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November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Absorbed by Antonio Muñoz Molina's Your Steps on the Stairs, translated by Curtis Bauer, and likely to read it in three sittings. (Consider this my early #TranslationThursday and #FridayReads.)
April 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Absorbed by Antonio Muñoz Molina's Your Steps on the Stairs, translated by Curtis Bauer, and likely to read it in three sittings. (Consider this my early #TranslationThursday and #FridayReads.)
Thank you to whichever #WITmonth reader it was who brought this collection of Latin American horror stories to my attention, Halloween reading sorted. Also, "Kermit the Frog dreams of murder"? How could you not be intrigued?
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September 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Thank you to whichever #WITmonth reader it was who brought this collection of Latin American horror stories to my attention, Halloween reading sorted. Also, "Kermit the Frog dreams of murder"? How could you not be intrigued?
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Shiny #translationthursday and @kaggsy59.bsky.social reviews The Siren's Lament: Essential Tanizaki translated by Bryan Karetnyk for Pushkin Press. shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-sirens-l...
The Siren’s Lament: Essential Stories by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki
Translated by Bryan Karetnyk Review by Karen Langley Jun’ichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) was a Japanese author known for his erotically charged stories, and is considered one of his country’s bes…
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October 26, 2023 at 12:11 PM
Shiny #translationthursday and @kaggsy59.bsky.social reviews The Siren's Lament: Essential Tanizaki translated by Bryan Karetnyk for Pushkin Press. shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-sirens-l...
It's a Shiny #TranslationThursday and @spencro.bsky.social reviews Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida pub @europaeditions.bsky.social shinynewbooks.co.uk/goodnight-to...
Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida
Translated by Hayden Trowell Review by Rob Spence Quirky Japanese literature seems to be all the rage these days. Every British bookshop seems well-stocked with Tokyo-based stories about ca
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March 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's a Shiny #TranslationThursday and @spencro.bsky.social reviews Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida pub @europaeditions.bsky.social shinynewbooks.co.uk/goodnight-to...
January 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Off to Croatia, Split, former Yugoslavia
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Red Water set in former Yugoslavia - The Book Trail
Red Water set in former Yugoslavia The BookTrail's Bookreview Discover the locations and settings of the novel with The BookTrail Literary Travel Agency. Travel by the Book
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June 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Off to Croatia, Split, former Yugoslavia
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We're closing out Women in Translation Month with a conversation between author of INVENTING THE CHURCH Bénédicte Sère and the book's translator Caroline Wazer. buff.ly/9Ah3btS #WITMonth #WomentInTranslation #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThursday #Catholic #CatholicChurch #ChurchHistory #CatholicHistory
Bénédicte Sère and Caroline Wazer in Conversation About Inventing the Church - Columbia University Press Blog
Translator Caroline Wazer and author Bénédicte Sère talk about the origins of Inventing the Church & the complexities of translating terms from Church history.
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August 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We're closing out Women in Translation Month with a conversation between author of INVENTING THE CHURCH Bénédicte Sère and the book's translator Caroline Wazer. buff.ly/9Ah3btS #WITMonth #WomentInTranslation #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThursday #Catholic #CatholicChurch #ChurchHistory #CatholicHistory
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@annabookbel.bsky.social reviews two volumes from Penguin's new Maigret Capsule Collection shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-penguin-...
@annabookbel.bsky.social reviews two volumes from Penguin's new Maigret Capsule Collection shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-penguin-...
The Penguin Maigret Capsule Collection – Maigret’s Holiday and Maigret’s Pickpocket – by Georges Simenon
Review by Annabel
Starting back in 2013, Penguin began reissuing the novels of Georges Simenon in new or recent translations with distinctive photographic details on the covers. All 75 Maigrets ar
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July 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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@annabookbel.bsky.social reviews two volumes from Penguin's new Maigret Capsule Collection shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-penguin-...
@annabookbel.bsky.social reviews two volumes from Penguin's new Maigret Capsule Collection shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-penguin-...
Shiny #TranslationThursday and @annabookbel.bsky.social reviews Barbara isn't Dying by Alina Bronsky, trans. @timmohr.bsky.social from @europaeditions.bsky.social shinynewbooks.co.uk/barbara-isnt...
Barbara isn’t Dying by Alina Bronsky
Translated by Tim Mohr
Review by Annabel
The main theme of this novel is not new, but Bronsky has such a refreshing take on it that I couldn’t help but devour it from the first page. It o
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July 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Shiny #TranslationThursday and @annabookbel.bsky.social reviews Barbara isn't Dying by Alina Bronsky, trans. @timmohr.bsky.social from @europaeditions.bsky.social shinynewbooks.co.uk/barbara-isnt...
Is there still such a thing as #TranslationThursday?
'I would be remiss if I did not single out Marina Sofia's translation... skillfully captures the book's dry wit, unforgettable events, and larger-than-life personalities'
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'I would be remiss if I did not single out Marina Sofia's translation... skillfully captures the book's dry wit, unforgettable events, and larger-than-life personalities'
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Nightingale & Co. by Charlotte Printz
Translation by Marina Sofia. Published by Corylus Books.
Charlotte Printz is the pseudonym of a successful former TV editor with a penchant for writing gripping historical novels and screenplays. She...
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February 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Is there still such a thing as #TranslationThursday?
'I would be remiss if I did not single out Marina Sofia's translation... skillfully captures the book's dry wit, unforgettable events, and larger-than-life personalities'
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'I would be remiss if I did not single out Marina Sofia's translation... skillfully captures the book's dry wit, unforgettable events, and larger-than-life personalities'
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Slightly tenuous link for #TranslationThursday but I #amreading Sally Magnusson's wonderful #TheShapeshiftersDaughter, set amongst the different worlds of Yggdrasil, when Hel escapes from Niflheim. She's obvs influenced by her father, Magnus Magnusson, a storyteller & translator of Norse tales 💙📚🇮🇸
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Slightly tenuous link for #TranslationThursday but I #amreading Sally Magnusson's wonderful #TheShapeshiftersDaughter, set amongst the different worlds of Yggdrasil, when Hel escapes from Niflheim. She's obvs influenced by her father, Magnus Magnusson, a storyteller & translator of Norse tales 💙📚🇮🇸
In this blog post, translator Darryl Sterk reflects on the linguistic and cultural challenges of translating Syaman Rapongan's EYES OF THE OCEAN into English. buff.ly/TZJqIIP #ChineseLiterature #Taiwan #Tao #TranslationThursday #ReadTheWorld #GlobalReads #Translation
September 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In this blog post, translator Darryl Sterk reflects on the linguistic and cultural challenges of translating Syaman Rapongan's EYES OF THE OCEAN into English. buff.ly/TZJqIIP #ChineseLiterature #Taiwan #Tao #TranslationThursday #ReadTheWorld #GlobalReads #Translation
Shiny #TranslationThursday - Harriet reviews a new edition of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, transl. Hilda Rosner from Pushkin Press, shinynewbooks.co.uk/siddhartha-b...
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Translated by Hilda Rosner Reviewed by Harriet Siddhartha had one single goal – to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow – to let the Self die. No…
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November 2, 2023 at 8:08 AM
Shiny #TranslationThursday - Harriet reviews a new edition of Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, transl. Hilda Rosner from Pushkin Press, shinynewbooks.co.uk/siddhartha-b...
In this Q&A, Lilit Žekulin Thwaites shares the story about of how she came to work with Luisa Etxenike, the themes found in CROSSING WATERS, and the challenges she faced in translating this work. buff.ly/YhsfjgD #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThursday @littranslate.bsky.social
Lilit Žekulin Thwaites on Translating Crossing Waters by Luisa Etxenike - Columbia University Press Blog
Lilit Žekulin Thwaites is an award-winning Australian literary translator of novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. Luisa Etxenike is an acclaimed author from the Basque Country whose works offer…
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May 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In this Q&A, Lilit Žekulin Thwaites shares the story about of how she came to work with Luisa Etxenike, the themes found in CROSSING WATERS, and the challenges she faced in translating this work. buff.ly/YhsfjgD #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThursday @littranslate.bsky.social
The Barman of the Ritz by Phillipe Collin (transl. Frank Wynne): ‘In his poition, what would you have done?’ alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/09/the-... #TranslationThursday
The Barman of the Ritz by Phillipe Collin (transl. Frank Wynne): ‘In his poition, what would you have done?’ - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
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September 3, 2026 at 7:30 AM
The Barman of the Ritz by Phillipe Collin (transl. Frank Wynne): ‘In his poition, what would you have done?’ alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/09/the-... #TranslationThursday
Shiny #TranslationThursday and Terence Jagger reviews a new reprint of Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig, transl. Anthea Bell, Pushkin Press shinynewbooks.co.uk/beware-of-pi...
Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
Translated by Anthea Bell Review by Terence Jagger Stefan Zweig was born in Vienna, but lived in England, the USA and Brazil, where he apparently died in a double suicide with his wife; he is best …
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November 9, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Shiny #TranslationThursday and Terence Jagger reviews a new reprint of Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig, transl. Anthea Bell, Pushkin Press shinynewbooks.co.uk/beware-of-pi...
I'm going to start a #translationthursday until I pick the 3rd language that Adventurers Guild Inc. will be translated in! (I will pick it on June 1st)
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May 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm going to start a #translationthursday until I pick the 3rd language that Adventurers Guild Inc. will be translated in! (I will pick it on June 1st)
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#gamedev #videogame #电子游戏 #ビデオゲーム #비디오게임 #videospiel #videojuego
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This #translationthursday
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Spanish Beauty
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Spanish Beauty
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Spanish Beauty Esther García Llovet The BookTrail's Bookreview Discover the locations and settings of the novel with The BookTrail Literary Travel Agency. Travel by the Book Books set in locations aro...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
What are the unique qualities of Yuan Haowen's poetery. Why has it endured? And what it's relevance in the context of historical and cultural discourse? John Timothy Wixted addresses these questions and more in this Q&A. buff.ly/XmbZFqr #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThursday @littranslate.bsky.social
John Timothy Wixted on The Poetry of Yuan Haowen - Columbia University Press Blog
John Timothy Wixted explores the themes of loss and cultural legacy in Yuan Haowen's (1190–1257) poetry—one of the greatest poets in Chinese literary history.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What are the unique qualities of Yuan Haowen's poetery. Why has it endured? And what it's relevance in the context of historical and cultural discourse? John Timothy Wixted addresses these questions and more in this Q&A. buff.ly/XmbZFqr #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThursday @littranslate.bsky.social
No#12 in #20BooksofWinter: Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler with Anna Aslanyan. If I'd been a bit quicker with my review I could have tagged it #TranslationThursday, eh @stujallen.bsky.social? anzlitlovers.com/2025/08/17/e...
Everything Flows (1970), by Vasily Grossman, 2011 English edition, translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler with Anna Aslanyan
Everything Flows is the last and unfinished novel by Vasily Grossman (1905-1964). It has a messy publication history. My Vintage Classics edition says it was first published in the Russian journa…
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August 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
No#12 in #20BooksofWinter: Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler with Anna Aslanyan. If I'd been a bit quicker with my review I could have tagged it #TranslationThursday, eh @stujallen.bsky.social? anzlitlovers.com/2025/08/17/e...
So many layers to this book.
Book review: The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay
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Book review: The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay
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Book review: The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay
It is 1922 and a man is in a psychiatric asylum in Flanders. He was found wearing a soldier’s uniform on a battlefield at the close of the First World War, but has no memory of who he is. Known as …
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September 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM
So many layers to this book.
Book review: The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay
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Book review: The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay
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In this post, Lucina Schell reflects on “Sangre” (“Blood”), a five-line poem by Argentine poet Mercedes Roffé that carries the emotional weight of a nation’s unresolved past. buff.ly/ssPVPdC #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThursday @littranslate.bsky.social
Lucina Schell on “Sangre” by Mercedes Roffé - Columbia University Press Blog
Lucina Schell reflects on “Sangre” (“Blood”), a five-line poem by Argentine poet Mercedes Roffé that carries the emotional weight of a nation’s unresolved past.
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May 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In this post, Lucina Schell reflects on “Sangre” (“Blood”), a five-line poem by Argentine poet Mercedes Roffé that carries the emotional weight of a nation’s unresolved past. buff.ly/ssPVPdC #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThursday @littranslate.bsky.social
The Ingenious Gentleman Federico Garcia Lorca Ascends to Hell by Carlos Rojas, trans by Edith Grossman #TranslationThursday
November 10, 2024 at 2:43 PM
The Ingenious Gentleman Federico Garcia Lorca Ascends to Hell by Carlos Rojas, trans by Edith Grossman #TranslationThursday