz
Written in Dutch by Rebekka de Wit
9 minutes read
Kraj
Written in Serbian by Jasna Dimitrijević
8 minutes read
De metro
Translated from
Romanian
to
Dutch
by Jan Willem Bos
Written in Romanian by Cătălin Pavel
9 minutes read
Een paar verdwaalde minuten
Translated from
Romanian
to
Dutch
by Charlotte van Rooden
Written in Romanian by Cristina Vremes
10 minutes read
All portals
Time After Time
Explore or alter the physics, the histories and the inevitability of time
Through the Rabbit Holes
Wander into magical realms and fantastical worlds where reality is constantly redefined or questioned
Mindbenders
Provoke your survival skills. Expose yourself to danger, exciting mysteries and mindbending realities
Ourselves and Others
Explore identity and connection through the body, family dynamics and self-reflection
Should I Stay or Should I Go
Take a journey through the tension between staying and leaving, journeys of personal growth and travelogues
A Change is Gonna Come
Reflect on themes of resistance, power dynamics, and the insistence on transformation for another now
Where the Wild Things Grow
Explore our connections with ecology, rituals, the cosmos, and the pressing climate challenges of our time
Alone With the World
Portraits of the struggle to find belonging in a world that feels unfamiliar