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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#booksky #xl8 #translation #womenintranslation (I translated the poetry collection from Benin, VOICE OF THE TWO SHORES by Agnès Agboton, published by @flippedeye.bsky.social 😍)

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Georgia Reads @georgiarybanks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

9. Grandma Non-Oui by Lidija Dimkovska, tr from Macedonian by Christina E. Kramer 10. The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, tr from German by Shaun Whiteside 11. Voice of the Two Shores by Agnes Agboton, tr from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel, and from Gun by Schimel & the author

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Georgia Reads @georgiarybanks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

An embarrassment of riches! 🇺🇦🇨🇺🇫🇮🇸🇪🇫🇷🇦🇱🇧🇬🇷🇺🇩🇪🇧🇫🇲🇰🇦🇹🇧🇯🇧🇪 Need to decide what I want to read for #WITmonth this August. What would you pick up first? And what other #WomenInTranslation recommendations do you have?

Phot shows 12 books laying on a rug. They are:
1. Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets, translated from Russian by Eugene Ostashevsky
2. Havana Year Zero by Karla Suárez, translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney
3. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, translated from Swedish by Thomas Teal
4. A Leopard Skin Hat by Anne Serre, translated from French by Mark Hutchinson
5. She Who Remains by Rene Karabash, translated from Bulgarian by Izadore Angel
6. The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated from Russian by Jamey Gambrell
7. Half Swimmer by Katja Oskamp, translated from German by Jo Heinrich
8. So Distant from my Life by Monique Ilboudo, translated from French by Yarri Kamara
9. Grandma Non-Oui by Lidija Dimkovska, translated from Macedonian by Christina E. Kramer
10. The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, translated from German by Shaun Whiteside
11. Voice of the Two Shores by Agnes Agboton, translated from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel, and also from Gun by Schimel and the author together
12. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from French by Ros Schwartz

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Only way to announce an event in weather like this. THERE WILL BE AIR CONDITIONING!! Book your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flipped-ey...

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Join us at Mason and Fifth as we continue to celebrate our 25 years ear in publishing www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flipped-ey...

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Charles Beckett @charlesbeckett.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Congratulations to all the Forward Prize long-listed poets and their publishers. A special personal shout-out to @flippedeye.bsky.social - first publishers of Warsan Shire, publishers of Nick Makoha, Denise Saul, Roger Robinson, Jacob Sam-la-Rose, among others. Huge achievement.

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Sanctuary Breaks | Hill House Retreats @sanctuarybreaks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

‘Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head’ - Warsan Shire (contemporary poetry) 'Warsan Shire electrifies... The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts' - Roxane Gay 🔥 @flippedeye.bsky.social #vintagepublishing @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Our latest newsletter. Make sure you join us for first class poetry and vibes on June 27th at Mason and Fifth!! mailchi.mp/4b523c001b0f...

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Jenny Mitchell @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

As a poetry co-editor for the Morning Star, I want to feature poets who are often marginalised. Except they seem to be marginalising themselves by not sending their work. Send poems for June! I'd be grateful to receive them at: thursdaypoems@gamil.com morningstaronline.co.uk/article/new-...

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The new poetry co-editor introduces herself

AS A new poetry co-editor on the Morning Star, I’m interested in poems that examine the personal and the political in a way that engages the emotions as well as the logical mind. There are several wor...

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Nii Ayikwei Parkes @niiayikwei.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I'll be there all day for my sins. Come through if you can...

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Because the literature we publish travels beautifully, beautiful things – like this unique personalised bookmark from #ConradHotels – get made with it. Come and hang with us on Monday when we turn 25 YEARS OLD. Get #FREE tickets & follow us on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/25th-anniv...

Photograph of a bookmark made with the cover of Aruni Kashyap's fabulous collection of short stories, His Father's Disease

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, we take over the Listening Lounge at Mason & Fifth on the day of our founding. 12pm to 7pm. Discounts, readings from 5pm & vibes!! Stop by at any time. Sign up at Eventbrite so we know how many free treats to bring. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/25th-anniv...

Rectangular graphic showing the date and time of flipped eye publishing's takeover of the Listening Lounge at Mason & Fifth. Text superimposed on images of four poets – Jacob Sam-La Rose, Amina Jama, Samatar Elmi and Charlotte Ansell – reading

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Michael Marks Awards @michaelmarksawards.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Prickle - Rachel Cleverly (@flippedeye.bsky.social) @rachelcleverly.bsky.social Recent Poems - Hugh Foley (The Fair Organ) Spit Valve - Eve Ellis (ignitionpress) @eveellis14.bsky.social Spurious Language - James Appleby (Blue Diode Press) young, dumb, and full of poems - Hasti (Bad Betty Press)

The Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlet Shortlist
(The image shows book covers. The books are listed in the body of the message).

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We are ecstatic, of course. Prickle made us sit up right away when it came. Publishers dream of moments like that, and our editors @rustyniall.bsky.social, @jacobslr.bsky.social and @niiayikwei.bsky.social LOVE to work in the energy such moments bring. Congratulations @rachelcleverly.bsky.social

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

My translation, published in a trilingual edition by @flippedeye.bsky.social (and winner of a PEN Translates award from @englishpen.bsky.social ). #womenintranslation #xl8 #poetry #poetryintranslation #africawrites #booksky #blackbooksky

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Our bookshop audits always turn up surprises. On a recent visit to the @owlbookshop.bsky.social in Kentish Town we found our #NathalieHandal's LIFE IN A COUNTRY ALBUM sitting between Rilke & the inimitable PJ Harvey: youtu.be/lbq4G1TjKYg?... (Not sure order was alphabetical; maybe levels of cool?)

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

We've been quiet for a bit, but we just want to remind the world that we turn 25 this year – 25, TWENTY-FIVE!! As indie publishers we know how special it is to be around this long and how much it signals the support of YOU, our readers worldwide. THANK YOU. #FECrew

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

From a few years ago, but still exciting! 🥰🥰 From before @brittlepaper.bsky.social or @flippedeye.bsky.social were on here, I think... #xl8 #womenintranslation #africanwomen #africanpoetry #poetry #poetyintranslation #booksky

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Coming soon to flipped eye! We cannot wait for you to dive into this poetic journey of resilience and renewal by the amazing Aoife Mannix. flippedeye.net/product/reco...

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SI Leeds Literary Prize @sileedslitprize.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

Meet the judges for our 2024 prize! Entries open on 1 April. Find out more about the judging panel on our website: www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/prize-judges/

Meet our judges Nelle Andrew, Dr Kadija George Sesay, Rosemarie Hudson, Latoyah Innerarity. SI Leeds Literary Prize.

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

It's not everyday we get a note from Yoda. Check out the latest update from @niiayikwei.bsky.social on the #FECrew! mailchi.mp/02d767f8d1fb...

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Conversation, music, and the art of forgetting. If you missed out on #Abolition at the British Library, here's a link to audio from the event. writersmosaic.org.uk/content/abol...

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Britain's wilful amnesia over the Atlantic slave trade - Writers Mosaic

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Louise Kenward @louisekenward.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

22/24 is writer & poet, Louisa Adjoa Parker. Louisa has 4 poetry collections: Salt-Sweat and Tears, How To Wear a Skin, & She Can Still Sing @flippedeye.bsky.social. Her short story collection is Stay With Me, & her forthcoming memoir will be published @littletollerbooks.bsky.social bit.ly/46LDQrG

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Louisa Adjoa Parker

Louisa Adjoa Parker, writer of poetry, fiction and BAME history

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

We have copies of The Waiting: Stories by Martin Egblewogbe available at this year's Pagya Literary Festival. If you're in Accra, Ghana, stop by the Book Nook stand. You just may find a signed copy

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

We're live on Youtube with Gabriel Gbadamosi, discussing Abolition. Won't you join us? www.youtube.com/watch?v=0es5...

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A Conversation With: Gabriel Gbadamosi

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Coming October 5 is a stunning poetry début by Bella Cox . Sikiliza is a call to action and a pledge to journey through the intricate web of connections that bind together the constituent elements of one's identity, woven intricately through voices from diverse continents.

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Check out the #FECrew 's newsletter. In this edition, Spirited shantymen and a stunning debut. mailchi.mp/8a307eff8822...

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🎶Sing You A Song of A World Gone Wrong🎶

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flipped eye publishing @flippedeye.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Out and About with #Abolition. We cannot wait to have this play on your bookshelves and coffee tables. #FERocks #FECrew #NewRelease Available on preorder Now! flippedeye.net/product/abol...

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