Reposted by Thea PetrouEle Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 20/12/2024#ArtAdventCalendar day 20: a #FolktaleWeek2024 piece. I thought I would tell another Canadian #folktale about a flaming ghost ship or strange light phenomenon which has been observed in New Brunswick in the Baie des Chaleurs. There are a few different versions of the folklore but the one I like is 13510
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Another recent read I loved was Bound by Maddie Ballard from @theemmapress.bsky.social …a beautiful sewing memoir! The writer reflects on relationships, identity and more as she looks back on learning to sew and the various projects she has completed since. #booksky 💙📚 0101
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Eden by Sonia Overall - what a brilliant book. Three narrative threads bring together a literature professor (Penelope), Hemingway and the voice of one of his female characters. Absolutely loved it and was gripped by Pen’s story… #booksky 💙📚 0101
Reposted by Thea PetrouHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Pictures that explain things. Trees in Winter (back endpapers) Artist: SR Badmin, 1963 12533115
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Thank you! I was actually wondering if you’d be making Christmas candy soon! 010
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens ‘Lansdowne Gem’ bringing colour to the garden today… 🌱 1/2 4899
Reposted by Thea Petrou𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Jacques Roubaud, whose books in translation were published by @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social, has died. 'Form and Love in the Poetry of Jacques Roubaud' written by @theapetrou.bsky.social was published earlier this year. The Great Fires of London, tr. by Dominic Di Bernardi is well worth reading. 1122
Reposted by Thea PetrouAlex Lopez @alexlopezwrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2024can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹 17187071615
Reposted by Thea PetrouCenter for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 26/11/2024Calling all translators! We're building a Bluesky starter pack for emerging and established translators—so that we can follow each other and be in community together on the World Wide Web. If you want to be included, add yourself to this thread, and share this post far and wide with your networks :) 250396284
Reposted by Thea PetrouJacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 21/11/2024New on the blog today, I've written about ten haunting, atmospheric novellas I highly recommend. Featuring books by J. L. Carr, Yūko Tsushima, Jhumpa Lahiri, Hanne Ørstavik & more! #BookSky #NovNov 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/t...jacquiwine.wordpress.comTen haunting, atmospheric novellas I highly recommendNovember seems to be a very popular time for themed cultural events, ranging from German Lit Month (which focus on books originally written in the German language) and #Noirvember (a tradition of w… 1517241
Reposted by Thea PetrouLauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social · 19/11/20242/ to prep I'm revisiting this piece I wrote on the diary as a form of self-portrait in the work of Susan Sontag and Alix Cléo Roubaud a while back, which is one of my favorite things I ever wrote -- I thought I'd reshare it here maifeminism.com/disappearing...maifeminism.comDisappearing into the Future Perfect: Spaces of Self-Picturing in the Diaries of Susan Sontag and Alix Cléo RoubaudElkin situates the diaries of Alix Roubaud and Susan Sontag alongside their creative work. A new reckoning of the personal and political. 2268
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Sharing this video I made for #TranslatorsAloud on this new platform… I’m reading from my sample translation of Abel Quentin’s THE SEER OF ETAMPES…which won funding from Villa Albertine to be translated into English! The book is seeking a publisher… #translation m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO3x...m.youtube.comThea Petrou reads from Abel Quentin's THE SEER OF ETAMPES (seeking a publisher)YouTube video by Translators Aloud 0103
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Thanks Annaka - pretty, isn’t it! Have a great weekend :) 010
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Late post for #insectthursday - 🐝 and Anemone ‘Royal Candy’…🌱 510811
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Cobea scandens / cup-and saucer vine still in flower…🌱 1313
Reposted by Thea PetrouJacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 12/11/2024New on the blog today, I've written about THE DOOR by Magda Szabó (tr Len Rix). An extraordinary portrayal of a complex, co-dependent relationship between a Hungarian writer and her enigmatic, unpredictable housekeeper. Phenomenal stuff! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/t...jacquiwine.wordpress.comThe Door by Magda Szabó (tr. Len Rix)First published in Hungarian in 1987 and translated into English by Len Rix in 2005, The Door is the third book I’ve read by Magda Szabó, and it’s very much of a piece with Iza’s Ballad and Katalin… 55412
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 24/01/2024Thanks Marian! It’s already that little bit lighter :) 110
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 19/01/2024Remembering warmer days and allotment flowers in the frost this morning 🌱 3310
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 24/12/2023Your instructions on how to make it even sound delicious, Annaka! 110
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 15/12/2023Thanks Rick - I wasn’t sure if I’d done it properly, but sounds like I have! 010
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 15/12/2023Thanks Rick, happy Friday! It’s a fading strawflower from summer! I think I’ve now added the gardening feed (you just go into it whenever you want to rather than the messages all joining your ‘following’ feed, right?) 110
Thea Petrou @theapetrou.bsky.social · 14/12/2023Me too :) and they stand out like tiny jewels. My most exciting find this morning - the winter honeysuckle is just beginning to flower…we have scent! 110
