Laëtitia Saint-Loubert

Delighted to be shortlisted for the Scott Moncrieff prize, together with Karen Fleetwood for our translation of Gaëlle Bélem’s There’s a Monster Behind the Door, pub. by
@bullaunpress.bsky.social.
Congratulations to all those shortlisted for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social translation prizes!

Please join us for this free literary event with author Fabienne Jonca next Saturday 06/12 @3pm at Maison de l’Afrique in Nantes. She will talk about her beautiful debut novel ‘Brown Baby’ (Atelier des nomades).📚🎁

Today is St Jerome day, also known as International Translation Day, so I want to pay a tribute to my third-year students’ wonderful work and collaborative translation projects from last semester, which led to an exhibition at the BU Lettres, at Nantes University 🥰

Notre webinaire débute ce jeudi 2 octobre à 18h30. N’hésitez pas à me contacter si vous souhaitez obtenir le lien de connexion.

Primer congreso de literatura del género de la salsa a partir de este viernes en San Juan, 🇵🇷

Delighted to announce that the latest issue of the Irish Journal of French Studies on ´Passages’, coedited with my dear colleague @19thc-charlotte.bsky.social, is now available OA! Many thanks to all contributors, reviewers and to the journal editors.

www.ingentaconnect.com/content/irjo...

Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat The Normal People author can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest, according to a statement read out by her publisher at the prize ceremony Irish author Sally Rooney could not travel to collect a literary prize this week over concerns that she may be arrested if she enters the UK, given her support of banned group Palestine Action. Rooney won the Sky Arts award for literature for her fourth novel, Intermezzo. At a ceremony on Tuesday, audiences were told that Rooney “couldn’t be here”, before her editor, Faber publisher Alex Bowler, collected the award on her behalf. Continue reading...

Sally Rooney unable to collect award over Palestine Action arrest threat

Vous vous intéressez à la traduction? Le webinaire de recherche « Traduction et détournements: une culture universelle du piratage? » que je co-organise avec Bénédicte Letellier (DIRE, Thalim
CNRS) débutera le 2 octobre. Pour obtenir le lien de connexion, merci de m’écrire en MP.

Looking forward to reading it! And such a beautiful cover!

La Martinique, son pays de naissance, s’est souvenue de Frantz Fanon, né il y a cent ans, le 20 juillet 1925. Merci au Cercle Fanon d’avoir organisé ce vivifiant Colloque international autour des « Damnés de la terre ». Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Édouard Glissant : Martinique, éveilleuse du monde.

Gaëlle Bélem in Translation - Publishing Infrastructures Last autumn, Bullaun Press published the novel There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Réunionese author Gaëlle Bélem. Bullaun was founded by Bridget Farrell in 2021, and this was only their fourth book....

Short post about the excellent second novel by Gaëlle Bélem, the work of @bullaunpress.bsky.social and translators Karen Fleetwood and @laetitia-stloubert.bsky.social, and the pleasure of following her first novel's deserved journey to prize success:
publishinginfrastructures.org/2025/05/12/g...

Exposition "La traduction au-delà des mots : une porte ouverte vers La Réunion" I BU Lettres Du 12 mai au 27 juin 2025, la BU Lettres expose le projet de traduction collaborative réalisé par les étudiants de Licence LLCEr anglais de Nantes Université.

Very happy to announce the opening of my students’ exhibition of their work on Reunionese literature in translation today at Nantes Université. Please come and join us at 4pm today to celebrate the opening. Details below.
bu.univ-nantes.fr/animations-c...

Have you picked up your copy yet?

Check out the latest reviews for The Rarest Fruit by Gaëlle Bélem (tr. Karen Fleetwood & Laëtitia Saint-Loubert):

litechoes.com/the-rarest-f...

ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/04/29/b...

Out now on our website & in bookshops!

OUT 1 MAY 2025

From the Republic of Consciousness prize-winning team, The Rarest Fruit tells the true story of Edmond Albius, an orphan born into slavery who unravelled the secret to hand-pollinating the vanilla orchid.

Pre-order: bullaunpress.com/books/the-ra...

Join us in Merrion Square Park next month as we launch The Rarest Fruit, our second title from #InternationalBooker longlisted author Gaëlle Bélem.

Hosted by @ilfdublin.bsky.social, in collaboration with @franceinireland.bsky.social.

Tickets via ILFD: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

How Irish booksellers feel about the arrival of Amazon.ie: ‘It’s a very real danger to the industry’ Bookshops offer something that an exclusively online retailer cannot, but they may need support to compete against a corporate giant

"…physical book retail in Ireland is hugely important for Irish publishers & Irish authors & Irish culture…"
So grateful for all the Irish booksellers I've met the last few years, & bookshops I've spent so much time in over my life. They need support. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Don't miss this, translators!

The 2025 longlistees on the book that made them fall in love with reading | The Booker Prizes The authors and translators nominated for this year’s International Booker Prize reflect on the stories that sparked their love of lit – and continue to inspire them today

The authors and translators nominated for the #InternationalBooker2025 reflect on the stories that sparked their love of lit – and continue to inspire them today ⤵️

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Congratulations, Maika! 🎉

Bullaun Press wins Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘rollicking picaresque’ novel Irish publisher receives award for small presses for Gaëlle Bélem’s There’s a Monster Behind the Door

So happy for what this award means for Irish indie publisher @bullaunpress.bsky.social and for Reunionese literature! Lé gadiamb! 🥰 Very warm thanks to the judges of the 2025 UK/Ireland RofC Prize!

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Author Gaëlle Bélem & translator @laetitia-stloubert.bsky.social had the pleasure of taking part in the Republic of Consciousness Prize Shortlist Showcase earlier this month.

This Tuesday 1 April, join us at Foyles Charing Cross Road for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize winner announcement.

Registration for the 48th Annual SCS Conference is now open! 🥳
This year the conference will be held at the University of Bristol 2-4 July 2025. For more info, and to register, please see: community-languages.org.uk/scs/2653-2/

We can't wait to see you there!

Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62 The writer, who found success with young adult novels, inspired one of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films which was based on the author’s childhood British writer Alex Wheatle, the author of books including East of Acre Lane and the Crongton series, has…

Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62

Looking forward to taking part in the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses Showcase tonight in Deptford together with Gaëlle Bélem. See details below to join us.
@bullaunpress.bsky.social

It’s been 2 wonderful days of v. rich conversations with Gaëlle Bélem who kindly accepted to meet 3rd-year students at Nantes U to talk about her work. Students were captivated and are working on collaborative translation projects of her first novel. Can’t wait to see their translations! 🥰

Sur un petit nuage! 😊

RofC Prize for Small Presses, Short List 2025 A great short-list highlighting the extraordinary work of small presses in the UK and Ireland

It was all just a dream ... but no, this morning sees There's a Monster Behind the Door make it to the shortlist for The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses 2025. We are thrilled!

therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/short-list...

New Irish publisher on International Booker Prize longlist Sligo in 2021, published There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, translated by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert

New Irish publisher on International Booker Prize longlist. Congratulations to Bullaun Press, founded by Bridget Farrell in Sligo in 2021, which published There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, translated by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert

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

Très émue et heureuse de voir la littérature réunionnaise représentée dans la sélection du prix International Booker 2025 à travers le 1er roman de Gaëlle Bélem, traduit à 4 mains avec Karen Fleetwood et publié par @bullaunpress.bsky.social! Quelle magnifique aventure collaborative reliant 🇷🇪 et 🇮🇪 !