We are thrilled to share the news that Katy Derbyshire’s translation of Mountainish by Zsuzsanna Gahse has been shortlisted for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social John Calder Translation Prize. This is a new award for English translations of full-length groundbreaking works of literary merit.

Edinburgh friends! Don't miss Caleb Klaces reading and in conversation with Martin MacInnes and Oli Hazzard this Thursday @goldenharebooks.bsky.social. Tickets can be booked here or in the shop: goldenharebooks.com/products/mr-...

Mr Outside Event with Caleb Klaces - Thursday 30th October 2025

We're delighted to welcome Caleb Klaces to the bookshop to celebrate the publication of his novel, Mr Outside. Caleb will be joined in conversation by Martin MacInnes and Oli Hazzard. 6.30pm on Thursd...

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Golden Hare Books@goldenharebooks.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join us in the bookshop next Thursday evening to hear Caleb Klaces, Oli Hazzard and Martin MacInnes in conversation, and to celebrate the publication of Mr Outside! Tickets via link in our bio, or visit us in our Stockbridge shop any day between 10am and 6pm. @prototypepubs.bsky.social

A brilliant article by Caleb Klaces on the often overlooked role of photographs in fiction, thinking 'about what the picture “knows” that the words do not.' lithub.com/what-the-pic...

What the Picture Knows: Books That Seamlessly Blend Text and Image

According to linguist David Crystal, once a person has learned to read, it is almost impossible to process the graphic marks that make up a letter as anything but a letter. At some point, we stop l…

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13/11: Poet and novelist Caleb Klaces will be discussing his novel Mr Outside, about a care home-bound father and his son. Grief, conflict, humour and the beauty of a life lived. We're big fans of @prototypepubs.bsky.social here and are very excited for this! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mr-outside...

To mark #NationalPoetryDay we’re having a flash sale, with 40% off all poetry titles in our catalogue until midnight on Sunday. Just enter the code npd25 on checkout. prototypepublishing.co.uk/shop/type-1-...

To celebrate the publication of Mr Outside, Caleb Klaces will be touring the UK, with dates confirmed in London, Edinburgh, York and Manchester, and more venues to be added soon. We very much hope you can join us at one of these events: prototypepublishing.co.uk/2025/09/24/c...

Great interview with my publisher @prototypepubs.bsky.social 🖤 www.new-books-in-german.com/interview-wi...

"#Translators are [...] required to [...] sign up to the idea that invisibility is hard-wired into their value, and that a truly great translation is the one that the reader fails to notice". In @jencalleja.bsky.social's"Fair" (pub. by @prototypepubs.bsky.social ) www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Fair by Jen Calleja review – on the magic of translation

A highly original book from the author of Goblinhood explores the art and work of translating fiction

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We're looking forward to celebrating the publication of Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces with a trio of brilliant writers! Caleb will be joined in the bookshop on Thurs 30th Oct by Martin MacInnes and Oli Hazzard. Tickets via link in bio. @prototypepubs.bsky.social

On 15 Oct, Sulaiman Addonia will be at Bàrd Books with journalist/writer Gary Younge, sharing their perspectives on London, writing, Sudan, the experiences of refugees, & more. It's going to be a brilliant evening. Tickets £5, redeemable against a book: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...

We’re excited to be co-hosting a special event at The Broadway Bookshop as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, with Chloe Aridjis, whose story and essay collection, Dialogue with a Somnambulist, we published in 2021. Thurs 9 Oct, 7–9pm RSVP: books@broadwaybookshophackney.com

We are thrilled to share the news that Hasib Hourani's rock flight has made the shortlist for the Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! Congratulations to all of the shortlisted poets and publishers. The winner will be announced on #NationalPoetryDay.

The English Association@englishassociation.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... Winner announced on #NationalPoetryDay! @carcanet.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social

A couple of @prototypepubs.bsky.social reads to get through this week!

Hey, @neglectedbooks.com, @amayna60.bsky.social and other people of good taste, we have a new Madame Nielsen in English next year from @prototypepubs.bsky.social www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

PEN Translates winners announced - News & Events - English PEN

Awarding 14 titles from 10 publishers, 13 languages and 11 regions.

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Autumn book tour dates for FAIR! See you there! @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social

We’re delighted to announce the second leg of UK events to mark the recent publication of @jencalleja.bsky.social’s translator memoir Fair. 10 Sept: Brick Lane Bookshop 2 Oct: Voce Books 8 Oct: Collected Books 16 Oct: Veranda Books Details/tickets here: prototypepublishing.co.uk/2025/09/03/j...

'skittish, innovative and unapologetically wacky', with 'a message that all readers should understand and the publishing industry should promote'. Thank you Esther Lafferty for this excellent review of @jencalleja.bsky.social's 'Fair' in The Times of Malta: x2.timesofmalta.com/20250810/sun...

Book review: 'Fair - The Life-Art of Translation' by Jen Calleja

The recently published 'Fair - The Life-Art of Translation' is a bonkers rollercoaster of a read which sheds a light on the secrets of literary translation, its wonders and woes

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Really delighted to share the news that Hasib Hourani's rock flight has been longlisted for the Michael Murphy Poetry Prize. Congratulations to all of the longlisted poets and publishers! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp...

Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize Competition | The English Association

A biennial prize for a distinctive first book of poetry in English published in Britain or Ireland.

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We are delighted to announce the longlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... @carcanet.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

44. Mountainish By Zsuzsanna Gahse translated Katy Derbyshire @prototypepubs.bsky.social 515 short notes, all informed by observations made somewhere in the Alps or while thinking Mountainish thoughts. Hard to describe, easy to enjoy. #WITmonth #WomenInTranslation #ReadTheWorld 🇭🇺🇨🇭

If your shelves lean toward the beautifully strange, don’t sleep on… 🎀 Girlbeast ⛰️ Mountainish 🌿 The Earth is Falling @prototypepubs.bsky.social publish bold, inventive and quietly unforgettable stories that linger long after the covers close ❤️‍🔥

✨ FAIR is Book of the Day in The Guardian ✨ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... @prototypepubs.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Fair by Jen Calleja review – on the magic of translation

A highly original book from the author of Goblinhood explores the art and work of translating fiction

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I’m starting my #WITmonth adventure up in the Alps this year with Mountainish by Zsuzsanna Gahse, translated by Katy Derbyshire, published by @prototypepubs.bsky.social #WomenInTranslation #ReadTheWorld #TranslationThurs

Been a good two days for post! TBR pile now quite large thanks to @taniahershman.bsky.social @thebraag.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @jamiewoods77.bsky.social Bring on the rainy weekend

Girlbeast by Cecilie Lind, translated by Hazel Evans, publishes today. Highly acclaimed in Denmark, Girlbeast is a fearless, unsettling, poetic novel in which power shifts unpredictably, and desire and coercion become indistinguishable. prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/girl... (1/3)

We are so looking forward to Stems next weekend, a new book fair curated & hosted by our author Helen Marten at her studio in Haggerston (55 Laburnum Street, London E2 8BD). The fair is free & open to all, and so many of our favourite publishers will be there.

Diary of an Ending, the 1st prose work by renowned photographer Lina Scheynius, publishes today. prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/diar... Blurring the boundaries between diary & essay, it explores the break-up of a relationship, combining extracts from Scheynius’s diary (tr. Saskia Vogel)...

Very kind things people have said so far about FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION @prototypepubs.bsky.social

Coming soon: Mr Outside by Caleb Klaces (Oct 2025) We are extremely excited to announce that we will soon be publishing the 2nd novel by Caleb Klaces, following his acclaimed debut Fatherhood, the 1st novel Prototype ever published. Proof copies are here; email admin[at]prototypepublishing.co.uk.

You have about 8.5hrs left to get your entries in for this year's @wasafirimag.bsky.social New Writing Prize. Get on it! www.wasafiri.org/writing-priz...

Enter the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize

The 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, the sixteenth edition of the prestigious prize, is open from 30 January to 30 June.

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