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1/14: 365 days. 365 #womenintranslation. Scores of languages and countries. Experiences. Writers as old as literature itself and some whose first works were only recently published. The #DailyWIT is a reading list unlike any other you're likely to encounter this year...
#DailyWIT Day 365/365: Laila al-Atrash is a prominent writer and journalist based in Jordan. Her novel A Woman of Five Seasons was translated from Arabic into English by Nora Nweihid Halwani and Christopher Tingley.
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Announcing the shortlist of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026. Congratulations to the authors, translators, and publishers!
The winner will be announced on 16 November.
For the full announcement: tinyurl.com/bdhfm9nx
ALT The six titles shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation are photographed on a table with their spines facing the camera. Part of the front cover of each book is visible.
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Hi all! I'm not really back here, but wanted to share a new logo/button/whatever for #WITMonth 2026, and share that I posted thoughts about it on my old blog: biblibio.blogspot.com/2026/0…
Hope everyone's doing well, amassing titles for August, and ready to read some excellent books!
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wp.me/pauSsa-3R8 Sorry, I didn't read anything for #WITMonth for 2024! But I did read three translated books by female authors earlier this year - all in May! So here's a post about those books, instead. Thanks @Read_WIT for this yearly challenge! #Womenintranslation
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Another book I'm reading for #WomeninTranslation month #WIT @Read_WIT is Sara Mesa, "Un Amor" @PeirenePress
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The Margellos series brings works of cultural and artistic significance into the English-speaking world.
For #WomenInTranslation month, we’re highlighting our women Margellos writers. #WITMonth @Read_WIT
Learn more on our blog: yalebooksblog.co.uk/2024/08/…
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Revealing the human impact of migration, evacuation, and incarceration, Yoshiko Uchida's PICTURE BRIDE is a wide-ranging portrait of Japanese American life in the early 20th century.
Browse our #WiTmonth reading list here: combinedacademic.co.uk/women…
#WomenInTranslation
@UWAPress
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#WITMonth is about reading women in translation, AND about reviews of women in translation (and we love seeing all the WWB contributors reviewed here)!
August is #WITMonth, and we’re kicking off the celebrations with 6 reviews of recent books by women, translated into English, from our July issue. For the month of August, these 6 reviews are available to all to read free of charge!
worldliteraturetoday.org/boo…
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#womenintranslation Antiphony by Laila Stien. Translated from the Norwegian by John Weinstock.
#witmonth #norwegianlit #readwomen #sami #translatedliterature
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New for #WITMonth, exclusively from @intipress.
Unlikely travel buddies team up from a road-trip across a continent...
THE FUTURE by Helena Tornero, translated from Catalan by Helena Buffery. @Read_WIT #womenintranslation
intipress.com/product-page/t…
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Happy #WomenInTranslation Month!
I’m celebrating with some amazing horror books! ⬇️
readbydusk.com/horror-books-… #WITmonth @Read_WIT
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A compilation of reviews in the past twelve months for #WITMonth Women in Translation month (August 2024) @Read_WIT asianreviewofbooks.com/conte…
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Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck is a masterpiece in every way. Stifling at times, so close to the bone I actually cried, linguistically stunning, oppressive, beautiful, political yet incredibly human. Cannot recommend it enough. #WITM @Read_WIT.
Time to come off of social media for a few days I think. Today I shall be continuing my Women in Translation Month efforts by reading Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck. #WITM @Read_WIT
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📢Today's highlight for #WITMonth is:
BELOVED by Empar Moliner
Translated from the Catalan by Laura McGloughlin
FINALLY FEELING HAPPY? WELL, WAIT FOR IT: MENOPAUSE WILL KICK IN AND ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE. OH, THE LIGHTNESS OF LIFE!
A masterpiece on how to survive heartbreak
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"Through the eyes of Claudia’s metaphorical Martians, even the quotidian is beautiful."—Lily Meyer, translator of ICE FOR MARTIANS buff.ly/3X4THz7 @Read_WIT @Sundial_House @LitTranslate @TranslateMonth #WITMonth #WomenInTranslation
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Happy #WITMonth! When @Read_WIT started in 2014, only 31% of translated books were written by women. Things are improving: last year, that number was up by over 10%.
For the rest of August, get any 2 or more of our Women in Translation titles for 31% off!
store.deepvellum.org/discoun…
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57. I really enjoyed this book. It's easy to read, flows well, and keeps you hooked until the end. #WITMonth #womenintranslation
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From @ZephyrPress & our #WITMonth list:
In A WINDING LINE (translated from Hebrew by Tsipi Keller), featured poets Maya Bejerano, Sharron Hass, and Anat Zecharia explore “biblical texts, political realities, landscapes, writing....”
zephyrpress.org/product-page…
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A real shop favourite, Park Seolyeon’s A MAGICAL GIRL RETIRES (tr: Anton Hur) is an absolute delight! Beautifully illustrated throughout by Kim Sanho, it tackles serious issues such as climate change, debt and suicide whilst also being a fast paced fun adventure! #WITMonth
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