Charlotte Schwennsen

100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…

To recap the year, here’s a list of 100 notable books published by small presses in 2025, including ALTA member Oonagh Stransky’s translation of Domenico Starnone’s THE OLD MAN BY THE SEA. At @literaryhub.bsky.social:

Did you know? When you donate $50 or more to ALTA by December 19, you'll be entered into a raffle to win a virtual feedback round on a short literary translation with award-winning translator Heather Cleary!

Learn more here, and donate by December 19: alta.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/20...

Thanks @translatorsaloud.bsky.social for helping me stay hydrated, thinking about translation while translating.

Book Review: "Sad Tiger" by Neige Sinno, Translated by Natasha Lehrer “If there can be a lesson… I think it is this; that even with the pain, the uselessness of telling a story that cannot be changed, it’s this very telling that works to tear little by little at that…

“The book is a close reading of literature, of memory, of how ‘facts’ and institutional knowledge are reified by systems of power.”

Take a look at Annette LePique’s review of Neige Sinno’s memoir SAD TIGER, translated by Natasha Lehrer. At New City Lit: lit.newcity.com/2025/08/18/c...

Started the week with the keynote speech by Damion Searls at @bristoltranslates.bsky.social Looking forward to joining again for the 3rd year.

2025 Summer Multilingual Translation Workshops Multilingual Translation Workshops pair 6 literary translators with an established translator leader for a 105-minute workshop via Zoom.

OVER HALF the slots for the Summer ALTA Multilingual Translation Workshops, held August 18-23, are already gone!

Be sure to book your slot (or more than one!) while they're still available: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-summe...

Happening in one week! Don't miss Write the World: A Day of Translation, a day chock-full of panels held over Zoom on literary translation topics! Your ticket costs just $15 ($12 for ALTA members) and gets you access to all the events of the day. Learn more and register here! buff.ly/2OYLUg2

In addition to our language workshops, Bristol Translates will be offering professional development sessions on the 8th and 10th July for the first time. Intended for those not taking part in the rest of the summer school, you can apply directly for these dates.

Looking forward to joining the professional development sessions!