The Flemish Literature Fund supports Dutch-language literature in Belgium and abroad.
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.
The FLF's aim was to gain insight into the Chinese book market and visit the relevant publishing houses willing to consider translations. It also wanted to find out what Chinese readers would be interested in, in terms of both genre and theme. Three members of FLF staff discussed such issues with sixty-five Chinese publishers at the fair and presented them with a bi-lingual English/Chinese brochure featuring thirty-six titles.
