About

CELA brings together 165 literary artists across 11 European countries, bridging the gaps between emerging talent, the publishing industry, and European audiences.

Upcoming

25 August – 27 August 2026

REKU REKU Storytelling Festival

Reku Reku is a storytelling festival organised by Publishing House Goga in Novo mesto, Slovenia. The 2026 festival explores universal themes such as youth, power, memory, everyday life and European identity, while concluding with an evening of music inspired by Brazilian bossa nova.

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

Published 13 Jul 2026

Vacancy: communications fwd

Communications Coordinator fwd – deadline: sept 1

Published 1 Jul 2026

The beginning of the year

CELA Job Shadowing: Scuola Holden – by Alejandro Marcos (Escuela de Escritores)

Published 25 Jun 2026

Familiar feelings

CELA Work Week in Brussels - by Jannes van Leeuwen (Wintertuin)

Published 21 Jun 2026

Notes from Madrid

CELA Job Shadowing: Escuela de Escritores – by Monica Dimitrova (Next Page Foundation)

Published 7 Apr 2026

Notes from Wintertuinfestival

CELA Job shadowing: Nijmegen – by Maria Świątkowska (KBF)

Published 17 Mar 2026

Certainty is always suspicious

Introduction lecture by Georgi Gospodinov

Published 11 Feb 2026

Notes from Svět Knihy

CELA Job shadowing: Prague – by Marcelina Karcz (KBF)

Published 18 Dec 2025

The Translator is Present

CELA at Wintertuin Festival Nijmegen – by Lena van Tijen (translator SB – NL)

Published 27 Nov 2025

Literature unites

Reflections about FILIT Festival – by Jessica Bilcec (translator UK – RO)

Published 12 Nov 2025

A short moment of manifest destiny

between a writer and his translator – by Iulian Bocai (writer RO) artist-in-residence Passa Porta

Published 12 Nov 2025

New CELA writers selected

We are proud to present the new selection of CELA writers!

Published 11 Nov 2025

Radical Hope

Reflections about Conrad Festival – by Justyna Sterna (translator ES – PL)

Published 23 Sep 2025

Open Call for Illustrator

CELA is seeking an illustrator to collaborate on our literary stage!

Published 7 Jul 2025

Open Call CELA Writers

Second open call for CELA writers (2025-2027) announced!

Published 2 Jul 2025

TALE: A hackathon for books!

By Oleksandra Laktionova (translator ES-UA), Dimana Miteva (translator SL-BG), and Magdalena Ukrainets (translator UA-PL), Edited by Marieta Bakirtzidou (intern for CELA)

Published 17 Jun 2025

About a small bookshop in Italy

Some POVs from Ivrea Book Fair – by Lorenzo Carnielo (Scuola Holden)

Published 16 Jun 2025

Everything is translation

Reflections about International Book Arsenal Festival – by Olena Roman (translator IT – UK)

Published 4 Jun 2025

To tell a story, to find a space

CELA at the Turin book fair - by Lorenzo Carnielo (Scuola Holden)

Published 4 Jun 2025

My dearest diary,

Reflections about Prague Book Fair – Markéta Cubrová (translator CZ – ES)

Published 26 May 2025

Technology and Creativity

Reflections from the “Technology and Creativity in Literary Translation” workshop – by Marco Maria Baù (translator CZ – IT)

Published 20 May 2025

Gaining strength in fragility

An exchange between Berlinde De Bruyckere and CELA-writers

Published 16 Apr 2025

Unforeseen Places

Passa Porta Festival in Brussels – by Charlotte van Rooden (translator RO – NL)

Published 15 Apr 2025

A day at the Festival of World Literatures – Fabula

Fabula Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia by Mojca Petaros (ES-SL translator)

Published 26 Mar 2025

READYMADE MARMELADE (Conversations #8: On AI)

Conversations #8: On AI – by Stef Hulskamp, intern NL

Published 7 Mar 2025

Ourselves and Others

CELA Work Week in Turin – by Marieta Bakirtzidou

Published 18 Dec 2024

Didactics of Creative Writing: 7 Golden Rules for Teachers

By Raffaele Cataldo, writer IT

Published 27 Nov 2024

Books before tanks

A patchwork of the CELA Opening Lecture

Published 13 Nov 2024

Some Strasbourg Thoughts

Reflections on The Strasbourg European Conference on Literary Translation

Published 17 Sep 2024

Announcement new selection

CELA is proud to present the new selection of literary artists!

Published 1 May 2024

Reflecting on a shared vision

CELA Staff Meeting in Madrid, by Laurenz Rogi

Published 27 Mar 2024

Open Call for CELA writers

Join us for CELA's third edition starting September 2024

Published 5 Feb 2024

Open Call for CELA translators

Join us for CELA's third edition starting September 2024

Published 27 Jun 2023

Cultures condensed in a warehouse

A book fair is a hub for like-minded people, by Alex Banciu

Published 22 Jun 2023

When a small town is invaded by books

Experiences at La Grande Invasione Festival in Ivrea, Italy - By Giulio Scremin, Translator PL - IT

Published 21 Jun 2023

About Endings and Beginnings

CELA at Bookfest Bucharest - By Iolanda Vasile, Translator PT-RO

Published 17 May 2023

What’s the difference between CELA and Eurovision?

Memories from Book Fair in Prague - By Urszula Jabłońska, Writer PL

Published 26 Apr 2023

Memories to Tulips

Experiences during the Wintertuin Festival in Nijmegen, the Netherlands - By Anna Beata Háblová, Writer CZ

Published 13 Apr 2023

Emerging dreams at a literary mecca

CELA talents at the Passa Porta Festival in Brussels - By Cristina Vremeș, Writer RO

Published 15 Mar 2023

What we talk about when we talk about Cela

Jobshadowing at Wintertuin- By Adriano Pugno, LP

Published 1 Feb 2023

CELA at the KROKODIL Festival

Experiences at the KROKODIL Festival in Belgrade - By Ana Popović, Translator IT-SR

Published 18 Jan 2023

My impressions of the Obidos Literary Festival in Portugal

Impressions from a translator - By Ilija Stevanovski, Translator SR-PT

Published 8 Dec 2022

CELA at the Conrad Festival

Experiences at the Conrad Festival in Krakow - By Nikki Dekker, Writer NL

Published 1 Dec 2022

When different literary scenes interact

The 38th edition of the Ljubljana Book Fair - By Patrícia Patriarca, Writer PT

Published 24 Nov 2022

Translators not only translate but offer a new perspective

Impressions from Eñe Festival – By Luciana Cezara Moisă, Translator RO-ES

Published 17 Jul 2022

Marianne Hommersom at Escuela de Escritores

Job Shadowing at Escuela de Escritores – By Marianne Hommersom, LP

Published 7 Jun 2022

Fair winds

Impressions from Montage Week – By Humberto Franco, CM ES

Published 16 Jul 2021

Moving the translation masterclass online

Impressions from the translation masterclass – By Tereza Kuglevorá, CM CZ

Published 8 Jun 2021

What it is that others know that I do not know

Specialization Course Literary Curatorship – Blog 2 by Adriana Murad Konings, Writer ES

Published 25 May 2021

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

Specialization Course Literary Curatorship – Blog by Adriana Murad Konings, Writer ES

Published 20 Apr 2021

Fun Games, Demolished Word Orders and Dystopian Walks – Embarking on the Journey to Our Final Transmedia Work

Specialization Course Transmedia Storytelling – Blog 2, by Marija Pavlović, Writer SR

Published 24 Mar 2021

Turning restrictions into expressive tools through a Zoom Transmedia Class

Specialization Course Transmedia Storytelling – Blog 1, Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi, Writer IT

Published 17 Dec 2020

Virtual coffees and dance sessions: RE-CONNECT

By Tjaša Primc, Literary professional SL

Published 25 Oct 2020

What is CELA?

Published 2 Feb 2020

CELA #2 Introduction week in Brussels

By Rie Van Den Berghe, Intern deBuren

Published 1 Jan 2020

We proudly present: The Selection for CELA #2

By Erik Peters, CM NL