Gains in translation for fiction readers and publishers – The Irish Times

In 2021, running against this grain, translation has become a disruptive innovation in what has been termed a monoglot and insular world -  that of British publishing. Shattering the 3 per cent translations rule holding sway for decades, UK and Irish sales of translated fiction grew to 5.63 per cent. What the growth in translation signals about reading tastes may be even more telling when set beside a declining shift in general sales of crime fiction and thrillers. According to the Bookseller magazine, this is in line with a trend in which translated short stories and anthologies saw sales surge by 90 per cent over the last three years.