New honour for Sean Connery four years after his death edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh…

The Saroj Lal scholarship continues the legacy of trailblazing teacher & race relations pioneer Saroj Lal. Students studying any PGDE or MSc TLT programme in 2024 who come from a BAME background are eligible to apply for the £1000 award! Learn more: edin.ac/3iPFbXl

Thank you so much to Dajana Dzanovic kainat Riaz and Amanullah for sharing their inspirational stories about finding a new life through The University of Edinburgh.

Each had their own reasons for leaving home and distinctly important views on the value of education.

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As promised, more takeaways from my talk with Graham Donaldson and Prof Chris Chapman in this week's #LessonsToLearn newsletter from The Herald

Featuring: the fine line between giving teachers more power without adding to their (over)workload

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Huge congratulations to all the longlisted authors and translators. Many I haven’t read, but thrilled to see Starnone & Erpenbeck, and disappointed for Mbougar Sarr / ⁦Lara Vergnaud⁩ and Balsam Karam/ ⁦Saskia Vogel⁩ who I thought were shoe-ins thebookerprizes.com/media-centre/p…

Congratulations to all the finalists on the 2024 French-American Translation Prize - thrilled to see my translation of Mathias Énard in such glorious company. frenchamerican.org/2024-translati…

Celebrated actor and dancer Leslie Caron (along with her son and grandson) at Ciné Lumière for the special screening of The L-Shaped Room.

Such a big honour!

Hot tips from LBF (please still invite me to parties).

Thank you tomtivnan for having me The Bookseller.

Thrilled to unveil the start of the 2023 list: children's & YA books in translation (from any language, published anywhere)
Many more titles to add - please help by using the google form!
And please share with the global readers in your life!
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#worldkidlit

I ❤️ book mail! HOME, poems about animal homes. Oh, the ART! Colored pencil. 😍😍 Eerdmans Publishing is publishing some gorgeous books. Includes back matter about the animals, a glossary, and resources. Auth/illus is Isabelle Simler. Translated by Vineet Lal. #teachers #librarians

In the current climate, as peers and colleagues around the world are silenced or murdered while institutions remain mute, it is hard to celebrate.

Nevertheless, I am proud on a personal level to be the winner of this year's Goethe-Institut Award

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So excited to announce my new Hindi mentee through the SALT: South Asian Literature in Translation/American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) mentorships! Aditya Vikram is a wonderful emerging translator who's doing some stellar work. We met in Delhi a few days ago, and took these pics during an epic tour through Dariyaganj in Delhi.

Ooooh yes! Look what has arrived Sathnam Sanghera, can't wait 📙
#EmpireWorld
#BritishEmpire
#DecolonisetheCurriculum ✊🏽

Such a handsomely produced double volume box set! The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction, edited by @tarunksaint is here. Never imagined I would have a story out in an anthology alongside authors I revere like Satyajit Ray, Ambai, Rabindranath Tagore, Vikram Chandra and…

The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction, edited by Tarun K. Saint, is here. It's beautifully designed and produced!

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Including stories by Ankush Saikia 📚 Kiran Manral, many others!

My debut translation 'Under the Night Jasmine' is available for pre-order & will be out on 29th Feb. Here are some pictures from the day I first saw a copy.
commissioned Vaishali Mathur
Edited Yash Daiv
Cover Shadab Khan
Pub Penguin India
Agent Kanishka Gupta

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Today I’m remembering my husband Gordon Aikman and all who have died from Motor Neurone Disease. There is still no cure.

He died 7 years ago today and we are incredibly proud of everything he achieved.

The brilliant Glenn Campbell made this film about him:

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I finally made it to Chittajit 's list. Crowning achievement