Celebrate Black History Month with these incredible books. coffeehousepress.org/collections/...

Tonight we announce the winners of our 2025 Translation Prizes. Nine literary translators and one editor will be honoured at a ceremony at the British Library, celebrating outstanding translations of prose, poetry and non-fiction, from languages from around the globe and across a range of genres.

More than £32,000 in prize money will be shared between the winners and runners-up. See the full list of all the winners and runners-up on our website. buff.ly/j8lJ00z #TranslationPrizes

Accessibility isn’t optional. The decision by the United Nations to cut sign language interpretation for the next disability rights committee session undermines anti-discrimination obligations.

Post a banger not in English

Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnP6...

So grateful to English PEN for their support, and for everything they do to champion international literature 🙏 My translation of Rania Mamoun’s UNDER THE NEEM TREE is coming to you next year from @commapress.bsky.social in the UK & @thenewpress.bsky.social in the US!

The Epstein files reveal a world of privilege & abuse possibly worse than many if us could imagine, full of people banking off tax cuts and avoidance, and yet Trump & co want you to blame immigrants for higher costs, taxes, and any other ills. I hope we’re smart enough as a country to know better.

Coming this Friday...please come!

Las "herramientas" de inteligencia artificial no **se popularizaron**. Las impusieron en todos lados. No es lo mismo. Las palabras importan.

£500 given out to a working class writer every month. Details in link. Please share :)

Remember it was fine for Kyle Rittenhouse to shoot 3 men with a firearm but it was necessary to execute Alex Pretti for videoing with his phone (then lie about it). And that’s fine with the current American Administration. 😡

I've just filed my claim in the Anthropic 'Let's steal all authors' books because fuck those lousy authors' settlement. MAKE THE BASTARDS PAY! archive.ph/qpS9e

There’s a story in Ireland A child comes home from school and says the teacher told them “Na bí ag Caint”. “And what does that mean?” The parent asks “Don’t be a c*nt” says the child “No, says the parent, “in Irish it means “ stop talking““ The child’s version is the more important lesson.

I cannot think of a stupider move… Burden was popular, will make a popular MP if he’s elected, the decision should be made by the electorate – not by someone worried about their own position.

🥰🥰 #kidlit I translated the Peruvian creation myth, written by Micaela Chirif and illustrated by Juan Palomino. #xl8

An interview with the incomparable Jen Calleja

We're going to win this election one House and Senate seat at a time! Let's all follow @janetmillsforme.bsky.social for U.S. Senate in Maine and get her followers from 1,000 to 3,000. 1) I'm sharing this with my 77,000 followers 2) Share this with your followers 3) Rinse 4) Repeat

"Today I’ll write about how a society comes to concentration camps, the process we’re already deep into, why the ways we’re talking about events in the U.S. may be unhelpful, and how we can undo this mess." — @andreapitzer.bsky.social degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-a...

I have an event with @tgirlsonfilm.bsky.social this coming Saturday afternoon at the ICA. www.shortfilms.org.uk/programme/tr...

I’m in Dublin, occasionally write for newspapers (though mostly about literature), and would certainly be interested

13/14 If you're an author, consider joining Authors Against Book Bans: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com While the focus is largely on the US, international authors can also help, & increasingly, we're seeing an American-style push against authentic storytelling & education in places like Canada.

🧵

Echan a los traductores y quieren que revisen por un tercio de su salario. Es basura insultante

Said worked on numerous food security projects, volunteered at 12 Baskets Cafe, organized supplies for the Standing Rock Protests, studied renewable energy, helped found JVP Asheville, did pro bono electrical work for individuals and grassroots orgs, and so much more. 2/3

@barnesandnoble.com is running a huge preorder sale! If you want to preorder MY BELOVED OTHER and get 25% off, join their free rewards program and use code PREORDER25 at checkout! Please share! #BookSky #comics #BNPreorder #MyBelovedOther @01firstsecond.bsky.social @macmillanusa.bsky.social

@sharkbitesteve.bsky.social hi Steve, it’s a longshot – but I thought if anyone might, you might

Every (translator) knows this, the problem may be trying to convince editors and publishers

Someone amazing just sent £50 so we are now only £266 away! www.gofundme.com/f/bee-afford...

Please, please share

Please share. Thanks

And may every day be another wonderful secret.

"Representative Junie Joseph: Colorado Will Not Let Washington Interfere in Care for LGBTQIA+" #copolitics

Hard no to this: French publisher Harlequin has told translators that their work will now be done by AI. They can ‘revise’ AI translations at much lower rate. It’s a subsidiary of Harper Collins so treat this as a test for rollout elsewhere

(I got new glasses)

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Delighted to announce that @ronanhession.bsky.social will be chatting to James Naughtie on the BBC Radio 4 Book Club On January 4th at pm. Marvelmoose! @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

[CN: transphobia, transmisogyny, sexual harassment] Unworkable rules and impossible situations are the point. They want to make our lives unliveable. transactual.org.uk/impacts-of-t...

Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary

An inspiring wide-ranging discussion was had about Roque Larraquy’s weird funny fabulous novel at our book club on Monday at Hatchards with heavyweight translator of contemporary French and Spanish literature Frank Wynne @terribleman.com in attendance.

“You know what’s faster than mopping? Not spilling in the first place.” 👏

Can you please help me get to 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ reposts on the post below today? I'd love the gift cards for gift wrap and stocking stuffers! Please SHARE! 🎄❤️🎅

Translated fiction: Explorations of trauma, loss, exile and memory An Infinite Sadness by Antônio Xerxenesky’s; False War by Carlos Manuel Álvarez; Every Time We Say Goodbye by Ivana Sajko; and Not There by Mariusz Szczygieł

#comics #angouleme

Can all the folk who just got reminded that they’ve listened to a tonne of music on streaming this year, have a look at the music they heard and buy some on bandcamp today? 🫡🙏🏼