A brilliant workshop on class in French literature at @stannescollege.bsky.social finished with an inspiring talk by Maurice East on Working Oxford. Made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social organised by @hollylangstaff.bsky.social and me. More projects and events planned...

I made a Starter Pack for everyone involved in @bristoltranslates.bsky.social (Bristol Translates Summer School) in 2025. Very happy to add attendees and anyone else I've missed on here! go.bsky.app/Dr1iv4J

Looking forward to discussing gender in translation and the limitations of AI at Bristol Translates, together with #Blutbuch's French translator, @roselab.bsky.social, in collaboration with the @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social and @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social @bristoltranslates.bsky.social

BRISTOL TRANSLATES @institutocervantes.bsky.social is once again collaborating with the @bristoltranslates.bsky.social, aimed at translators at any stage of their career and language enthusiasts who wish to explore the world of literary translation. @bristoluni.bsky.social

Voix étrangère au bosquet / Ou par nul écho suivie, / L’oiseau qu’on n’ouït jamais / Une autre fois en la vie’. I was trying (failing) to say something about birdsong in Mallarmé and this little one shows up for moral support

Submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 are now open! Publishers, submit here: tinyurl.com/46j57f54 There is no limit on number of entries per publisher and no fee to enter - send all your eligible titles! @thebookseller.com @rsliterature.bsky.social @wwborders.bsky.social

Come and join us this summer! We are offering workshops in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Urdu + multilanguage workshop. Apply by end of day for early🐦 discount.

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WE ARE NEWCASTLE UNITED CARABAO CUP WINNERS #wedontdoquiet

45 minutes from glory. HOWAY THE LADS! 🖤🤍 #wedontdoquiet

What better way to celebrate #InternationalWomen’sDay than by discovering a new voice in translation? In the 8 years of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation we’ve received 888 submissions to the prize, from 63 languages. You can browse all lists here: tinyurl.com/e4s9jr7e

Congratulations to the winner of the 2024 Schlegel-Tieck Prize for translations into English of full-length German language works. Andrew Shanks for Revelation Freshly Erupting: Collected Poetry by Nelly Sachs (@carcanet.bsky.social) #TranslationPrizes

I’m grateful and honoured to be on this shortlist with such an interesting and varied range of books. This list is testament to the exciting reach of French Studies, from Medieval Translation to Edith Piaf. Thanks again to @edinburghup.bsky.social and @stedmundhall.bsky.social.

A selection of Northumberland skies this winter.

And there is a special mention: Kairos, by Jenny Erpenbeck, trans. by Michael Hofmann (Granta). “Michael Hofmann’s taut, vivid and agile translation does eloquent justice to the inner and outer worlds of characters locked into private, and public, histories of doomed desires and broken dreams.”

This is the first time that a poetry collection has won the prize. The judges commented: “This volume is an epic achievement: it wrests a visionary language, where tragedy and transcendence meet, from the darkest places of 20th-century experience.” Read the announcement in full tinyurl.com/hebuubv3

We’re delighted to announce that the winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024 is Revelation Freshly Erupting, by Nelly Sachs, translated from German (Germany) by Andrew Shanks and published by @carcanet.bsky.social.

For Blanchot it’s never about the ‘I’ - but this post is. My book is out. Thanks to everyone who helped.