Our July book will be Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social. We'll be meeting to discuss on the 6th July at 7pm UK time. PM for the Zoom link!

A week today!

Congrats to Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, Lin King and @andotherstories.bsky.social! A reminder too that this is our June book and we'll be meeting to discuss on the 1st June.

Coincidentally, our June book is Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King and published by @andotherstories.bsky.social. Our meeting will be on Monday 1st June at 7pm UK time. DM us if you would like to join!

Congrats to one of the best indie presses around!

And this is your eight day reminder that our meeting to discuss The Home and the World is coming up - all welcome.

Here's our very own Dan talking about about reading translations in illustrious company for the Society of Authors a few weeks back! vimeo.com/showcase/704...

Next month we'll be discussing The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore, translated from the Bengali in multiple editions. Our meeting will be on Monday 11th May at 7pm UK time. DM us if you would like to join!

A belated thank you to @davidwrites1.bsky.social for coming to talk to us on Monday about Oromay by Baalu Girma, which he co-translated from the Amharic with Mesfin Felleke Yirgu.

Wonderful @ldnreadsworld.bsky.social with @davidwrites1.bsky.social on Oromay x Baalu Girma. Fascinating novel, fascinating context.

For our “Prize Winners” month we have decided to read this year’s Booker International winner Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq (trranslated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi) @andotherstories.bsky.social Our meeting will be on Monday 4th August at 7pm GMT. DM us if you would like to join.

Last minute meeting alert! Our July meet-up is tomorrow (7th July) and we’ll be discussing the graphic novel adaptation of Thomas Piketty’s Capital & Ideology translated by our very own @morrisonmm.bsky.social DM us for the zoom link

Join us next week for a special treat - our book for June is Négar Djavadi’s Disoriental and we will be welcoming translator @tinakover.bsky.social to discuss with us. Dm us to get the link

“Sci Fi in translation” is our category for May and we have chosen to read a classic in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We. There are multiple translations including a new one from Bela Sheyavich! Our meeting will be on Monday 12th May at 7pm London time on Zoom. DM if you would to join us.

Our category for April is Minority Languages and we have chosen to read Black Storms by Teresa Solana (tr. from Catalan by Peter Bush). The meeting will be on Monday 7th April. DM us for details. @corylusbooks.bsky.social @teresasolanawriter.bsky.social

Sooooooo much food for thought in this one already. Can’t wait to discuss at @ldnreadsworld.bsky.social on Monday!

‘Reading makes you sexy’ Ahead of the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist announcement, we spoke to some of the judges about their reading habits, their favourite works of translated fiction – and why more people should read it. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

A forward look at what 2025 has in store...

Our theme for March is On Translation and we have chosen to read Violent Phenomena edited by Dr Kavita Bhanot and Jeremy Tiang published by @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social. Join us at 7pm London time on Monday 3rd Mar. As always, all welcome. Follow/DM for details.

We’re delighted to announce that 19 titles from 17 regions and 13 languages have won #PENTranslates awards. They include, for the first time, a title from Somaliland. Discover the winners ⬇️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

My favourite (and only) book club

We return in February for our annual long read: The Luminous Novel by Mario Levrero 🇺🇾, translated from Spanish by Annie McDermott @andotherstories.bsky.social. Join us online at 7pm London time on Mon 3 Feb. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.

Hello! We have made the journey over from X and this will be our main social media presence going forwards. Details of our first meeting in 2025 to follow...