Reposted by Robin MunbyJeffrey Zuckerman @jmz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So @wwborders.bsky.social asked Karim and me about EDEN AT DAWN, and we answered! Read and enjoy:wordswithoutborders.orgThe National Book Award Interviews: Karim Kattan and Jeffrey Zuckerman - Words Without BordersAuthor Karim Kattan and translator Jeffrey Zuckerman discuss Eden at Dawn, longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature. 0123
Reposted by Robin MunbySkein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Join us on 21 October for the launch of 'The Refugee Chronicles' by Evgeny Shtorn at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social 🚀 Evgeny will be joined on the eve by the wonderful @jesstraynor.bsky.social Presented in partnership with @smashingtimes.bsky.social and supported by @dublincityoflit.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Robin MunbyDaniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Broken record I know but seeing this hideous shit every fucking day, every fucking where has probably shortened my lifespan by at least 5 years. Send Altman to the Hague 2171
Reposted by Robin MunbySindicato de Inquilinas e Inquilinos de Madrid @inquilinatomad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026¿Vas sola a la manifestación por Maricarmen y quieres llegar a Sol acompañada? En el Sindicato te recibimos con los brazos abiertos. Tenemos todos estos puntos de encuentro para no dejar a nadie atrás. Juntas somos más fuertes. Elige el que mejor te venga, te esperamos. 2124100
Reposted by Robin MunbyFolding Rock Magazine @foldingrockmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Your weekend read has arrived, and it has never been so sweet. Originally published in Issue 005: Sustenance, Louise Denham's 'Sweet Indecency' is available to read on our website: zurl.co/9Gu7x 122
Reposted by Robin MunbyCalume @calume.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Animando a la llectura de 'Eva' dende l'Espíritu Santo. La novela d'Ersi Sotiropoulos, que traduxo Dani Menéndez pa la colección Calume d'Ediciones Trabe, ta disponible na web de la editorial y nes meyores llibreríes d'Asturies. Un viaxe a l'Atenes más desconocida. #BookSky #lleernasturianu2026 072
Reposted by Robin MunbyPunctured Lines @puncturedlines.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today we are featuring poems from Elina Katrin’s collection Overwintered. Katrin is a Syrian-Russian immigrant poet who lives in Los Angeles. Her poems are characterized by themes of immigration, dislocation, and cultural hybridity, and a mixture of languages. puncturedlines.com/2026/09/25/e...puncturedlines.comElina Katrin’s Overwintered: Three PoemsToday we are featuring poems from Elina Katrin’s collection Overwintered (Trio House Press, 2027). Katrin is a Syrian-Russian immigrant poet who lives in Los Angeles. Her poems are characteri… 152
Reposted by Robin MunbySkein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We're delighted to be part of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social celebrating 20 years this year! 📚 Excited for events featuring: 💫 Rosaleen McDonagh 💫 Oein DeBhairduin 💫 @robmunb.bsky.social and @morganvl.bsky.social Check out the full programme, with over 120 events, at dublinbookfestival.com #DBF26 0105
Reposted by Robin MunbyEnglish PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Together with @irishpen.bsky.social & the Estate of Seamus Heaney, we’re delighted to announce the PEN Heaney Prize 2026 shortlist. The winner will be announced on 1 December at a ceremony held at the Howard Assembly Room, Leeds. Find out more & book now ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...englishpen.orgPEN Heaney Prize 2026 shortlist - English PENEnglish PEN announces the six shortlisted titles for the PEN Heaney Prize 2026. 0218
Reposted by Robin MunbyACE Traductores @acetraductores.bsky.social · 24/09/2026¡Comienzan a publicarse los primeros libros con el #SellodeTraducciónHumana ! La iniciativa que puso hace unos meses en marcha ACE Traductores comienza a ver sus frutos en las páginas de créditos de editoriales como Editorial GG y Pre-Textos. Ojalá cunda el ejemplo y pronto veamos muchos más. 010064
Reposted by Robin MunbyAcademia de la Llingua Asturiana @alladixital.bsky.social · 23/09/2026💻 El Congresu Mundial de Cultura Asturiana caltién activa la so páxina web, onde siguen pudiendo sentise y vese les ponencies y conferencies ufiertaes n'Uviéu en febreru del añu pasáu, amás de semeyes y muncha otra información. ➡️ alladixital.org/cmca25/ 136
Reposted by Robin MunbyAcademia de la Llingua Asturiana @alladixital.bsky.social · 16/09/2026📍 El XLIV Congresu Internacional de Filoloxía y Cultura Asturianes va celebrase los díes 3, 4 y 5 de payares del 2026 na Facultá de Filosofía y Lletres de la Universidá d'Uviéu. 156
Reposted by Robin MunbyMorgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Delighted to share that four of my #translations of brilliant Ñuu Savi poet, Kalu Tatyisavi, are now live in yesterday’s issue of Latin American Literature Today! Thank you to the editors, as well as Kalu, for the opportunity to work with his words latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/es/2026/09/f...latinamericanliteraturetoday.orgFour Trilingual Poems from Because of the Silence - Latin American Literature TodayXXI 1113
Reposted by Robin MunbyWords Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026In “Every Stone a Seed: Writing from Asturias” (co-edited by @robmunb.bsky.social and Will Howard), find new literature translated from Asturian that speaks to the role of the region’s writers in reviving an often-overlooked language. Explore each piece, here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/collect... 062
Reposted by Robin MunbyVicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Impossible to overstate how much I value the existence of small presses like @longbarrowpress.bsky.social and their beautiful books and pamphlets, including these 3 by Matthew Clegg. They put me back in touch with myself and remind me of what I value - quiet time, paying attention, thoughtfulness. 2184
Reposted by Robin MunbyRishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Unlike bots, humans don’t have to mollycoddle your ego. Yet. 121
Reposted by Robin MunbyPoetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026✨Submissions for Poetry Ireland Review Issue 150, edited Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin are now open! ✨ Submissions for this special 150th anniversary issue will remain open from September 14th to October 31st. 🔗See details / submit at: www.poetryireland.ie/poets/submis... 0113
Reposted by Robin MunbyLighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026There's nothing we love more than a poetry night here at Lighthouse, and we're delighted to be bringing you not one, not two, but THREE incredible poets as we welcome Jennifer Lee Tsai and Jay Gao's new collections in the company of Agata Maslowska. See you on Tuesday 22nd September at 7pm! 052
Reposted by Robin MunbyJen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Fair: The Life-Art of Translation is out in North America in 2 months! Pre-order from @invisibooks.bsky.social : invisiblepublishing.com/product/fair/ Or your local indie bookstore. Launch events TBA soon. 0126
Reposted by Robin MunbyWheeker Books | Clara Ministral @wheekerbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Spain, you need to up your game! 162
Reposted by Robin MunbyIniciativa pol Asturianu @iniciativaxast.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🔵🟡🔵 ¡Bon día d’Asturies! 💙 Una tierra, una cultura y una llingua que son parte de lo que somos. 💪🏻 Que sigamos construyendo xuntos y xuntes una Asturies na que l’asturianu tenga’l llugar que merez. #oficialidá 041
Reposted by Robin MunbyMorgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Delighted to be talking about translation of minoritised language poetry with @robmunb.bsky.social & Alanna Offield this November! Come join us at The Dublin Book Festival 041
Reposted by Robin MunbyAnton Hur @antonhur.com · 06/09/2026I hope this book wins ALL THE PRIZES but more importantly, wins ALL THE READERS 1258
Reposted by Robin MunbySo Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 06/09/2026Just about to finish EDEN AT DAWN by Karim Kattan, translated by @jmz.bsky.social & I never want it to end. Absolute perfection! Can't wait for the launch @ibraaz.bsky.social on 4th Nov... 😭 0135
Reposted by Robin MunbyTim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026You're going to want to read this when it's published next month, particularly if you're in Ireland. Not only the most vivid account of direct provision yet, but a brutally smart, elegantly constructed and skilfully translated novel 082
Robin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026s-cabstheguardian.comLondon’s first self-driving taxis for hire hit the streetsWayve robotaxis added to Uber app and will have human in front ready to take over if needed – but only 15 cars licensed 010
Reposted by Robin MunbySkein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Renowned journalist M. Gessen offered an incisive and eloquent introduction to the Russian edition of 'The Refugee Chronicles' That edition is now banned on Russian territories, and the novel publishes for the first time in English on 2 October Pre-order here: skeinpress.com/product/the-... 031
Reposted by Robin Munbyminor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 01/09/2026we will be back next week with — an extract from BASTARDS by Nate Lippens — an interview with Adrian Duncan 154
Reposted by Robin MunbyLawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Nice to see this Lithuanian poetry book I published a decade ago (😱😱) still getting some love for #witmonth CARAVAN LULLABY by Ilze Butkute tr. by Rimas Uzgiris (A Midsummer Night's Press) #poetrysky #booksky #xl8 194
Reposted by Robin MunbySkein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This Friday, August 28th, marks one year since Alaa Alqaisi fled Gaza. In a landmark new essay, she reflects on the meaning of survival, the moral economy of a life spared, and the feeling of living in extra time. 'The Thin Border' will be available as an e-book this Friday via our website 133
Reposted by Robin MunbyPasión por el Rayo / PxR Radio @pasionporelrayo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026📢 Manifestación en defensa del estadio... y del Rayo. pasionporelrayo.com/manifestacio...pasionporelrayo.comManifestación en defensa del estadio... y del Rayo - Pasión por el RayoLas Peñas del Rayo Vallecano han lanzado una convocatoria de manifestación con el slogan de "El Rayo es de Vallekas, o no será", en defensa del estadio y para 042
Reposted by Robin MunbyHelen Tookey @helentookey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I’m delighted that this book is now out in the world, and looking forward to launching it @thebluecoat.bsky.social on 8th Sept. Ahoy fellow Lowry fan @imcmillan.bsky.social - hope you might enjoy this too-loose-lowry-trek! 01510
Reposted by Robin MunbyDorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Friends, book reviews are drying up. We all know this. But it's worth repeating. Advance reviews we used to (gratefully!) count on are no longer a given; we're not getting them. Newspapers where intrepid reviewers used to talk about our books . . . well, you know. PLEASE, if you read our books . . . 319378
Reposted by Robin MunbyRobin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Honoured to have been involved in editing this very special book by Irish Russophone activist Evgeny Shtorn about living in Ireland's Direct Provision system, brilliantly translated by Alexandra Novitskaya. It has so much to say about the human experience, refugees, and how these systems fail them. 053
Reposted by Robin MunbyRobin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Perhaps my biggest takeaway from this was the realisation, very late in the day, that I had no idea what you were meant to do with the M─── when reading out loud... 174
Reposted by Robin MunbyRobin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026For #WomenInTranslationMonth, you can get Raquel Menéndez's beautiful poetry collection 'The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad' for just 6 euro (and support an amazing press) So that I could be here, Shahrazad had to die many deaths, swallow her tongue, my roar, all those people, inventing a world. 022
Reposted by Robin MunbyIgnacio Pato @ignaciopato.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Wall Street será musgo. A 90 años del asesinato de Lorca. www.eldiario.es/cultura/libr...eldiario.esWall Street será musgoLorca fue triste a Nueva York y de la capital del siglo XX se trajo un furioso retrato que sigue sosteniéndonos la mirada 11910
Robin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Pero sé qu’hebo un tiempu / en que s’espardió perende / la pequeña solombra d’un poeta But I know there was a time / when the small shadow of a poet / was sown through its streets From 'I Who Have Never Seen New York' by María Teresa González, which she wrote for Lorca, murdered 90 years ago today 100
Reposted by Robin Munbyhandle.invalid @handle.invalid · 18/08/2026Women in Translation Month Celebrating Pamenar women in translation: Doppelt, Fathy, Levitsky, Kaplan, Lotte L.S., Chus Pato & Adcock, translated across French, Arabic, Spanish, German & Galician. www.pamenarpress.com/shop 032
Reposted by Robin MunbyFictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Gaps, spaces, missing pieces – @robmunb.bsky.social explains on the @fictionable.bsky.social #podcast why his fiction is full of holes: www.fictionable.world/podcasts/rob... #books #reading #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog 042
Robin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026For #WomenInTranslationMonth, you can get Raquel Menéndez's beautiful poetry collection 'The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad' for just 6 euro (and support an amazing press) So that I could be here, Shahrazad had to die many deaths, swallow her tongue, my roar, all those people, inventing a world. 022
Reposted by Robin Munbyya ya yanina @yanina.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Send us the good stuff. Do it. 089
Reposted by Robin MunbyCenter for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 13/08/2026Looking for your next read? 📚️ Our Fall 2026 Lit in Translation Preview is packed with unmissable titles recommended by indie booksellers @emilytarr.bsky.social from @thankyoubooks.bsky.social, Beatriz Quiroz García from Skylight Books & Stephen Krause, from Alienated Majesty Books. buff.ly/QpaWmDRcatranslation.orgFall 2026 Lit in Translation PreviewFrom a Norwegian novel exploring language and isolation to a stunning new translation of a Brazilian masterpiece, our Fall 2026 Lit in Translation Preview is packed with unmissable titles recommended by indie booksellers. 01712
Reposted by Robin MunbyDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 13/08/2026If you're wondering whether there's room for genAI in the bits of writing/research that supposedly aren't writing/research, the answer is "no". 4/ buttondown.com/surekhadavie...buttondown.comThe 'I only use AI for...' fallacyHallo friends, and welcome, new readers! I hope you’re managing to navigate safely whatever weather challenges may have come your way this year. In today’s... 15211
Reposted by Robin MunbyArchipelago Books @archipelagobooks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026To celebrate the brilliant women on our list, we're offering a 30% discount on titles by women writers or works translated by women. Use the code WOMENOFARCHIPELAGO today through August 31st. Get buying: archipelagobooks.org/books/. 11210
Reposted by Robin MunbySkein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Did you know that August is #WomenInTranslationMonth ? 🌼🌼🌼 To celebrate, we’re offering 50% off translated poetry collections by women poets; 'The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad' and 'Whales and Whales' Use the code AUGUST at the checkout skeinpress.com/august-women... 0128
Reposted by Robin MunbySkein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We are delighted to unveil the cover for ‘The Refugee Chronciles’ by Evgeny Shtorn, publishing this October 🎲🎲🎲 A darkly funny diary. A life lived in limbo. A man left depending on the luck of the draw. Design by the brilliant Frontwards Design Pre-order here: skeinpress.com/product/the-... 063
Reposted by Robin MunbyCalume @calume.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Conocimos la obra de Carmen Pellegrino gracies a Francisco Álvarez, que depués acabó traduciendo la novela 'Cade la terra' pa la colección Calume d'Ediciones Trabe, na que se publicó como 'Cai la tierra'. Realismu máxicu nun llugar qu'esbarrumba y que guapamente podía ser, por casu, La Bordinga. 096
