any translation publishers out there willing to share how many pitches they receive a year on average?

At this year’s Int’l Booker Prize ceremony, a white translator went on a rant TO MY FACE about how translators should translate into their first languages only and I was genuinely flabbergasted because I was like… Do you know whom you’re speaking to???

So this is what hope feels like!

Happy Zohran Day to all who celebrate!!

NYC friends? Cheering for you today. Bring it home. vote.nyc/page/find-yo...

I wrote a little thing for the @mptmagazine.bsky.social ‘From the Archives’ feature. I’d love you to give it a read! modernpoetryintranslation.com/from-the-arc...

A Christmas Carol, but Scrooge is visited by the spirits of 3 freelancers whose invoices he didn't get around to paying before Christmas

Join us at Ibraaz for the London launch of Palestine is everywhere! Thursday 6 Nov 2025, 6:30pm — 8pm With Laleh Khalili, Mira Mattar, Edwin Nasr, Rahul Rao and Skye Arundhati Thomas. ibraaz.org/whats-on/pal...

Are the right ok? This is next level of "journalistic* " slop. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Congrats to everyone on the long list! ✨ Am especially proud of my pal Kevin Gerry Dunn, translator of HUNGRY FOR WHAT by Maria Bastarós ( @dauntbookspub.bsky.social). Go team! 👏

Our Calico Series is open for submissions for 🐾 animal stories 🐾 in translation! Open to translations from any language into English, word count between 2k to 10k words, deadline January 15, 2026! Full submission details here: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...

absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago

Something extraordinary is happening. +6000 new members in ONE SINGLE day. @greenparty.org.uk just hit 130,000 members and rising!!! Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Join us as our new Poet in Residence 2025-2027 🖌 We are looking for our third Poet in Residence at Poetry Ireland as we move back home to No. 11 Parnell Square. For more details on the role and how to apply visit www.poetryireland.ie/education/ne... Supported by @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social

Still looking for someone, haven't found a single person so far (that I can contact). I have a 46-episode script that I need translated. This would be a paid job!

Annual reminder that without literary translators, most Nobel Prize-winning authors couldn’t be read by the committee/readers, so celebrate them too. Congrats @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social et al! This isn’t taking away from the author, it’s adding recognition of the miracle/labour/skill of translation.

We're hiring a full-time Engagement Editor—a new full time staff position in CAT's Communications Department. For more information, visit our site and apply by Oct. 31. www.catranslation.org/about/opport...

What makes a translated book stand out to publishers? How do Italian titles find their place in the English market? 📚 Join Ruth Clarke, Federico Andornino (Sceptre), Kate Harvey (Akoya) & Richard Village (Foundry Editions) for publisher insights! Register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

Very excited to be translating CASAS LIMPIAS by María Agúndez, out spring 2027 from @manillapress.bsky.social as CLEAN HOUSES! 🏠 🏡 🧼 🧽 🫧 🧹 🧺

Made up that @englishpen.bsky.social included Anima Fatua in its list of recommendations for International Translation Day! You can get hold of all the recommended books via their page on @bookshop.org uk.bookshop.org/lists/new-re...

asterismbooks.com/product/the-burial-of-the-white-wolf-marcia-barbieri Pre-orders are available for the second installation of the Trilogy of the Body, written by Brazil's freakiest living writer and brought to you by @sublunary.bsky.social.

On #ITD2025, I’m completing a translation from Indonesian, and presenting in an all-day internal conference held by a European film archive, on archival materials from Indonesia. And also? I’m reminding global majority translators: protect yr time, yr health, and yr energy as much as is possible.

This conversation will be great! It’s free — just register.

the booker prize judges make a lot of fuss about having to read 153 books. but assuming an average weight of 750g per book, that comes in at 115kg of literature - or just under the weight of a single adult male ostrich

📢 Translators, you too can join the @alcs.co.uk and get paid for having your books checked out of the library. A lifetime membership costs just £36. They take it out of your first payment, so you don’t pay a penny up front. Since I joined in 2020, I have received £515.45! What are you waiting for?

We're thrilled to introduce Jacob Rogers, the brilliant translator behind our next book What Remains. Translating from Galician and Spanish, Rogers has championed Galician literature through curated features for publications such as Asymptote and @wwborders.bsky.social borders.bsky.social

A beautiful review of Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas from @ronanhession.bsky.social in today's Irish Times! "It’s a sign of the quality of the writing[...] that even when reading analytically as a reviewer, I often found myself putting the book down still in a dream of its voice." @pushkinpress.com

VOTE JEN!

ONE MORE DAY—to submit to Turkoslavia! exchanges.uiowa.edu/about-turkos...

Proud to be a mentor for ALTA/SALT's 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program, for a translator of children's literature working from any South Asian language into English (based anywhere in the world). #xl8 #worldkidlit #kidlit #kidlituk #booksky

Send us your work! For both general and folio submissions, we accept poetry, fiction, essays, excerpted larger works, and translations. When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes. Submissions close Sept. 30th. kenyonreview.org/submit/

📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open! The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator. Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69

It's the last day of #WITMonth but I hope we can read women in translation every month

Boosting this account too as Soad's other account has been shadowbanned, people aren't seeing notifications it seems.

If you haven't already, we urge authors who believe their books may have been unlawfully downloaded by Anthropic to visit the website below and provide the requested information. www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

D-7 for #spinsterseptember !! Will you be joining next month? (Please find in the ALT Text how to take part + lots of recommendations) #booksky

Don't miss this fantastic event on Sudanese literature if you're in Sheffield this Wednesday! Featuring incredible readings and discussions, including by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, author of the PTC poetry collection 'A Friend's Kitchen' (tr. Bryar Bajalan + Shook)!

📣 Publishers, orgs, bookshops, festivals, institutions, & collectives can apply for their International Translation Day events to be featured in this year's Nationwide programme with @writerscentre.bsky.social. #ITD2025 Apply & join us ⬇️⬇️ (deadline 28 Aug) www.englishpen.org/translation/...

We’re hiring a Senior Publicity Executive with a focus on non-fiction, film and history, and Faber Editions. If you have experience working closely with authors and agents and a track record delivering impactful campaigns, apply by 28 August. faber.co.uk/careers/senior-publicity-executive-2/

Just finished ANIMA FATUA by Ana Lidia Vega Serova, tr. @robmunb.bsky.social and pub. @amaurea-press.bsky.social 🕊️ I’ve never read a book like this: it traces the story of a young Cuban-Russian girl growing up in the USSR. Brutal, tender & utterly memorable. Wonderful translation, Robin! 🪆🪆🪆

Fancy joining #TheGutterTeam? We are hiring! 📚💚 • Bookseller positions available across Temple Bar & Dalkey shops • 2-4 days a week • 1-2 years bookselling experience essential • email CV & cover letter to [email protected] by 24th August 2025. #jobfairy #gutterteamdreamteam #mustlovedogs

Another shout out for this excellent event happening next week in Sheffield, where the Sheffield Sudanis at??? www.englishpen.org/posts/events...

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

The pioneering Republic of Consciousness Prize for small press fiction has a new sponsor & name: The Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize. I'm very excited to be judging it with @marinabenjamin.bsky.social & @stuhennigan.bsky.social. therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/new-name-a...

It may seem like a small thing, but every time you praise clearly terrible books the world gets just a little bit worse for everyone

Citizens of East London! I ventured into your part of the city today & I can tell you that you have an astonishing football club on your doorstep. It's so good. If I didn't have childhood allegiances, I'd be back at @oldspotteddog.bsky.social @claptoncfc.co.uk every week. Go! You won't regret it.

also a reminder that buying harry potter shite goes directly into harming trans folk and, well, everyone else