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Into Work @intowork.bsky.social · 2d

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Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social · 23h

Oh no, what a shame.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social · 1d

I agree, I'd tend to translate Mensch as human/person -- unless the masculine is clearly intentional rather than just implied in the original. I like your version!

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Leona Scream @editor.scot · 2d

We need this in Scotland. It’s not even wishful or fanciful thinking: it’s financially astute. Our creative industries are absolutely vital

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social · 5d

I'm really looking forward to this, do come along!

British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 5d

Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨

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

In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

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In Other Words @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social · 13d

What a fantastic event! @bcltuea.bsky.social @annierutherford.bsky.social @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 15d

Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨

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

In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 16d

Sent a digital publisher's catalogue. In it, a special anniversary edition of a beloved book. They *boast* it's a new translation. Nowhere in the copy do they mention who translated. I zoom in on jacket. Nothing. I look down at writer bio, only the original author. VALUE TRANSLATORS, PEOPLE.

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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 15d

Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨

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

In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

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Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social · 19d

Aw, thank you!

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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 23d

Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨

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

In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Interesting conversation between @annierutherford.bsky.social and Paul Russell Garrett discussing how their #translation and translation-adjacent income breaks down, by activity, genre, etc.
www.newwriting.net/2025/09/tapa...

#xl8 #freelance #literaryTranslation #poetry #worldkidlit

Tapas Translation Careers

www.newwriting.net

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Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social · Aug 26

My brilliant friend!

Birdworks @birdworks.bsky.social · Aug 25

🏝️ My second game, Isles & Tiles, is out now on Steam – and on sale for 15% off! If you're into hexagons, deckbuilders, or chill island vibes you should absolutely check it out.

birdworks.io/l/islesandti...

#indiegames #indiedev #boardgamesky

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Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social · Jul 7

Loved this performance at the Loud Poets Showcase last month!

I Am Loud CIC @iamloudpro.bsky.social · Jul 7

New Video!
Watch Here: youtu.be/2v96cKcLQTU

From Abby Oliveira, a trippy, hilarious PSA about the dangers of poitín, Northern Ireland's illegal home-brewed elixir...

Learn more about Abby's work via www.abbyoliveira.com

Jack Hinks provided musical accompaniment for this poem www.jackhinks.co.uk

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨BREAKING: MPs have just voted for cuts to social security - with unwritten promises from the UK Government

This is reckless.

Disability rights aren’t optional. Poverty is a political choice. This Govt chose it tonight.

We'll keep fighting until this cruel Bill is rejected completely.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · Jun 26

The *reason* Ai-generated text contains semicolons, en dashes etc. is that experienced, skilful writers use these marks to subtly convey meaning and nuance in their work. And the Ai LLMs have been trained on the stolen work of experienced, skilful writers.

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Feisty Blue Gecko (Philippa Ramsden) @feistybluegecko.bsky.social · Jun 22

This. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Jun 22

My seventy-seven-year-old father
put his reading glasses on
to help my mother do the buttons
on the back of her dress…

—“George Square”, by Jackie Kay
LIFE MASK, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2005

Hear Jackie Kay read this poem on the @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social:
poetryarchive.org/poem/george-...

George Square
by Jackie Kay

My seventy-seven-year-old father
put his reading glasses on
to help my mother do the buttons
on the back of her dress.
‘What a pair the two of us are!’
my mother said, ‘Me with my sore wrist,
you with your bad eyes, your soft thumbs!’

And off they went, my two parents
to march against the war in Iraq,
him with his plastic hips, her with her arthritis
to congregate at George Square where the banners
waved at each other like old friends, flapping,
where they’d met for so many marches over their years,
for peace on earth, for pity’s sake, for peace, for peace.

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Jun 20

So proud of @catmitchell17.bsky.social and @pennyauthor.bsky.social for making a #Disability focus issue of @thebookseller.com happen after 3 years hiatus. So heartening to see such brilliant books by disabled, D/deaf, neurodivergent writers being published across genres, as in my preview. #BookSky

Books Spotlight page from The Bookseller: disability focus. Preview with tag line 'changing the world through representation', and five category picks by me: these moral bodies by elspeth wilson, awakened by laura elliot, the quiet ear by Raymond antrobus, Annah, infinite by Khairani Barokka and Ramping up rights by Rachel Charlton-Dailey, with intro text: In the three years since the last Disability Category Focus publishing has begun to shift its norms in response to demand for better representation, with successful examples of disabled children’s writers like Elle McNichol showing own voices narratives can be best-sellers, and making a commercial argument for the rest of us. In fiction, from literary to romance to sci-fi and fantasy, the ground for disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent writers to tell stories with unapologetically disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent protagonists has been laid and paved, and it shows in the wealth of stories in all genres being published this year. Crime has seen a similar shift, with Chris Bridges ‘Sick To Death’ gripping readers this spring. The space for complex disability memoirs continues to grow as does the need for practical guides both to living well as a disabled person, and to anti-ableism. Hybrid memoirs combining disability and nature writing have sown the seeds for disability nature writing to thrive, reflected in growing confidence from publishers. As disabled people in the UK come under threat of unprecedented withdrawal of support, it is more pressing than ever to hear from disabled people themselves, in their own words. Each of these books might just change the world if they reach the right readers.

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · Jun 16

⏰️Deadline this Friday

We’re on the lookout for a part-time Production Coordinator to help bring our programmes to life at GWL!

This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of our creative & inclusive feminist space

🔅 10 hrs/week
🔅 £27533 pro rata (actual £7,867)
🔅 Fixed-term until 1 May 2026

Information about the role at Glasgow Women’s Library

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Green New Deal Rising @gndrising.bsky.social · Jun 11

There is enough money in this country. We don't have to make cuts. We don't have to invest in one thing at the expense of another.

But we do have to make the super-rich and corporations pay their fair share.

Our co-director Hannah on @bbc5live.bsky.social this morning 👇

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English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · Jun 11

Presidents of English PEN, @peninternational.bsky.social, Wales PEN Cymru, @scottishpen.bsky.social have written to the Prime Minister highlighting grave concerns for colleagues across the OPT and calling for urgent action.

Read the letter ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/wp-content/u...

www.englishpen.org

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Sabine Karrer 🖇️ @realfraukassandra.bsky.social · Jun 10

Menschen in/um #Graz - das Rote Kreuz bittet dringend um Blutspenden. Zum Beispiel heute von 16 bis 19 Uhr im Jufa Hotel Graz: termine.blut.at/termine/exv8...

Blutspende in Graz, JUFA Hotel Graz

Auf geht’s – Zum Blutspendetermin am Dienstag, 10. Juni 2025 in 8020 Graz, JUFA Hotel Graz

termine.blut.at

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Push the Boat Out Festival @ptbopoetry.bsky.social · May 27

We’re thrilled to launch a brand-new opportunity! With support from @ntsonline.bsky.social, we’re commissioning three bold, poetry-led performances responding to our theme: Anthropocene: The Human-Altered World. Full info▶️ pushtheboatout.org/work-with-us/

Ruxy Cantir performs In Deep on stage at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in 2024. Ruxy is dressed as a clown in an oversized pair of trousers and holding a bunched up piece of fishing net. In Deep was a collaboration between poet and playwright David McNeish and physical theatre maker and clown Ruxy Cantir commissioned by Push the Boat Out in 2024 as part of the Living Water: New Poetic Performances, in association with the National Theatre of Scotland. Photo credit: Chris Scott

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Alex Penland, Academia Native @alexpenname.bsky.social · May 26

So you agree? Our work is valuable and your industry can't survive without it?

Because that sure as hell sounds like something you need permission and should pay for.

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Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social · May 26

A good read and a reminder that today is the last day to opt out of data scraping on meta products! (Link to do so is here: theaoi.com/news/meta-ai...)

Tom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com · May 26

My latest newsletter is out. Covered: Grok's meltdown, cognitive offloading, neo-luddism, resistance and Iain Softley's 1995 classic, Hackers!

grave-offerings.ghost.io/trust-your-t...

Trust Your Technolust

On Neo-Luddism, Resistance, and Hackers.

grave-offerings.ghost.io

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Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com · May 9

Two Lines Press is excited to open a focused submissions call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. We highly encourage submissions of work from less-represented languages and from BIPOC, women, and/or queer authors and translators.

www.catranslation.org/books/submit...

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