Piero Toto
@pierototo.bsky.social
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𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 | 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭 | 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 | 𝐃𝐉
https://about.me/pierototo
My new edited volume, “Carnal Languages - Interdisciplinary Issues in Sexual Communication” - co-edited with Mirco Costacurta - is finally out with Palgrave Macmillan!
#Ethnography
#TranslationStudies
#QueerStudies
#CarnalLanguages
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Carnal Languages
This edited volume explores the multifaceted dimensions of sexuality and its expressions through a range of social contexts.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-21292-4
6 days ago
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The Society of Authors
7 days ago
📢 Calling all translators - we need your views and insights on our
#TranslatorsOnTheCover
campaign. Five years on from its launch, we’re working with Dr Pete Freeth (London Metropolitan University) to find out more about the campaign’s impact.
buff.ly/uRuoZ1O
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Love a good haul 📚
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
#xl8
#translation
about 1 month ago
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Poetry Translation Centre
about 1 month ago
We are thrilled to be at the
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair this Saturday! We will also have a stall—get your poetry book goodies from 12-6:30pm. Book here:
poetrysociety.org.uk/news/free-ve...
See you there!
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The Bookseller
about 2 months ago
ICYMI: Authors are being “strongly urged” to be vigilant amid a rise in scam emails impersonating editors at publishing houses 👇
#BookSky
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Scam emails impersonating editors ‘on the rise’ as author vigilance urged
https://ebx.sh/feDnDH
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Our new paper on the impact of AI-in-the-loop pedagogy, co-written with my loyal partner in crime
@pjfreeth.bsky.social
, is now out - online first - on
@ittjournal.bsky.social
50 free copies can accessed via this link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SGDWA...
#translation
#t9n
#translatortraining
#AI
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The impact of AI-in-the-loop pedagogy: an action research approach to integrating AI technologies in translator training
The integration of AI-powered technologies into translator training in higher education has prompted significant academic and professional debate. As generative AI reshapes the language services in...
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SGDWAFGQ4M4DEH93MKFS/full?target=10.1080/1750399X.2026.2646863
2 months ago
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InkandescentUK
4 months ago
Here as promised are a few of the official photos from the launch of
@nathanevansarts.bsky.social
poetry collection HOMOGRAPHY
@poetrysociety.org.uk
. We thank Kate Conway
@pierototo.bsky.social
Ellen McAteer and Joelle Taylor for their outstanding creative input and support.
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Wasafiri Magazine
6 months ago
Our latest issue, Wasafiri 124: Presencia y Resistencia - British Latinx Writing & Art is now available to read for our digital subscribers and those with access to Taylor & Francis 💻 If you’re unable to access Wasafiri digitally, preorder the print issue:
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Queerographies
7 months ago
Un’antologia curata da Alessandro Brusa e Sonia Caporossi che esplora linguaggi, corpi e spazi della poesia queer italiana contemporanea. Un percorso critico e poetico che indaga estetiche, sociologia della letteratura e nuove forme di soggettività.
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[Distorsioni][Alessandro Brusa][Sonia Caporossi]
Un’antologia curata da Alessandro Brusa e Sonia Caporossi che esplora linguaggi, corpi e spazi della poesia queer italiana contemporanea. Un percorso critico e poetico che indaga estetiche, sociologia della letteratura e nuove forme di soggettività.
http://queerographies.com/2025/11/18/distorsioni/
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Did a little translating!
@betarish.bsky.social
now speaks Italian on the Atelier Poesia website
atelierpoesia.it/rishi-dastid...
Big thanks to
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
and Offord Road Books for their generous concession.
#poetry
#translation
#traduzione
8 months ago
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InkandescentUK
8 months ago
Drum roll please for a cover reveal! HOMOGRAPHY is the third
#poetry
collection from @nathanevansarts and edited by Joelle Taylor. This
#bold
publication will be out to celebrate
#LGBTQIA+HistoryMonth2026
. Please do reserve your copy here:
bit.ly/3WrHDXe
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🔹 Issue 4 🔹 of Atelier International, the multilingual poetry magazine I co-edited with Francesca Benocci, is out now! ✨ Featuring new international poetry, translations, interviews & essays. 📖 Free to download:
atelierpoesia.it/atelier-inte...
💙
#poetry
#translation
#multilingualism
8 months ago
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📚 Week 1 of teaching officially done! ✅ ⏳ How is it another new academic year already? 😵💫
#translation
#xl8
#academia
8 months ago
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English PEN
8 months ago
Our translation grants –
#PENTranslates
, including PEN Translates x SALT, and
#PENPresents
: Brazil – are NOW OPEN for submissions! Find out more, apply & share ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/translation/...
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Current translation grant opportunities - English PEN
https://www.englishpen.org/translation/current-translation-opportunities/
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Attended yesterday’s International Translation Day event by
@englishpen.bsky.social
,
@alcs.co.uk
&
@poetrytranslation.bsky.social
The most poignant visual: this empty chair on stage, symbolising all the writers who have been imprisoned, detained, or killed for their expression or belief
#ITD25
8 months ago
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Wasafiri Magazine
8 months ago
This International Translation Day, we're thrilled to announce two events with Anton Hur in London! Anton will deliver a workshop and lecture on translation, Korean literature, literary prize culture, and more. Click here for full details and registration:
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On tonight’s menu… Happy International Translation Day
#ITD
8 months ago
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
8 months ago
'This was a day of revelations: bleed with me until the tenderness of a pause smoulders from within'
iambapoet.com/wave/23-pier...
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Piero Toto | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Piero Toto read poems exclusively for iamb. If you like The Poetry Archive, this poetry site is for you.
https://iambapoet.com/wave/23-piero-toto
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I have new poems OUT on iamb! 🥳 After a long hiatus, you can read me again 🫣 - if you’re that way inclined - and once again wonder “what is WRONG with this guy?!” Special thanks to
@markantonyowen.com
for the love and support. Go read and listen to the poems NOW!
#poetry
#iamb
#poetrylovers
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9 months ago
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅
9 months ago
Autumn again. Trees put on their prettiest frocks, then get more naked day by day. Everything now is poetry – and it comes in waves. Leave the chilly air outside. Light a fire, make hot chocolate. Let senses and soul dive beneath
@iambapoet.com
's newest wave.
www.iambapoet.com/wave/23
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poets | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 23 of iamb.
https://www.iambapoet.com/wave/23
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Queerographies
9 months ago
Un viaggio nel mito di Pier Vittorio Tondelli: Codice Tondelli di Giulio Milani intreccia memorie, testimonianze e analisi su vita, opere e desiderio.
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Un viaggio nel mito di Pier Vittorio Tondelli: Codice Tondelli di Giulio Milani intreccia memorie, testimonianze e analisi su vita, opere e desiderio.
http://queerographies.com/2025/09/14/codice-tondelli/
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✨COVER REVEAL✨ My 1st co-edited multilingual poetry magazine, coming soon…
www.instagram.com/atelier.intl...
9 months ago
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The Society of Authors
9 months ago
BREAKING NEWS Anthropic agree to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems. This is the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The settlement is still subject to the judge's approval. 🧵
authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
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What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild
Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v…
https://authorsguild.org/news/what-authors-need-to-know-about-the-anthropic-settlement/
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The Society of Authors
9 months ago
Submissions are now open for the Eric Gregory Awards, for a collection by poets under the age of 30. The Eric Gregory Awards were founded in 1960 by the late Dr Eric Gregory for the encouragement of young poets. 🧵
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Tell me you’re in Italy in August without telling me etc. 🌞
10 months ago
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International Translation Day returns on 30 September. Get in!
#ITD2025
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10 months ago
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So Mayer
11 months ago
New UK magazine alert! TRANSLATOR looks incredible: "reportage translated from the best long-form media outlets around the world" Pre-order Issue 1, released this Thurs!
translatormag.co/products/iss...
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Fitzcarraldo Editions
11 months ago
💫 THE POETRY IN TRANSLATION PRIZE IS NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS 💫 More information here:
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/the-p...
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Modern Poetry in Translation
11 months ago
We are now open for general submissions. Submit translations of poems from any language into English. Deadline: 15 August 2025.
modernpoetryintranslation.submittable.com/submit/10070...
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On the last day of Pride Month, please enjoy me, my book and my fellow authors in the Cambridge Elements series writing about language, gender and sexuality 🌈👅🍆
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11 months ago
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✨UK AIDS Memorial Quilt✨ A somber visit to the impressive Memorial Quilt. Each panel, a quiet testament to lives lost. Never forgotten. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
#AIDSMemorialQuilt
#RememberTheirNames
#HIVAwareness
#LGBTHistory
12 months ago
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Catching up on all the reading and writing I've missed lately, and THIS is such a must read by
@sawadhussain.bsky.social
in
@wasafirimag.bsky.social
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Not All Literary Translators Are Created Equal by Sawad Hussain
In this candid, comprehensive essay drawing on her own career experiences…
https://www.wasafiri.org/content/not-all-literary-translators-are-created-equal-by-sawad-hussain/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKnjJNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp5yhG6Y-dLf9kv_oVXlpvpo47Z6JEWVKcjeXlF4Slngb9t-StPMVTPRJxqtK_aem_fnXazlY4ZpZTLFLtwT0pRg
12 months ago
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OCCT
12 months ago
Check out our full Oxford Translation Day Programme for June 14! You can find more details or and the registration links for all the events at:
shorturl.at/zbyby
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Happy Pride “munth”
about 1 year ago
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More poetry translation gorgeousness from me to you: Lisa Kelly, ‘Ø’, translated into Italian for Atelier Poesia. Huge thanks to
@lisadmkelly.bsky.social
and
@carcanet.bsky.social
for making this happen 💚🤍❤️
atelierpoesia.it/lisa-kelly-a...
#xl8
#translation
#contemporarypoetry
#italian
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about 1 year ago
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Sooo… Atelier International, the multilingual poetry journal I’m co-editing, is now LIVE on Instagram, if you’re that way inclined! Like, dislike, follow, unfollow: 🔹
www.instagram.com/atelier.intl...
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about 1 year ago
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Who will I see in Mancs tomorrow 25 April for the Translation and Language Education in the Age of AI conference? 🙋🏽♂️ Looking forward to sharing with you our latest insights on ethics and AI from a student perspective with my mighty colleague
@pjfreeth.bsky.social
🤖
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/trans...
about 1 year ago
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There’s still time to send us your work for the newly revamped Atelier International—the multilingual poetry magazine born from Italy’s prestigious poetry outlet, Atelier. I’m proud to be taking the helm as its next editor!
atelierpoesia.it/linee-guida-...
#poetry
#contemporarypoetry
about 1 year ago
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Alejandro Bolaños (he/él/lui)
about 1 year ago
APTIS25 Online Conference at the UCL Centre for Translation Studies (3–4 November 2025) “Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future language professionals?” Call for Contributions is now open until 16 June.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl
@centras-ucl.bsky.social
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Liam Wignall
about 1 year ago
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Psychology & Sexuality is putting together a special issue on Sexual Subcultures. You can read the call below. Deadline for abstracts is 2nd June.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Contemporary Sexual Subcultures: Meanings, Identities, Narratives, and Trends
https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/contemporary-sexual-subcultures-meanings-identities-narratives-and-trends/
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John Chen
about 1 year ago
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After a brief hiatus, I’m BACK with some poetry translations I worked on: Keith Jarrett’s “the granular” is now available in Italian on Atelier 💚🤍❤️
#poetry
#translation
atelierpoesia.it/keith-jarret...
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Keith Jarrett - the granular
«the granular» si presenta come un'affermazione cruda e potente della memoria post-coloniale, un testo che trasforma il dolore...
https://atelierpoesia.it/keith-jarrett-the-granular/
about 1 year ago
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Good Law Project
over 1 year ago
🚨NEW 🚨 On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
t.co/3b5UH9zuOR
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fourteen poems
over 1 year ago
Hello! We’re here to post about queer poems and our little poetry books - hopefully without the toxicity of other places. 🥰
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Qx Magazine
over 1 year ago
Riot Act @21Soho is a celebration of queer activism, offering a stirring mix of laughter, inspiration, and poignancy. Presented by the Mulwade Foundation. 🎟
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mulwade-pr...
The show delves into six decades of LGBTQ+ history.
www.qxmagazine.com/event/riot-a...
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Riot Act
Written and performed by Alexis Gregory, QX has described Riot Act as "one of the year's most impactful pieces of queer theatre."
https://www.qxmagazine.com/event/riot-act/
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Simon Maddrell
over 1 year ago
Polari Salon Sweatbox Sauna The most unusual literary event I’ve ever been to — a gay sauna bar area — but Bette Midler would be proud (and Barry Manilow a little sheepish) as Jo Blake can testify under oath. But a wonderful array of work was shared — from sexy to unsettling, secret & sleazy
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My Polari debut at Sweatbox Soho✨🌈🧖🏼♂️ Grateful to
@paulburston.bsky.social
for the opportunity to perform in the great company of Neil Bartlett,
@kostyatsolakis.bsky.social
and Alexis Gregory. What a treat!
over 1 year ago
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Have you got your ticket yet? 🧖🏼♂️
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over 1 year ago
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The Love Tank CIC
over 1 year ago
Research call-out! This trans-led PhD project explores the role food has in the lives of trans people in London. The project explores how trans people navigate the complexity of their food lives. To register interest or for more information contact Cole (they/he) at:
[email protected]
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✨NEW 3-day intensive
#translation
course, 'Translators as gender-responsive agents', coming to London Met Uni in Jan '25. 🎫
tinyurl.com/ekddv5dv
#xl8
#tn9
#gender
#sexuality
#londonmet
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Intensive translation course ‘Translators as gender-responsive agents'
The course focuses on the need to integrate gender-responsive practices in translator training
https://tinyurl.com/ekddv5dv
over 1 year ago
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