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Now reading Verdigris by Michele Mari
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
And we thought we were your number one fan. @andotherstories.bsky.social
We're going to double it: Do this and then translate it into the language of your choice.
poetry prompt of the week: Gregory Orr once said, "How can I celebrate love, now that I know what it does?" write about what love does - and what love does to you. for you. because of you. in spite of you. in admiration of you. does it do anything at all? consider the various points of view.
January 26, 2026 at 3:40 PM
We're going to double it: Do this and then translate it into the language of your choice.
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The Netherlands’ new poet laureate and a dear friend:
Check out “War,” a poem on the inescapability of violence by Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad (tr. Michele Hutchison) wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
And don’t miss both the author and translator during our World In Verse reading on 1/31! Free and virtual, RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
And don’t miss both the author and translator during our World In Verse reading on 1/31! Free and virtual, RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
war by Nisrine Mbarki - Words Without Borders
For our final selection in the 2025 National Translation Month series, a poem by Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad, translated by Michele Hutchison.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The Netherlands’ new poet laureate and a dear friend:
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Looking for new fiction to read? Check out this January Watchlist, featuring ALTA member Maren Baudet-Lackner’s translation of THE AQUATICS by Osvalde Lewat. At Words Without Borders / @wwborders.bsky.social: buff.ly/dsBoLng
The Watchlist: January 2026 - Words Without Borders
Tobias Carroll recommends novels from Cameroon, Colombia, Russia, and more, plus the newest from Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Looking for new fiction to read? Check out this January Watchlist, featuring ALTA member Maren Baudet-Lackner’s translation of THE AQUATICS by Osvalde Lewat. At Words Without Borders / @wwborders.bsky.social: buff.ly/dsBoLng
Another great opportunity for translators and publishing professionals!
Oxford Translates is set to be a brilliant opportunity to meet other translators, publishing professionals and leading voices from translation associations.
Be it a next step in your career or a plunge into a new industry, #OxfordTranslates will have something for you.
Be it a next step in your career or a plunge into a new industry, #OxfordTranslates will have something for you.
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Another great opportunity for translators and publishing professionals!
You and which book in translation?
January 26, 2026 at 2:34 PM
You and which book in translation?
Check out “War,” a poem on the inescapability of violence by Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad (tr. Michele Hutchison) wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
And don’t miss both the author and translator during our World In Verse reading on 1/31! Free and virtual, RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
And don’t miss both the author and translator during our World In Verse reading on 1/31! Free and virtual, RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
war by Nisrine Mbarki - Words Without Borders
For our final selection in the 2025 National Translation Month series, a poem by Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad, translated by Michele Hutchison.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Check out “War,” a poem on the inescapability of violence by Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad (tr. Michele Hutchison) wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
And don’t miss both the author and translator during our World In Verse reading on 1/31! Free and virtual, RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
And don’t miss both the author and translator during our World In Verse reading on 1/31! Free and virtual, RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Calling all translators working from Japanese to English!
🏆 A list of #translation competitions for aspiring and professional #translators being held in 2026
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Japanese to English Translation Competitions 2026 - J-En Translations
A list of Japanese to English translation competitions 2026 for aspiring and professional translators who want to improve their skills.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Calling all translators working from Japanese to English!
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I blathered about it a couple years ago when the US edition came out. It’s spectacular:
Life Is Made Up of Looking | Federico Falco’s The Plains
By Cory Oldweiler
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January 21, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I blathered about it a couple years ago when the US edition came out. It’s spectacular:
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Good book
A great review of UNDER THE EYE OF THE BIG BIRD. Check out Hiromi Kawakami's work on our website!
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January 22, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Good book
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A great review of UNDER THE EYE OF THE BIG BIRD. Check out Hiromi Kawakami's work on our website!
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
"A clarifying portrait of post-Soviet Russian life . . . The more specific this narrative gets, the more searing its emotional connections become."
— @wwborders.bsky.social on Oksana Vasyakina's STEPPE 🌿
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— @wwborders.bsky.social on Oksana Vasyakina's STEPPE 🌿
buff.ly/dsBoLng
The Watchlist: January 2026 - Words Without Borders
Tobias Carroll recommends novels from Cameroon, Colombia, Russia, and more, plus the newest from Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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#2026readinglist !!!!
Browse our list of most anticipated 2026 titles in translation, spanning across 13 countries and ten different languages. You’re sure to find a new book to add to the top of your TBR. Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 AM
#2026readinglist !!!!
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It was the reaper, fierce plane in hand, arriving dizzily, without a trace of remorse
Read “Another April, Too Cruel,” a poem of grief and mourning by José Mármol (tr.Eileen O’Connor): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Come hear this poem live on 1/31 at 11am ET! World in Verse, a free virtual reading. RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Come hear this poem live on 1/31 at 11am ET! World in Verse, a free virtual reading. RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Another April, Too Cruel by José Mármol - Words Without Borders
A poem of grief and mourning by Dominican writer José Mármol, translated from the Spanish by Eileen O’Connor.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
It was the reaper, fierce plane in hand, arriving dizzily, without a trace of remorse
Taran Spalding-Jenkin’s layered poem, translated from Cornish by Elizabeth Ellis, peels back accretions of sedimented time in the ocean. Read “There Are No Fossils Left in This Land,” part of our new issue “The Beating Heart: New Celtic Writing,” here: buff.ly/tqyTRzD
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Taran Spalding-Jenkin’s layered poem, translated from Cornish by Elizabeth Ellis, peels back accretions of sedimented time in the ocean. Read “There Are No Fossils Left in This Land,” part of our new issue “The Beating Heart: New Celtic Writing,” here: buff.ly/tqyTRzD
Read “Another April, Too Cruel,” a poem of grief and mourning by José Mármol (tr.Eileen O’Connor): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Come hear this poem live on 1/31 at 11am ET! World in Verse, a free virtual reading. RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Come hear this poem live on 1/31 at 11am ET! World in Verse, a free virtual reading. RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Another April, Too Cruel by José Mármol - Words Without Borders
A poem of grief and mourning by Dominican writer José Mármol, translated from the Spanish by Eileen O’Connor.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 24, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Read “Another April, Too Cruel,” a poem of grief and mourning by José Mármol (tr.Eileen O’Connor): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Come hear this poem live on 1/31 at 11am ET! World in Verse, a free virtual reading. RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Come hear this poem live on 1/31 at 11am ET! World in Verse, a free virtual reading. RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language. Read “The Cornish Alphabet,” translated by Elizabeth Ellis, here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Cornish Alphabet - Words Without Borders
Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language. Read “The Cornish Alphabet,” translated by Elizabeth Ellis, here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
What's everyone reading this weekend?
January 23, 2026 at 7:24 PM
What's everyone reading this weekend?
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Spirited and wide ranging review of the @wwnorton.com book Breakneck & Jack Hargreaves's translation of Hu Anyan's I Deliver Parcels in Beijing (cc @wwborders.bsky.social ), in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
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Learn to Love Engineers | Los Angeles Review of Books
New books by Dan Wang and Hu Anyan depict ‘both the achievements and the costs of China’s technological rise,’ and why Americans should take note.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Spirited and wide ranging review of the @wwnorton.com book Breakneck & Jack Hargreaves's translation of Hu Anyan's I Deliver Parcels in Beijing (cc @wwborders.bsky.social ), in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
/review by @afrawang.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/chin...
/review by @afrawang.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/chin...
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At @wwborders.bsky.social, I wrote about six recent books in translation. wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Watchlist: January 2026 - Words Without Borders
Tobias Carroll recommends novels from Cameroon, Colombia, Russia, and more, plus the newest from Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
At @wwborders.bsky.social, I wrote about six recent books in translation. wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language. Read “The Cornish Alphabet,” translated by Elizabeth Ellis, here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Cornish Alphabet - Words Without Borders
Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language. Read “The Cornish Alphabet,” translated by Elizabeth Ellis, here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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It’s really worth reading Beckomberga. I read it in Icelandic translation and it was wonderful. The storyworld and the characters stayed with me for a long time afterwards. It’s not so much about life in a psychiatric hospital, as it is about having a connection to it.
Last but not least is BECKOMBERGA by Sara Stridsberg, translated from Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner. Set in a prominent Swedish psychiatric hospital, BECKOMBERGA is “...a haunting, sobering literary work.”https://bookshop.org/a/169/9780374619916
Beckomberga: A Novel
A Novel
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January 22, 2026 at 7:14 PM
It’s really worth reading Beckomberga. I read it in Icelandic translation and it was wonderful. The storyworld and the characters stayed with me for a long time afterwards. It’s not so much about life in a psychiatric hospital, as it is about having a connection to it.
We’re kicking off a new year of Watchlists with an all-fiction January list from Tobias Carroll! This month he’s chosen novels translated from Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, and French, including a new novel from WWB contributor and Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk.
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
We’re kicking off a new year of Watchlists with an all-fiction January list from Tobias Carroll! This month he’s chosen novels translated from Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, and French, including a new novel from WWB contributor and Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk.
“There Are No Fossils Left in This Land” by Taran Spalding-Jenkin (tr. Elizabeth Ellis) documents the passage of time, considering what gets left behind and what endures.
Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
“There Are No Fossils Left in This Land” by Taran Spalding-Jenkin (tr. Elizabeth Ellis) documents the passage of time, considering what gets left behind and what endures.
Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
A great review of UNDER THE EYE OF THE BIG BIRD. Check out Hiromi Kawakami's work on our website!
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
January 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
A great review of UNDER THE EYE OF THE BIG BIRD. Check out Hiromi Kawakami's work on our website!
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...