WIT Month: Some Favourite Books in 2025 & 2026

A post on some recommendations for Women in Translation (WIT Month) featuring twelve books covering nine languages.

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Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri

Earlier this year, I read Daniel Hahn’s excellent translation memoir Catching Fire, and I loved the experience so much that I jumped at the chance to read essays about translation by Jhumpa L…

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“A Fusing Full of Joy: What a novelist learned from writing biography,” by Emily Midorikawa

I’m delighted to introduce today’s guest essay by Emily Midorikawa, whose debut novel, A Tiny Speck of Black and then Nothing, has just been published. Congratulations, Emily! Today is the pub date…

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Faust: Unraveling the Great Enigma S2 E9: The Spirit’s Refusal

In this episode of “Faust: Unraveling the Great Enigma,” the focus is on Faust’s intense longing and his encounter with the Spirit. Although he yearns for connection, the Spirit r…

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My Century of Books, Part III

For Part I and Part II of this series, click on the links. Here we come to the books published during my own lifetime — as a bonus, here’s a Top Ten list of Books published the year I w…

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The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

First published in 1980, The Transit of Venus is the third novel by the Australian writer Shirley Hazzard, an author I’ve been circling for some time. It’s also one of the best novels I’ve read so …

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A Little Something to Fill the Gap

A short week for me means a brief message rather than my usual weekly wind up. You will, however, still see announcements for both Tove Jansson & Moomin Month and Women in Translation Month 20…

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Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves by Jonas Gardell – an important book and a translation tragedy. #20BOS26

Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves by Jonas Gardell (2012-2013) French title: N’essuie jamais de larmes sans gants. Translated by Jean-Baptiste Coursaud et Lena Grumbach. I’m supposed to write a …

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Aug. 31 Woolf Salon discusses Night and Day, novel & film

The film Night and Day based on Virginia Woolf’s 1919 novel, is out in the UK, but not in the US. In anticipation of its release, the Woolf Salon invites you to three salons running from July…

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Finding My Way on the Slow Web

The author reflects on discovering their alignment with the Slow Web, a space that values thoughtful engagement over rapid consumption. They emphasize the importance of fostering deep connections a…

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When the broad land narrows

I remember your palmheld soft and cool against my cheek,and how it steadied me,how it returned the worldto stillness. There was a grace in it,that moment of touch.And how it halted the clocks,put b…

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Saturday Afternoon by Emily Dickinson

The author reminisces about joyful Saturday afternoons spent with family at Park & Tilford Gardens, a place filled with laughter and togetherness. Emily Dickinson’s poem “Saturday A…

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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany

Happy weekend, y’all. I’ll be writing a sermon on Colossians, making only my third sermon appearance at my church, so wish me all the best with that! Otherwise, just getting ready for W…

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A Little Something to Fill the Gap

A short week for me means a brief message rather than my usual weekly wind up. You will, however, still see announcements for both Tove Jansson & Moomin Month and Women in Translation Month 20…

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Winding Up the Week #478

This week’s round up moves from recently read and reviewed books to notable pieces of literary writing across the blogosphere, alongside a handful of anniversaries worth marking (including the birt…

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Winding Up the Week #475

This week I focus on books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including Alice in Wonderland …

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#152: Novels about women’s home life vs work life, and The Professor’s House by Willa Cather vs The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout, Willa Cather, and women’s lives – welcome to episode 152! In the first half, Rachel and Simon discuss whether we prefer reading novels about women’s professional…

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Women Writers in Translation – some book recommendations for #WITMonth

As many of you know, August is #WITMonth (Women in Translation), a celebration of books by women writers, initially written in languages other than English and then translated for English-speaking …

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Is it me?

As part of a wider effort to address concerns over AI-generated content, Substack has now partnered with a company called Pangram. Pangram offers an AI tool which enables readers to scan a piece of…

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The sounds of Virginia Woolf in Istanbul

Sounds. I heard many while I was in Istanbul, Turkey, for this year’s annual Virginia Woolf conference. I heard the sounds of the call to prayer, the sounds of traffic in the street, the soun…

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The Unseen Hands: Part II – The Voice of the Translator

Rebecca’s Reading Room emphasizes the vital role of translators in conveying not just words but also the deeper meanings, tones, and cultural nuances of literature. Despite advancements in AI, the …

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A History of France in 21 Women | Katherine Pangonis

The ‘history of France’, in the popular imagination at least, stands as a parade of kings, conquerors, cardinals, revolutionaries, renegades and sometimes (only sometimes) their wives a…

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My Century of Books, Part II

For the first part of this list, see this post. As I got further into the twentieth century, I came up against more occasions where it was much harder to make a decision. What am I to do with a yea…

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Nike at Vigil

Nike, the winged goddess of victory, stands as a bronze monument in Vancouver, a gift from Olympia, celebrating the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her presence symbolizes not just athletic triumphs but also…

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Five From The Archive (no.15): Books about Trees

Apparently today is National Tree Day in Australia. Now, I’ve never been to Australia (or, indeed, to the Southern Hemisphere) but a post on five novels featuring trees on Brona’s Books…

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The Sweet Dove Died – Barbara Pym

The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym is a dark yet poignant tale of loneliness, aging, and possessive love laced with doses of Pym's trademark wit.

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Whimsical Reading and Graceless Dismounts #LoveYourLibrary

They say you never forget how to ride a bike, but you don’t necessarily remember how to ride it well. Since my first apartment at the age of 18, I have lived someplace with a set of stairs between my bike and the ground. And if my bike was a pair

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Carrot Cottage Rabbit Rescue is racing to register

They need 20 votes before the end of this month to stay in the running. MyGivingCircle is giving away £300,000 in grants.

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The Sentence by Louise Erdrich – Minneapolis & tough times

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (2021) French title: La Sentence. Translated by Sarah Gurcel Welcome to the new episode of my Reading With Séverine project. In May – yep, late again with the billets…

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Into Martindale with Wilson, Wordsworth and Schiller

Martindale July 2026 I had not intended visiting Martindale, but no sooner had I disembarked from the Raven at Howtown pier than I felt its magnetic pull. The plan had simply been to walk back alon…

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