On 6th October 2022, iconic French writer Annie Ernaux was announced as the 119th winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the 17th woman laureate…
Category: Opinion post
Last week Geetanjali Shree’s novel Tomb of Sand, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell, won the International Booker Prize. Many media headlines have focused on…
I think this post has been a long time coming… I’m making a big change to the way I do the blog part of Translating…
Women in Translation: how to read the world differently This International Women’s Day I wrote a guest post for the Pan MacMillan publishing house, looking…
Today’s post is a little different from my usual ones, because I want to talk to you about a translated text coming out next week……
When I wrote my round-up of 2020, I had no idea that 2021 would be another year of restrictions and adaptations. I haven’t read as…
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I had intended to post this piece in December, but the end of the year brought some unexpected challenges and I had to delay it…
In my recent open letter, I talked about my belief that literature from other cultures – especially from marginalised voices – can be a crucial…
Dear friends, I hope you and your loved ones are all safe and well. The past week has seen an upheaval of life as we…