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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · 6d

I realise this comes comedically quickly after my announcement that I made the longlist last year, but I seem to have done it again! V tempted to make a joke about bridesmaids vs brides, but obviously I'm delighted really! Congratulations to all the winners and others on the long and shortlist.

British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social · 12d

Winners of the John Dryden Prize 2025🎉

🥇Hazel Evans – Plantae Sapiens
🥈Chloe Ratan – Folk Medicine
🥉Rosie Eyre – Grand couronne

Congratulations to the winners, as well as everyone who made it to the short & longlist! Full details are available on our website: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · 9d

Lots of interesting conversations at this @ftnetwork.bsky.social event at Cork last week!

Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you to lovely colleagues at University College Cork for hosting an FTN event as part of UCC's Translation Week 2025 - including an inspiring Feminist Translation Slam with @rudotranslates.bsky.social and Eileen O'Connor, expertly chaired by Elizabeth Rosales Martinez

Translation slam with translators Ruth Donnelly and Eileen O'Connor and chair Elizabeth Rosales Martinez

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · 15d

People keep asking me what my PhD project actually is, which reminded me I left that last blog post hanging a bit...
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Back to the PhD…

Someone messaged me on LinkedIn today, asking about my PhD and wanting to know whether I was daunted at the prospect, which reminded me I’ve left that last post hanging a bit. So here goes… In shor…

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · 20d

A Friday helper…

Phil, a black and white cat, asleep on a lap

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 20d

Looking forward to the FTN event at University College Cork next week, part of UCC's "Translation Week" programme for International Translation Day 2025
@olgacastro80.bsky.social @rudotranslates.bsky.social

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · 21d

more #kidlit recommendations for #worldkidlitmonth over at @wwborders.bsky.social

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World Kid Lit Month 2025: Fall Picks for All Ages - Words Without Borders

Celebrate #WorldKidLitMonth with thirteen new children's and YA books in translation, from Colombia, the Netherlands, South Korea, and more.

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · 21d

Did I mention it's World Kid Lit month?! If you're looking for some international kidlit inspo, you might want to try one of these Scandi titles I reviewed for the @worldkidlit.bsky.social blog:

worldkidlit.org/2025/09/17/n...

Nordic (not-so) Noir for Kids

A round-up of Scandi kid-lit books for teens and middle grades By Ruth Donnelly Nordic Noir is all the rage for grown-ups, but why shouldn’t kids have a share in the fun? With murder mysteries and …

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ooh look what turned up in the post today! Thanks @charcopress.com, can’t wait to get stuck into this…

A photograph of a book, La Lucha: Latin American Feminism Today, published by Charco Press

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks for writing it! I really loved it… slightly mental, obviously, but I like that. It never would have occurred to me to think of translation as punk!

Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Sep 4

Latest blog post (and a slight deviation from the advertised schedule): ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/09/04/c...

Catching Fair (a small interjection on reading other people’s diaries)

I know I said my next post would explain a bit more about my actual PhD project, but as the kids have been home over the summer I’ve been finding it harder to focus on the academic reading so have …

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · Sep 3

Katy Dycus reviews two bilingual picture books highlighting the Cree and Tla’amin Nations in Canada and one trilingual picture book honoring Aztec culture and Nahuatl language in Mexico

#WorldKidLitMonth

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Bi/Trilingual Picture Books About Indigenous Cultures in Canada and Mexico

By Katy Dycus Two bilingual picture books highlighting the Cree and Tla’amin Nations in Canada and one trilingual picture book honoring Aztec culture and language in Mexico give readers special int…

worldkidlit.org

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Hwa Shi-Hsia /xwa51 ʂɚ55 ɕja35/ @coolvirus.bsky.social · Aug 28

One overlooked benefit of declaring preferred pronouns as a social norm is that it's not just for LGBTQ but also for people w non-Anglo names. I'm a cishet woman with a very feminine name but nobody's gonna know that if they don't know Chinese.
But the anti-LGBTQ crowd are also anti-immigrant so..

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 21

Free tickets for book launch at #BhamLitFest25: tinyurl.com/2f7c8dss

Sat 11 Oct, 2-3.30pm, The Exchange (in-person/online)

With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar

@theemmapress.bsky.social
@writingwestmids.bsky.social

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Aug 20

Latest blog post (and a slightly alarmingly massive photo of my face):
ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/08/20/f...

Feminism Matters, or How I Ended Up Doing a PhD

When I finished my masters, I told myself and everyone around me that there was absolutely no way I was going to do a PhD. No chance. Not in a month of Sundays. I had absolutely had enough of acade…

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Aug 16

New book purchases! Now paralysed with indecision about which to read first, obviously…

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Aug 10

*slightly* delayed announcement, but my translation of Camila Valenzuela León’s “Las Durmientes” was long listed for last year’s John Dryden prize! bcla.org/winners-of-t...

Winners of the 2023-24 John Dryden Translation Competition - British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA)

Please find below the results of the 2024 competition. Many thanks to everyone who entered. The John Dryden Translation Competition is sponsored by the British Comparative Literature Association and t...

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Jul 16

Come along to The Exchange, Birmingham on 11th October!

Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 16

Book launch coming soon!

Sat 11 Oct, 2-3.30pm

With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall, Anam Zafar & Rosalind Harvey

The Exchange, Birmingham & online

Part of Birmingham Literature Festival

Co-organised with @theemmapress.bsky.social

Illustration of a bunch of flowers with text 'An Anthology of New Feminist Translations'

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Jul 9

My favourite! Those staircases on wheels 😍😍

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Jul 9

Topping and co?

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Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social · Jul 7