Sunday night cuddle fest

Ummm... yes please Jamie. This would delight the Looshkin fans in my house

Sun’s out and the tortoise has got Max just where he wants him…

Wirikuta is the most important sacred place for Indigenous Wixárika people in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, but it is threatened by mining companies. This community has put up a fierce legal battle against them Mongabay Latam tr Ruth Donnelly lab.org.uk/mexicos-wixari…

Here’s my translation of Laura Ferrero’s beautiful story, Sofía #seekingapublisher

It’s #WorldKidLit Month—and to celebrate, we’re bringing you this list of Latin American kid lit from Ruth Donnelly, Deborah Iwabuchi, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Zoraida Rivera Morales, and Catherine Xinxin Yu! 🧵

More #WorldKidLit month reviews from me on the lovely World Kid Lit: global literature for young people blog... worldkidlit.org/2024/09/23/rea…

More #WorldKidLitMonth reviews, on the final day…

I started a blog! 😬😬😬 Why #WorldKidLit matters ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2024/10/02/why…

What an inspiring event - I’ve come away desperate to get my teeth into a bit of #FeministTranslation. Thanks to all involved, and especially to Rosalind Harvey for the invite!

Publishers: #PENTranslates is open for submissions until 30 November! The award helps UK publishers to meet the costs of translating new works into English, while ensuring translators are acknowledged and paid properly for their work. englishpen.org/translation/pe…

Not sure “inspirational” quite cuts it…

Visit World Kid Lit: global literature for young people to read my interview with the amazing Claire Storey about her latest translation, Anotonio Ramos Revillas’ The Wild Ones - a gripping, heart-rending story of life on the streets of Monterrey - out now from HopeRoad worldkidlit.org/2024/10/28/int…

Omg, just started this and it’s beautiful. Mumblin' Deaf Ro, thank you! I’m not sure I’ve ever read a more perfect opening paragraph.

Quick translation-related query: what did you call the outdoor space when you were at secondary school? Not the playing field, the paved/concrete bit… bonus points if you were at said school in the mid noughties!

Finished! What a delight - I didn’t want it to end. And to be honest I’m quite tempted to go back to the beginning and start it again immediately. Huge thanks to Mumblin' Deaf Ro for writing it and Bluemoose Books for publishing it. I’m off to the bookshop to order Ghost Mountain!

Cats in hats! Festive hats! Mince pie hats, to be precise (like pork pie hats, only smaller)

My translation of Andrés Montero’s “The Wake” is in the latest edition of Latin American Literature Today… now to sit back and watch the publishing contracts come flooding in 😂 In the meantime, you can read it here: latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2024/12/the-wa…

Translators do so many things besides actually translating ✏️🛠️✂️ But do they receive enough recognition? My essay about translation-adjacent activities is out now with WordsWithoutBorders. Read it here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2…

“Teillier is drenched in his poetry…” Marcelo Rioseco talks with poet and anthologist Francisco Véjar about the intertextual legacy of Chilean poet Jorge Teillier in a conversation translated by Ruth Donnelly: latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2024/12/teilli…