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Center for the Art of Translation @catranslation.org · 11h

We're hiring a full-time Engagement Editor—a new full time staff position in CAT's Communications Department. For more information, visit our site and apply by Oct. 31. www.catranslation.org/about/opport...

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British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 17h

What makes a translated book stand out to publishers? How do Italian titles find their place in the English market? 📚

Join Ruth Clarke, Federico Andornino (Sceptre), Kate Harvey (Akoya) & Richard Village (Foundry Editions) for publisher insights!

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

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Beth Hickling-Moore (she/her) 🍉 @bethangharad.bsky.social · 15h

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Beth Hickling-Moore (she/her) 🍉 @bethangharad.bsky.social · 15h

Very excited to be translating CASAS LIMPIAS by María Agúndez, out spring 2027 from @manillapress.bsky.social as CLEAN HOUSES!

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A book with a pink cover and 1950s-style illustration of women cleaning in green dresses, on a teak wooden table with a cup of coffee and the leaves of a spider plant creeping into the frame.

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Robin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 7d

Made up that @englishpen.bsky.social included Anima Fatua in its list of recommendations for International Translation Day! You can get hold of all the recommended books via their page on @bookshop.org

uk.bookshop.org/lists/new-re...

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Adrian Minckley @aminckey.bsky.social · 8d

asterismbooks.com/product/the-burial-of-the-white-wolf-marcia-barbieri

Pre-orders are available for the second installation of the Trilogy of the Body, written by Brazil's freakiest living writer and brought to you by @sublunary.bsky.social.

The Burial of the White Wolf | Asterism Books

The second in her Trilogy of the Body, *The Burial of the White Wolf* follows Barbieri's *The Whore* down a different delirious rabbit hole, this time centered on the murder of a woman of many names, ...

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 8d

On #ITD2025, I’m completing a translation from Indonesian, and presenting in an all-day internal conference held by a European film archive, on archival materials from Indonesia.

And also? I’m reminding global majority translators: protect yr time, yr health, and yr energy as much as is possible.

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 9d

This conversation will be great! It’s free — just register.

National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 9d

Join us on October 7 as we talk with Gwendolyn Harper translator of the late Pedro Lemebel’s “A Last Supper of Queer Apostles,” winner of the 2024 Barrios Book in Translation Prize!

Attendance is free, but registration is required. Register at tinyurl.com/2025translation

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 14d

the booker prize judges make a lot of fuss about having to read 153 books. but assuming an average weight of 750g per book, that comes in at 115kg of literature - or just under the weight of a single adult male ostrich

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 16d

📢 Translators, you too can join the @alcs.co.uk and get paid for having your books checked out of the library.

A lifetime membership costs just £36. They take it out of your first payment, so you don’t pay a penny up front.

Since I joined in 2020, I have received £515.45! What are you waiting for?

ALCS @alcs.co.uk · 16d

🥳 This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572!

Find out more:
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-di...

Your distribution questions answered

This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572. Get answers to your most pressing questions about our latest distribution.

www.alcs.co.uk

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Bullaun Press @bullaunpress.bsky.social · Jul 28

We're thrilled to introduce Jacob Rogers, the brilliant translator behind our next book What Remains.
Translating from Galician and Spanish, Rogers has championed Galician literature through curated features for publications such as Asymptote and @wwborders.bsky.social borders.bsky.social

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 16d

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Brian Robert Moore @brianrobmoore.bsky.social · 24d

A beautiful review of Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas from @ronanhession.bsky.social in today's Irish Times!
"It’s a sign of the quality of the writing[...] that even when reading analytically as a reviewer, I often found myself putting the book down still in a dream of its voice." @pushkinpress.com

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Rahul Bery @rrrahul.bsky.social · 29d

VOTE JEN!

Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 29d

I’m very proud to be running to be elected to the Management Committee of the Society of Authors. You can read my full statement here:

jencalleja.com/writing/

Image of an olive skinned woman with shoulder length dark hair looking to her left, in a white T-shirt. The background is blurred. Overlaid white text on black backing reads: I’m running to be elected to the Management Committee of the Society of Authors.

Light blue background with whitish grid motif. Black text reads: - to improve author and translator pay
- to fight against AI use and its normalisation
- to represent both authors and literary translators

Same light blue background. Black text reads: - to bring my perspective as a working-class practitioner
- to share my experience as a publisher and press officer

Same light blue background. Black text reads: full statement available on my website and the society of authors website. Voting is for members by post and must be received by 22 October.

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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 24d

ONE MORE DAY—to submit to Turkoslavia! exchanges.uiowa.edu/about-turkos...

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Beth Hickling-Moore (she/her) 🍉 @bethangharad.bsky.social · 24d

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Beth Hickling-Moore (she/her) 🍉 @bethangharad.bsky.social · 24d

I speak Spanish. I’m translating from Italian to English. For the character I’m just looking to sub out some latinates that will be less accessible to an anglophone reader, hence the interest in Esperanto. Thanks for your help!

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Beth Hickling-Moore (she/her) 🍉 @bethangharad.bsky.social · 24d

If only I wasn’t under NDA 🫣😂

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Beth Hickling-Moore (she/her) 🍉 @bethangharad.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks so much! Very helpful. I have a character who speaks a hybrid language in the original. I’m trying to figure out whether a smattering of Esperanto will help me in creating a new hybrid language for English readers!

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Beth Hickling-Moore (she/her) 🍉 @bethangharad.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you! It’s for a translation project! 🙃🙃

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Beth Hickling-Moore (she/her) 🍉 @bethangharad.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for sharing @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social 🙏🏼

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · Sep 2

Proud to be a mentor for ALTA/SALT's 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program, for a translator of children's literature working from any South Asian language into English (based anywhere in the world).

#xl8 #worldkidlit #kidlit #kidlituk #booksky

American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open!

The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.

Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69

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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · Sep 1

Send us your work! For both general and folio submissions, we accept poetry, fiction, essays, excerpted larger works, and translations.

When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. Submissions close Sept. 30th.

kenyonreview.org/submit/

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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open!

The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.

Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69

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