Anna Gunin

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Applications are now open - the deadline for bursary applications is the 16th March, while the deadline for the early-bird discount is the 31st March.

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> Oxford Translates is an online literary translation summer school aimed at language enthusiasts and practising translators at any stage of their career who want to explore the world of literary translation. It is open to participants anywhere in the world.

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If the idea of spending a week immersed in literary translation appeals, then you will be warmly welcomed at Oxford Translates! I’ll be leading the Russian workshops, and for 2026 there is a wide choice of languages plus a multilingual-into-English option.

Huh, my ‘whataboutism’? Could you kindly elaborate?

Both chants happened at the same time and same place, unless I’m mistaken? And surely the targeted death and rape threats are extremely grave, no? Yet you chose to overlook them?

‘The pro-Israel demonstrators chanted “death to Palestine,” “we love ICE” and expletive-laced slogans about Mr. Mamdani. They also threatened to rape or kill individual people in and around the crowd of protesters, including a journalist.’

Wow! Is it legal to issue rape and death threats in the US?

Wow! It’s beginning to look like a War on Justice.

Nice one Meta -

Dead children who wrote poetry of hope before they were killed are really dangerous. 🙄

7/7 was twenty years ago today.

In my column for the @newstatesman.com, I reflect on how the London bombings reshaped British cultural life and brought 'the Muslim' to the centre of its discourse.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

I made a Starter Pack for everyone involved in @bristoltranslates.bsky.social (Bristol Translates Summer School) in 2025. Very happy to add attendees and anyone else I've missed on here! go.bsky.app/Dr1iv4J

I guess we're finding out what we would have done if we were white Americans living in the Jim Crow era or when Japanese Americans were rounded up & sent to concentration camps.

I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.

The calculator revolutionised the way maths was taught. People lost the ability to do mental arithmetic. AI could very likely have a similar effect in terms of critical reasoning.

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid ***

"It's a killing field, live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars... our form of communication is gunfire."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Agree. Well put!

His guiding ethos is whether he’ll look good on TV.

Thanks, Katia!

SEA SHELLS: An anthology of emerging poets from Gaza  - Modern Poetry in Translation Selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen. Edited by Cristina Viti.

PUBLISHED ONLINE TODAY

Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from #Gaza

Selected and translated by MPT Poet in Residence, Batool Abu Akleen.

modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-a...

Through these Machiavellian manoeuvres, Israel is granted total impunity to persecute the Palestinians unimpeded.

This tactic has been working smoothly for decades, intimidating would-be critics of Israel. Has Israel’s full-scale genocide finally broken the spell?

On the other hand, we are told anyone holding Israel to account is an antisemite, because they don’t spend the same energy on holding North Korea to account.

On the one hand, we are told Israel is an ally of the West, meaning the Western governments will always stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel and come to her defence.

Registration for the Bristol Translates 2025 NORLA keynote speech by Damion Searls is now open: go to the link below to register by email.

When? 7th July 17:00 BST
Where? Join online from wherever you are in the world!

Israeli prison officers threatening to mark Israeli Jews who dissent with the Star of David.

Genuinely couldn't make this up. How can they not see who they look like?

Ukrainian security service sources tell @financialtimes.com the agency is conducting "a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy bomber aircraft" deep inside Russia.

"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.

Am not making any sweeping statements, Nick. Simply offering my observation. I’ve had it happen to me countless times and wish people would refrain from making baseless assumptions. That’s all.

Leading French authors ask for Israel's war on Gaza to be called 'genocide' The op-ed in the newspaper Liberation is signed by 300 distinguished authors and comes as a new poll shows French people overwhelmingly approve sanctions against Israel

> The op-ed in the newspaper Liberation is signed by 300 distinguished authors and comes as a new poll shows French people overwhelmingly approve sanctions against Israel

www.middleeasteye.net/news/300-fre...

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’ Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid

> 380 writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating the Israeli government’s war in Gaza is genocidal and calling for an immediate ceasefire.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

It’s bizarre how people leap to all kinds of weird assumptions on social media. Rather than remembering how much we don‘t actually know.

The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Owen Jones investigates.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...