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M.A.Orthofer @maorthofer.bsky.social · Aug 4

As I note and repeat every year: 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 ! (Alas, very few do, so bless the Warwick Prize and the few others that do. And, as you can see, it makes for a great resource.)

Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are pleased to publish the list of eligible submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025.
tinyurl.com/2wax9t5r

The list includes 145 titles from 34 languages - plenty of reading inspiration to mark #womenintranslation month this August! #WITMonth

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Jackie Lynam @jackielynam.bsky.social · Aug 6

Just finished creating my Women in Translation display in Cabra Library @dublincitylibs.bsky.social ❤️📚❤️

Books translated from: Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Swedish, Spanish and more to come...
#WITMonth #WomenInTranslation

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Aug 5

Love this spotlight on a WWB contributor for #WITMonth!
wordswithoutborders.org/contributors...

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · Aug 1

Happy, Happy #WITmonth!💃🎉📚 In August we celebrate books written by women in a language other than English that have been translated.

Read (even if it's just one book), share, #NameTheTranslator without whom literature would be less rich. For more, do check out www.womenintranslation.org/witmonth

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

Sorry for the stern phrasing Alison! No title will be pulled from the list. We do check publication details and this should be the first time these translations have appeared in UK/Ireland. It’s an interesting point that there may be a delay since they were published elsewhere!

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

With huge thanks to the School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures at the University of Warwick and the @bcltuea.bsky.social at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social for their continued sponsorship. The prize would not be possible without this support.

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

... And thank you @lighthousebks.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @portybooks.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social !

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

Looking for more #WITMonth inspiration? We've collected links to bloggers, bookshops, magazines who have made their own lists: tinyurl.com/3sx8bnbh

Thank you @annabookbel.bsky.social @arablit.bsky.social @clmporg.bsky.social @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social @radzpandit.bsky.social cont...

Women in Translation News

An archive of Women in Translation in the news

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

HI Alison, thanks for checking out the list! Could you please let us know which titles you think are ineligible and we will look into this?
Note that the translation could have been published elsewhere but it is eligible for the prize if published for the first time in UK/Ireland April 24-March 25.

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

We are pleased to publish the list of eligible submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025.
tinyurl.com/2wax9t5r

The list includes 145 titles from 34 languages - plenty of reading inspiration to mark #womenintranslation month this August! #WITMonth

tinyurl.com

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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · Aug 2

August is Women in Translation Month! Celebrate the work of the world's best female writers, read by the incredibly talented women (and men) who translate them, with our dedicated playlist--currently 323 videos strong (!!!) and always growing. #WITmonth

Women in Translation #WIT #Read_WIT

Women in Translation playlist. Translations of women authors read by their literary translators. #Women #WIT #WITMonth #womenintranslation #womenwriters #IWD...

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Jul 31

Love seeing people preparing for the start of #WITMonth tomorrow! Here’s my stack of possibilities (well, a conservative selection of them) 📚 Spotting any favourites?

#bookSky #WomenInTranslation

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Kim McNeill •📚🌿☕️ @joiedevivre9.bsky.social · Jul 30

So many possibilities in my tbr for #WITMonth. Here are a few.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · Aug 1

#WITmonth display and window done, a selection of which⤵️

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Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings @kaggsy59.bsky.social · Aug 4

… in which I start #WITmonth with a bit of a struggle… 😳😳😬 kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/u...

“…understanding was always limited.” #WITMonth #claricelispector

August is traditionally Women in Translation month, thanks to the efforts of Meytal Radzinski who started the event in 2014, and I always try to read women’s writing from other languages if I…

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Tony Malone @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social · Aug 4

My first review for this year's #WITMonth takes us to South Korea, for a look at Seo Hajin's collection 'A Good Family' (translated by Ally H. Hwang and Amy C. Smith), another selection from the Dalkey Archive Library of Korean Literature :)
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‘A Good Family’ by Seo Hajin (Review)

Back in 2014, Meytal Radzinski started an event that hit a chord with many readers and reviewers, namely Women in Translation Month, and more than a decade on, it’s still one of the highlight…

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Radz Pandit @radzpandit.bsky.social · Aug 4

Some recommendations from me for #WITMonth.
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#womenintranslation #BookSky

A stack of books for WIT Month featuring authors such as Mercè Rodoreda, Taeko Kono, Natalia Ginzburg, Inès Cagnati, Elsa Morante, Asta Olivia Nordenhof, Helen Wolff, and Mariana Enriquez.

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · Aug 4

#WiTMonth, #WomeninTranslation

ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · Aug 4

From Georgia Makhlouf’s ‘Bitter Country’

Georgia Makhlouf's Pays Amer (Presses de la Cité, 2024) won the 2025 Prix Méditerranée des lecteurs, awarded by the "Des livres et nous" circle of the Perpignan Media Library, and is a finalist for the 2025 Prix de la Littérature Arabe. This excerpt comes…

From Georgia Makhlouf’s ‘Bitter Country’

Georgia Makhlouf's Pays Amer (Presses de la Cité, 2024) won the 2025 Prix Méditerranée des lecteurs, awarded by the "Des livres et nous" circle of the Perpignan Media Library, and is a finalist for the 2025 Prix de la Littérature Arabe. This excerpt comes from Chapter 18.

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · Aug 4

AUGUST 2025 is #WITMonth again! I've set a goal of writing at least 30 reviews of works translated by, or written by and then translated, women from as much of the world as I can source from the DRC aggregators. #Booksky
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AUGUST 2025 is #WITMonth again!

Boydell & Brewer's beautiful 2019 banner W omen I n T ranslation Month ( #WITMonth ) is a long-running project, since 2013, now observed ...

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Anwen Kya @kyatic.bsky.social · Aug 4

In honour of #WIT month, here are my top 10 translated books that I've read so far on my challenge to read a book by a woman from every country in the world, ranging from epic poetry to true crime novellas:

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10 Books to read for Women In Translation Month 2025

In no particular order, here are my recommendations for 10 of the best books to broaden your literary horizons during this year’s Women In Translation Month.

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nora 🍐 @pear-jelly.bsky.social · Aug 3

An ambitious selection for #witmonth what would you go for? #booksky 📚

Journey to the edge of life by Tezer Özlü,
we are all equally from love by adania shibli,
the faster i walk, the smaller i am by kjersti a. Skomvold,
marzahn mon amour by katja oskamp, chilco by daniela catrileo,
cautery by lucia lijtmaer,
on earth as it is beneath by ana paula maia,
what i’d rather not think about by jente posthuma,
the vegetarian by han kang,
a muzzle for witches by dubravka usgresic,
long live the post horn by vigdis hjorth,
farewell,ghosts by nadia terranova

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Maudie @maudiestokes.bsky.social · Aug 2

Have assembled some titles from the TBR for #WITMonth

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 4

If you're in London and looking for a way to celebrate #womenintranslation this August #WITmonth, @sinoistbooks.bsky.social are running two events to celebrate the launch of 'My Sisters Red Shirt' by Tie Ning, translated by Annelise Finnegan. Free tickets available: sinoistbooks.com/our-events/

A poster advertising two events to celebrate the publication of 'My Sisters Red Shirt' in August 2025. The poster includes details of the events on a pink background with an image of a woman with the title of the text promoted on the female figure's shirt. The details of the events given in the poster are:

- 13th August 5.30pm at Battersea Bookshop: Annelise Finnegan with Paul French
- 19th August 6.30pm at Veranda Books: Annelise Finnegan and Nicky Harman with Georgia de Chamberet

Free tickets at sinoistbooks.com/our-events/

The post includes a QR code to access Sinoist Books webpage to book free tickets.

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Aug 1

Happy #WomeninTranslation month! We'd love to hear what women in translation you're reading, reply and we'll repost your recommendations.

If you're looking for some ideas for #witmonth, we will publish the list of eligible submissions in 2025 later today. Watch this space!

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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · Apr 3

Submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 are now open! Publishers, submit here: tinyurl.com/46j57f54

There is no limit on number of entries per publisher and no fee to enter - send all your eligible titles!

@thebookseller.com @rsliterature.bsky.social @wwborders.bsky.social

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