FLF says goodbye to Carlo Van Baelen and welcomes Koen Van Bockstal
(02-02-2012)
On Friday evening 20 January, the Mechelen bookshop De Zondvloed was too small to contain the annual New Year's reception held by the Flemish Literature Fund (FLF). So many people turned up that the reception had to move to the larger venue of Mechelen's historic meat market, the Oude Mechelse Vleeshalle. Minister Joke Schauvliege paid tribute to Carlo Van Baelen, who is retiring after twelve years as head of the fund. His successor is Koen Van Bockstal.
Brecht Evens and Olivier Schrauwen nominated for prestigious award at Angoulême
(23-12-2011)
Brecht Evens and Olivier 'Ollie' Schrauwen have been nominated for the 'Prix du Meilleur Album' at the Angoulême Festival. Evens stands a good chance of winning the prize for 'Les Amateurs' ('De Liefhebbers') and Schrauwen for 'Le miroir de Mowgli'. The prize will be awarded on 29 January during the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée.
Season's Greetings 2012
(23-12-2011)
The New Year card of the Femish Literature Fund focuses on the managerial change 2012 will bring. The image was taken from the brochure the FLF distributed at the Beijing Book Fair.
Guidelines translation grants online
(21-12-2011)
The new guidelines and application forms for translation and production grants, grants for illustrated books and travel grants have been put online on the Flemish Literature Fund site. They take effect as of 1 January 2012. The major amendment to the first three guidelines is that payment of the grant in two parts has been replaced by one single payment on publication of the book .
Prix des Phares du Nord 2011 goes to Bertrand Abraham
(30-11-2011)
The 2011 Prix des Phares du Nord jury has awarded the prize to Bertrand Abraham for his French translation of Gerard Reve's 'Op weg naar het einde' [On the Way to the End], (En route vers la fin, Paris: Phébus, 2010) This year, the jury consisted of Danielle Bourgois, Anita Concas and Margot Dijkgraaf.
Three graphic novelists receive FLF grant to attend Angoulême
(30-11-2011)
The Flemish Literature Fund (FLF) will be taking three graphic novelists to the Angoulême international comic festival in 2012. Wauter Mannaert, Leen Van Hulst and Ivan Adriaenssens will be staying in the French comic capital from 26 to 29 January 2012. The FLF is awarding this grant to encourage comic artists to visit the comic Mecca and investigate on the spot the opportunities for international publication of their work.
FLF can look back on a successful Frankfurt Book Fair
(21-10-2011)
Many foreign publishers keen to investigate new literary productions from Flanders were delighted with the Flemish Literature Fund's presence at the Frankfurt Book Fair. This year, the FLF had a spacious, inviting presentation and meeting area at the Flemish publishers' joint stand, a project that was made possible with the aid of financial and logistics contributions by Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) and the Flemish Publishers Association (VUV).
Flemish delegation visits international comic festival in Algiers
(10-10-2011)
From 5 to 8 October, the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Algiers (FIBDA) welcomed a Flemish delegation: Els Aerts, the Flemish Literature Fund's (FLF) foreign rights representative for comics, Koen Van Rompaey, director of the Strip Turnhout comic festival and Willem Degraeve, assistant director of the Belgian Comic Centre. This was the fourth edition of the biggest comic festival in the Maghreb, which is devoting increasing attention to its international appeal.
FLF ready for Frankfurt Book Fair
(10-10-2011)
Over the years, the Flemish Literature Fund has become a familiar sight at this international professional book fair. It was at this fair that the FLF laid the foundation for its expanding foreign rights marketing activities. At the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair, which runs from 12 to 16 October, the FLF stand will be part of the collective Flemish stand for 2011 (Hall 5.0, number C932), a joint venture by Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), the Flemish Publishers Association (VUV) and the FLF.
Brochure Beijing 2011 now online
(26-09-2011)
The Flemish Literature Fund (FLF) can look back with satisfaction at its first visit to Beijing. From August 31 to September 4, 2011, for the first time, the FLF presented literature from Flanders to Chinese publishers at the International Book Fair in Beijing. The FLF was following in the wake of the Netherlands, which was guest country at the fair.
