WHO
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​Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA) offers writing, publishing and marketing strategies for talented creators in a changing literary environment. 
This EU-funded cooperation project brings together 6 countries: Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands and Romania, and 7 partners: Booktailors, Escuela de Escritores, Cinepub, Huis deBuren, Passa Porta, Pisa Book Festival and Wintertuin.

WHAT
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​CELA is a unique programme, it gathers literary talents in various fields – from writing, to translating, to editing – to develop the careers of tomorrow’s internationally acknowledged authors and translators. CELA invests in a literary talent development infrastructure that bridges the gaps between literary talents, the publishing industry and the European public.

WHY
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​The purpose of CELA is to offer European context to a new generation of literary creators, to enable intensive cooperation between talented European writers, and to improve the sound of continental voices in a choir dominated by large singers. Click here to read more about CELA.

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CELA empowers emerging writers, translators and literary professionals across Europe. ​

"During my CELA residency, in a city I don’t know and whose language I don’t speak,
I’ve often turned to speak to a CELA companion from another country
and Italian came out. I yielded the heart: I got caught in the story."

CELA-writer Livia Franchini

Dutch literary production company focusing on talent development, publishing and impact.

Portugal’s main organiser of literary and cultural events and leading provider of training for the Portuguese publishing industry.

Romania’s only free online platform dedicated to the Romanian cinema.

Creative writing academy in Spain and founding member of the European Association of Creative Writing Programmes (EACWP).

Organisation presenting the beauty and wisdom of the Low Countries, based in Brussels.

The international house of literature in the heart of Brussels, focusing on talent development of writers and translators.

The leading Italian book fair for independent publishing held annually in Pisa, Tuscany.