Pitching Your Translation: How to Craft the Opening Paragraphs (TDSG)

Sun Sep 28 2025 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm UTC+08:00

The Arts House at The Old Parliament | Singapore

Singapore Book Council Academy
Publisher/HostSingapore Book Council Academy
Pitching Your Translation: How to Craft the Opening Paragraphs (TDSG)
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Learn how to effectively pitch your translation work with prolific translator Anton Hur! This hands-on workshop focuses on the opening paragraphs—the part of a pitch that often makes or breaks your chance. Anton will share what makes an opening compelling and how to capture the attention of Anglophone publishers. Participants will draft or refine their own paragraphs and receive constructive feedback in a supportive setting.
Supported by LTI Korea
About the Facilitator:
Anton Hur is the author of Toward Eternity and the translator of Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny Baek Sehee’s I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki Lee Seong-bok’s Indeterminate Inflorescence Kyung-Sook Shin’s Violets and others.
He was double-longlisted and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize a finalist for the National Book Award and nominated for the Dublin Literary Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He resides in Seoul.
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The Arts House at The Old Parliament, 1 Old Parliament Ln, Former Parliament House and Annex Building, Singapore 179429 @Blue Room, Singapore, Singapore

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