Sometimes – especially in January? – it’s all too much, and you just want to get away from it all. Quit the job, leave your partner and home behind, and escape. Just head north and live in the forest, from…
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Finland 100: The Year of the Hare
Tagged with: Arto Paasilinna, Finland 100, Finnish, Gasellit, Herbert Lomas, Jäniksen vuosi, The Year of the Hare, Translation
Posted in books, Finland 100, translation
Posted in books, Finland 100, translation
Islands of Protest
This book will make you angry, and sad, and want to act, at least it did me. Coming from a small country where people were made to wear a sign around their neck if they spoke their native language…
Tagged with: Davinder L. Bhowmik, Islands of Protest, Japanese, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyuan languages, Steve Rabson, Translation
Posted in books, poetry, short stories, theatre, translation
Posted in books, poetry, short stories, theatre, translation
A seed, knocking
A Mordovian winter seems endless, especially if you are going to see seven of them in succession, and not by choice. But under the snow, a seed is knocking: This strong collection of poems from Latvian writer Knuts Skujenieks, could not be…
Tagged with: Bitite Vinklers, Knuts Skujenieks, Latvian, Poetry, Seed in Snow, Translation
Posted in books, poetry, translation
Posted in books, poetry, translation
A new year’s resolution: translate more poetry
After three days of the new year, how are your resolutions shaping up? There’s still time to make a new one, and join the Poetry Translation Centre in translating some amazing poetry from around the world. You can join the PTC…
Tagged with: Bernard O'Donoghue, Choman Hardi, Dari, Dilawar KAradahi, Hindi, Kurdish, Lucy Rosenstein, Mohan Rana, New Year's resolutions, Partaw Naderi, Poetry, Poetry Translation Centre, Sara Maguire, Yama Yari
Posted in international, poetry, translation
Posted in international, poetry, translation
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