British Centre for Literary Translation

What is the role of the literary translator when tasked with the translation of literary texts resulting from the experience of recent conflict? Join Ceci Rossi for a workshop on the ethics & practice of working with difficult & multi-vocal contexts.

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

📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.

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

#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators

Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨

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

In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

✨ What is it like to be a literary translator in 2025? Join Yarri Kamara, Elena Pala, and Shaun Whiteside as they share their personal journeys working between Italian & English ✨

Find out more: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/trans...

What is YA fiction & how do we pitch it? 📚

Join Sawad Hussain for a journey through The Djinn’s Apple by Djamila Morani, from pitch to publication, with hands-on exercises introducing the art of translating YA fiction.

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

The Feminist Translation Network will be at the Birmingham Literature Festival next month. Don't miss this FREE book launch of 'Feminist Literary Translation'

📍 The Exchange, Birmingham, B1 2DR
📅 Saturday 11 October 2025
⏲️ 2:00PM

Register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bir...

Winners of the John Dryden Prize 2025🎉

🥇Hazel Evans – Plantae Sapiens
🥈Chloe Ratan – Folk Medicine
🥉Rosie Eyre – Grand couronne

Congratulations to the winners, as well as everyone who made it to the short & longlist! Full details are available on our website: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

Join translator and dramaturg William Gregory to explore the specific challenges of translating for the stage 🎭

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

@wjg22.bsky.social

Exciting news 📣 The Feminist Translation Network will be at the Birmingham Literature Festival next month with some brilliant events. Don’t miss 'Translating South Asian Literature: A Feminist Approach with Kavita Bhanot'✍🏽

Register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bir...

What is the role of the literary translator when tasked with the translation of literary texts resulting from the experience of recent conflict? Join Ceci Rossi for a workshop on the ethics & practice of working with difficult & multi-vocal contexts.

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

Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨

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

In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

What is YA fiction & how do we pitch it? 📚

Join Sawad Hussain for a journey through The Djinn’s Apple by Djamila Morani, from pitch to publication, with hands-on exercises introducing the art of translating YA fiction.

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

Join translator and dramaturg William Gregory to explore the specific challenges of translating for the stage 🎭

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

@wjg22.bsky.social

📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.

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

#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators

What is the role of the literary translator when tasked with the translation of literary texts resulting from the experience of recent conflict? Join Ceci Rossi for a workshop on the ethics & practice of working with difficult & multi-vocal contexts.

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

Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨

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

In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social

We’re delighted to welcome award-winning British-Turkish novelist Elif Shafak as this year’s speaker for the Annual Sebald Lecture✨

📅 Monday 1 December 2025
⏲️ 7pm - 8.30pm (GMT)
📍 The Piggott Theatre at the British Library, London, In-person and online

More info: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

What is YA fiction & how do we pitch it? 📚

Join Sawad Hussain for a journey through The Djinn’s Apple by Djamila Morani, from pitch to publication, with hands-on exercises introducing the art of translating YA fiction.

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

✨ There are still a few days to apply for the @charleswallaceindiatrust Fellowship 2025/26✨

The successful applicant will be in residence at BCLT for 8 weeks from Monday 19th January – Saturday 14th March 2026.

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

Apply by 14 September 2025 📅

🍂 Autumn workshops incoming! 📣 Join Jean Boase-Beier for 'Translating Style' and explore what literary style is and how it shapes meaning, with examples from different languages 🌍📚

📅 Wednesday 1 October 2025
⏲️ 3– 4.30pm
📍 ONLINE

www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

New Blog Post 📣

Ever heard of a ‘tapas career’ in translation? In our latest blog post, Annie Rutherford & Paul Russell Garrett break down their income and workload to show just how varied & surprising a modern literary translator’s career can be.

Read it here: www.newwriting.net/2025/09/tapa...

📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.

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

#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators

📣 Applications are OPEN for the @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social Fellowship 2025/26📣

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 📅

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

This year’s Sebald Lecture on literary translation will be given by Elif Shafak 📣 Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist with 21 published books, 13 of which are novels translated into 58 languages. Presented in association with @britishlibrary.bsky.social

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📣 Applications are OPEN for the @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social Fellowship 2025/26📣

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 📅

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

📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.

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

#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators

Applications Open: 2025 Workshop for Translating Taiwan Literature! 📣✨ This intensive and immersive training program is tailored for emerging translators who aspire to specialise in translating Taiwan literature into English.

Apply Now: event.culture.tw/mocweb/reg/N...

The deadline for National Centre for Writing's Visible Communities residencies has been extended until 13 October 📣 ✨

Open to translators who are Black, Asian or from Ethnically Diverse backgrounds working from any language into English.

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Missed our Summer School panels? Catch them now on our YouTube channel 🎥

Watch “Yes, I Am a Literary Translator: Making Your Space in the Industry” and “BCLT Publishers Panel: Between the Covers.” Packed with industry insights for literary translators!

👉 www.youtube.com/channel/UCyb...

📣 Applications are OPEN for the @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social Fellowship 2025/26📣

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 📅

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