Kate Brown
@katebrown.bsky.social
Writer who doesn't live in Berlin anymore.
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Yes. And translators, badly paid, have been trying to make people aware of this, but they have only a small platform. Need writers and readers to be aware and speak out.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
Deep breath
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Yes. And translators, badly paid, have been trying to make people aware of this, but they have only a small platform. Need writers and readers to be aware and speak out.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.
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‘The British state will let them rot in a prison and die’: The Palestine Action supporters on hunger strike
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dis...
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dis...
‘The British state will let them rot in a prison and die’: The Palestine Action supporters on hunger strike
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
‘The British state will let them rot in a prison and die’: The Palestine Action supporters on hunger strike
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dis...
Five people being held on remand are in a critical state, after protesting prison conditions. The government has chosen not to engage.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dis...
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I’m excited to announce that I’m giving a literary translation workshop Berlin for 5 weeks starting January 8.
Where: Métis bookshop, Prenzlauer Berg.
Cost: €210 with reduced price options. DM me for details or send a mail to [email protected] to sign up!
@thereaderberlin.bsky.social
Where: Métis bookshop, Prenzlauer Berg.
Cost: €210 with reduced price options. DM me for details or send a mail to [email protected] to sign up!
@thereaderberlin.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’m excited to announce that I’m giving a literary translation workshop Berlin for 5 weeks starting January 8.
Where: Métis bookshop, Prenzlauer Berg.
Cost: €210 with reduced price options. DM me for details or send a mail to [email protected] to sign up!
@thereaderberlin.bsky.social
Where: Métis bookshop, Prenzlauer Berg.
Cost: €210 with reduced price options. DM me for details or send a mail to [email protected] to sign up!
@thereaderberlin.bsky.social
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Phillippe Sands: "Peaceful protest and expression is not and should not ever be an act of terror, or a crime, at least not in a reasonable world" observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror? | The Observer
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December 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Phillippe Sands: "Peaceful protest and expression is not and should not ever be an act of terror, or a crime, at least not in a reasonable world" observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Please spread the invitation to Fall of Freedom far and wide. We want participants from across the country. We're approaching everyone from huge venues to DIY and community spaces. Nothing too big or too small. www.falloffreedom.com
FALL OF FREEDOM Fall of Freedom
Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Beginning November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, t...
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September 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Please spread the invitation to Fall of Freedom far and wide. We want participants from across the country. We're approaching everyone from huge venues to DIY and community spaces. Nothing too big or too small. www.falloffreedom.com
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There Is No Meant to Be" is available for preorder! My publisher promised that if I have 250 preorders that I get a case of prosecco left over from last year's Christmas party. 500 preorders before March & they'll go halfsies on a vintage George Foreman!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ther...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ther...
September 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
There Is No Meant to Be" is available for preorder! My publisher promised that if I have 250 preorders that I get a case of prosecco left over from last year's Christmas party. 500 preorders before March & they'll go halfsies on a vintage George Foreman!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ther...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ther...
Trying to pick up the threads of a novel put aside so many times for so many reasons. What is it about? Trying to convince myself all the new questions are a good thing. My brain is a lot less elastic as I get older.
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trying to pick up the threads of a novel put aside so many times for so many reasons. What is it about? Trying to convince myself all the new questions are a good thing. My brain is a lot less elastic as I get older.
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Today’s blog is a trip to Xanadu. There’s Kubla Khan. Check. There’s Olivia Newton John. Check. So let’s dance, let’s party.
In,
‘On good reviews / bad reviews. And resilience.’
We carry on this evisceration of the writing life. It’s fun. Let’s dance!
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In,
‘On good reviews / bad reviews. And resilience.’
We carry on this evisceration of the writing life. It’s fun. Let’s dance!
open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...
On good reviews / bad reviews. And resilience.
When Me and Mickie James came out it had a couple of really horrendous reviews.
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August 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Today’s blog is a trip to Xanadu. There’s Kubla Khan. Check. There’s Olivia Newton John. Check. So let’s dance, let’s party.
In,
‘On good reviews / bad reviews. And resilience.’
We carry on this evisceration of the writing life. It’s fun. Let’s dance!
open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...
In,
‘On good reviews / bad reviews. And resilience.’
We carry on this evisceration of the writing life. It’s fun. Let’s dance!
open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...
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"How Can I Write At A Time Like This?" @alexanderchee.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/querent/...
"How Can I Write At A Time Like This?"
Some thoughts on writing at a time like this.
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August 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"How Can I Write At A Time Like This?" @alexanderchee.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/querent/...
Off to a Salon du Livre this morning. Second hand French books I should look out for?
August 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Off to a Salon du Livre this morning. Second hand French books I should look out for?
My mum turned 93 today. She has just drilled holes in the wall round her pond to fix handles so she can pull herself up after sitting on the step by the water. Offers of help have been refused.
August 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My mum turned 93 today. She has just drilled holes in the wall round her pond to fix handles so she can pull herself up after sitting on the step by the water. Offers of help have been refused.
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“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion”
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Peaceful protesters yesterday, writing the words on their placards which will convert them from ordinary citizens to terrorists in the eyes of the government and the law. Words which put them in the same legal group as Osama bin Laden. The rank absurdity of Cooper’s decision captured in one photo.
August 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion”
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
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Insightful, closely observed article by Lukas Schmelter on Dubai which chimes with our new cover section on the future of the world order
NEW: Dubai already shows what a post-Western world will look like. However, Lukas Paul Schmelter writes, it only functions based on the remnants of the liberal world order.
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Dubai: Harbinger of a Post-Western World
The metropolis of Dubai already shows what a post-Western world will look like. However, it only functions because it is based on the remnants of the liberal world order.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Insightful, closely observed article by Lukas Schmelter on Dubai which chimes with our new cover section on the future of the world order
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'I don’t know if it’s very interesting to read fiction where you can feel that the author is judging the character.'
Rosa Appignanesi interviews Lauren Elkin about Lacan, Paris and her so-called 'critic's novel', Scaffolding.
Read here: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-an...
Rosa Appignanesi interviews Lauren Elkin about Lacan, Paris and her so-called 'critic's novel', Scaffolding.
Read here: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-an...
Interview | ‘An anti-flâneuse kind of existence’: In conversation with Lauren Elkin - The London Magazine
Rosa Appignanesi interviews Lauren Elkin about Lacan, Paris, sexual relationships and her so-called 'critic's novel', Scaffolding.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
'I don’t know if it’s very interesting to read fiction where you can feel that the author is judging the character.'
Rosa Appignanesi interviews Lauren Elkin about Lacan, Paris and her so-called 'critic's novel', Scaffolding.
Read here: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-an...
Rosa Appignanesi interviews Lauren Elkin about Lacan, Paris and her so-called 'critic's novel', Scaffolding.
Read here: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-an...
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Today at 6 at TCD. Me and Judith talking #translation in Dublin. I think it’s free.
www.tickettailor.com/events/tclct...
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Select tickets – Writing and Translating and Telling Each Other Everything? – Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation
Join us for a conversation between German author, Judith Hermann, and her translator, Katy Derbyshire. Newly published in Engli...
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May 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Today at 6 at TCD. Me and Judith talking #translation in Dublin. I think it’s free.
www.tickettailor.com/events/tclct...
www.tickettailor.com/events/tclct...
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What does the cover rose mean?🌷
Explore poems and the creation of This Is How I Fight by @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social at our #blog ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-c...
Explore poems and the creation of This Is How I Fight by @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social at our #blog ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-c...
May 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
What does the cover rose mean?🌷
Explore poems and the creation of This Is How I Fight by @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social at our #blog ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-c...
Explore poems and the creation of This Is How I Fight by @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social at our #blog ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-c...
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Very pleased to see my book, Saltburn, in this stack of books. And to take some pleasure in that it’s the only one with a seal sitting under an umbrella on the spine.
#BookSky
#SealSky
#UmbrellaSky
#BookSky
#SealSky
#UmbrellaSky
Birthday book haul part two! Featuring @drewgum.bsky.social @renardpress.com @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social (the OG publication anyway!) and many more joys.
May 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Very pleased to see my book, Saltburn, in this stack of books. And to take some pleasure in that it’s the only one with a seal sitting under an umbrella on the spine.
#BookSky
#SealSky
#UmbrellaSky
#BookSky
#SealSky
#UmbrellaSky
Been swimming in the local lake the last three days running. It's cold at the beginning, but is SO worth it. I think I'm getting some strength back in my wrist. And it just puts me in such a good mood. Tomorrow storms are forecast :-(
May 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Been swimming in the local lake the last three days running. It's cold at the beginning, but is SO worth it. I think I'm getting some strength back in my wrist. And it just puts me in such a good mood. Tomorrow storms are forecast :-(
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It’s PUBLICATION DAY for the French translation of The Fates!
And it’s BEAUTIFUL! ✨💜✨
Les Moires with Sabran Editions
I am beyond thrilled - my first translated novel & Sabran have created a stunning edition to treasure ✨✨
And it’s BEAUTIFUL! ✨💜✨
Les Moires with Sabran Editions
I am beyond thrilled - my first translated novel & Sabran have created a stunning edition to treasure ✨✨
April 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s PUBLICATION DAY for the French translation of The Fates!
And it’s BEAUTIFUL! ✨💜✨
Les Moires with Sabran Editions
I am beyond thrilled - my first translated novel & Sabran have created a stunning edition to treasure ✨✨
And it’s BEAUTIFUL! ✨💜✨
Les Moires with Sabran Editions
I am beyond thrilled - my first translated novel & Sabran have created a stunning edition to treasure ✨✨
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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My friend @mirajacob.bsky.social takes us all to therapy and I can say I got a lot out of it: mailchi.mp/eed8f2d5e619...
April 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
My friend @mirajacob.bsky.social takes us all to therapy and I can say I got a lot out of it: mailchi.mp/eed8f2d5e619...
Encountered an AI translation today in which Flemish had become flamenco. Dance becomes unintended language.
April 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Encountered an AI translation today in which Flemish had become flamenco. Dance becomes unintended language.
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"You photograph with all your ideology" (Salgado)
‘Uche and the mould corner’ from my Outsiders project. I’ve never believed in neutrality when it comes to documentary photography. You always take sides, indeed I think that’s a necessary part of the process if you want to document difficult subjects like poverty in any depth.
April 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"You photograph with all your ideology" (Salgado)
Woke up to a headache and sore throat, but also to this. Things aren't all bad.
March 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Woke up to a headache and sore throat, but also to this. Things aren't all bad.
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A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...