Beth Fowler - Translator

Awesome news, congratulations!

Collage of three photos, two square ones at the top and a landscape shaped under. The first one shows Victoria Street in Edinburgh with The Quaker Meeting House sign visible. The second one is a room showing a speaker next to a screen at the far end and people sitting around tables looking towards the speaker. The landscape photo shows the white blooms of snowdrops on their green stems.

It's dreich out there, but our spring workshop is coming!
On the 21st of March in Edinburgh, we'll discuss translation in the area of disaster risk reduction looking at languages and indigenous communities in Latin America, with Dr. Teresa Armijos Burneo.
Info: itiscotland.org.uk/events/sprin...

Thank Isabel! I always worry that if I don't have an actual pitch to put in their hands they'll feel I'm wasting their time and keeping them away from more important people (damned imposter syndrome!) but I think I need to get over myself and adopt a bit more of a brazen approach!

Do you arrange meetings with the intention of pitching something or are they just general chats?

Front cover of Singing to the Sun, next to a pot plant in the sunshine.

Publication day has finally arrived for my latest translation from Spanish: Singing to the Sun, by Regina Rodríguez Sirvent, published by Amazon Crossing.
This book was so much fun to translate, it still made me laugh even after my umpteenth revision!
#literarytranslation

📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School 2026 📣

Join us ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026. Find out more & download an example programme on our website: shorturl.at/gy3yT

💡 Bursaries available

Our planned events for 2026: pub gatherings in Edinburgh (last Thursday of each month); Spring workshop in Edinburgh on 21 March (about indigenous language); Walking Weekend in the Spey Valley on 8-10 May; Autumn workshop in Edinburgh (early October); AGM and Christmas lunch in Glasgow, 12 December.

A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away

You’ve all read this, yes?
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👋 Hello lovely Blueskyers! Do I (or you?) know any gothic novel fans (or even better, with links to the UK publishing industry)? A student I know is keen to ask research questions about British gothic novels by women authors over the years and their correlation with societal changes. And pls share!

And it includes children's books in translation too! 🥳

Stack of copies of Singing to the Sun, by Regina Rodríguez Sirvent

Front cover of Singing to the Sun, by Regina Rodríguez Sirvent

Back cover of Singing to the Sun, by Regina Rodríguez Sirvent

ARCs of my latest #literarytranslation just in - this one was a lot of fun! Singing to the Sun, by Regina Rodríguez Sirvent, out 20 Jan 2026 with Amazon Crossing. If anyone would like a review copy (UK), let me know!

(Slightly belated) happy International Translators Day to all our members and friends!

Apply for a 2025 Europeana Editorial Grant | Europeana PRO In 2025, our editorial grants programme is dedicated to stories from seven specific European countries. Read on to find out more and learn how to apply.

In 2025, our editorial grants programme is dedicated to stories from seven European countries - Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Luxembourg & Malta. Read on to find out more and learn how to apply for a grant! #Funding #DigitalStorytelling bit.ly/3Vv0Pmw

Autumn Workshop 2025 - ITI ScotNet 11/10/2025 @ 09:30 - 13:00 - ITI Scottish Network invites you to its autumn workshop: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses? with LYNDA HEPBURN To be held at The Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh o...

📢 CPD: Translating botany: not all a bed of roses?

Join us in Edinburgh on 11/10/25 for what promises to be a fascinating autumn workshop focusing on plants and translation, run by our very own Lynda Hepburn.

Languages, plant talk and networking included. ☺️
itiscotland.org.uk/events/autum...

Any @pelta.bsky.social types into comic translation?

So sorry to hear that, Angela

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Hello friends, a new indie press has launched here in Edinburgh, with the aim to publish at least 6 books a year from writers from/residing within Scotland and southern Africa. www.bat.is/blog/batis-b...

Publishers outside of the UK - there is funding available to you for translating the works of Scottish writers! Applications are now open - deadline 18th August. #BookSky #Translation #Publishing
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Delighted to have my translation of a short story by Laura Ferrero included in this issue!

Natalia García Freire A Carnival of Atrocities Victor Meadowcroft Explorations Impressions and reflections on translating Natalia García Freire’s A Carnival of Atrocities by Victor Meadowcroft, published by World Editions. A Carnival of Atrocities is the second novel by Ecuadorean author Natalia García Freire. Set high in the Andes Mountains, the opening section of the novel is narrated by a character called Mildred Capa, whose mother has just died and whose father vanishes into the wilderness without explanation.

Natalia García Freire A Carnival of Atrocities Victor Meadowcroft Explorations

Impressions and reflections on translating Natalia García Freire’s A Carnival of Atrocities by Victor Meadowcroft, published by World Editions. A Carnival of Atrocities is the second novel by Ecuadorean author Natalia…

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!

It seems like only yesterday that we started this little YouTube channel & now here we are, five years & several hundred videos later, immensely proud of the incredible repository of literary & translation talent we've showcased to the world. Thanks to all who contributed!🎉
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The School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow is seeking to appoint a Lecturer (LTS) in #Chinese. Please help spread the word!

For further details: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

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Very exciting news! Enjoy translating it!

The British Centre for Literary Translation is now part of Bluesky 🎉 We're looking forward to connecting with new and old followers. Help us spread the word and stay tuned for updates! #BCLT #Bluesky #literarytranslation

My #lbf2025 hot tip is this: the toilets right at the very back of the main hall have no queues!

Back home after my first experience of London Book Fair yesterday, exhausted but also enthused by all the translation/book chats. Translators really are a lovely bunch, aren't they? #lbf2025 #translation

Translators Aloud TRANSLATORS ALOUD: THE VOICE OF TRANSLATED LITERATURE A place for translators to read their own work; a positive space for sharing great literature, read aloud by the translators themselves. Submiss...

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