Tomorrow! 6 pm UK time… perfectly timed for an aperitif and a quiet hour of readings of translations of writings from El Salvador.

Register here: middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us on Saturday, October 4, at 1 PM EST for a virtual reading in honor of the special folio "The Sharpened Will of Us All," guest edited by Alexandra Lytton Regalado, from New England Review issue 46.2.

Register for your private Zoom link here: middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I’m not sure why but, because I’m an international contributor, I wasn’t expecting to receive any physical copies. So was very happy to have these drop through my letterbox today. It’s a beautiful thing @newenglandreview.bsky.social

The war wrenches us away from our original belonging. We leave aside the games, the garden, the blackouts and bombs...

Honoured to have my translation of ‘Six incantations against loss’ by @tpleitezvela.bsky.social in this issue
nereview.com/article/six-...

Riveting. Compelling. You could hear a pin drop. And the penny dropping. @kshams.bsky.social

PUBLISHED ONLINE TODAY

Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from #Gaza

Selected and translated by MPT Poet in Residence, Batool Abu Akleen.

modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-a...

👀 Fair is coming to Newcastle this week (perfectly timed as a literary preamble to the Hoppings?)

1 week to go! #Teachers, join Stacie Allan and Ali Al-Jamri for a free webinar on #CreativeTranslation in the English classroom.

Perfect preparation for #SSTPoetryPrize2025!

Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-t...
Hosted by @englishassociation.bsky.social
#edusky #teamenglish

Translators and interpreters! Come along on Thursday 19 June:
*PEN Lecture 2025, 6pm* delivered by Kamila Shamsie
(We're not organising this). Venue: NCLA, NE1 7RU To book: englishpen.beaconforms.com/form/4c1eb2d9
*Meet-up from 7:45pm* – an informal catch up at the Trent House, NE1 4QT #ITICommunity

Prof. Michelle Sheehan & fellow researchers discuss their work which shows a language curriculum oriented around linguistics could address the decline in language learning theconversation.com/linguistics-...

@hassfacultyncl.bsky.social

Updated location please share this one instead! Civic centre start!

Come down to Newcastle, come up to Newcastle, come across to Newcastle — join the NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION in Newcastle on June 11th. Everyone who thinks HE needs to be supported and accessible to all is welcome! For your agenda's: 11 June, 12-2pm, Newcastle!

Yet again, the students entering the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators have blown me away with their inventiveness – the fun they’ve had playing around with the language just radiates off the page :-) @translationexch.bsky.social

Days spent scraping the lettering off the roof of the Doblo, but at least now we can stop dreaming up the meaning behind the letters (Fun Garage Session, Freedom Going South…)

Favourite academic concept so far – the Zone of Proximal Development – this deserves to be the title of a poem…

Calling all teachers and budding young translators!
#SSTPoetryPrize2025 is open for entries!
Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from our Spotlight booklet, for your chance to join the SSP hall of eternal fame!
www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

Getting animated about Creative Translation in the Classroom at a T&I research event on Wednesday… @stephenspender.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social

Fun evening, great turnout, thanks for organising!

I’m going to start with the microcamper journey. Here she is. A 2009 high top. Bought from FB marketplace in October 2024. Eek.