Really looking forward to hosting the great @lilydunn.bsky.social in conversation with @mariannebrooker.bsky.social. October 16th, tickets this way---> www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bos...

To celebrate the imminent release of @lilydunn.bsky.social's 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform' in October, Lily has compiled a fascinating list of the authors she interviewed for the book for her local @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social:

Pre-order a SIGNED & DEDICATED copy of @lilydunn.bsky.social's forthcoming book, 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform', publishing 7th October 2025. Available from @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social here: gloucesterroadbooks.com/product/9781... #choosebookshops #booksky

The deadline for our Poetry in Translation Prize is tonight. Enter here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/the-p...

let's make Bartleball a thing

My favourite of all the Nancy strips are the ones that employ a humour that is somehow both visual and linguistic. Prime example ❤️

Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).

This is hateful and dystopian. I was just on holiday in Kent. Nice to know how welcome queer people (esp children) are there eh? Please, Kent locals, write to your councillors and resist this grossness. #KidLitUK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No book in the history of the world has made a child gay or straight or trans or cis. But they have provided hope and a future for those that already are. But of course, under Reform, all hope must be crushed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is indeed excellent. We were lucky enough to have Camilla Grudova here a couple of years ago, and she was great then too. Everybody start paying writers on time. Or else.

A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM NANCY…

We’re delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2026 judging panel for the 10th anniversary of the prize in its current form. Natasha Brown will act as chair and will be joined by Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Hughes, Troy Onyango and Nilanjana S. Roy. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Thrilled to announce Canongate will be publishing WORDS ARE MY MATTER by Pulitzer Prize winner by Ursula K. Le Guin. A manual investigating the depth, breadth and importance of contemporary fiction. canongate.co.uk/news/canonga...

Good Helen Garner day today

The perfect purchase from my local bookshop @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social on a beautiful summer morning. This is going to be my summer reading. What book have you bought from an independent bookshop this week? #independentbookshopweek

Indie solidarity. The symbiosis between indie bookshops and indie publishers makes it possible for us to do what we do. Manifesto printed for #indiebookshopweek

Corrected that headline for you: "Foxes battling corporate gentrification infestation in canalside neighbourhood."

Fitzcarraldo should ditch their binary cover design and embrace the inherent hybridity of most narrative endeavours by giving each individual book a colour on the blue-white spectrum that precisely indicates the truth (white) to fabrication (blue) ratio of the text it contains.

Will be looking forward to this one then

My childhood best friend, a doctor, has set up a project to get kids who need urgent specialist medical care, out of Gaza, to get the help they need. They're crowdfunding here: www.purehope.co.uk

Just ONE MONTH LEFT to enter the 2025 Wasafiri Essay Prize! Open to early-career researchers (including PhD students) in the field of international contemporary literature (literature published since 1965 from anywhere in the world). ⏰ Deadline: 30 June 2025 buff.ly/oAGs0E3

We had such an amazing time listening to @jencalleja.bsky.social last week, it was unquestionably one of the highlights of Translated By, Bristol and you should all read this - whether or not you've ever thought about the process of translation.

Yesterday, over 380 writers published an open letter demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire and end to the genocide. It's a letter we believe everyone should read, and one we support wholeheartedly: canongate.co.uk/news/writers...

the political party that commits to the slogan 'tough on billionaires, tough on the causes of billionaires' will rule for a generation.

Exactly this. But he's willing to kill the UK's (lucrative and proven) arts industry for a tech industry that's bleeding millions, can't keep its promises, over-heating the planet and sucking up water resources the UK doesn't have, yet his main argument seems to be "But everyone else will do it."

Tomorrow! Still some tickets left if you'd like to come along. translatedbybristol.com/programme/#e...

Hello

Final preparations are underway for Bristol's first festival of translated literature

‘“Monkey Grip” is beautifully under-plotted and immersive; marked by tonal variation and structural ease, the finished shape of the book affords the pleasure of musical completion.’ Anne Enright (@thewrengirl.bsky.social) on Helen Garner: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Lovely to have some national press coverage for the festival & the state of translated literature more broadly www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Lovely to have this mention of the very imminent Translated By, Bristol festival in @bristol247.bsky.social Thanks folks! 🙏🙏🙏 www.bristol247.com/culture/book...

I’m honored to receive the Pulitzer Prize today. I dedicate this success to my family, friends, teachers, and students in Gaza. I’m praying for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and justice. 🍓🍓🍓🍓

And don't miss the chance to hear 5 of the shortlisted translators discuss their work on the same stage! translatedbybristol.com/programme/#e...

When we started working on this, well over a year ago, it felt perfectly safe because it was so far away. It's now worryingly, excitingly, nerve-janglingly close. It starts on Monday. It's fine it's fine I'm fine. translatedbybristol.com/programme/

This is going to be fantastic. Alas, it's sold out, but there are plenty more events in our festival of translated literature that still have tickets available: translatedbybristol.com/programme/

We have signed copies, but won't for long.

I don't know what the threshold is for a phrase tipping over into common usage but I feel like we can get this there

Summer dates now available for our Creative Non-Fiction writing course. gloucesterroadbooks.com/non-fiction-...

I absolutely adore Three Men In A Boat. Thoroughly enjoyed this piece too. It's making me want to re-read JKJ...

Such a great expression of this incredibly important crux. And exactly why we're collaborating on a festival of translation and translated literature. translatedbybristol.com/programme/

Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 40,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookThieves by adding your signature here ✒️ authr.uk/sp40

The danger is real

You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing

This is also when we'll find out the lineup for our Translated By, Bristol panel with the shortlisted translators. Vvv exciting stuff! translatedbybristol.com/programme/#e...

“Before ISIS I wrote about violence in Iraq, I wrote about violence from the dictator. I want to stop writing about violence, but the violence does not stop in Iraq,” Hassan Blasim in The National www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture...

Absolutely yes to this. There just isn't anyone writing stories like Hassan Blasim. AND He and translator Jonathan Wright are the opening event in Translated By, Bristol in May: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/sto...

Happy publication day indeed! We still have a little space at our talk with @danzep.bsky.social on Monday. www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/glo...

Taking part in two events at Translated By Festival in Bristol in May - launching Fair: The Life-Art of Translation @prototypepubs.bsky.social with Polly Barton & my translation of Gregor Hens’s The City and the World @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social with @gregorhens.bsky.social himself.

The second wave of events for Translated By, Bristol has landed. Every single one of these is going to be totally fascinating. Cannot wait! translatedbybristol.com/programme/

We had such a great time with @tomsastry.bsky.social last week! Thanks to everyone who came along and to @ninearchespress.bsky.social Life Expectancy Begins to Fall is in stock now 💥