A look back at 2019

This was another packed year. I translated from all three of my languages and had just the right combination of epic … More

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 … More

* Our English PEN and Goethe Institut funded translation is out this week! * Title: A History of the World … More

Philistia’s world is that of an ordinary university student, except that in occupied Palestine, and when your father is in … More

My translation of Katja Frixe’s The Magic Story Shop is now up on the Rock the Boat website. It’s out … More

I wonder how many literary translators do regular statistical analysis of their output. If you do, I’d love to hear … More

I’m going to be leading a workshop in literary translation from Arabic to English on 21 Feb as part of Manchester … More

The news is nearly a month old now but I’m still thrilled that the book I’m working hard on right … More

It seems that at some point in the last few months I started saying ‘yes’ to all the projects I … More

Leningrad, 1938. When Shura and Tanya’s parents and little brother suddenly disappear in the middle of the night, it’s … More