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Submissions are open for 5 more weeks for the CJLT's inaugural issue!

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leaving me to drift as nobody A poem by Eka Kevanishvili, translated from the Georgian by Dalila Gogia

leaving me to drift as nobody
in a land named
nothing

β—’ A poem by Eka Kevanishvili, translated from the Georgian by Dalila Gogia β—’

circumferencemag.com/leaving-me-t...

03.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Registration open - Check out our Cambridge Festival events! πŸ’₯

We have a record number of events for all ages and interests this year; from photography, art, film, performances, to an immersive ecological sci-arts experience

16 March-2 April 2026
Registration recommended πŸ‘‡
https://bit.ly/46a7Fnp

28.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image announcing Two Lines Press and the Center for The Art of Translation at AWP 2026, March 4-7, featuring three book covers of titles published by Two Lines Press. Find us at booth #1145.

Image announcing Two Lines Press and the Center for The Art of Translation at AWP 2026, March 4-7, featuring three book covers of titles published by Two Lines Press. Find us at booth #1145.

Graphic featuring Fatemeh Shams, Lily Meyer, and Alex Niemi, participants of our AWP off-site event at Red Emma's Bookstore in Baltimore, MD. The event will be held Thursday, March 5, 5:30pm EST.

Graphic featuring Fatemeh Shams, Lily Meyer, and Alex Niemi, participants of our AWP off-site event at Red Emma's Bookstore in Baltimore, MD. The event will be held Thursday, March 5, 5:30pm EST.

Meet us at #AWP26! Find our staff at booth #1145 and get 20% off discount all our @twolinespress.com books! + Join our Indie Press Happy Hour at @redemmas.org with Two Lines Press, @dorothyproject.bsky.social, and @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social. Enjoy a drink (on us if you RSVP!) buff.ly/ksjjRNd

25.02.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happening this Friday in Oxford!

24.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join Sawad for the Arabic Workshop at this year's BCLT Summer School πŸ“£ ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞

All 10 chosen participants in the Arabic workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award.

www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

24.02.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happening this Wednesday 25th Feb at the MML faculty in Cambridge!

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We’re delighted to share that Dr. Mrinmoy Pramanick, BCLT's Charles Wallace India Trust Translation Fellow 2025, has been awarded the prestigious A.K. Ramanujan Prize for Translation (2026) alongside Professor Sipra Mukherjee of West Bengal State University.

www.asianstudies.org/aas-2026-pri...

19.02.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cambridge Translation Studies Network (CTSN) | Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Cambridge Translation Studies Network (CTSN)

Join us for two more events at the Cambridge Translation Studies Network! Next Wednesday 25th Feb: John Guthrie on 'Translating German Poetry: the Rilke translations of J. B. Leishman'
www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/research/cam...

17.02.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“£ Join Michele Hutchison for the Multilingual Prose Fiction Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 πŸ“£ ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞

Find out more & download an example programme on our website: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

17.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing Miss Translation | Bela Shayevich You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . .Β .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are…

β€œTranslation requires a lot of specialized knowledge, from jargon and slang to literary history. But that shouldn’t stop anyone from trying their hand at it for the pure pleasure of solving a puzzle and playing with form” β€” Bela Shayevich writes in her new @nplusonemag.com column:

02.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Join award-winning translator Adriana Hunter for the French (Advanced) Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 🌞

This year's Summer Summer School will take place ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞

Find out more, apply and download an example programme: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

06.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join Antonia Lloyd-Jones for the Polish Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 πŸ“£
ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞

3 participants in the Polish workshop will receive a full tuition fee bursary, kindly supported by The Polish Cultural Institute

Apply: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

07.02.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation

The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) is open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. See more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues

01.02.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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✨ Are you an experienced literary translator looking to develop your skills as a workshop leader? ✨ Join our Training the Trainer strand at BCLT Summer School 2026, led by Daniel Hahn.

Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

01.02.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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✨ Applications are open for the John Dryden Translation Competition ✨

Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.

bcla.org/prizes-award...

21.01.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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If This Be Magic: Shakespeare in Translation with Daniel Hahn Daniel Hahn invites us to rethink not only Shakespeare, but language itself in his new book If This Be Magic.

πŸͺ„ Daniel Hahn invites us to rethink not only Shakespeare, but language itself in his new book If This Be Magic πŸͺ„

πŸ“… Thursday 16 April
⏲️ 6.30–7.30pm
πŸ“ National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall, Norwich

Book:

26.01.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues

16.01.2026 10:09 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Images of Cristina Rivera Garza and book cover to announce her conversation with Rita Indiana, discussing Autobiography of Cotton in a hybrid event February 10, 7pm ET β€” at The Center for Fiction, or via livestream in San Francisco at 4pm PT.

Images of Cristina Rivera Garza and book cover to announce her conversation with Rita Indiana, discussing Autobiography of Cotton in a hybrid event February 10, 7pm ET β€” at The Center for Fiction, or via livestream in San Francisco at 4pm PT.

Don’t miss Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cristina Rivera Garza in conversation with Rita Indiana, discussing AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF COTTON, translated by Christina MacSweeney, in a hybrid event February 10, 7 pm ET β€” at The Center for Fiction or via livestream. Register here: buff.ly/09dNBK4

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The Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation (CJLT) has launched and is now open for submissions. An open-access, peer-reviewed journal hosted at the University of Cambridge, CJLT publishes literary translations, research articles, and book reviews. Learn more: cjltjournal.wixsite.com/cjlt/issues

16.01.2026 10:09 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1