I really feel like there should be a ban on sending out rejection emails in January. Although I guess that might make 1st Feb pretty bleak…

Well this was an inspiring read to start the year! I’m not usually a big non-fiction reader, but got this for Christmas, and - having spent 2019 and 2020 in NZ - Jacinda has a special place in my heart. It didn’t disappoint. I’m passing it on to my kids, so they can go forth and change the world!

A great write-up of a lovely event, thanks @audreyeileenkelly.bsky.social and @ftnetwork.bsky.social

We definitely felt the buzz at #BhamLitFest2025! So happy that the Feminist Translation Network has been supporting the work of @writingwestmids.bsky.social, bringing literature (and literary translation) to audiences in the West Midlands📚📚📚

Delighted to report that an excerpt of Andrés Montero’s beautiful, award-winning novel, Tony Ninguno, is published in the latest issue of Asymptote, in my translation. www.asymptotejournal.com/fiction/tony...

And we're off! ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/10/23/s...

This was so much fun!

I realise this comes comedically quickly after my announcement that I made the longlist last year, but I seem to have done it again! V tempted to make a joke about bridesmaids vs brides, but obviously I'm delighted really! Congratulations to all the winners and others on the long and shortlist.

Lots of interesting conversations at this @ftnetwork.bsky.social event at Cork last week!

People keep asking me what my PhD project actually is, which reminded me I left that last blog post hanging a bit... ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/09/23/b...

A Friday helper…

Looking forward to the FTN event at University College Cork next week, part of UCC's "Translation Week" programme for International Translation Day 2025 @olgacastro80.bsky.social @rudotranslates.bsky.social

more #kidlit recommendations for #worldkidlitmonth over at @wwborders.bsky.social wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Did I mention it's World Kid Lit month?! If you're looking for some international kidlit inspo, you might want to try one of these Scandi titles I reviewed for the @worldkidlit.bsky.social blog: worldkidlit.org/2025/09/17/n...

Ooh look what turned up in the post today! Thanks @charcopress.com, can’t wait to get stuck into this…

Latest blog post (and a slight deviation from the advertised schedule): ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/09/04/c...

Katy Dycus reviews two bilingual picture books highlighting the Cree and Tla’amin Nations in Canada and one trilingual picture book honoring Aztec culture and Nahuatl language in Mexico #WorldKidLitMonth worldkidlit.org/2025/09/03/b...

One overlooked benefit of declaring preferred pronouns as a social norm is that it's not just for LGBTQ but also for people w non-Anglo names. I'm a cishet woman with a very feminine name but nobody's gonna know that if they don't know Chinese. But the anti-LGBTQ crowd are also anti-immigrant so..

Free tickets for book launch at #BhamLitFest25: tinyurl.com/2f7c8dss Sat 11 Oct, 2-3.30pm, The Exchange (in-person/online) With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar @theemmapress.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social

Latest blog post (and a slightly alarmingly massive photo of my face): ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/08/20/f...

New book purchases! Now paralysed with indecision about which to read first, obviously…

*slightly* delayed announcement, but my translation of Camila Valenzuela León’s “Las Durmientes” was long listed for last year’s John Dryden prize! bcla.org/winners-of-t...

Come along to The Exchange, Birmingham on 11th October!

In case you missed it:

Excited (and faintly terrified) to announce that I’ve been awarded a bursary to study for a PhD in feminist translation for Latin American children’s literature at University College Cork, starting next Tuesday! What could possibly go wrong?!

Tonight! Come along and find out how feminist translation operates in the wild...

Find out how feminist translation works in practice at this event on 9th May

Congratulations to all concerned - this is a great book, brilliantly translated by Claire. Well deserved!

I am struggling with this on so many levels… I have to keep checking the date, to make sure it’s not an April fool www.theguardian.com/science/live...

Perfect end to a Sunday!

Tesselating cats!

Well this is cheering!

After two years of total apathy when it comes to learning languages (an opportunity only available when he started secondary school), my son has just announced he thinks he’d like to do French GCSE, and I’m having to try REALLY hard to play it cool…

Casually making this @theguardian.com recipe for dinner when I spot a hilarious and incriminating punctuation error…

Some homemade hurdy gurdy action here to brighten a dull Wednesday…

My translation of Andrés Montero’s “The Wake” is in the latest edition of Latin American Literature Today… now to sit back and watch the publishing contracts come flooding in 😂 In the meantime, you can read it here: latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2024/12/the-...

Cats in hats! Festive hats! Mince pie hats, to be precise (like pork pie hats, only smaller)

Rarely have I related to a book so well…

Breakfast time!

It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and one lucky person will get a free signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 @guardian #puzzles and the stories behind them: boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...

Urrgh. Right, it took me three attempts and about 12 years to get going on the other site, so I'm feeling trepidatious about starting again, but it was all getting a bit horrible so here goes...

If you're looking for a gripping, thought-provoking read for a teen in your life, you might find it in Claire Storey's latest translation, Antonio Ramos Revillas' The Wild Ones. Read my interview with Claire on @worldkidlit.bsky.social here: worldkidlit.org/2024/10/28/i...

Looking for some Asian #kidlit books with feisty female protagonists? @kellyzhang.bsky.social has picked 3 must-reads for #WorldKidLitMonth ! Have a look: worldkidlit.org/2024/09/18/s...