“Translation requires a lot of specialized knowledge, from jargon and slang to literary history. But that shouldn’t stop anyone from trying their hand at it for the pure pleasure of solving a puzzle and playing with form” — Bela Shayevich writes in her new @nplusonemag.com column:

Join award-winning translator Adriana Hunter for the French (Advanced) Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 🌞

This year's Summer Summer School will take place ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞

Find out more, apply and download an example programme: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

Join Antonia Lloyd-Jones for the Polish Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 📣
ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞

3 participants in the Polish workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by The Polish Cultural Institute

Apply: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) is open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. See more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues

✨ Are you an experienced literary translator looking to develop your skills as a workshop leader? ✨ Join our Training the Trainer strand at BCLT Summer School 2026, led by Daniel Hahn.

Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

✨ Applications are open for the John Dryden Translation Competition ✨

Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.

bcla.org/prizes-award...

🪄 Daniel Hahn invites us to rethink not only Shakespeare, but language itself in his new book If This Be Magic 🪄

📅 Thursday 16 April
⏲️ 6.30–7.30pm
📍 National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall, Norwich

Book:

The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues

Don’t miss Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cristina Rivera Garza in conversation with Rita Indiana, discussing AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF COTTON, translated by Christina MacSweeney, in a hybrid event February 10, 7 pm ET — at The Center for Fiction or via livestream. Register here: buff.ly/09dNBK4

The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues