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Was commissioning editor. Now freelance editor. Also: translation, short stories, reviews, Jilly Cooper.

[Bella @BellaBosworth]

Oh! Pretty thrilled and surprised to have been shortlisted for the John Dryden Translation Competition ⭐️

[James Whittington @jcrwhittington]

Last week to apply!

https://t.co/zmROCA5Ib6

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist – a feast of fiction from around the world, featuring ‘stories from everywhere, for everyone’.

➡️ Discover the full list: https://t.co/IL8S162F8L

[Alma Books @almabooks]

The @Soc_of_Authors has announced the John Calder Prize, an annual award for English translations of 'ambitious, groundbreaking work'
https://t.co/GTXPhelfwU

[E_Abalajon @JLaneria]

Mothering and translating get described in similar ways; they are often devalued in similar ways. Yet both involve these vital questions: what it is to take responsibility for others, what it is to reckon with otherness.

Kate Briggs, @wwborders
https://t.co/N8oz2412s5

[And Other Stories @andothertweets]

Huge congratulations to @Imanmersal and her translator, @RobinMoger, as her gorgeously digressive, profoundly moving biography of the Egyptian writer Enayat al-Zayyat wins the 2024 #JamesTaitBlack Prize for Biography!
https://t.co/6fp57Sg4mz

[London Review Bookshop @LRBbookshop]

Announcing the second year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize!

Inspired by the curiosity and imagination of Martha Mills, the prize seeks to give young people a chance to explore new themes in their writing and to get their work published

https://t.co/qB0osA3wxQ

[The Portobello Bookshop @PortyBooks]

The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist was announced this morning! 🥳 To mark the announcement, we’ve created a display in the bookshop, highlighting both the fiction and non-fiction shortlists. Congratulations to all nominated authors and their publishers. 📚 @WomensPrize

[Will Forrester @official_foz]

🚨🚨🚨There's just under a week remaining for literary translators to apply to become our third Translation Advisory Co-Chair, supporting and advising
@englishpen's translation and international literature programme.

Please spread the word and apply!

https://t.co/bjZOm0lvhv

[The Queen's Translation Exchange @TranslationExch]

Come and work with us! We're looking for a FT Coordinator to join the Translation Exchange @QueensCollegeOx, working very closely with our Director @charlotteryland. This is a new role - make it your own! Full info here: https://t.co/AqK9bhLL48

[The Queen's Translation Exchange @TranslationExch]

The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators opens NEXT WEEK!

A free, national, creative translation prize for young people aged 11-18 in the UK, over 15,000 students took part last year.

Find out more & register 👉 https://t.co/wGnfnvsGyA

[Queen Sofía Spanish Institute @qssi_ny]

📢It's your favorite time of the year!

📕Announcing the open call for submissions to the 2024 Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Translation Prize!

Submit your book for the chance to win the $10,000 prize for the best translation of Spanish to English: https://t.co/t2KI7rfAjM

[And Other Stories @andothertweets]

We're hiring! 👋

We have opportunities for work in marketing (with a focus on social media and bookseller outreach) and in admin and office management, as well as a callout to join our advisory board ✨

More information on our Ampersand blog 👇
https://t.co/C8xcIHASTp

[Asymptote Journal @asymptotejrnl]

How do we live together? In times of displacement, devastation and war-mongering across the globe, the greatest writers and translators of our time are wondering how we coexist—me, you, us.

Plus it's our landmark 50th issue! Spread the news far and wide: https://t.co/sQcwfTB6LH

[Charlotte Mandell @avecsesdoigts]

"The prose is luminous. It’s like swimming in an open sea. You can’t see land in any direction. You aren’t trying to. You have no frame of reference as to where you are. You are simply here, and must deal with the waves as they come."

Frank Wynne

https://t.co/bH0YTbol83

[Bella @BellaBosworth]

Dame Jilly!

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Supporting diverse new talent requires real shifts in infrastructure and investment, says Katy Loftus.
Read more 👇
https://t.co/Rgpywpko7o

[The Stinging Fly @stingingfly]

NEWS: we're delighted to open the call for applications to our new Book Reviewing Workshop, which will run through Spring 2024. The workshop will be free to attend.

Applications are now open and will close on Wednesday December 6th at 5pm Irish time.

https://t.co/0W3ceMK8Z1

[Bella @BellaBosworth]

@TessHenderson1 I still remember you telling us about this the next day in the TW offices!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[Ros Schwartz @RosSchwartz]

Thank you Penguin for inviting me to write about my work.
The Need for Roots translator shares how she approached the work of one of the foremost philosophers from the last century. https://t.co/qQrFtIYPbB via @PenguinUKBooks

[Guardian Books @GuardianBooks]

Bestselling author Naomi Wood wins 2023 BBC national short story award https://t.co/54Ce9aFV4b