‘Make space on your TBRs; this is an unmissable reading list’ We are delighted to reveal the shortlist for the #InternationalBooker2026, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2026

I imagine this 'room to write' won't be in Spain where Airbnb is about to pay a 64 million euro fine for listing unlicensed rentals, but there's presumably quite a good chance it will be in an illegal Israeli settlement in Palestine #BookSky

📢 THE 404 INK BURSARY FOR UK-BASED SMALL PRESSES NOW OPEN Applications are now open for our bursary to support small presses in the UK. There are 2 strands you can apply for: donating £1,000 towards creative projects, or £500 towards hosting an intern. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'll take that for the first 100 reader reviews of Fair 💙

me and my two friends, judging you

Congratulations to PELTA members @guedesftaty.bsky.social, @ninaperrotta.bsky.social, @bethangharad.bsky.social, @aminckey.bsky.social, @emyrwallace.bsky.social, Julia Sanches, Vania Gomes and Gilles Madan - all shortlisted for the @englishpen.bsky.social PEN Presents: Brazil funding programme!

On 3/20/26 at 2pm EST the @nationalbook.bsky.social will be hosting a free virtual event with author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and translator Robin Myers! Head to their website to RSVP, and don't miss our interview with this pair here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

In partnership with @britisharts.bsky.social, we’re thrilled to announce the shortlisted translators for PEN Presents: Brazil, an iteration of our ongoing #PENPresents award for sample translations. Discover the full shortlist ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/e...

If you don’t like my peaches don’t shake my tree

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

Do you have a prickly translation problem, a quirky query, a confounding conundrum? BCLT Translators in Residence Rosalind Harvey & Charlotte Whittle will host an open translation clinic to discuss any translation challenges you may have encountered in your practice👉 www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

Translator math is starting another translation to take a break from the first one... ...then starting a third translation to take a break from the second one, and so on in a never-ending Möbius strip.

It’s actually FEWER Misérables

When Prince sings “animals strike curious poses” what is the first animal you think of and what pose is it striking? For me it’s a lemur up on its hind legs looking around in mild alarm.

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

Absolutely honoured that Lília Momplé’s ‘Stress’, in my translation from Mozambican Portuguese, features in Wasafiri 125. Available now! 📚

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social, I have enjoyed our exchange of letters about which of our parties is best placed to stop Reform. Hannah Spencer MP and I trust that you agree that this question has now been resolved once and for all. Thanks, Zack Polanski

The small, brave band of MPs who represent the trampled, not the tramplers, has a very welcome new member. We should all ask ourselves why, in a supposed democracy, such representatives are so rare. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Faber asked me to write about translating Favorita by Michelle Steinbeck for their blog, so I wrote about translating 4 sentences www.faber.co.uk/journal/how-... @faberbooks.bsky.social

The Green victory in Denton is the result which will have the biggest effect on Labour, far more so than a Reform win. The blithe assumption progressives have nowhere else to go has been proved catastrophically wrong. Can’t help thinking of this quote from a Labour minister, a year ago…

So the Telegraph is taking this well

obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)

Staff meeting day:

New great review for Favorita in the Financial Times! www.ft.com/content/9758...

Still time to #VoteGreen in Gorton and Denton!

Polls open until 10pm in Gorton and Denton. It's Greens vs. Reform - every single vote counts. 🗳️ 💚

Can’t wait to read these. Am especially psyched for my wonderful friend and talented colleague Antonella Lettieri for her long listing for THE DUKE, pub Foundry Editions. Go and get your copy, folks!

Excited to share that I’m starting work on Aline Bei’s A DELICATE COLLECTION OF ABSENCES, forthcoming from Summit Books in 2027. Aline’s form-defying, sensitive prose has been a huge success in Brazil for years now. Looking forward to sharing it with English language readers! 🥀

My annual (and often wildly wrong) International Booker Prize predictions: @thebookerprizes.com 1streading.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/i...

I have some readings coming up this month, starting Monday in Bristol at East Bristol Books where I’ll be launching my Crater broadside with the amazing Jèssica Pujol Duran and Richard Parker, in town from Santiago, Chile! www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

i have never been this accurately disrespected.

We’re delighted to announce that 18 titles from 14 publishers, 12 languages and 16 regions have won #PENTranslates awards. www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

This Imbolc, we are thrilled to unveil the cover of 'The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad', the award-winning Asturian collection by @raquelmenendez.bsky.social, in an extraordinary translation by @robmunb.bsky.social! Design & illustration by Patrick Fisher at Frontwards Design. Pre-orders now open!

In this short story by Ariel Florencia Richards, a young woman reflects on the 'cumulative' silence surrounding her transition, and its cold, creeping impact on her relationship with her mother. Translated from Chilean Spanish by @bethangharad.bsky.social Read now: buff.ly/ZO2BOfF

Could not be prouder to share this excerpt of @arielflorencia.bsky.social stunning INACABADA, in my translation from the Spanish. Thank you to @wasafirimag.bsky.social for publishing this incredible piece 💛 wasafiri.org/content/unfi...

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I wait for the evening and the wine and that's all.

I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now

Looking for nonfiction. Critical and lyrical essays, collaborative projects, cross genre works, and the incorporation of original art or photographs all welcome.

Here’s to 2026

Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.

We’re hiring a Commissioning Editor in the Faber Children’s team. You’ll have experience working with authors across all age groups, picture books to Young Adult, and a track record in commercial acquiring. Closing date Sunday 4th January 2026. www.faber.co.uk/careers/comm...

Merry Christmas to my mother, who got my toddler a toy fire engine that not only makes lots of noise, it also sprays real water

Organizing books by colour is pervert shit.

Readers and bookshops: please boycott any publisher that replaces literary translators with the non-reading, uncultured, lying, manipulative plagiarism regurgitator.

Deck the halls and lock him up. Written by Rikki Beadle-Blair Performed at Soho Theatre, Walhamstow for charity fundraiser "Comedians Do Carols."