Charlotte Whittle
@charlotte-whittle.bsky.social
Literary translator from Spanish (Norah Lange, Irene Vallejo, Elisa Victoria, Jorge Comensal...). Writer. Currently @uealdc MA Prose Fiction. Queen Sofía Translation Prize 2023. Norwich <> NYC.
Can anyone recommend books about personal archive/using someone's possessions and papers, letters, etc to construct a posthumous portrait ? Especially interested in nonficition/hybrid works. Thinking along lines of Brian Dillon's In the Dark Room, Maria Stepanova's In Memory of Memory, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can anyone recommend books about personal archive/using someone's possessions and papers, letters, etc to construct a posthumous portrait ? Especially interested in nonficition/hybrid works. Thinking along lines of Brian Dillon's In the Dark Room, Maria Stepanova's In Memory of Memory, etc.
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This is really shocking: and true. I discovered I'd just been upgraded without consent to an AI-enshittified package that was about £30 a year more expensive. Strongly recommend anyone who has an Office 365 follow the below advice to get rid of it
Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit.
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...
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January 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This is really shocking: and true. I discovered I'd just been upgraded without consent to an AI-enshittified package that was about £30 a year more expensive. Strongly recommend anyone who has an Office 365 follow the below advice to get rid of it
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While Bezos is spending your money in space, @bookshop-org.bsky.social has distributed over $40 million to bookstores.
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Impact Report 2025
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January 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
While Bezos is spending your money in space, @bookshop-org.bsky.social has distributed over $40 million to bookstores.
bookshop.org/info/impact-...
bookshop.org/info/impact-...
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This article has solid, actionable tips for minimizing the damage caused by social media collecting our personal data - without having to delete profiles or burn it all down.
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This article has solid, actionable tips for minimizing the damage caused by social media collecting our personal data - without having to delete profiles or burn it all down.
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Announcement for all early-career translators: submissions to this year’s Momentum Grant, judged by Julia Sanches, are due 2/28! Learn more about eligibility, submissions, and the Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators: https://buff.ly/3CnAgK5
January 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Announcement for all early-career translators: submissions to this year’s Momentum Grant, judged by Julia Sanches, are due 2/28! Learn more about eligibility, submissions, and the Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators: https://buff.ly/3CnAgK5
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We created this online month of publishing education 4 years ago, for:
- You, a person who wants to publish a novel
- The guy who published his first story collection with a small press and is now looking for an agent
- Your friend who wants to "pick your brain about publishing"
- Steve
- Everyone
- You, a person who wants to publish a novel
- The guy who published his first story collection with a small press and is now looking for an agent
- Your friend who wants to "pick your brain about publishing"
- Steve
- Everyone
We're just THREE weeks from Pub Crawl 2025. Want to spend a whole month learning the publishing industry? Join us for our online publishing intensive!
The full schedule is out now, too, including a keynote conversation with the inimitable Gillian Flynn.
The full schedule is out now, too, including a keynote conversation with the inimitable Gillian Flynn.
Pub Crawl - StoryStudio Chicago
Pub Crawl: An Online Publishing Intensive is curated by Artistic Director Rebecca Makkai as a month-long virtual Festival of literary talent.
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January 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We created this online month of publishing education 4 years ago, for:
- You, a person who wants to publish a novel
- The guy who published his first story collection with a small press and is now looking for an agent
- Your friend who wants to "pick your brain about publishing"
- Steve
- Everyone
- You, a person who wants to publish a novel
- The guy who published his first story collection with a small press and is now looking for an agent
- Your friend who wants to "pick your brain about publishing"
- Steve
- Everyone
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I love this book so much. Sheer inspiration and keeps it real, too.
Sorry I forgot to post a link to buy it. This looks like the cheapest place to buy it and coincidentally it supports independent bookstores! bookshop.org/a/107499/978...
1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round a book by Jami Attenberg
Inspired by Jami Attenberg's wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this "encouraging handbook" (Publishers Weekly) features essays on creativity, productivity, and writing from acclaime...
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January 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I love this book so much. Sheer inspiration and keeps it real, too.
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New on the blog today from #ReadIndies - the strikingly individual prose of Norah Lange from And Other books - quite unforgettable!! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/02/09/i...
“I would be different, transformed…” #ReadIndies #PeopleintheRoom @andothertweets
The fact that #ReadIndies is prompting me to pull books off the TBR is turning out to be a real bonus this year; I am so good at picking up books after reading about them somewhere, and then just l…
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February 9, 2024 at 9:14 AM
New on the blog today from #ReadIndies - the strikingly individual prose of Norah Lange from And Other books - quite unforgettable!! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/02/09/i...
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Reading Norah Lange is a singular experience—often, I wish she were more widely read and recognized not as "Borges’s muse" but as a brilliant writer in her own right. I wrote about Notes from Childhood by Lange (published by @andotherstories.bsky.social) and its uniqueness: bit.ly/3Zu7Map
je lis trop: notes from childhood
reading Norah Lange's words and coming back to childhood memories
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December 1, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Reading Norah Lange is a singular experience—often, I wish she were more widely read and recognized not as "Borges’s muse" but as a brilliant writer in her own right. I wrote about Notes from Childhood by Lange (published by @andotherstories.bsky.social) and its uniqueness: bit.ly/3Zu7Map
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Really busy today but had to take care of some important business first thing:
December 6, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Really busy today but had to take care of some important business first thing:
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Try to Praise the Mutilated World by Adam Zagajewski
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Try to Praise the Mutilated World by Adam Zagajewski
Try to Praise the Mutilated World Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June's long days, and wild str...
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December 5, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Try to Praise the Mutilated World by Adam Zagajewski
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I’ll introduce myself at some point but more importantly, this is Caliban.
December 1, 2024 at 9:15 PM
I’ll introduce myself at some point but more importantly, this is Caliban.
“New York is an information trap,” — me in my sleep, no context.
November 29, 2024 at 11:55 AM
“New York is an information trap,” — me in my sleep, no context.
The 2024 QSSI Translation Prize goes to Heather Cleary for her incredible rendering of Luis Felipe Fabre's RECITAL OF THE DARK VERSES. It was challenging to choose a winner but this translation stood out for its extraordinary creativity and erudition.
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Heather Cleary Wins the 2024 Translation Prize – Queen Sofia Spanish Institute
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November 27, 2024 at 11:06 AM
The 2024 QSSI Translation Prize goes to Heather Cleary for her incredible rendering of Luis Felipe Fabre's RECITAL OF THE DARK VERSES. It was challenging to choose a winner but this translation stood out for its extraordinary creativity and erudition.
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Hoy en @pagina12ok.bsky.social mi artículo dedicado a #DoloresReyes, que ha sufrido amenazas de muerte después de que una fundación se presentase ante la justicia para exigir la retirada de sus libros (junto a otros, casi todos escritos por mujeres) de las bibliotecas de centros de secundaria.
November 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Hoy en @pagina12ok.bsky.social mi artículo dedicado a #DoloresReyes, que ha sufrido amenazas de muerte después de que una fundación se presentase ante la justicia para exigir la retirada de sus libros (junto a otros, casi todos escritos por mujeres) de las bibliotecas de centros de secundaria.
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My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
July 3, 2023 at 12:04 PM
My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
It's been an honor and a pleasure to be a judge of the Queen Sofía translation prize this year. We have an amazing shortlist...
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Shortlist Announcement | 2024 Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Translation Prize – Queen Sofia Spanish Institute
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November 18, 2024 at 2:42 PM
It's been an honor and a pleasure to be a judge of the Queen Sofía translation prize this year. We have an amazing shortlist...
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queensofiaspanishinstitute.org/literature/s...
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Highly recommend oldladyvoice by Elisa Victoria, tr Charlotte Whittle #books #translation
June 8, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Highly recommend oldladyvoice by Elisa Victoria, tr Charlotte Whittle #books #translation
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Emerging Translators: Apply for the 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Program. Mentorships offered in 18 languages. I will be serving as the Japanese mentor. Deadline November 30. Apply here 👇
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2025 Mentorship Program | The American Literary Translators Association
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November 16, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Emerging Translators: Apply for the 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Program. Mentorships offered in 18 languages. I will be serving as the Japanese mentor. Deadline November 30. Apply here 👇
www.literarytranslators.org/2025-mentors...
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Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.