This was another packed year. I translated from all three of my languages and had just the right combination of epic…
Hundred: What You Learn in a Lifetime
Do you want to know what life has in store? It’s all here in this book. All the little things…
A History of the World with the Women Put Back In
* Our English PEN and Goethe Institut funded translation is out this week! * Title: A History of the World…
Trees for the Absentees
Philistia’s world is that of an ordinary university student, except that in occupied Palestine, and when your father is in…
Farewell to the Horse shortlisted for Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Prize 2019
A very quick post to share the happy news that my translation of Farewell to the Horse: A Cultural History…
Walks in the Wild by Peter Wohlleben
I’m excited to share the lovely cover of Walks in the Wild, which is out in my translation on 4 July 2019…
The Magic Story Shop has a cover!
My translation of Katja Frixe’s The Magic Story Shop is now up on the Rock the Boat website. It’s out…
A day poring over spreadsheets
I wonder how many literary translators do regular statistical analysis of their output. If you do, I’d love to hear…
Teaching at Manchester in Translation
I’m going to be leading a workshop in literary translation from Arabic to English on 21 Feb as part of Manchester…
PEN Translates grant for A History of the World With the Women Put Back In It
The news is nearly a month old now but I’m still thrilled that the book I’m working hard on right…
