Robin Munby

I am preceded by women who work with the earth itself. Earth, that thing so frail it will never bring forth gold. They pan it, stroke its texture. They invent it. I’m nothing but a mirror, a persistence of old imagination. Raquel Menéndez, The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad #lletresasturianes

Announcing the shortlist of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026. Congratulations to the authors, translators, and publishers! tinyurl.com/bdhfm9nx @tenement-press.bsky.social @pushkinpress.com @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Entrevista perinteresante sobre'l panorama actual de la traducción al asturianu y el bon trabayu que lleva faciendo nos últimos años l'asociación #Verbéu

El poder sindical no para de crecer! El 15 de noviembre tenemos una cita imperdible para todas aquellas que hemos dicho basta al rentismo. Un evento para reír, escuchar, conocernos y seguir luchando contra los que quieren forrarse con el fruto de nuestro trabajo. Entradas disponibles en Ticketmaster

📝 La movilización del pueblo brasileño demuestra que al fascismo se le frena con organización y lucha. La clave está en la importancia de la participación popular frente a los proyectos autoritarios 👇🧵

You can find us at two book fairs next month: Northern Publishers’ Fair, Manchester Central Library​ Sat 14 November Sheffield Winter Book Fair, The Mowbray, Neepsend, Sheffield Sat 28 November Admission to both fairs is free. Further details: longbarrowpress.com/events/

Here's #Autumn with Mark Haddon, tony lashden translated by Maddy Robinson, Rolli, Laura O'Meara and James Young. Plus Cherise Saywell picks her top five #ShortStories All at fictionable.world #books #reading #fiction #comics #translation #blog #podcast #books

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Entrevista perinteresante sobre'l panorama actual de la traducción al asturianu y el bon trabayu que lleva faciendo nos últimos años l'asociación #Verbéu

Dani Menéndez: "En Verbéu tamos trabayando nun Manual d'Estilu, que nos paez una obra mui necesaria pa fixar un asturianu actual, auténticu y correctu" 7dies.org/noticia_deta...

'The Refugee Chronicles' launches tonight! Join us at the lovely Hodges Figgis Books from 6pm 🥂

We are open for submissions! 💌 This submission window closes at midnight on Sunday 8 November. Full details here: tolkajournal.org/submit-to-to...

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Hello Bluesky. We're New Cross Press, an independent publisher in south-east London. We publish fiction that is intellectually curious, aestetically daring and emotionally resonant - in translation and in English. (1/2)

The book presents the most vivid account yet of Ireland’s Direct Provision system, by an author who spent 18 months inside it. We spoke about the book's form, its history, literary influences, & the translation by Alexandra Novitskaya, among other things

I spoke to Evgeny Shtorn about his novel THE REFUGEE CHRONICLES, published this month by @skeinpress.bsky.social This is episode 7 of Books and Their Makers, with @molimuseum.bsky.social radio.moli.ie/r/evgeny-sht...

Evgeny Shtorn, a writer, scholar, and LGBTQ+ activist was forced to leave Russia in 2018 and became a refugee in Ireland. In this humorous and poignant book, he narrates his experiences with literary flair. Read an excerpt on PuncturedLines.com and by the book from @skeinpress.bsky.social.

Muy emocionante el corte de la Avda de Córdoba. La gente aplaude a nuestro paso y a la policía no le ha quedado más remedio que organizar los cortes de tráfico. Empezamos una #huelga en Educación histórica.

💚 Hoy a la huelga de la escuela pública en Madrid! Por unas condiciones laborales justas. Con recursos suficientes, aulas menos masificadas y centros dignos. Defender la educación pública es defender nuestros barrios, nuestros derechos y el futuro de las próximas generaciones.

Apply for our Translators-in-Residence scheme 📢 We are offering 2 x translation residencies for UK-based literary translators, to run from 1 February 2027 to 31 May 2027. 💼 £3,200 stipend 📅 Apply by Monday 2 Nov 2026 Find out more and apply 👉️ www.bclt.org.uk/translators-...

As translators we really don't nakedly hate Europa Editions *enough*. They shouldn't get a cookie for publishing translations. Fcuk this publisher.

📣 UPDATE! ALTA is delighted to announce that the 2027 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open - and now include a mentorship in Polish with Bill Johnston! See more details, and apply by November 30: buff.ly/LRfX9nP

Llevamos 15 años sin convocar una huelga general. Ya es hora de que montemos una grande por la vivienda. Es la herramienta que tenemos la clase trabajadora para que se nos haga caso, para que los políticos legislen a favor de las mayorías, y no de las élites rentistas.

Imagine getting asked to do the English sample and trying to justify why you translated "Me llamo Isabel" as "I'm the nastiest bastard you ever did meet, oh yes I am."

¡@vicenteluismora.bsky.social ya es finalista del 77th National Book Award en la categoría de Translated Literature con «Centroeuropa»!

Read more about WHAT REMAINS and get it at 25% off today and tomorrow only, here: www.nyrb.com/products/wha...

Dorothy PUB DAY only comes once a year. And it's here! 🎉 Happy pub day to BLUE SUNSET by Denise Rose Hansen and WHAT REMAINS by Brais Lamela (translated from the Galician by Jacob Rogers)! We're honored to be publishing these two beautiful and brilliant debut novels.

Madrid (and everywhere else), 2026

interview with me and @vicenteluismora.bsky.social in @wwborders.bsky.social about Centroeuropa. Tomorrow we find out if we’re finalists in the national book award translated fiction category! 🤞 wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Announcing the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2026! The list of 13 titles from 12 languages includes novels, poetry, short fiction, and memoir. The prize is judged in 2026 by Arifa Akbar, Véronique Tadjo, Boyd Tonkin. For the full list and announcement: tinyurl.com/394cypw6

O con el pueblo o con los especuladores.

So @wwborders.bsky.social asked Karim and me about EDEN AT DAWN, and we answered! Read and enjoy:

Join us on 21 October for the launch of 'The Refugee Chronicles' by Evgeny Shtorn at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social 🚀 Evgeny will be joined on the eve by the wonderful @jesstraynor.bsky.social Presented in partnership with @smashingtimes.bsky.social and supported by @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

Broken record I know but seeing this hideous shit every fucking day, every fucking where has probably shortened my lifespan by at least 5 years. Send Altman to the Hague

¿Vas sola a la manifestación por Maricarmen y quieres llegar a Sol acompañada? En el Sindicato te recibimos con los brazos abiertos. Tenemos todos estos puntos de encuentro para no dejar a nadie atrás. Juntas somos más fuertes. Elige el que mejor te venga, te esperamos.

Your weekend read has arrived, and it has never been so sweet. Originally published in Issue 005: Sustenance, Louise Denham's 'Sweet Indecency' is available to read on our website: zurl.co/9Gu7x

Animando a la llectura de 'Eva' dende l'Espíritu Santo. La novela d'Ersi Sotiropoulos, que traduxo Dani Menéndez pa la colección Calume d'Ediciones Trabe, ta disponible na web de la editorial y nes meyores llibreríes d'Asturies. Un viaxe a l'Atenes más desconocida. #BookSky #lleernasturianu2026

Today we are featuring poems from Elina Katrin’s collection Overwintered. Katrin is a Syrian-Russian immigrant poet who lives in Los Angeles. Her poems are characterized by themes of immigration, dislocation, and cultural hybridity, and a mixture of languages. puncturedlines.com/2026/09/25/e...

We're delighted to be part of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social celebrating 20 years this year! 📚 Excited for events featuring: 💫 Rosaleen McDonagh 💫 Oein DeBhairduin 💫 @robmunb.bsky.social and @morganvl.bsky.social Check out the full programme, with over 120 events, at dublinbookfestival.com #DBF26

Together with @irishpen.bsky.social & the Estate of Seamus Heaney, we’re delighted to announce the PEN Heaney Prize 2026 shortlist. The winner will be announced on 1 December at a ceremony held at the Howard Assembly Room, Leeds. Find out more & book now ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

¡Comienzan a publicarse los primeros libros con el #SellodeTraducciónHumana ! La iniciativa que puso hace unos meses en marcha ACE Traductores comienza a ver sus frutos en las páginas de créditos de editoriales como Editorial GG y Pre-Textos. Ojalá cunda el ejemplo y pronto veamos muchos más.

💻 El Congresu Mundial de Cultura Asturiana caltién activa la so páxina web, onde siguen pudiendo sentise y vese les ponencies y conferencies ufiertaes n'Uviéu en febreru del añu pasáu, amás de semeyes y muncha otra información. ➡️ alladixital.org/cmca25/

📍 El XLIV Congresu Internacional de Filoloxía y Cultura Asturianes va celebrase los díes 3, 4 y 5 de payares del 2026 na Facultá de Filosofía y Lletres de la Universidá d'Uviéu.

Delighted to share that four of my #translations of brilliant Ñuu Savi poet, Kalu Tatyisavi, are now live in yesterday’s issue of Latin American Literature Today! Thank you to the editors, as well as Kalu, for the opportunity to work with his words latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/es/2026/09/f...

In “Every Stone a Seed: Writing from Asturias” (co-edited by @robmunb.bsky.social and Will Howard), find new literature translated from Asturian that speaks to the role of the region’s writers in reviving an often-overlooked language. Explore each piece, here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/collect...

Impossible to overstate how much I value the existence of small presses like @longbarrowpress.bsky.social and their beautiful books and pamphlets, including these 3 by Matthew Clegg. They put me back in touch with myself and remind me of what I value - quiet time, paying attention, thoughtfulness.

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