‘Translators are the shadow heroes of literature’

– Paul Auster

The Chronicles is Crossing Border’s unique annual residency project for talented authors and translators.

Each day of the festival, five up-and-coming international as well as Dutch-speaking writers work on a festival story of that day’s events, capturing their insights and experiences of the other artists performing on the various Crossing Border stages.

At the same time, five translators get to work and offer the audience a near-simultaneous translation. The translators are at the start of their literary careers, and the aim is to showcase the skill and talent of both the writer and translator and show how the process works.

All the festival stories and translations will be published on our website.