APPLY: Honoured to be a mentor of National Centre for Writing Emerging Translator Mentorship. It's such a life-changingly amazing programme! Please RT & share with people interested in translation, literature and languages, and a knowledge of Lithuanian ✍️📚🇱🇹nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/get-involved/t…

For Women In Translation month, a book I dived into without any idea that it would leave me with a ton of thoughts, and the urge to read it again. A brilliant piece of writing and translation that delicately yet humorously deals with heavy themes. @jenteposthuma sarah timmer harvey

Our beloved Refaat Alareer (Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸) wrote these words in October, but they had not been published until now. Electronic Intifada is grateful to have the honor to share them with the world. When I read them, I can hear his voice. electronicintifada.net/content/unpubl…

For those who love to listen, the audiobook of my translation of @jenteposthuma's What I'd Rather Not Think About is out now. Beautifully narrated by Sophie Roberts and available at all good audiobook retailers. Just in time for #WITmonth 💚🎈

This is such a beautiful, poetic and thought-provoking book. It was a pleasure to narrate. @jenteposthuma sarah timmer harvey Harvey Voices W. F. Howes Ltd

ALTA is delighted to announce the longlists for the 2024 National Translation Awards in Poetry & Prose! literarytranslators.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/ann… 2024 is the 26th year for the NTA + the 10th year to award separate prizes in poetry & prose. Congrats to all translators, authors & publishers here!

We are thrilled to announce the 2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Translated Literature! | The New Yorker newyorker.com/books/page-tur…

My Brown lecture from February got posted, check it out. I talk about what translators should aim for in their careers instead of awards, sales, or entry into the establishment. youtu.be/CPBNqsOPMZs?si…

Sydney friends, get at this event! Anton Hur AND Tiffany Tsao in the same room. If I was in Australia in November, I'd be there in a heartbeat. ⬇️💯

Sally Rooney at The Southbank Centre tonight, before beginning her reading, speaking out strongly about the death and destruction in Palestine while saying, "It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that we are witnessing an unfolding genocide..."

Playwright Rania Abu Hamida creates valuable theatre with and for children at a shelter in Northern Gaza. If you're able, please join Comma & the Voices of Resilience team in supporting her work via the link below, and if not, please RT 🙏 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/theatre-for-…

Happy International Translation Day! Today is an excellent day to support your favorite translator by buying their work, putting their name on the cover, paying them on time & fairly and not asking them to "edit" an AI generated text. #InternationalTranslationDay2024

Dit gaat om vertalingen, maar same thing. Instant downgrade voor je merk. (Vermoed trouwens dat ze ook geen geld zullen uitgeven aan die nieuwe cover art als ze ook al geen vertaler willen betalen)

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My piece on Han Kang’s Nobel win: a testament to the importance of small press publishing | Books | The Guardian #NobelPrize #HanKang theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…

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So many incredible writers and translators on this list🌟💚 Congratulations to everyone Longlisted ⬇️💫

My translation of an excerpt of Ine Boermans novel, Love Interbellum, appears in the latest Michigan Quarterly Review which is out now in print & online. I'm stoked to be a part of Ine's English language debut. Love Interbellum is a witty & and insightful ride. Read it here 👇

BREAKING: Today, more than 1000 authors are launching a mass boycott of Israeli publishers who are complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people. This declaration amounts to the largest cultural boycott of Israeli institutions in history. lithub.com/hundreds-of-au…

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