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Literary Translator | Hi - En | Poet | Editor | Proofreader | https://amzn.in/d/bJG3fJv

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Buy Courtesans Don't Read Newspapers: Literary Indian Short Stories | Raw & Real Tales of Power, Poverty & the Quiet Politics of Survival Book Online at Low Prices in India | Courtesans Don't Read New... Amazon.in - Buy Courtesans Don't Read Newspapers: Literary Indian Short Stories | Raw & Real Tales of Power, Poverty & the Quiet Politics of Survival book online at best prices in India on Amazon.in. ...

Hello, there's a slight change to the publishing date for Courtesans Don't Read Newspapers. The book is coming out on 14th August. You can pre-order from the following link, or find it at your local bookstore.

amzn.in/d/iMO8R4j

08.08.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI asked Chat GPT” β€œI asked Grok”

Ok well I asked Sappho and she said

…….
…….
..[b]osom

10.07.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1344    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 5

also a reminder that buying harry potter shite goes directly into harming trans folk and, well, everyone else

08.08.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
On a pink background with a dark red slash on the cover, book shows title, β€˜Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka’, and β€˜Tilted Axis Press’.

On a pink background with a dark red slash on the cover, book shows title, β€˜Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka’, and β€˜Tilted Axis Press’.

The book of my life (so far), ANNAH, INFINITE is an escape story.

A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US.

For reviews/i’views/events: tramy@tiltedaxispress.com
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...

20.05.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 13
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πŸ“£ Applications are OPEN for the @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social Fellowship 2025/26πŸ“£

The successful applicant will be in residence at BCLT for 8 weeks from Monday 19th January – Saturday 14th March 2026. Apply by 14 September 2025 πŸ“…

Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

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Buy Courtesans Don't Read Newspapers: Literary Indian Short Stories | Raw & Real Tales of Power, Poverty & the Quiet Politics of Survival Book Online at Low Prices in India | Courtesans Don't Read New... Amazon.in - Buy Courtesans Don't Read Newspapers: Literary Indian Short Stories | Raw & Real Tales of Power, Poverty & the Quiet Politics of Survival book online at best prices in India on Amazon.in. ...

Hello, there's a slight change to the publishing date for Courtesans Don't Read Newspapers. The book is coming out on 14th August. You can pre-order from the following link, or find it at your local bookstore.

amzn.in/d/iMO8R4j

08.08.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Women's Courtyard Check out The Women's Courtyard - <b>A feminist classic of Partition literature in a newly revised translation by Booker Prize-winning translator Daisy Rockwell.<br><br>A Penguin Classic</b><br><br>Se...

And here’s The Women’s Courtyard link: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

17.05.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tamas Check out Tamas - <b>A poignant, politically charged, and timeless novel about the 1947 Partition in a newly revised trnslation by Booker Prize-winning translator Daisy Rockwell<br><br>A Penguin Class...

Also lucky to have new intros by Kamila Shamsie and Siddhartha Deb. Pre-order from your fave indie bookseller or bookshop.org now! Here’s the Tamas link: bookshop.org/p/books/tama...

17.05.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't it? Thank you so much. Can't wait for the book to reach everyone

03.08.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These two beauties are available for pre-order now in the US. The Women’s Courtyard cover is a beautiful painting by renowned Pakistani artist Shahzia Sikander and the Tamas cover is an amazing woodblock print by Indian illustrator Anagh Bannerjee.

17.05.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Take a look at this gorgeous cover! New translation by @withvai.bsky.social !

03.08.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Delighted to announce that my second book in translation 'Courtesans Don't Read Newspapers' written originally in Hindi by Anil Yadav, is all set to be published by Penguin Random House India on August 28th. The cover is designed by Shadab Khan.

www.penguin.co.in/book/courtes...

03.08.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Ah, I see. Noted.

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Delighted to announce that my second book in translation 'Courtesans Don't Read Newspapers' written originally in Hindi by Anil Yadav, is all set to be published by Penguin Random House India on August 28th. The cover is designed by Shadab Khan.

www.penguin.co.in/book/courtes...

03.08.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Hi DH&J listeners, it's me, Brooke Shotwell from the podcast credits and self-appointed keeper of DH&J lore, here to add some context to the many podcast references the Green brothers dropped in today's new episode.

25.06.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep. 415: Bombarded by Space Frogs is now available wherever you get your podcasts!

09.07.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Login β€’ Instagram Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

Penguin Random House is looking for new queer voices and is currently taking unagented submissions for fiction and nonfiction by LGBTQ+ writers.
www.instagram.com/p/DI9PlxCRp38/

#BookSky #QueerBookSky #LGBTQBooks #WritingCommunity πŸŒˆπŸ“š

27.04.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 432    πŸ” 355    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 11
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Our City That Year So this is the place. Our city. Into this city the three of them came forth. Panicked. Determined to bring everything to the fore: the crime and the criminal; the wounded and the dead. All of it. T…

β€œInto this city the three of them came forth. Panicked. Determined to bring everything to the fore: the crime and the criminal; the wounded and the dead. All of it.” Read from Geetanjali Shree’s Our City That Year, translated by @shreedaisy.bsky.social.

11.04.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Read the first chapter of Our City that Year, my translation of Geetanjali Shree’s Hindi novel, in @literaryhub.bsky.social

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Enormous congrats to @shreedaisy.bsky.social on UK publication of OUR CITY THAT YEAR, her newest tr. of Geetanjali Shree, out now w @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social! βœ¨πŸŒŸβœ¨πŸ’«

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Thank you, @terribleman.com, for this wonderful review of Geetanjali Shree’s Our City that Year!

27.04.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fiction in translation: Figures in a landscape Frank Wynne reviews Our City That Year, by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell; The Book of Sana’a: A City in Short Fiction, edited by Laura Kasinof; and The Accidentals by Guadelupe Nettel...

A warm welcome to @terribleman.com to the enthusiastic team of translated fiction reviewers at @irishtimes.com A fascinating selection in this month's column.

Fiction in translation: Figures in a landscape

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

27.04.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Delighted to share my translation of Anuradha Sarma Pujari's story @wwborders.bsky.social
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

29.04.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A long illuminated hallway with the text β€œ'Colonel Gulchand Singh’s Disputed Property' by Anuradha Sarma Pujari, translated from Assamese by Aruni Kashyap. Finalist for the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation” and the quote β€œWhat kept them here? The unhindered freedom of Singh Hostel, the quaint atmosphere, and the strong friendships. And he was nineteen. And free. And away from home. His transition wasn’t that easy even though he was ready for life’s adventures.”

A long illuminated hallway with the text β€œ'Colonel Gulchand Singh’s Disputed Property' by Anuradha Sarma Pujari, translated from Assamese by Aruni Kashyap. Finalist for the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation” and the quote β€œWhat kept them here? The unhindered freedom of Singh Hostel, the quaint atmosphere, and the strong friendships. And he was nineteen. And free. And away from home. His transition wasn’t that easy even though he was ready for life’s adventures.”

A finalist for the @β€Œarmorysqprize.bsky.social , this story by Anuradha Sarma Pujari (tr. @arunikashyap.bsky.social ) narrates the intense atmoshpere at a student hostel in Delhi. buff.ly/FuK7y0q

28.04.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Lit Hub is no longer on Twitter β€œWhy I’m leaving Twitter” is, at this point, an irritating genre of post. Nonetheless, it’s important to go on record in the face of Elon Musk’s vacuous amorality and its concomitant amplification …

We’re leaving Twitter (but you can still find us here)!

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My Life in Translation -- Conversation with Ibrahim Fawzy
YouTube video by Kọ́lΓ‘ TΓΊbọ̀sΓΊn My Life in Translation -- Conversation with Ibrahim Fawzy

Congratulations to Ibrahim Fawzy for being included in @deepvellum.bsky.social Best Literary Translations 2025 for his translation of Hassan Akrm’s A Plan to Save the World. We’re thrilled to be publishing this Iraqi novel next year. m.youtube.com/watch?v=JXEq...

01.05.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOVE Γ‰toile. Great show/amazing cast.
#Γ‰toile

26.04.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really hope the show gets a second season. I need to know what happens to Cheyenne, and Jack and Gabin and Tobias and Mishi

#Γ‰toile

29.04.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cheyenne is a fucking REVELATION #Γ‰toile

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