"The Public Shows Up for Feminist Literary Translation!" - read @audreyeileenkelly.bsky.social's report of our #BhamLitFest2025 event with Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/10/the-...

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📚📚📚

Registrations open for this online talk next week by FTN co-lead @olgacastro80.bsky.social at @bcltuea.bsky.social

Loved seeing a packed room for our book launch on Sat #BhamLitfest2025! The anthology, published by @theemmapress.bsky.social & featuring work by Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar, is free to download: tinyurl.com/42h742h4

Listening to folk from the Feminist Translation Network (@ftnetwork.bsky.social) talk about their practice as part of Birmingham Literature Festival.

Last chance to grab a free ticket for our book launch tomorrow #BhamLitFest2025 In-person tickets have sold out again but you can still join us online: tinyurl.com/bd63rb4x

In-person tickets for our book launch this coming Sat are available again - thanks to a move to a bigger venue! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/bd63rb4x With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar In partnership with @theemmapress.bsky.social

Tickets still available for the workshop this coming Saturday #BhamLitFest25 on feminist approaches to translating South Asian literature, led by Kavita Bhanot 🎟️tinyurl.com/2jk529yk Presented in partnership with @writingwestmids.bsky.social & @englishpen.bsky.social

It's #BhamLitFest25 week! Thrilled that the #FTN will be part of the programme for the second year running, with two events on Sat 11 Oct, organised with @writingwestmids.bsky.social, @theemmapress.bsky.social & @englishpen.bsky.social Full programme here: www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

A few months ago we hosted a scratch night for the translators involved in our collab with the Feminist Translation Network. It was an honour to peek behind the scenes of the translations-in-progress, with the translators sharing insights into their processes. Watch the recording: buff.ly/XkswZyU

Thank you to lovely colleagues at University College Cork for hosting an FTN event as part of UCC's Translation Week 2025 - including an inspiring Feminist Translation Slam with @rudotranslates.bsky.social and Eileen O'Connor, expertly chaired by Elizabeth Rosales Martinez

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

📢 New blog post by Helen Vassallo about her Feminism and Translation workshop at this year's Bristol Translates summer school: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/09/femi... @translatingwomen.bsky.social @bristoltranslates.bsky.social

📢 New blog post by Eleanor Fillingham, our brilliant undergraduate intern! Eleanor, a Classics student at Birmingham Uni, joined the FTN team for six weeks over the summer thanks to the College of Arts and Law Collaborative Research Internship scheme: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/09/the-...

📢 New blog post from Khadidja Merakchi @heriotwattuni.bsky.social about two feminist author-translators from Algeria, Taos Amrouche and Assia Djebar: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/09/from...

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

Calling all translators with an interest in South Asian literature! Come and join our workshop at #BhamLitFest25, led by Kavita Bhanot Sat 11 Oct, 10-12, The Exchange, Birmingham Tickets: tinyurl.com/2jk529yk Presented in partnership with @englishpen.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social

Great to read that one of our #FeministTranslationNetwork events helped to inspire your PhD project, @rudotranslates.bsky.social!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the 'Feminist Translation and its Audiences' events in Norwich yesterday, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social & @bcltuea.bsky.social - a lovely mix of reflections on practice, discussion, and poetry readings #BCLT2025

This is the venue for our #BCLT2025 events today, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social and @bcltuea.bsky.social Thank you to @hughespeg.bsky.social for a backstage tour of beautiful Dragon Hall before the audiences arrived! 🐉

Looking forward to this discussion about translations of ancient love poetry by feminists and non-feminists through the centuries #BCLT2025

The British Centre for Literary Translation Summer School is in full swing and we can't wait to join you on Wednesday 30 July for our events on feminist translation! #BCLT2025

Last few tickets left for our events on 'Feminist Translation and its Audiences' in Norwich this week, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social and @bcltuea.bsky.social Booking links here: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/02/even...

Congratulations to FTN member @rudotranslates.bsky.social 🎉

Book launch coming soon! Sat 11 Oct, 2-3.30pm With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall, Anam Zafar & Rosalind Harvey The Exchange, Birmingham & online Part of Birmingham Literature Festival Co-organised with @theemmapress.bsky.social

Save the date! Workshop on 'Translating South Asian Literature: A Feminist Approach', facilitated by Kavita Bhanot Sat 11 Oct, 10-12 The Exchange, Centenary Sq, Birmingham Part of Birmingham Literature Festival @writingwestmids.bsky.social Presented in partnership with @englishpen.bsky.social

Brilliant new blog post by Marie Martine about a creative, feminist translation project she ran with undergraduate students in Oxford @queenscollegeox.bsky.social: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/07/femi...

What makes a translation 'feminist'? Catch up with translators Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar discussing their works-in-progress for a new anthology published by @theemmapress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAwP...

Delighted to welcome Eleanor Fillingham to the FTN team! Eleanor is a second-year Classics student and will developing web resources linked to our events @writerscentre.bsky.social (30.07.25) as part of the College of Arts & Law Collaborative Research Internship scheme @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Our first academic article is now out! 'Feminist Positionalities in Translation Studies' by Hilary Brown & @gabrielasaldanhav.bsky.social in "Positionalities of Translation Studies", ed. Elsherif & Sobesto @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/positiona...

'Struck' by Susanna Bissoli, "a delicate portrait of a family navigating life's catastrophes", translated by FTN member Georgia Wall - we've heard extracts and are looking forward to publication date! Available to pre-order now: www.lindeneditions.com/shop/p/struc...

What does feminist literary translation look like in practice? FTN Steering Group member @gabrielasaldanhav.bsky.social has been following our events closely and offers some reflections here: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/06/femi...

Lots of buzz at the moment about Emily Wilson and her performance-readings from her translations of Homer's #Odyssey. You can watch those readings (and so many more!) on our channel: check us out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1at...

New book - A Voice of their Own. Encouraging Caring and Ethical Practices in Trauma Screen Translation, Open Access: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Travel bursaries available for our 'Feminist Translation and its Audiences' events @writerscentre.bsky.social, 30/07/25, for students/freelancers/those without institutional funding Further info: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/02/even... Co-organised with @bcltuea.bsky.social

Missed our recent scratch night, co-hosted w/ @theemmapress.bsky.social, and featuring translators Anam Zafar, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall, Marilyn Booth,@rudotranslates.bsky.social & Seán McDonagh? Read the brilliant write-up by Leilani Willis: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/05/what...

📢Blog post and doc summarising insights from the FTN so far: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/05/femi... Thanks to all who have contributed to discussions and to our partners, including @writingwestmids.bsky.social @stephenspender.bsky.social @translationexch.bsky.social @bcltuea.bsky.social

New blog post on feminist post-editing by Matilda Hicklin, FTN member and PhD student @bristoluni.bsky.social, based on her research into contemporary Russian poetry and machine translation: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/05/prod...

🔔 EVENT REMINDER 🔔 Feminist Translation Network: Scratch Night 🖋️ Hosted by The Emma Press & @ftnetwork.bsky.social Friday 9 May 2025, 7pm Online (Zoom) Book free tickets here: buff.ly/8mnp0Pw

Book now to hear Josephine Balmer and Jennifer Ingleheart discuss translations of ancient love poetry by feminists and non-feminists through the centuries, 30 July, 4.30pm, NCW Norwich, co-organised w/ @writerscentre.bsky.social & @bcltuea.bsky.social nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/women...

Tickets now available for roundtable w/ Josephine Balmer, @rebeccadewald.bsky.social, Jennifer Ingleheart, Fran Olivares Medina, Eva Megias & Sophie Stevens, co-organised w/ @writerscentre.bsky.social & @bcltuea.bsky.social, 30 July, 2pm, NCW Norwich: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/femin...

New blog post on introducing feminist translation to MA students by Mazal Oaknín, Associate Professor in Spanish Language and Literature and Gender Studies at University College London: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/04/a-de...

What does feminist translation look like? Join our online event on 9 May to hear from the translators working on an anthology of new 'feminist' translations to be published by @theemmapress.bsky.social and launched later this year at the Birmingham Literature Festival @writingwestmids.bsky.social

With @lediciacostas.bsky.social winner of this year's Barco de Vapor prize from Ediciones SM. I translated an extract from an earlier YA novel by her for the @ftnetwork.bsky.social Feminist Translation Conference at Oxford University, but this is the first time we had a chance to meet. #kidlit #xl8

I had a wonderful time recording the latest episode of the Feminist #Translation Network podcast with the brilliant Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci and @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social!! We talked about feminist translation, disruptive strategies...and even sledgehammers #iykyk

Missed our recent feminist translation slam with Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci and @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social and symposium organised together with @translationexch.bsky.social and @stephenspender.bsky.social? Event report now available on our website: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/outputs/

Check out our new podcast: @woolzz.bsky.social in conversation with Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci and @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social. A fascinating discussion about visibility, 'disruptive' strategies & more! feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/outputs/ @translationexch.bsky.social @stephenspender.bsky.social

Read all about our roundtable on teaching feminist translation with Hilary Brown, @olgacastro80.bsky.social and @gabrielasaldanhav.bsky.social at the APTIS Unconference organised by @dorrego.bsky.social. With thanks to Daniel Cabeza-Campillo: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/04/apti...

The first academic publication associated with the FTN is on its way: Hilary Brown and @gabrielasaldanhav.bsky.social's article on "Feminist Positionalities in Translation Studies" in a new volume from Bloomsbury. Available to pre-order here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/positiona...

📢New blog post on feminist translation strategies by Jozefina Komporaly, translator from Hungarian and Romanian, including most recently 'MyLifeandMyLife' by Melinda Mátyus @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social and 'Home' by Andrea Tompa (Istros Books): feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/04/sign...