Nita Tyndall
@nitatyndall.com
author and translator, de-en. they/them oder keine Pronomen.
out now: have you seen this girl (harperteen)
up next: adult gothic with union square
out now: have you seen this girl (harperteen)
up next: adult gothic with union square
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Nita Tyndall
@nitatyndall.com
· Dec 19
zwischen den jahren | Nita Tyndall | Substack
writing & updates from author/translator nita tyndall. Click to read zwischen den jahren, by Nita Tyndall, a Substack publication. Launched 3 months ago.
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Hallo! I’m Nita, a trans author and translator from North Carolina. I’ve published three queer YA novels across genres with @harpercollins.bsky.social. More to come (not YA!) in the next year, so for updates follow me here or subscribe to my newsletter nitatyndall.substack.com.
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A lot of recent adult romances are actually dramas with jokes and bright lights. They aren’t soft, romantic or horny enough. Heated Rivalry gets it right.
The success of HEATED RIVALRY blows apart two massive Hollywood myths, proving:
1) Gay intimacy on screen is NOT bad for business.
2) The Anti sex-scene discourse is horseshit. Audiences are horny and want horny things. 12 Year olds with anime pfp don't constitute a demographic worth catering to.
1) Gay intimacy on screen is NOT bad for business.
2) The Anti sex-scene discourse is horseshit. Audiences are horny and want horny things. 12 Year olds with anime pfp don't constitute a demographic worth catering to.
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A lot of recent adult romances are actually dramas with jokes and bright lights. They aren’t soft, romantic or horny enough. Heated Rivalry gets it right.
Who else is watching the Hallmark Mr. Christmas competition because my friends and I have Opinions
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Who else is watching the Hallmark Mr. Christmas competition because my friends and I have Opinions
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“There are these rarer, powerful moments where, through a quirk of phrasing or word order, you can feel language being actively patterned by a specific body.”
Kate Briggs talks about translating Hélène Bessette’s LILI IS CRYING. At BOMB Magazine: buff.ly/lXxHsqr @bombmag.bsky.social
Kate Briggs talks about translating Hélène Bessette’s LILI IS CRYING. At BOMB Magazine: buff.ly/lXxHsqr @bombmag.bsky.social
BOMB Magazine | Kate Briggs by Tara Anne Dalbow
A newly translated 1953 roman poétique investigates the tenuous bonds between a mother and daughter.
bombmagazine.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“There are these rarer, powerful moments where, through a quirk of phrasing or word order, you can feel language being actively patterned by a specific body.”
Kate Briggs talks about translating Hélène Bessette’s LILI IS CRYING. At BOMB Magazine: buff.ly/lXxHsqr @bombmag.bsky.social
Kate Briggs talks about translating Hélène Bessette’s LILI IS CRYING. At BOMB Magazine: buff.ly/lXxHsqr @bombmag.bsky.social
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K&W has a special place in my heart.
www.axios.com/local/raleig...
www.axios.com/local/raleig...
The end of a North Carolina icon
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
K&W has a special place in my heart.
www.axios.com/local/raleig...
www.axios.com/local/raleig...
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Nonfiction, comics, poems, and fiction in translation: Tobias Carroll recommends a little of everything in last month's Watchlist. Read it here:
The Watchlist: November 2025 - Words Without Borders
Nonfiction, comics, poems, and fiction in translation: Tobias Carroll recommends a little of everything in this month's Watchlist.
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Nonfiction, comics, poems, and fiction in translation: Tobias Carroll recommends a little of everything in last month's Watchlist. Read it here:
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
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After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
After gathering input from many, Mary Robinette is sharing a great list of works featuring / focusing on people who use wheelchairs. The list starts here, but scroll down for more works and up for the original request (and the replies thereto).
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Give the gift of literary translation with our 1 week Holiday Sale! 🎁 For one-week-only we're offering 30% off all our books (40% off for Two Lines Press members), special $12 hardcovers, and free shipping on U.S. orders over $50! 📚 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Give the gift of literary translation with our 1 week Holiday Sale! 🎁 For one-week-only we're offering 30% off all our books (40% off for Two Lines Press members), special $12 hardcovers, and free shipping on U.S. orders over $50! 📚 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...
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I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
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Am Freitag erscheint unser Romantasy-Roman über eine Seilerin, die auf Seile steht, und wenn ihr auch auf Seile, Romantasy oder Romane steht, solltet ihr ihn unbedingt kaufen! Wer noch Artwork-Karten dazu möchte, kann das Buch z.B. in unserem Etsy-Store vorbestellen, ansonsten im lokalen Buchhandel!
www.etsy.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Am Freitag erscheint unser Romantasy-Roman über eine Seilerin, die auf Seile steht, und wenn ihr auch auf Seile, Romantasy oder Romane steht, solltet ihr ihn unbedingt kaufen! Wer noch Artwork-Karten dazu möchte, kann das Buch z.B. in unserem Etsy-Store vorbestellen, ansonsten im lokalen Buchhandel!
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Take a look at this conversation with ALTA member Robin Myers about translating the music of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s novel WE ARE GREEN AND TREMBLING, shortlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. At @wwborders.bsky.social:
The National Book Award Interviews: Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and Robin Myers - Words Without Borders
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and Robin Myers on "We Are Green and Trembling," shortlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature.
wordswithoutborders.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Take a look at this conversation with ALTA member Robin Myers about translating the music of Gabriela Cabezón Cámara’s novel WE ARE GREEN AND TREMBLING, shortlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. At @wwborders.bsky.social:
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Last day!
Here's your daily reminder that there's a Goodreads giveaway going on now for my debut Adult Romance, SOON BY YOU! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Soon by You by Dahlia Adler Oct 20-Oct 27, 2025
Enter to win one of 100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Oct 20-Oct 27, 2025. Enter for a chance to win an ARC of SOON BY YOU by Dahlia Adler!
www.goodreads.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Last day!
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RIP to David Bellos whose book Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything massively contributed to me wanting to become a literary translator. When I was writing my own book about translation, I kept in mind how funny and accessible his book was.
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
RIP to David Bellos whose book Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything massively contributed to me wanting to become a literary translator. When I was writing my own book about translation, I kept in mind how funny and accessible his book was.
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first book banners told us it was just about what was in schools
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
first book banners told us it was just about what was in schools
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
then they came for books in the public libraries
then they started getting book stores for carrying certain stock
now I'm hearing about little free libraries being shut down
also a reminder that Utah still has a book destruction law.
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Great stuff from some young readers in Iowa with lessons for us all! Start where you are, build your community, keep pushing on policy, & have fun! And for any grown-ups in the room, sometimes the best action you can take is supporting the action of the young people in your community
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years...
www.iowapublicradio.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Great stuff from some young readers in Iowa with lessons for us all! Start where you are, build your community, keep pushing on policy, & have fun! And for any grown-ups in the room, sometimes the best action you can take is supporting the action of the young people in your community
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PA chapter leader Katherine Locke talks with PEN American about banned books, email harassment, & more. Thread includes a link to PEN's toolkit for dealing with email harassment
For authors, email offers a way to connect with readers and professional opportunities. For some, it also becomes a pipeline for harassment. Katherine Locke, a children’s and YA author, has experienced that firsthand. (1/3)
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
PA chapter leader Katherine Locke talks with PEN American about banned books, email harassment, & more. Thread includes a link to PEN's toolkit for dealing with email harassment
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We’re thrilled to announce that on October 28th at 4 PM ET, PPABB will present its first event, "Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors" with guests Jas Perry, Angie Thomas, and Philomena Polefrone.
Registration link here: www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com/events
Registration link here: www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com/events
October 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that on October 28th at 4 PM ET, PPABB will present its first event, "Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors" with guests Jas Perry, Angie Thomas, and Philomena Polefrone.
Registration link here: www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com/events
Registration link here: www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com/events
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Heads-up that Chirp's got a great list of LGBTQ YA audiobooks on sale this month: www.chirpbooks.com/audiobook-li...
Teen LGBTQ Audiobook Deals Audiobooks - Chirp
These LGBTQ teen audiobooks — all discounted to a fraction of their original prices — are sure to appeal to anyone interested in delving into the teen LGBTQ experience. Whether you identify as part of...
www.chirpbooks.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Heads-up that Chirp's got a great list of LGBTQ YA audiobooks on sale this month: www.chirpbooks.com/audiobook-li...
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We interviewed author Jazmina Barrera and translator Christina MacSweeney about their National Book Award-longlisted novel, THE QUEEN OF SWORDS. Read the interview: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
@twolinespress.com
@twolinespress.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We interviewed author Jazmina Barrera and translator Christina MacSweeney about their National Book Award-longlisted novel, THE QUEEN OF SWORDS. Read the interview: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
@twolinespress.com
@twolinespress.com
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Book pals, help out a bookseller in need. My friend Colleen has been in painful chemo and the cancer has recently spread. Cancer (and capitalism) have taken her job as Books Inc ended her remote marketing job when BN took over. Please boost and/or donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/colleen-ca...
Donate to Colleen Cadiz’s Cancer Journey, organized by Melody Ross
This Go Fund Me has been created for the Cadiz Family, whose wife, Colleen, has been battl… Melody Ross needs your support for Colleen Cadiz’s Cancer Journey
www.gofundme.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Book pals, help out a bookseller in need. My friend Colleen has been in painful chemo and the cancer has recently spread. Cancer (and capitalism) have taken her job as Books Inc ended her remote marketing job when BN took over. Please boost and/or donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/colleen-ca...
WHO I WAS WITH HER, my debut YA, has ended up on another ban list 🙃 Libro.fm was nice enough to partner with me for an audiobook giveaway and I’d love to get this bisexual YA book about grief into the hands of people who need it if y’all could help me spread the word. (Like or repost for an entry)
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
WHO I WAS WITH HER, my debut YA, has ended up on another ban list 🙃 Libro.fm was nice enough to partner with me for an audiobook giveaway and I’d love to get this bisexual YA book about grief into the hands of people who need it if y’all could help me spread the word. (Like or repost for an entry)
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Does anyone have a copy of The Art of Joy (the English translation of L'arte della gioia) by Goliarda Sapienza? I’m looking for a quote for a translation I’m working on. Thanks!
October 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Does anyone have a copy of The Art of Joy (the English translation of L'arte della gioia) by Goliarda Sapienza? I’m looking for a quote for a translation I’m working on. Thanks!
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Translator Polly Barton discusses the process of translating HUNCHBACK by Saou Ichikawa, which has been longlisted for the NBA for Translated Literature. Read the interview here, as well as all our other interviews in this series:
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
October 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Translator Polly Barton discusses the process of translating HUNCHBACK by Saou Ichikawa, which has been longlisted for the NBA for Translated Literature. Read the interview here, as well as all our other interviews in this series:
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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What was the most #bannedbook in U.S. schools in the 2024-25 school year?
Topping the list, after being banned in 23 school districts, is a 1962 novel that Time magazine named one of 100 best books of all time in 2010.
These are the 15 most-banned books in America: pen.org/banned-books...
Topping the list, after being banned in 23 school districts, is a 1962 novel that Time magazine named one of 100 best books of all time in 2010.
These are the 15 most-banned books in America: pen.org/banned-books...
Banned Books List 2025
What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.
pen.org
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What was the most #bannedbook in U.S. schools in the 2024-25 school year?
Topping the list, after being banned in 23 school districts, is a 1962 novel that Time magazine named one of 100 best books of all time in 2010.
These are the 15 most-banned books in America: pen.org/banned-books...
Topping the list, after being banned in 23 school districts, is a 1962 novel that Time magazine named one of 100 best books of all time in 2010.
These are the 15 most-banned books in America: pen.org/banned-books...
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The hardest action to take is often the first one. So this #BannedBooksWeek don't worry about what you do as long as you DO SOMETHING. We'll win this together with millions of little actions building to big changes & millions of people working together & taking care of each other.
October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The hardest action to take is often the first one. So this #BannedBooksWeek don't worry about what you do as long as you DO SOMETHING. We'll win this together with millions of little actions building to big changes & millions of people working together & taking care of each other.