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Building Bridges interview series

Building Bridges interview series: Nicci Praça

Posted on 5th Feb, 20205th Feb, 2020 by Helen Vassallo

Nicci Praça has had a long and successful career in publishing: she was Head of Publicity for Quercus, where she launched MacLehose Press and did…

Building Bridges interview series

Building Bridges interview series: Charlotte Coombe

Posted on 10th Dec, 201910th Dec, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Charlotte Coombe has been translating for over twelve years: having started out translating creative texts in gastronomy, the arts, travel and tourism, lifestyle, fashion and…

Building Bridges interview series

Building Bridges interview series: Sophie Lewis

Posted on 2nd Dec, 20192nd Dec, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Sophie Lewis is a translator from French and Portuguese. She has pursued a career in publishing alongside translation, running the UK office at Dalkey Archive…

Building Bridges interview series

Building Bridges interview series: Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Posted on 19th Nov, 201919th Nov, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Antonia Lloyd-Jones is a prizewinning translator from Polish, and recipient of the Transatlantyk award for the most outstanding promoter of Polish literature abroad (awarded in…

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Building Bridges interview series: Carolina Orloff, Charco Press

Posted on 12th Nov, 201912th Nov, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Charco Press is an award-winning young independent publishing house based in Edinburgh. Run by Carolina Orloff and Samuel McDowell, Charco publishes the most exciting new…

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Building Bridges interview series: Nicky Harman

Posted on 4th Nov, 20194th Nov, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Nicky Harman is a translator from Chinese. She is co-Chair of the Translators Association (Society of Authors), and closely involved with Paper Republic, an online…

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Building Bridges interview series: Nicky Smalley, And Other Stories

Posted on 23rd Oct, 201923rd Oct, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Nicky Smalley is publicist at the pioneering independent publishing house And Other Stories, who champion translated literature and who publicly took up Kamila Shamsie’s “provocation”…

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Building Bridges interview series: Becca Parkinson and Zoë Turner, Comma Press

Posted on 2nd Oct, 20192nd Oct, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Becca Parkinson and Zoë Turner work at Manchester-based publishing house Comma Press, where Becca is Engagement Manager and Zoë is Publicity and Outreach Officer. Comma…

Building Bridges interview series

Building Bridges interview series: Ros Schwartz

Posted on 25th Sep, 2019 by Helen Vassallo

Ros Schwartz is an award-winning translator from French; she has translated over 60 titles, and in 2009 she was made Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts…

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official_fozWill Forrester@official_foz·
3 Jan

Translators anywhere in the world: @englishpen's #PENPresents is now open for proposals to create sample translations of previously untranslated works

🔵 in any language
🔴 of any form & genre
🟠 from any region
🟣 of any era.

w/ @translatewomen.

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GlobalLitinGlobalLiteratureinLibrariesInitiative@GlobalLitin·
3 Jan

Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo, tr. by Charlotte Coombe – an entertaining story collection... probes corners of society that remain largely impenetrable. It’s unapologetic – as well as humorous & devastating in turn. A review:

https://t.co/RZkzDgP0D3

#ColombianLit #WIT

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ifru_londonInstitut français UK@ifru_london·
14 Dec

#BookOfTheWeek
Nina Bouraoui's Satisfaction is an intimate glimpse into Mme Akli's life, her thoughts, feelings & impressions in 1970s Algeria, exploring closure, desire & love gone astray

Satisfation, edited by @HeloisePress translated by @aneesa50abbas

https://t.co/Z602apLAyH

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LLCatEdinburghLLCatEdinburgh@LLCatEdinburgh·
12 Dec

Earlier this year, we spoke to graduate @rosie_hedger who came to university after @LEAPS1996, fell in love with Norwegian, and became a literary translator. Rosie works almost exclusively with female writers, inc. @marieau and @HelgaFlatland. https://t.co/JyuoQah5nf #LuciaFest

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translatewomenTranslating Women@translatewomen·
9 Dec

Another Tilted triumph... just read Monique Ilboudo's SO DISTANT FROM MY LIFE, a pulsing yet sobering story of emigration attempts, family bonds, unexpected generosity & global indifference in a vibrant translation by Yarri Kamara. @TiltedAxisPress blazing a trail once again.

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