Wonderful event yesterday at the University of Birmingham, with Peter Auger, Kavita Bhanot, Rosalind Harvey, Elena Theodorakopoulos and @gabrielasaldanhav.bsky.social - a roundtable to reflect on the activities of the Feminist Translation Network over the past two years

Join us for the final event (for now at least!) of the Feminist Translation Network project: "Feminist Literary Translation in English: Insights from an AHRC Network" 📅Tuesday 12 May 2026 ⏲️14.00-15.30 BST 🎟️ In person and online Find out more and register: tinyurl.com/yyfb4vzs

Feminist Literary Translation in English: Insights from an AHRC Network

AN IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT

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📢 New blog post about feminist literary translation in Italian Translator Matilde Miraglia discusses her feminist translations of poetry by Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2026/02/gend...

"The Public Shows Up for Feminist Literary Translation!" - read @audreyeileenkelly.bsky.social's report of our #BhamLitFest2025 event with Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/10/the-...

We definitely felt the buzz at #BhamLitFest2025! So happy that the Feminist Translation Network has been supporting the work of @writingwestmids.bsky.social, bringing literature (and literary translation) to audiences in the West Midlands📚📚📚

A Bookish Brummie@abookishbrummie.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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Registrations open for this online talk next week by FTN co-lead @olgacastro80.bsky.social at @bcltuea.bsky.social

British Centre for Literary Translation@bcltuea.bsky.social · 10mo ago

✨Join Olga Castro for The Transnational Turn in Feminist Translation Theory and Practice✨ 📅 Wednesday 22 October 2025 ⏲️ 4.00–5.30pm (BST) 📍 Online Find out more and register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

Loved seeing a packed room for our book launch on Sat #BhamLitfest2025! The anthology, published by @theemmapress.bsky.social & featuring work by Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar, is free to download: tinyurl.com/42h742h4

Listening to folk from the Feminist Translation Network (@ftnetwork.bsky.social) talk about their practice as part of Birmingham Literature Festival.

Last chance to grab a free ticket for our book launch tomorrow #BhamLitFest2025 In-person tickets have sold out again but you can still join us online: tinyurl.com/bd63rb4x

In-person tickets for our book launch this coming Sat are available again - thanks to a move to a bigger venue! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/bd63rb4x With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar In partnership with @theemmapress.bsky.social

Tickets still available for the workshop this coming Saturday #BhamLitFest25 on feminist approaches to translating South Asian literature, led by Kavita Bhanot 🎟️tinyurl.com/2jk529yk Presented in partnership with @writingwestmids.bsky.social & @englishpen.bsky.social

It's #BhamLitFest25 week! Thrilled that the #FTN will be part of the programme for the second year running, with two events on Sat 11 Oct, organised with @writingwestmids.bsky.social, @theemmapress.bsky.social & @englishpen.bsky.social Full programme here: www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

A few months ago we hosted a scratch night for the translators involved in our collab with the Feminist Translation Network. It was an honour to peek behind the scenes of the translations-in-progress, with the translators sharing insights into their processes. Watch the recording: buff.ly/XkswZyU

Thank you to lovely colleagues at University College Cork for hosting an FTN event as part of UCC's Translation Week 2025 - including an inspiring Feminist Translation Slam with @rudotranslates.bsky.social and Eileen O'Connor, expertly chaired by Elizabeth Rosales Martinez

Looking forward to the FTN event at University College Cork next week, part of UCC's "Translation Week" programme for International Translation Day 2025 @olgacastro80.bsky.social @rudotranslates.bsky.social

📢 New blog post by Helen Vassallo about her Feminism and Translation workshop at this year's Bristol Translates summer school: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/09/femi... @translatingwomen.bsky.social @bristoltranslates.bsky.social

📢 New blog post by Eleanor Fillingham, our brilliant undergraduate intern! Eleanor, a Classics student at Birmingham Uni, joined the FTN team for six weeks over the summer thanks to the College of Arts and Law Collaborative Research Internship scheme: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/09/the-...

📢 New blog post from Khadidja Merakchi @heriotwattuni.bsky.social about two feminist author-translators from Algeria, Taos Amrouche and Assia Djebar: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/09/from...

Free tickets for book launch at #BhamLitFest25: tinyurl.com/2f7c8dss Sat 11 Oct, 2-3.30pm, The Exchange (in-person/online) With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar @theemmapress.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social

Calling all translators with an interest in South Asian literature! Come and join our workshop at #BhamLitFest25, led by Kavita Bhanot Sat 11 Oct, 10-12, The Exchange, Birmingham Tickets: tinyurl.com/2jk529yk Presented in partnership with @englishpen.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social

Great to read that one of our #FeministTranslationNetwork events helped to inspire your PhD project, @rudotranslates.bsky.social!

Ruth Donnelly@rudotranslates.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Latest blog post (and a slightly alarmingly massive photo of my face): ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/2025/08/20/f...

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the 'Feminist Translation and its Audiences' events in Norwich yesterday, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social & @bcltuea.bsky.social - a lovely mix of reflections on practice, discussion, and poetry readings #BCLT2025

This is the venue for our #BCLT2025 events today, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social and @bcltuea.bsky.social Thank you to @hughespeg.bsky.social for a backstage tour of beautiful Dragon Hall before the audiences arrived! 🐉

Looking forward to this discussion about translations of ancient love poetry by feminists and non-feminists through the centuries #BCLT2025

British Centre for Literary Translation@bcltuea.bsky.social · last yr.

Join Jennifer Ingleheart and Josephine Balmer to play ‘translation tag’ with two of the most famous ancient love poets: Sappho and Catullus 💞 Find out more and register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

The British Centre for Literary Translation Summer School is in full swing and we can't wait to join you on Wednesday 30 July for our events on feminist translation! #BCLT2025

British Centre for Literary Translation@bcltuea.bsky.social · last yr.

Join Josephine Balmer, Rebecca DeWald, Jennifer Ingleheart, Fran Olivares Medina, Eva Megias & Sophie Stevens in a roundtable discussion about the place of feminist translation in the contemporary literary landscape. Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

Last few tickets left for our events on 'Feminist Translation and its Audiences' in Norwich this week, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social and @bcltuea.bsky.social Booking links here: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/02/even...

Congratulations to FTN member @rudotranslates.bsky.social 🎉

Ruth Donnelly@rudotranslates.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited (and faintly terrified) to announce that I’ve been awarded a bursary to study for a PhD in feminist translation for Latin American children’s literature at University College Cork, starting next Tuesday! What could possibly go wrong?!

Book launch coming soon! Sat 11 Oct, 2-3.30pm With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall, Anam Zafar & Rosalind Harvey The Exchange, Birmingham & online Part of Birmingham Literature Festival Co-organised with @theemmapress.bsky.social

Save the date! Workshop on 'Translating South Asian Literature: A Feminist Approach', facilitated by Kavita Bhanot Sat 11 Oct, 10-12 The Exchange, Centenary Sq, Birmingham Part of Birmingham Literature Festival @writingwestmids.bsky.social Presented in partnership with @englishpen.bsky.social

Brilliant new blog post by Marie Martine about a creative, feminist translation project she ran with undergraduate students in Oxford @queenscollegeox.bsky.social: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/07/femi...