The Starling Bureau

A collective of literary translators bringing the world’s best books to publishers, and providing related expertise and resources.

[The Starling Bureau @StarlingBureau]

Overjoyed to see our own @rolandglasser a finalist for the @nationalbook awards!

[Jenny Croft @jenniferlcroft]

Proud of creating this beautiful shortlist for @nationalbook with @AronajiAji, Jhumpa Lahiri, @colonellovely, and Julia Sanches. Congrats to the translators (three from Arabic, one from Swedish, one from Mandarin, one from French), authors, & their teams! https://t.co/kppyqTTjls

[The Starling Bureau @StarlingBureau]

We are justly proud of the recognition our very own Starling @ZAPTranslations has received for her wonderful translation! Congratulations to the other finalists! We appreciate you all. #translatorsrule

[American Literary Translators Association @LitTranslate]

🎉 Congratulations to ALTA member @ZAPTranslations, whose translation of OF CATTLE AND MEN by Ana Paula Maia, published by @CharcoPress, has been awarded the the Republic of Consciousness prize @PrizeRofc! https://t.co/uc4VzEbdc9

[Zoë Perry @ZAPTranslations]

Register now to join Ana Paula Maia and me to talk about Of Cattle and Men!
I had a blast doing one of these last year with Emilio Fraia for Sevastopol. Ana and I didn't get to do any promotional events when the book came out, so this will be fun.

[Roland Glasser @rolandglasser]

Congrats to all the nominees!

[Will Evans @willevans]

Happy publication day to Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s follow up to his International Booker-shortlisted Tram 83, once again translated brilliantly by @rolandglasser! @DeepVellum @deepvellumbooks @villa_albertine https://t.co/I2bBV3cmdU

[The Starling Bureau @StarlingBureau]

Lovely review for our very own @rolandglasser's exciting new translation of Fiston Mwanza Mujila's "The Villain's Dance", out March 12th in the US from @DeepVellum. Still looking for a UK publisher (incredibly!). UK rights to FMM's début "Tram 83" newly available too.

[Roland Glasser @rolandglasser]

"Mujila’s frenetic energy is captured in rapturous language by Roland Glasser. A feverish tale of Africa’s underclass, whose demands are hard to resist. As one character remarks, “We want reality, the mines, the glue, the Villain’s Dance!” @DeepVellum https://t.co/n8JZ3of7Zp

[Zoë Perry @ZAPTranslations]

Delighted that Gary picked OF CATTLE AND MEN for his excellent best of 2023 list. It's not because we're related (we're not. . . or are we?) 🐄❤️

[The Starling Bureau @StarlingBureau]

We are so proud of our very own @ZAPTranslations winning the inaugural @CercadorPrize. You go, Starling!

[The Cercador Prize @CercadorPrize]

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Cercador Prize: Zoë Perry's translation of Ana Paula Maia's OF CATTLE AND MEN (@CharcoPress).

The Cercador committee says OF CATTLE AND MEN "lays bare the brutal labor of the slaughterhouse trade," hailing the novel as a "new breed of western."

[Zoë Perry @ZAPTranslations]

One of the best things about building translator community is getting to know your friends’/colleagues’ strengths and interests and directing editors to folks better suited to a job. Editors, stop to ask yourself if “that guy I worked with before” is really the best qualified.

[The Starling Bureau @StarlingBureau]

What a fantastic new initiative!

[The Cercador Prize @CercadorPrize]

Introducing the Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation. Co-founded by Pacific Northwest book workers @jaawlfins and @spencerruchti, the Cercador is the first bookseller-led prize for literature in translation.

Five booksellers, ten finalists, one winner.

Coming fall '23.

[The Starling Bureau @StarlingBureau]

Great to have ⁦@ZAPTranslations⁩ in town and catch up with so many friends and colleagues. #lbf23

[Charlotte Ryland @charlotteryland]

The @TranslationExch Slam @oxfordlitfest yesterday was wonderful. So good to bring #translation in the form of the brilliant @Ruth_etta @annielmcd & Polly Barton to a new audience. The full range from school pupils to retired people [including my dad] @TORCHOxford @OxfordModLangs

[Ruth Clarke @Ruth_etta]

Tomorrow!!
#theatre #translation #ukraine

[Ruth Clarke @Ruth_etta]

Translation Wednesday alert!
Join me and the fantastic Nina Murray for a free online chat about the art of theatre translation NEXT WEEK!

Registration here: https://t.co/ZN5ym2hKdk

@durham_uni @MLACdurham @mlac_outreach @NewWritingNorth @WritersCentre @bcltuea 👋

[The Starling Bureau @StarlingBureau]

A wonderful list, including OF CATTLE AND MEN by Ana Paula Maia, translated by our own @ZAPTranslations!

[English PEN @englishpen]

We’re delighted to announce 15 new #PENTranslates awards.

Featuring titles from 14 countries, 10 languages &, for the first time, a title from Mali & the first memoir by a Sudanese woman to be translated from Arabic to English.

Read more here ⬇️
https://t.co/FyEJ8EBGSs

[The Starling Bureau @StarlingBureau]

Spooky new story out today in @SouthwestReview's special Halloween issue! 🐆👻

Click the link below to read THE JAGUARS by @cristhianoag, translated by our own @ZAPTranslations

[SwR @SouthwestReview]

And so it begins...😈

Kicking off the spooky season today with new fiction from our Halloween issue 🕸️

Read THE JAGUARS by @cristhianoag (trans. @ZAPTranslations) https://t.co/0pSj4K2eyl

[Ruth Clarke @Ruth_etta]

Somehow it's 3 October tomorrow! Translators in #Sheffield join us for a workshop we're calling Translation Forge! Bring work in progress, project ideas or just come along and eat cake! @showroomcinema #ITD22 @DelainaHaslam @lucehouse #sheffieldissuper

https://t.co/yTeVH6e9wN

[The Starling Bureau @StarlingBureau]

SEVASTOPOL by Emilio Fraia, translated by our own @ZAPTranslations, is the next title up for discussion with the Portuguese in Translation Book Club, in November.

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

The next book to be discussed at our 5th session in November is SEVASTOPOL, by Emílio Fraia. Sevastopol was translated into English by Zoe Perry and published in 2021 by Lolli Editions in the UK and New Directions in the US. https://t.co/EG4sdoF3fQ

[Astra Magazine @astra_mag]

We’re thrilled to share a new essay by @clara_drummond on heteropessimism. It’s the first piece (of many) that we’re running in two languages. Click through for @ZAPTranslations’s English version and the Portuguese original: https://t.co/ustyy7NnHJ

[Ruth Clarke @Ruth_etta]

Looking forward to hosting this discussion, a rare chance to discuss a (beautiful!) novel with its author and translator. And the perfect way to gear up for Durham Book Festival if you're in town!