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Fine literature, base prices: we are an independent literary publisher specialising in low-priced poetry and fiction

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Lawrence Schimel@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 4w ago

#booksky #xl8 #translation #womenintranslation (I translated the poetry collection from Benin, VOICE OF THE TWO SHORES by Agnès Agboton, published by @flippedeye.bsky.social 😍)

Georgia Reads@georgiarybanks.bsky.social · 4w ago

An embarrassment of riches! 🇺🇦🇨🇺🇫🇮🇸🇪🇫🇷🇦🇱🇧🇬🇷🇺🇩🇪🇧🇫🇲🇰🇦🇹🇧🇯🇧🇪 Need to decide what I want to read for #WITmonth this August. What would you pick up first? And what other #WomenInTranslation recommendations do you have?

Phot shows 12 books laying on a rug. They are: 1. Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets, translated from Russian by Eugene Ostashevsky 2. Havana Year Zero by Karla Suárez, translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney 3. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, translated from Swedish by Thomas Teal 4. A Leopard Skin Hat by Anne Serre, translated from French by Mark Hutchinson 5. She Who Remains by Rene Karabash, translated from Bulgarian by Izadore Angel 6. The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated from Russian by Jamey Gambrell 7. Half Swimmer by Katja Oskamp, translated from German by Jo Heinrich 8. So Distant from my Life by Monique Ilboudo, translated from French by Yarri Kamara 9. Grandma Non-Oui by Lidija Dimkovska, translated from Macedonian by Christina E. Kramer 10. The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, translated from German by Shaun Whiteside 11. Voice of the Two Shores by Agnes Agboton, translated from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel, and also from Gun by Schimel and the author together 12. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from French by Ros Schwartz
Georgia Reads@georgiarybanks.bsky.social · 4w ago

9. Grandma Non-Oui by Lidija Dimkovska, tr from Macedonian by Christina E. Kramer 10. The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, tr from German by Shaun Whiteside 11. Voice of the Two Shores by Agnes Agboton, tr from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel, and from Gun by Schimel & the author

Jenny Mitchell@jennymitchellgo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As a poetry co-editor for the Morning Star, I want to feature poets who are often marginalised. Except they seem to be marginalising themselves by not sending their work. Send poems for June! I'd be grateful to receive them at: thursdaypoems@gamil.com morningstaronline.co.uk/article/new-...

The new poetry co-editor introduces herself

AS A new poetry co-editor on the Morning Star, I’m interested in poems that examine the personal and the political in a way that engages the emotions as well as the logical mind. There are several wor...

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are ecstatic, of course. Prickle made us sit up right away when it came. Publishers dream of moments like that, and our editors @rustyniall.bsky.social, @jacobslr.bsky.social and @niiayikwei.bsky.social LOVE to work in the energy such moments bring. Congratulations @rachelcleverly.bsky.social

Michael Marks Awards@michaelmarksawards.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Prickle - Rachel Cleverly (@flippedeye.bsky.social) @rachelcleverly.bsky.social Recent Poems - Hugh Foley (The Fair Organ) Spit Valve - Eve Ellis (ignitionpress) @eveellis14.bsky.social Spurious Language - James Appleby (Blue Diode Press) young, dumb, and full of poems - Hasti (Bad Betty Press)

The Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlet Shortlist (The image shows book covers. The books are listed in the body of the message).
Lawrence Schimel@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 7mo ago

My translation, published in a trilingual edition by @flippedeye.bsky.social (and winner of a PEN Translates award from @englishpen.bsky.social ). #womenintranslation #xl8 #poetry #poetryintranslation #africawrites #booksky #blackbooksky

Becoming Beninese@becomingbeninese.bsky.social · 7mo ago

From #BookAfricana: "Originally written in Gun, a language of Benin... her verses bridge continents and cultures, expressing both deep love for her Beninese homeland and the complexities of exile, while meditating on tradition, memory, and displacement." 🇧🇯📖 #BlackBookSky #BookSky

A large stylized red letter 'V' on a teal background above the author name Agnes Agboton and the title 'Voice of the Two Shores: Translated by Lawrence Schimel'
flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We've been quiet for a bit, but we just want to remind the world that we turn 25 this year – 25, TWENTY-FIVE!! As indie publishers we know how special it is to be around this long and how much it signals the support of YOU, our readers worldwide. THANK YOU. #FECrew

Lawrence Schimel@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 9mo ago

From a few years ago, but still exciting! 🥰🥰 From before @brittlepaper.bsky.social or @flippedeye.bsky.social were on here, I think... #xl8 #womenintranslation #africanwomen #africanpoetry #poetry #poetyintranslation #booksky

Lawrence Schimel@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 3y ago

Oh! How exciting that my translation into English of VOICE OF THE TWO SHORES by Agnès Agboton (@flippedeye) was chosen for Brittle Paper's Notable African Books of 2023! 😍😍😍 brittlepaper.com/notable-afri...

flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 3y ago

Coming October 5 is a stunning poetry début by Bella Cox . Sikiliza is a call to action and a pledge to journey through the intricate web of connections that bind together the constituent elements of one's identity, woven intricately through voices from diverse continents.

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 3y ago

Gabriel does spin a good tale. This one includes a shantyman to sing you a song of a world gone wrong. Read more about Abolition on the bookseller www.thebookseller.com/rights/flipp...

flipped eye scoops 'gripping' play on the transatlantic slave trade from Gbadamosi

flipped eye has scooped "Abolition", a stage play which gives a "gripping look behind the scenes at the termination of the transatlantic slave trade", by Gabriel Gbadamosi.

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