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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Wonderful event yesterday at the University of Birmingham, with Peter Auger, Kavita Bhanot, Rosalind Harvey, Elena Theodorakopoulos and @gabrielasaldanhav.bsky.social - a roundtable to reflect on the activities of the Feminist Translation Network over the past two years

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

"The Public Shows Up for Feminist Literary Translation!" - read @audreyeileenkelly.bsky.social's report of our #BhamLitFest2025 event with Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/10/the-...

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Loved seeing a packed room for our book launch on Sat #BhamLitfest2025! The anthology, published by @theemmapress.bsky.social & featuring work by Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar, is free to download: tinyurl.com/42h742h4

The six translators plus event chair Rosalind Harvey holding copies of the "Anthology of New Feminist Translations", at The Exchange, Birmingham

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Last chance to grab a free ticket for our book launch tomorrow #BhamLitFest2025 In-person tickets have sold out again but you can still join us online: tinyurl.com/bd63rb4x

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

In-person tickets for our book launch this coming Sat are available again - thanks to a move to a bigger venue! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/bd63rb4x With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar In partnership with @theemmapress.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Tickets still available for the workshop this coming Saturday #BhamLitFest25 on feminist approaches to translating South Asian literature, led by Kavita Bhanot 🎟️tinyurl.com/2jk529yk Presented in partnership with @writingwestmids.bsky.social & @englishpen.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

It's #BhamLitFest25 week! Thrilled that the #FTN will be part of the programme for the second year running, with two events on Sat 11 Oct, organised with @writingwestmids.bsky.social, @theemmapress.bsky.social & @englishpen.bsky.social Full programme here: www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Thank you to lovely colleagues at University College Cork for hosting an FTN event as part of UCC's Translation Week 2025 - including an inspiring Feminist Translation Slam with @rudotranslates.bsky.social and Eileen O'Connor, expertly chaired by Elizabeth Rosales Martinez

Translation slam with translators Ruth Donnelly and Eileen O'Connor and chair Elizabeth Rosales Martinez

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Looking forward to the FTN event at University College Cork next week, part of UCC's "Translation Week" programme for International Translation Day 2025 @olgacastro80.bsky.social @rudotranslates.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

📢 New blog post by Helen Vassallo about her Feminism and Translation workshop at this year's Bristol Translates summer school: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/09/femi... @translatingwomen.bsky.social @bristoltranslates.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

📢 New blog post by Eleanor Fillingham, our brilliant undergraduate intern! Eleanor, a Classics student at Birmingham Uni, joined the FTN team for six weeks over the summer thanks to the College of Arts and Law Collaborative Research Internship scheme: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/09/the-...

Hilary Brown (Principal Investigator), Eleanor Fillingham (undergraduate intern) and Olga Castro (Co-Investigator) at Dragon Hall, Norwich

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

📢 New blog post from Khadidja Merakchi @heriotwattuni.bsky.social about two feminist author-translators from Algeria, Taos Amrouche and Assia Djebar: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/09/from...

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Free tickets for book launch at #BhamLitFest25: tinyurl.com/2f7c8dss Sat 11 Oct, 2-3.30pm, The Exchange (in-person/online) With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar @theemmapress.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Calling all translators with an interest in South Asian literature! Come and join our workshop at #BhamLitFest25, led by Kavita Bhanot Sat 11 Oct, 10-12, The Exchange, Birmingham Tickets: tinyurl.com/2jk529yk Presented in partnership with @englishpen.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the 'Feminist Translation and its Audiences' events in Norwich yesterday, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social & @bcltuea.bsky.social - a lovely mix of reflections on practice, discussion, and poetry readings #BCLT2025

Panel discussion about 'Feminist Translation and its Audiences'

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

This is the venue for our #BCLT2025 events today, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social and @bcltuea.bsky.social Thank you to @hughespeg.bsky.social for a backstage tour of beautiful Dragon Hall before the audiences arrived! 🐉

National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall from the outside

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Book launch coming soon! Sat 11 Oct, 2-3.30pm With Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall, Anam Zafar & Rosalind Harvey The Exchange, Birmingham & online Part of Birmingham Literature Festival Co-organised with @theemmapress.bsky.social

Illustration of a bunch of flowers with text 'An Anthology of New Feminist Translations'

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Save the date! Workshop on 'Translating South Asian Literature: A Feminist Approach', facilitated by Kavita Bhanot Sat 11 Oct, 10-12 The Exchange, Centenary Sq, Birmingham Part of Birmingham Literature Festival @writingwestmids.bsky.social Presented in partnership with @englishpen.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Brilliant new blog post by Marie Martine about a creative, feminist translation project she ran with undergraduate students in Oxford @queenscollegeox.bsky.social: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/07/femi...

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Delighted to welcome Eleanor Fillingham to the FTN team! Eleanor is a second-year Classics student and will developing web resources linked to our events @writerscentre.bsky.social (30.07.25) as part of the College of Arts & Law Collaborative Research Internship scheme @unibirmingham.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

What does feminist literary translation look like in practice? FTN Steering Group member @gabrielasaldanhav.bsky.social has been following our events closely and offers some reflections here: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/06/femi...

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Missed our recent scratch night, co-hosted w/ @theemmapress.bsky.social, and featuring translators Anam Zafar, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall, Marilyn Booth,@rudotranslates.bsky.social & Seán McDonagh? Read the brilliant write-up by Leilani Willis: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/05/what...

Image of the six translators: Anam Zafar, Elete Nelson-Fearon, Georgia Wall, Marilyn Booth, Ruth Donnelly and Seán McDonagh

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

📢Blog post and doc summarising insights from the FTN so far: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/05/femi... Thanks to all who have contributed to discussions and to our partners, including @writingwestmids.bsky.social @stephenspender.bsky.social @translationexch.bsky.social @bcltuea.bsky.social

'The Task for Feminist Translators Today', panel at the London Book Fair, March 2025, co-organised with the British Centre for Literary Translation

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

New blog post on feminist post-editing by Matilda Hicklin, FTN member and PhD student @bristoluni.bsky.social, based on her research into contemporary Russian poetry and machine translation: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/05/prod...

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

New blog post on introducing feminist translation to MA students by Mazal Oaknín, Associate Professor in Spanish Language and Literature and Gender Studies at University College London: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/04/a-de...

A photo of the writer of the blog post, Mazal Oaknín

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Missed our recent feminist translation slam with Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci and @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social and symposium organised together with @translationexch.bsky.social and @stephenspender.bsky.social? Event report now available on our website: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/outputs/

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Check out our new podcast: @woolzz.bsky.social in conversation with Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci and @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social. A fascinating discussion about visibility, 'disruptive' strategies & more! feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/outputs/ @translationexch.bsky.social @stephenspender.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Read all about our roundtable on teaching feminist translation with Hilary Brown, @olgacastro80.bsky.social and @gabrielasaldanhav.bsky.social at the APTIS Unconference organised by @dorrego.bsky.social. With thanks to Daniel Cabeza-Campillo: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/04/apti...

'Hot topic' roundtable at the APTIS Unconference 2024, with panellists Hilary Brown and Olga Castro and chair Gabriela Saldanha

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

📢New post on the #FeministTranslationNetwork blog by FTN member Inès Hinojo-Moulin on 'Gender-inclusive French translation as a feminist practice': feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/03/gend.... Read more about Inès's work here: ineshinojomoulin.com/portfolio-en/

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Standing room only for our panel at the #LondonBookFair on 'The Task for Feminist Translators Today', co-organised with @bcltuea.bsky.social. With thanks to Jozefina Komporaly, Cecilia Rossi and Rosalind Harvey for a wide-ranging and thought-provoking discussion

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Enjoyed the buzz today at the #LondonBookFair and it was lovely to bump into several members of the #FeministTranslationNetwork and meet lots of people interested in our project!

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A blog post for #InternationalWomensDay: Valentina Tibaldo on 'Feminist Translation and the Language of Power': feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/03/femi...

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

📣New post on the FTN blog by Sophie Lau, an Associate @stephenspender.bsky.social, about the creative translation workshop she developed to coincide with our recent FTN event in Oxford on 'Pedagogies of Feminist Translation': feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/03/femi...

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Our next FTN event is coming up at the London Book Fair 2025, organised together with BCLT. Join us on 11 March for a panel on "The Task for Feminist Translators Today" with #JozefinaKomporaly, #CeciliaRossi and #CarolinaOrloff, moderated by #RosalindHarvey: www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en-gb/whats-...

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Thank you to all participants for two very inspiring panels at our symposium on teaching feminist translation. It's an honour to collaborate with the Queen's Translation Exchange and @stephenspender.bsky.social and feed in to their valuable work running creative translation workshops in schools

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We're back in this lovely space at @queenscollegeox.bsky.social for our symposium on teaching feminist translation organised with the Queen's Translation Exchange and @stephenspender.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The Feminist Translation Slam is under way! Fascinating discussion with Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci and @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social about their translations of "Verne and the Secret Life of the Plant Women" by @lediciacostas.bsky.social

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Why is a Feminist Translation Network important? Network member Sophie Stevens @ilcs.bsky.social shares her thoughts in a new blog post, based on her experiences as a theatre translation researcher and practitioner: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2024/12/why-...

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The FTN blog is live and open for contributions! Read the latest post - Beth Caygill on her feminist, intersemiotic translation of a poem by contemporary Catalan writer Dolors Miquel: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/blog/

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Our next free, public events are 6-7 Feb, Oxford/online. A translation slam with Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci and @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social, and a symposium on teaching feminist translation, chaired by @olgacastro80.bsky.social. More info to follow: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/events/

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Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Welcome to the FTN! We're interested in what feminist translation means in practice in the twenty-first century, focusing in the first instance on contemporary literary translation in English. Come to our events! Join our discussions! Write a blog post! More details: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk

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