PEN Presents supports and showcases sample translations, funding the often-unpaid work of creating samples, giving UK publishers access to titles from underrepresented languages and regions, and helping diversify the translated literature landscape.
Explore our latest issue of selected samples, edited and ready to be acquired by publishers of literature in translation into English, and find out about upcoming rounds of PEN Presents.
PEN Presents x SALT is open until 11.59pm BST on 31 May 2026.
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PEN Presents x SALT
10 samples, representing nine languages, have been selected for this round for translations of works by South Asian writers originally published in any official or unofficial language of South Asia, of any form, genre, style and era. In partnership with the South Asian Literature in Translation (SALT) project.
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PEN Presents x International Booker Prize
Six samples, representing five languages and five regions, have been selected for this round launched in partnership with the Booker Prize Foundation to support translators from the Global Majority.
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Seven languages and seven regions
Seven samples, representing seven languages and seven regions, have been selected for the second round of PEN Presents.
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Literatures of the languages of India
Six samples representing four of the languages of India – Bangla, Hindi, Kannada and Gujarati – were selected for the inaugural round of PEN Presents, in partnership with the British Council. Explore the books and read the samples.
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