Tag Archives: Anthea Bell

September is World Kid Lit Month

Posted on September 1, 2019 by forwardtranslations

Following on from August as Women in Translation Month comes September, now World Kid Lit Month, so here again is a list of 10 recommendations from me. I thought this list would be easy to write as I’ve written a … Continue reading →

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Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation, and other excitements

Posted on October 21, 2016 by forwardtranslations

So, yesterday, the shortlist for next year’s Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation was announced at an event hosted by the English Speaking Union at Dartmouth House in London’s Mayfair. And as ever, I was mildly surprised by the … Continue reading →

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Translating in Cambridge:Fun, Food, Friends and all things French

Posted on August 11, 2016 by forwardtranslations

Translate in Cambridge was the latest installment in a series of high-level French <> English translation events held in various locations across North America, and then last year heading to Chantilly in France. It is unusual (unique?) in focusing specifically … Continue reading →

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Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens by Michael Kampfmüller

Posted on January 26, 2015 by forwardtranslations

One of the pile of new books I got for Christmas was Michael Kampfmüller’s Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens, inspired by a glowing review in New Books in German a few years back. It sums the book up much better than … Continue reading →

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Shoulda, woulda, coulda: On oughts and wants and my taste in books and translation

Posted on May 13, 2014 by forwardtranslations

My note-taking at this year’s London Book Fair wasn’t all that it might have been, so I’m not sure who it was who said there are too many “shoulds” and “oughts” around literature in general, and in translation in particular … Continue reading →

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Journey into the Past – Stefan Zweig

Posted on August 22, 2013 by forwardtranslations

I took a mountain of books on holiday with me and came back with two I really wanted to write about. Then life got in the way for a bit. Now I need to get on with it before I … Continue reading →

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Tsundoku and Translation Thursday

Posted on June 27, 2013 by forwardtranslations

One of the things I keep seeing on Twitter and such places is the existence of a Japanese word tsundoku, defined by Wiktionary as: (informal) the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up together with … Continue reading →

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón on Translation

Posted on June 5, 2013 by forwardtranslations

  There was a Mumsnet Book Club webchat with Carlos Ruiz Zafón yesterday about his latest book, The Prisoner of Heaven, tr. Lucia Graves. Given that everybody on the webchat was discussing the English translation of the book, it would … Continue reading →

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Other Worlds: Publishing children’s literature in translation

Posted on October 27, 2012 by forwardtranslations

I had another trip down to the big city on Tuesday, this time for a discussion on children’s literture in translation held at the English Speaking Union in Mayfair. The panelists were Anthea Bell, Barry Cunningham and Danny Hahn of … Continue reading →

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International Translation Day

Posted on September 30, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Happy International Translation Day everyone, or what’s left of it. 30th September is the feast day of St Jerome, the patron saint of translators, but until last year, I wasn’t even aware of it. This year, however, my Twitter timeline … Continue reading →

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