Adnan Charakh (عدنان چراخ), born in Najaf in 1983, is computer engineer, training consultant and sci-fi expert. He has published four books, comprising three translations from English into Arabic and ...

They Whispered: Stories by writers from the Comma Short Story Course, Manchester, 2023 eBook : Lea, Rebecca , Mack, Stewart , Marquez, AJ , Cornick, Jen , Bailes, Lee , Maher, F.R. , Roberts, Hywel : ...

MANCHESTER IN TRANSLATION 2026Chinese Translation Workshops - no experience necessary!🎫 Tickets in Bio📅 FEB 23 @ 5:30pm📍 Club Academy @officialuom Students Union Oxford Road M13 9PRCome along to Manchester in Translation 2026 for talks and Chinese translation workshops - no Chinese language experience necessary!Join us for an evening of talks and workshops to celebrate all things literary translation, no experience required.In partnership with the University of Manchester and their Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, Comma Press and Manchester City of Literature are delighted to present Manchester in Translation 2026. Aimed at anyone who is interested in or curious about literary translation, this event will begin with a short talk in English on literary translation, followed by two Chinese translation workshops to celebrate International Mother Language Day.This year, the event will focus on Chinese. One workshop will involve participants translating a Chinese text into English, led by experienced translator Jack Hargreaves. Anyone is welcome to attend this workshop, whether or not they speak Chinese. A transliteration will be provided. The other workshop will focus on translating an English text into Chinese, led by Dr Yu Kit Cheung. This workshop is best suited to those who speak Chinese. Based on their language skills and interests, participants can choose which workshop to attend.Whether you speak Chinese or not, we invite you to join us in exploring and celebrating literary translation and the possibilities it creates.Tickets are priced at £3 plus a small eventbrite fee. If you aren't able to buy a ticket but would still like to attend, please get in touch with us via isabella.barber[at]commapress.co.uk and we will be happy to provide you with a free ticket.#imld #IMLD2026 #internationalmotherlanguageday #manchester #manchesterintranslation #manchestertranslates #translation #literatureintranslation #translatedliterature #translatedlit #amtranslating

"In fiction you can test things out and examine both sides of a question. I write to explore." Photograph by Linda Newbery Jane Rogers ha...

Today I want to share with you a rather wonderful collection of short stories which came my way recently. The book is entitled "True North" by Sara Maitland, and it's released by an indie publisher wh...

As you might have noticed from my end of November post, I read a good number of short story collections during that month. Two of those were focused around stories from specific cities, and the one I ...

Manchester’s Comma Press has launched MacGuffin, which no...

Day One – Saturday, October 7, 2023 Today I woke up to the sound of successive raids in the skies above Gaza. They were terrifying sounds, especially for those of us who live in the northern region of the Strip, traditionally the most dangerous area to live. Beyond Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, and the Bedouin village of Um Al Nasser there are large expanses of land from which resistance missiles are often launched, and which are attacked in return.

A literary magazine named after the Vedic fire-god. Transformative. The writer in witness, the imagination in combustion.

On Sale! £8.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Atef Abu Saif, Mona Abu Sharekh, Talal Abu Shawish, Zaki al ‘Ela, Yusra al Khatib and others - A City in Short Fiction

A literary magazine named after the Vedic fire-god. Transformative. The writer in witness, the imagination in combustion.

A story excerpted from Hassan Blasim’s forthcoming collection entitled "The Buried," to be published at the end of the year.

As you might have noticed from my end of November post, I read a good number of short story collections during that month. Two of those were focused around stories from specific cities, and the one I ...

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