If you missed me and Claudia Nina reading from her beautiful novella Benedita, now you can watch the recording on YouTube! While you're there, be sure to watch the other two #WomenInTranslationMonth events hosted by PEN America.
Here's the link to the second of three events:
youtu.be/k3Wwf6m0k24?...
Here's the link to the second of three events:
youtu.be/k3Wwf6m0k24?...
September 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If you missed me and Claudia Nina reading from her beautiful novella Benedita, now you can watch the recording on YouTube! While you're there, be sure to watch the other two #WomenInTranslationMonth events hosted by PEN America.
Here's the link to the second of three events:
youtu.be/k3Wwf6m0k24?...
Here's the link to the second of three events:
youtu.be/k3Wwf6m0k24?...
Chernobyl Prayer, Svetlana Alexievich, trs. @annagunin.bsky.social & Arch Tait.
My final #WomenInTranslationMonth read (started in August; it counts!) & wow. I don't understand how something so harrowing & devastating can also be so gorgeous. A tour de force – hats off to the translators!
💙📚 #xl8
My final #WomenInTranslationMonth read (started in August; it counts!) & wow. I don't understand how something so harrowing & devastating can also be so gorgeous. A tour de force – hats off to the translators!
💙📚 #xl8
![Photo of the front cover of the book Chernobyl Prayer, by Svetlana Alexievich.
The top third is white, with the publisher's logo (Penguin) and author's name in pale blue, the title and the words 'Winner of the Nobel Prize in [sic] Literature' in black. The image below shows a blurred view from a dirty window spattered with rain – a blurred grey object stands to the left, blocking two-thirds of the window, with some green and a hint of sky visible to the right. A butterfly or moth, in focus, sits on the window towards the bottom left.
The names of the translators, Anna Gunin and Arch Tait, are not mentioned.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rfdmmenc4uwyfqkrcctx2hta/bafkreifnfswkfwnsbcdgipki5pv6khfomjxrxtvec44khkyl5zppvtuqyu)
September 6, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Chernobyl Prayer, Svetlana Alexievich, trs. @annagunin.bsky.social & Arch Tait.
My final #WomenInTranslationMonth read (started in August; it counts!) & wow. I don't understand how something so harrowing & devastating can also be so gorgeous. A tour de force – hats off to the translators!
💙📚 #xl8
My final #WomenInTranslationMonth read (started in August; it counts!) & wow. I don't understand how something so harrowing & devastating can also be so gorgeous. A tour de force – hats off to the translators!
💙📚 #xl8
COMING SOON! 🎉
@nathanhdize.bsky.social and I are thrilled to celebrate translation with our special issue of Reading in Translation!
Three instalments throughout September, as #WomenInTranslationMonth wraps up and #InternationalTranslationDay approaches.
First contributions out on Monday!
@nathanhdize.bsky.social and I are thrilled to celebrate translation with our special issue of Reading in Translation!
Three instalments throughout September, as #WomenInTranslationMonth wraps up and #InternationalTranslationDay approaches.
First contributions out on Monday!
September 4, 2026 at 8:34 AM
COMING SOON! 🎉
@nathanhdize.bsky.social and I are thrilled to celebrate translation with our special issue of Reading in Translation!
Three instalments throughout September, as #WomenInTranslationMonth wraps up and #InternationalTranslationDay approaches.
First contributions out on Monday!
@nathanhdize.bsky.social and I are thrilled to celebrate translation with our special issue of Reading in Translation!
Three instalments throughout September, as #WomenInTranslationMonth wraps up and #InternationalTranslationDay approaches.
First contributions out on Monday!
Did you know August is #WomenInTranslationMonth? Thank you to all the wonderful female authors and translators that make Orenda Books go round!❤️🌍️
August 31, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Did you know August is #WomenInTranslationMonth? Thank you to all the wonderful female authors and translators that make Orenda Books go round!❤️🌍️
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#TheObsceneBirdofNight
#MeganMcDowell, translator
Donoso achieved an artwork that goes beyond traditional and even experimental forms…It's a laying bare through masks and disguise...hinted at through images seen sideways...an...affirmation of existence.
-Megan McDowell
#TheObsceneBirdofNight
#MeganMcDowell, translator
Donoso achieved an artwork that goes beyond traditional and even experimental forms…It's a laying bare through masks and disguise...hinted at through images seen sideways...an...affirmation of existence.
-Megan McDowell
August 31, 2026 at 11:08 AM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#TheObsceneBirdofNight
#MeganMcDowell, translator
Donoso achieved an artwork that goes beyond traditional and even experimental forms…It's a laying bare through masks and disguise...hinted at through images seen sideways...an...affirmation of existence.
-Megan McDowell
#TheObsceneBirdofNight
#MeganMcDowell, translator
Donoso achieved an artwork that goes beyond traditional and even experimental forms…It's a laying bare through masks and disguise...hinted at through images seen sideways...an...affirmation of existence.
-Megan McDowell
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#TheIcePalace
#ElizabethRokkan, translator
At once their attitude towards the girl was changed. She was no enemy….
'You'll join us again now, won't you, Siss?'
She shook her head.
She could not tell them about the promise and that she had been given a great gift.
#TheIcePalace
#ElizabethRokkan, translator
At once their attitude towards the girl was changed. She was no enemy….
'You'll join us again now, won't you, Siss?'
She shook her head.
She could not tell them about the promise and that she had been given a great gift.
August 31, 2026 at 12:39 PM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#TheIcePalace
#ElizabethRokkan, translator
At once their attitude towards the girl was changed. She was no enemy….
'You'll join us again now, won't you, Siss?'
She shook her head.
She could not tell them about the promise and that she had been given a great gift.
#TheIcePalace
#ElizabethRokkan, translator
At once their attitude towards the girl was changed. She was no enemy….
'You'll join us again now, won't you, Siss?'
She shook her head.
She could not tell them about the promise and that she had been given a great gift.
Once again I have waited for the very end of #WITmonth to drop some women in translation content.
I kept wanting an easy place to send people to make it easy for them to buy the books I am yelling about, so I spent hours curating a list on bookshop.
I kept wanting an easy place to send people to make it easy for them to buy the books I am yelling about, so I spent hours curating a list on bookshop.
Women in Translation
recs for #WomenInTranslationMonth (also #WITmonth) and beyond!
bookshop.org
August 30, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Once again I have waited for the very end of #WITmonth to drop some women in translation content.
I kept wanting an easy place to send people to make it easy for them to buy the books I am yelling about, so I spent hours curating a list on bookshop.
I kept wanting an easy place to send people to make it easy for them to buy the books I am yelling about, so I spent hours curating a list on bookshop.
Before the end of #womenintranslationmonth, I wanted to reflect on the joy of co-teaching a seminar about the theory and practice of literary translation at @emorycollege.bsky.social with Professor Didem Uca, who translates between German, Turkish, and English.
August 31, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Before the end of #womenintranslationmonth, I wanted to reflect on the joy of co-teaching a seminar about the theory and practice of literary translation at @emorycollege.bsky.social with Professor Didem Uca, who translates between German, Turkish, and English.
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#ÁguaViva
#ClariceLispector
I want to grab hold of the is of the thing. These instants passing through the air I breathe: in fireworks they explode silently in space. I want to possess the atoms of time. And to capture the present.…
#ÁguaViva
#ClariceLispector
I want to grab hold of the is of the thing. These instants passing through the air I breathe: in fireworks they explode silently in space. I want to possess the atoms of time. And to capture the present.…
August 30, 2026 at 12:41 PM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#ÁguaViva
#ClariceLispector
I want to grab hold of the is of the thing. These instants passing through the air I breathe: in fireworks they explode silently in space. I want to possess the atoms of time. And to capture the present.…
#ÁguaViva
#ClariceLispector
I want to grab hold of the is of the thing. These instants passing through the air I breathe: in fireworks they explode silently in space. I want to possess the atoms of time. And to capture the present.…
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#WITMonth
#ThreadRipper
#AmalieSmith
#JenniferRussell, translator
We may set most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard- loom weaves flowers and leaves.
#WITMonth
#ThreadRipper
#AmalieSmith
#JenniferRussell, translator
We may set most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard- loom weaves flowers and leaves.
August 30, 2026 at 12:47 PM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#WITMonth
#ThreadRipper
#AmalieSmith
#JenniferRussell, translator
We may set most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard- loom weaves flowers and leaves.
#WITMonth
#ThreadRipper
#AmalieSmith
#JenniferRussell, translator
We may set most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard- loom weaves flowers and leaves.
Before #WomeninTranslationMonth comes to an end, I would like to (re)introduce to you the two Brazilian writers whose work I have been translating. Visit the publications and pitches sections of my website for more information:
www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com
#Brazilianliterature #womenwriters
www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com
#Brazilianliterature #womenwriters
![The fabulous Brazilian writers whose work I am happy and honored to translate. [Photos of Claudia Nina and Marilia Arnaud] Learn more about them and their work in the pitches section of my website: https://www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3eh6x6e6nmkwpg7vrmdnhx3k/bafkreibpdysaoytlpqulbmidk66pokhzn6wtpw25mjow6yo4sw5555f2km)
August 29, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Before #WomeninTranslationMonth comes to an end, I would like to (re)introduce to you the two Brazilian writers whose work I have been translating. Visit the publications and pitches sections of my website for more information:
www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com
#Brazilianliterature #womenwriters
www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com
#Brazilianliterature #womenwriters
In Africa’s Struggle for Its Art, Bénédicte Savoy—one of the world’s foremost experts on restitution and cultural heritage—brings to light a largely unknown but deeply important #history.
Enjoy an interview with the author: press.princeton.edu/ideas/benedi...
#WITM #WomenInTranslationMonth #Art
Enjoy an interview with the author: press.princeton.edu/ideas/benedi...
#WITM #WomenInTranslationMonth #Art
August 29, 2026 at 12:06 PM
In Africa’s Struggle for Its Art, Bénédicte Savoy—one of the world’s foremost experts on restitution and cultural heritage—brings to light a largely unknown but deeply important #history.
Enjoy an interview with the author: press.princeton.edu/ideas/benedi...
#WITM #WomenInTranslationMonth #Art
Enjoy an interview with the author: press.princeton.edu/ideas/benedi...
#WITM #WomenInTranslationMonth #Art
This #WomeninTranslationMonth, add books both written and translated by women to your reading list! Visit the link for recommendations from indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
A Reading List for Women in Translation Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For Women in Translation Month, observed annually during the month of August, we asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the…
www.clmp.org
August 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This #WomeninTranslationMonth, add books both written and translated by women to your reading list! Visit the link for recommendations from indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#TheStoryofMyTeeth
#ValeriaLuiselli
#ChristinaMacSweeney, translator
l asked what it was he was writing…
His eyes still on the notebook, he said he was just planning a relingo walk.
A what walk? I burbled...
A walk around gaps, sir…vacant lots, spaces without owners....
#TheStoryofMyTeeth
#ValeriaLuiselli
#ChristinaMacSweeney, translator
l asked what it was he was writing…
His eyes still on the notebook, he said he was just planning a relingo walk.
A what walk? I burbled...
A walk around gaps, sir…vacant lots, spaces without owners....
August 29, 2026 at 10:50 AM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#TheStoryofMyTeeth
#ValeriaLuiselli
#ChristinaMacSweeney, translator
l asked what it was he was writing…
His eyes still on the notebook, he said he was just planning a relingo walk.
A what walk? I burbled...
A walk around gaps, sir…vacant lots, spaces without owners....
#TheStoryofMyTeeth
#ValeriaLuiselli
#ChristinaMacSweeney, translator
l asked what it was he was writing…
His eyes still on the notebook, he said he was just planning a relingo walk.
A what walk? I burbled...
A walk around gaps, sir…vacant lots, spaces without owners....
On the Calculation of Volume, by Solvej Balle, trs. Barbara J Haveland.
Tara wakes up and it's 18 November. Which was yesterday's date. Or was it? What has happened to time?
I read this in less than 24 hours, in 2 sittings. It really does live up to the hype!
#WomenInTranslationMonth 💙📚 🌐 🇩🇰
Tara wakes up and it's 18 November. Which was yesterday's date. Or was it? What has happened to time?
I read this in less than 24 hours, in 2 sittings. It really does live up to the hype!
#WomenInTranslationMonth 💙📚 🌐 🇩🇰
August 29, 2026 at 9:28 AM
On the Calculation of Volume, by Solvej Balle, trs. Barbara J Haveland.
Tara wakes up and it's 18 November. Which was yesterday's date. Or was it? What has happened to time?
I read this in less than 24 hours, in 2 sittings. It really does live up to the hype!
#WomenInTranslationMonth 💙📚 🌐 🇩🇰
Tara wakes up and it's 18 November. Which was yesterday's date. Or was it? What has happened to time?
I read this in less than 24 hours, in 2 sittings. It really does live up to the hype!
#WomenInTranslationMonth 💙📚 🌐 🇩🇰
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#Whale
#Chi-YoungKim, translator
When she saw the blue whale...she had glimpsed what eternal life looked like, life that had triumphed against death...She would try to use big things to beat out small things...forget her suffocating hometown by jumping into the vast ocean.
#Whale
#Chi-YoungKim, translator
When she saw the blue whale...she had glimpsed what eternal life looked like, life that had triumphed against death...She would try to use big things to beat out small things...forget her suffocating hometown by jumping into the vast ocean.
August 28, 2026 at 6:47 PM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#Whale
#Chi-YoungKim, translator
When she saw the blue whale...she had glimpsed what eternal life looked like, life that had triumphed against death...She would try to use big things to beat out small things...forget her suffocating hometown by jumping into the vast ocean.
#Whale
#Chi-YoungKim, translator
When she saw the blue whale...she had glimpsed what eternal life looked like, life that had triumphed against death...She would try to use big things to beat out small things...forget her suffocating hometown by jumping into the vast ocean.
On a Woman's Madness, by Astrid Roemer, trs. Lucy Scott.
Noenka leaves her husband after 9 days of marriage & flees to Paramaribo, where she finds lovers, new freedoms, herself & her sexuality, but cannot leave the past behind. Disturbing but lyrically gorgeous.
#WomenInTranslationMonth 💙📚 🌐 #xl8
Noenka leaves her husband after 9 days of marriage & flees to Paramaribo, where she finds lovers, new freedoms, herself & her sexuality, but cannot leave the past behind. Disturbing but lyrically gorgeous.
#WomenInTranslationMonth 💙📚 🌐 #xl8
August 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
On a Woman's Madness, by Astrid Roemer, trs. Lucy Scott.
Noenka leaves her husband after 9 days of marriage & flees to Paramaribo, where she finds lovers, new freedoms, herself & her sexuality, but cannot leave the past behind. Disturbing but lyrically gorgeous.
#WomenInTranslationMonth 💙📚 🌐 #xl8
Noenka leaves her husband after 9 days of marriage & flees to Paramaribo, where she finds lovers, new freedoms, herself & her sexuality, but cannot leave the past behind. Disturbing but lyrically gorgeous.
#WomenInTranslationMonth 💙📚 🌐 #xl8
Re-upping on this final #TranslationThurs of this #WomenInTranslationMonth
Reminder! It's #WomenInTranslation Month. To celebrate: my @bookshop.org list. bookshop.org/lists/witmon... #WiTMonth
August 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Re-upping on this final #TranslationThurs of this #WomenInTranslationMonth
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#WITMonth
#TheSummerBook
#ToveJansson
“But we were right here all the time!" Sophia shouted. "Why didn't he say we were here?" "To spare us." "Why? Why do we have to be spared whenever something happens? That's not the truth. We didn't have to be spared....”
#WITMonth
#TheSummerBook
#ToveJansson
“But we were right here all the time!" Sophia shouted. "Why didn't he say we were here?" "To spare us." "Why? Why do we have to be spared whenever something happens? That's not the truth. We didn't have to be spared....”
August 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#WITMonth
#TheSummerBook
#ToveJansson
“But we were right here all the time!" Sophia shouted. "Why didn't he say we were here?" "To spare us." "Why? Why do we have to be spared whenever something happens? That's not the truth. We didn't have to be spared....”
#WITMonth
#TheSummerBook
#ToveJansson
“But we were right here all the time!" Sophia shouted. "Why didn't he say we were here?" "To spare us." "Why? Why do we have to be spared whenever something happens? That's not the truth. We didn't have to be spared....”
This Women in Translation Month, discover extraordinary books by women from around the world—and celebrate the translators who bring their voices to new readers. Save 20% with code WITM at buff.ly/2DfRdCV. #WomenInTranslation #WITMonth #WomenInTranslationMonth #TranslatedLiterature #ReadTheWorld
August 27, 2026 at 10:07 PM
This Women in Translation Month, discover extraordinary books by women from around the world—and celebrate the translators who bring their voices to new readers. Save 20% with code WITM at buff.ly/2DfRdCV. #WomenInTranslation #WITMonth #WomenInTranslationMonth #TranslatedLiterature #ReadTheWorld
An overview of 'The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories' edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang (2022). #WITMonth #WomenInTranslationMonth #Booksky
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Paths of discovery: #WITMonth2026
Painting of begonias in traditional Chinese style. The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang. Tordotcom Publishing, Tom Doherty Associates, 2022. Fifteen auth…
wp.me
August 26, 2026 at 6:52 AM
An overview of 'The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories' edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang (2022). #WITMonth #WomenInTranslationMonth #Booksky
wp.me/sezD85-wsa
wp.me/sezD85-wsa
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#StillBorn
#GuadalupeNettel
#RosalindHarvey, translator
…surnames and parental rights are courtesies we pay to men once they acknowledge their children…in our society it is optional for children to be allotted fathers, whereas mothers have no choice in the matter.
#StillBorn
#GuadalupeNettel
#RosalindHarvey, translator
…surnames and parental rights are courtesies we pay to men once they acknowledge their children…in our society it is optional for children to be allotted fathers, whereas mothers have no choice in the matter.
August 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#StillBorn
#GuadalupeNettel
#RosalindHarvey, translator
…surnames and parental rights are courtesies we pay to men once they acknowledge their children…in our society it is optional for children to be allotted fathers, whereas mothers have no choice in the matter.
#StillBorn
#GuadalupeNettel
#RosalindHarvey, translator
…surnames and parental rights are courtesies we pay to men once they acknowledge their children…in our society it is optional for children to be allotted fathers, whereas mothers have no choice in the matter.
Favorita, by Michelle Steinbeck, trs. @jencalleja.bsky.social
Fila barely knew her mum, who is now dead. She receives a tip-off that it was murder, & travels to Italy to investigate. A wild, hallucinatory ride of a book, with ghosts, mafiosi, prostitutes & more!
#WomenInTranslationMonth #xl8 💙📚🇩🇪
Fila barely knew her mum, who is now dead. She receives a tip-off that it was murder, & travels to Italy to investigate. A wild, hallucinatory ride of a book, with ghosts, mafiosi, prostitutes & more!
#WomenInTranslationMonth #xl8 💙📚🇩🇪
August 26, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Favorita, by Michelle Steinbeck, trs. @jencalleja.bsky.social
Fila barely knew her mum, who is now dead. She receives a tip-off that it was murder, & travels to Italy to investigate. A wild, hallucinatory ride of a book, with ghosts, mafiosi, prostitutes & more!
#WomenInTranslationMonth #xl8 💙📚🇩🇪
Fila barely knew her mum, who is now dead. She receives a tip-off that it was murder, & travels to Italy to investigate. A wild, hallucinatory ride of a book, with ghosts, mafiosi, prostitutes & more!
#WomenInTranslationMonth #xl8 💙📚🇩🇪
"Of course, dark fairy tales are all well and good, but for Russian writers, everyday life provides just as much dark inspiration." —Tony's Reading List buff.ly/8u5KNwK #BookReview #WomenInTranslationMonth #RussianLit
‘The Voice Over’ by Maria Stepanova (Review)
Whenever I start thinking about Women in Translation Month, I take myself off to the study and rummage through my shelves to see what’s lurking at the back, forgotten and waiting to be redisc…
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com
August 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
"Of course, dark fairy tales are all well and good, but for Russian writers, everyday life provides just as much dark inspiration." —Tony's Reading List buff.ly/8u5KNwK #BookReview #WomenInTranslationMonth #RussianLit
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#WITMonth
#SmallBoat
#HelenStevenson, translator
...when the sinking started: that's the real question we need to answer. Because these people were sunk long before they sank. They were washed up well before they drowned....
#WITMonth
#SmallBoat
#HelenStevenson, translator
...when the sinking started: that's the real question we need to answer. Because these people were sunk long before they sank. They were washed up well before they drowned....
August 25, 2026 at 12:55 PM
#WomeninTranslationMonth
#WITMonth
#SmallBoat
#HelenStevenson, translator
...when the sinking started: that's the real question we need to answer. Because these people were sunk long before they sank. They were washed up well before they drowned....
#WITMonth
#SmallBoat
#HelenStevenson, translator
...when the sinking started: that's the real question we need to answer. Because these people were sunk long before they sank. They were washed up well before they drowned....