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In The Inner Harbour, Antoine Volodine focuses his literary investigations away from dystopian futures to a specific place at a particular historical moment: Macau on the eve of the Portuguese… Gina Stamm reads from Antoine Volodine's THE INNER HARBOUR (University of Minnesota Press, 2025)

Gina Stamm reads from Antoine Volodine's THE INNER HARBOUR (University of Minnesota Press, 2025), a beguiling, perspective-shifting story of obsession and loss set in the grimy, late-colonial decadence of Macau at the end of the twentieth century.

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Gerrit Engelke (1890-1918) was born in Hannover to poor parents who soon moved without him to the USA, and was apprenticed to a house-painter. His poetry upholds spiritual values against… Timothy Ades reads the poetry of Gerrit Engelke

Welcome back to our brilliant friend, the rhyming translator-poet Timothy Adès, here with the poetry of Gerrit Engelke (1890-1918), whose work raged against industrialisation and war, and who died of wounds on 13 October 1918, soon before the Armistice, in a British field hospital.

In Couch Grass's four remarkable stories, the acclaimed Ethiopian author Adam Reta uses multiple voices that interweave throughout the narratives, offering the reader a richer perspective through a… Bethlehem (Betty) Attfield reads from Adam Reta's COUCH GRASS (Fidessa Publishing, 2025)

A delight as always to feature translator @bethlehemattfield.bsky.social, here with Adam Reta's COUCH GRASS, a collection of stories that invites readers into #Ethiopia’s literary heartbeat, where everyday gestures carry philosophical weight and history lingers in intimate lives.

YouTube video by Translators Aloud Hassan Melehy reads from Jean Fanchette's EQUINOX ISLAND: POEMS 1954-1991 (Spuyten Duyvil, 2025)

WHAT a privilege to feature @hmelehy.bsky.social, reading from his translation of EQUINOX ISLAND, Mauritian poet Jean Fanchette's collection of verse "filled with dimly lit landscapes, and seaside expanses." Enjoy this masterful rendering of a haunting, rarely-heard voice.
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YouTube video by Translators Aloud Avery Fischer Udagawa reads from Sachiko Kashiwaba's THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST (Restless Books)

A mountain town that’s not on any map, a messy bookstore with infinite doors, and a spoiled prince under a forgetful wizard’s curse. Sound interesting? Here's translator @averyudagawa.bsky.social reading from Sachiko Kashiwaba's classic THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST, on sale now! youtu.be/gEwEcM0aKtA

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What opens as a story on matrescence reveals itself to be an exploration of memory, trauma, and grief—personal, familial, and national—as the protagonist, Laura, struggling in her new motherhood,… Michelle Mirabella and author Catalina Infante Beovic's THE CRACKS WE BEAR (World Editions, 2025)

Don't miss this reading by translator @michellemirabella.bsky.social from #Chilean author Catalina Infante Beovic's debut novel THE CRACKS WE BEAR (@worldedbooks.bsky.social, 2025), an exploration of memory, trauma, and grief in a country still haunted by the Pinochet dictatorship.

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Unholy Compromises is a short story collection set in the world of the Central Imperium. This particular story, The Xenophile, follows the fortunes of Darren Horn, who is sexually attracted to aliens… Isabel Stainsby reads "The Xenophile" from Jan Kotouč's UNHOLY COMPROMISES (Nazca Press, 2025)

World sci-fi fans, assemble! Here's translator @isabeltranslates.bsky.social reading from Czech author Jan Kotouč's UNHOLY COMPROMISES (Nazca Press, 2025), which David Weber calls "grand-scale science fiction, with a storyteller's eye for both character and action". Psst: this one's NSFW!

YouTube video by Translators Aloud Samantha Pious reads from CACTUS FLOWERS: SELECTED POEMS, Judith Teixeira (Headmistress Press, 2025)

We couldn't be more delighted to share translator Samantha Pious's reading from CACTUS FLOWERS, a collection of poems from the Roaring '20s by Judith Teixeira, (1880–1959) perhaps the only bisexual woman poet to participate openly in Lisbon’s modernist literary scene. Enjoy! youtu.be/_4jTvNHd_bk

YouTube video by Translators Aloud D V Subhashri reads Mohammed Khadeer Babu's THAT'S A FIRE ANT RIGHT THERE (Speaking Tiger Books)

Dear friends, we're so sorry about the audio issue with the Telugu-to-English author/translator reading we posted on 30 Sept to mark #ITD! Here's the corrected video by translator @subhashri.bsky.social & author Mohammed Khadeer Babu, from THAT'S A FIRE ANT RIGHT THERE. Enjoy!
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YouTube video by Translators Aloud Ian Giles reads from Andrev Walden’s BLOODY AWFUL IN DIFFERENT WAYS (Fig Tree, 2025)

Vivid, joyful, raw, tender, Andrev Walden's BLOODY AWFUL IN DIFFERENT WAYS is a novel about growing up in the chaos of social change; about how love begins & ends; and above all, about men. Sound interesting? Here's a taste, read by translator @iangiles.bsky.social himself! youtu.be/ruwop7t0dME?...

Rose Facchini reads from Maico Morellini's INN OF THE SURVIVORS (Snuggly Books, 2025) A visionary tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world. Amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic, this is both an existential story of homesickness and a…

Delighted to feature @rosefacchini.bsky.social reading from INN OF THE SURVIVORS, out now from @snugglybooks.bsky.social, a visionary & highly relevant tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world set amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic.

Inside the Translation Process with Dani James This short documentary explores the translation journey behind Return to the Place I Never Left, a Holocaust survival memoir by Tobias Schiff. Writer… ON MEMOIR: A TRANSLATOR'S JOURNEY featuring translator Dani James

It's #ITD -- International Translation Day! The first part of our double feature celebrating translators today is the short film ON MEMOIR: A TRANSLATOR'S CRAFT featuring Dani James, an exploration of creative choices that's a must-see for anyone interested in the art of translation. buff.ly/Axb6jRj

From the horrors of WWII to the spy games of the Cold War: a haunting tale of survival, vengeance, and the enduring shadows of history A New York Times Editors’ Choice Shlomo Libowitz and Anton… Giaime Alonge and translator Clarissa Botsford read from THE FEELING OF IRON (Europa Editions, 2025)

Giaime Alonge and translator Clarissa Botsford read from THE FEELING OF IRON (europaeditions.bsky.social, 2025). From the horrors of WWII to the spy games of the Cold War: a haunting tale of survival, vengeance, and the enduring shadows of history.

A story of love, waves, and the arms trade - BBC Reel A filmmaker remembers the love story that took her on a sailing trip around the world with Guillermo Cervera, a photographer whose father was involved in the international arms trade. Written and…

This reading is from the chapter The Trade Winds, in which Anna falls for the charismatic photographer Guillermo and impulsively drops everything to sail around the world with him. More of Anna’s adventures aboard can be seen in the BBC documentary she made about the journey: buff.ly/8vQtSd4

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In this tour de force of auto-journalism, Anna Pazos explores the end of youth and the beginning of adulthood for the global nomad generation. We are taken on a journey from the ‘Mediterranean… Charlotte Coombe & Laura McGloughlin read from Anna Pazos' KILLING THE NERVE (Foundry Editions 2025)

KILLING THE NERVE by annapazos.bsky.social, co-translated by cmctranslations.bsky.social & Laura McGloughlin is OUT THIS WEEK, published by Foundry Editions. "This novel will hit like a revelation; restless, questioning, and indelible." buff.ly/sJQqwNm

Henry Murger is best known for writing the book and play that Giacomo Puccini used as the basis of his delicious opera La Bohème, later the source of Jonathan Larson’s musical Rent. Murger actually… Zack Rogow reads from Henry Murger's THE WATER DRINKERS (Black Widow Press, 2025)

Delighted to share prizewinning translator Zack Rogow's reading from THE WATER DRINKERS by Henry Murger, a leading writer of the Romantic movement & master chronicler of the heartbreaks & follies of 19th-century Paris. First-ever English translation! Out now from Black Widow Press.

Alice Banks reads from Lucía Alba Martínez’s ANIMALITOS (seeking a publisher) Inés is twenty-five years old, she has lost her job, she lives alone, most of her friends have gone to live in other cities, and she cannot get over her breakup with Javi. She has put her degree on…

Today we feature translator Alice Banks reading from ANIMALITOS, an ode to childhood and a reflection on the harshness of adult life and the human capacity to overcome. A unique, raw and delicate debut novel reminiscent of Ocean Vuong and Ottessa Moshfegh. Seeking a publisher! #xl8

We're back from our summer break! And ready to share a host of wonderful readings in translation with you this autumn. We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS and have a new (hopefully easier) submissions process. Simply fill in the Google form: buff.ly/czKIq7K and attach your video file when prompted. 👍

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Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka and Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori - #bookreview Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction

On the blog today is my book review of Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka. It has been translated from Japanese by @ginnytkmr.bsky.social This is a new edition publishing by @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social today and is well worth reading.

A book of poetry, recent, evoking the Tunisian desert—both as a reminiscence of oasis childhood, and as a condemnation of the new desert “warriors,” the Islamic radical fundamentalists. Some of the… Peter Thompson reads from Tahar Bekri's THE DESERT AT DUSK (Contra Mundum Press, 2025)

We're celebrating publication day for Peter Thompson's translation of poet Tahar Bekri's THE DESERT AT DUSK, out now from @contramundumpress.bsky.social, a collection evoking the Tunisian desert both as a reminiscence of childhood & a condemnation of Islamic radical fundamentalists.

The last word: AI-based translation startups are booming, but at a human cost Translation helps the world understand itself. But AI does it faster, cheaper, and more consistently, creating a boom for startups and a crisis for humans who spent years mastering foreign languages.

Hi human translators! If you know a fab story or novel that fits our list (speculative / horror / weird / pulp / crime), and you can make it sound great in English, hit us up.

South Asian languages especially, but we're interested in SE Asian & African stuff too

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With the brilliance of #WITMonth in August and #WorldKidLitMonth in September, this time of year is a surfeit of riches for literature in translation! We've got dedicated playlists for #WIT + #kidlit + so much more--do check us out!
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Bravo, @robmunb.bsky.social! #Translation fans, to watch the translator himself read an excerpt from this poignant and unique novel, just click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xs3...