British Centre for Literary Translation
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The British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT), based at University of East Anglia focuses on the study and support of literary translation.
📣 BCLT, on behalf of the Consortium for Humanities and the Arts – South-East England, is pleased to announce two sponsored places at the annual Institute for World Literature, to be held in person at Humboldt University Berlin in summer 2026.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣 BCLT, on behalf of the Consortium for Humanities and the Arts – South-East England, is pleased to announce two sponsored places at the annual Institute for World Literature, to be held in person at Humboldt University Berlin in summer 2026.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Exciting news! 📣
We are delighted to announce the workshop strands for the BCLT Literary Translation Summer School 2026. Next year’s Summer School will take place online from Monday 20 July – Friday 24 July 2026. Bursaries are available.
Find out more and apply:
www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
We are delighted to announce the workshop strands for the BCLT Literary Translation Summer School 2026. Next year’s Summer School will take place online from Monday 20 July – Friday 24 July 2026. Bursaries are available.
Find out more and apply:
www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Exciting news! 📣
We are delighted to announce the workshop strands for the BCLT Literary Translation Summer School 2026. Next year’s Summer School will take place online from Monday 20 July – Friday 24 July 2026. Bursaries are available.
Find out more and apply:
www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
We are delighted to announce the workshop strands for the BCLT Literary Translation Summer School 2026. Next year’s Summer School will take place online from Monday 20 July – Friday 24 July 2026. Bursaries are available.
Find out more and apply:
www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
✨ Great news! ✨
This year's Sebald Lecture with Elif Shafak is available to watch on Youtube 📽️
Watch: youtu.be/WUoCPnDHI30?...
This year's Sebald Lecture with Elif Shafak is available to watch on Youtube 📽️
Watch: youtu.be/WUoCPnDHI30?...
The Sebald Lecture 2025: Elif Shafak
This lecture took place at the British Library, London, on 1 December 2025
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and storyteller. She has published 21 books, 13 of which are…
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December 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
✨ Great news! ✨
This year's Sebald Lecture with Elif Shafak is available to watch on Youtube 📽️
Watch: youtu.be/WUoCPnDHI30?...
This year's Sebald Lecture with Elif Shafak is available to watch on Youtube 📽️
Watch: youtu.be/WUoCPnDHI30?...
📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Student Volunteers Wanted📣 We are seeking a small number of UEA student volunteers to support our library & activities through creative social media engagement. We’re looking for volunteers with an interest in international literature & social media 🤳
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November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Student Volunteers Wanted📣 We are seeking a small number of UEA student volunteers to support our library & activities through creative social media engagement. We’re looking for volunteers with an interest in international literature & social media 🤳
mycareercentral.uea.ac.uk/students/job...
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The #EBRDLiteraturePrize2026 is open for submissions!
New judges @marekkohn.bsky.social, Chigozie Obioma and @leaypi.bsky.social will join chair Maya Jaggi to read and consider translated literary fiction from economies where we invest.
Deadline for entries 🗓️8 Dec
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New judges @marekkohn.bsky.social, Chigozie Obioma and @leaypi.bsky.social will join chair Maya Jaggi to read and consider translated literary fiction from economies where we invest.
Deadline for entries 🗓️8 Dec
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November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The #EBRDLiteraturePrize2026 is open for submissions!
New judges @marekkohn.bsky.social, Chigozie Obioma and @leaypi.bsky.social will join chair Maya Jaggi to read and consider translated literary fiction from economies where we invest.
Deadline for entries 🗓️8 Dec
www.ebrd.com/home/news-an...
New judges @marekkohn.bsky.social, Chigozie Obioma and @leaypi.bsky.social will join chair Maya Jaggi to read and consider translated literary fiction from economies where we invest.
Deadline for entries 🗓️8 Dec
www.ebrd.com/home/news-an...
Great news! You can now catch up on this brilliant discussion between literary translator Michele Hutchison and editor Tamara Sampey-Jawad (Fitzcarraldo Editions).
Watch now 📽️ youtu.be/n1wdt8Y6-yQ?...
Watch now 📽️ youtu.be/n1wdt8Y6-yQ?...
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Great news! You can now catch up on this brilliant discussion between literary translator Michele Hutchison and editor Tamara Sampey-Jawad (Fitzcarraldo Editions).
Watch now 📽️ youtu.be/n1wdt8Y6-yQ?...
Watch now 📽️ youtu.be/n1wdt8Y6-yQ?...
Missed our Advanced Translation events? Great news! ✨
They’re now available to watch on YouTube. Catch up on this insightful panel discussion featuring publishers Kate Harvey, Aina Marti-Balcells, and Richard Village.
📽️ youtu.be/lqiuvYRojCk?...
They’re now available to watch on YouTube. Catch up on this insightful panel discussion featuring publishers Kate Harvey, Aina Marti-Balcells, and Richard Village.
📽️ youtu.be/lqiuvYRojCk?...
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Missed our Advanced Translation events? Great news! ✨
They’re now available to watch on YouTube. Catch up on this insightful panel discussion featuring publishers Kate Harvey, Aina Marti-Balcells, and Richard Village.
📽️ youtu.be/lqiuvYRojCk?...
They’re now available to watch on YouTube. Catch up on this insightful panel discussion featuring publishers Kate Harvey, Aina Marti-Balcells, and Richard Village.
📽️ youtu.be/lqiuvYRojCk?...
📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📣 Call for Papers! 📣 PETRA-E's 3rd International Conference: Creative Translation in the Age of AI
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📍 University of East Anglia, Norwich and ONLINE
🗓 28–29 May 2026
⏲️ Apply by: 12 January 2026
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
✨ One week to go ✨ Join translator and dramaturg William Gregory to explore the specific challenges of translating for the stage 🎭
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
✨ One week to go ✨ Join translator and dramaturg William Gregory to explore the specific challenges of translating for the stage 🎭
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
✨ Less than one month to go! ✨ We’re excited to welcome award-winning British-Turkish novelist Elif Shafak for this year’s Sebald Lecture at the @britishlibrary on Monday 1 December — and you can also join us online!
Find out more and register: events.bl.uk/events/the-w...
Find out more and register: events.bl.uk/events/the-w...
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
✨ Less than one month to go! ✨ We’re excited to welcome award-winning British-Turkish novelist Elif Shafak for this year’s Sebald Lecture at the @britishlibrary on Monday 1 December — and you can also join us online!
Find out more and register: events.bl.uk/events/the-w...
Find out more and register: events.bl.uk/events/the-w...
Join translator and dramaturg William Gregory to explore the specific challenges of translating for the stage 🎭
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Join translator and dramaturg William Gregory to explore the specific challenges of translating for the stage 🎭
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
✨ Join us for the launch of Marcel Proust’s The Guermantes Way, newly translated by Peter Bush ✨
🗓 Wednesday 19 November 2025
🕓 4.30–6.30pm (GMT)
📍 UEA Council Chamber & online (4.30–6pm)
Refreshments served from 6-6.30 🥂
Register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
🗓 Wednesday 19 November 2025
🕓 4.30–6.30pm (GMT)
📍 UEA Council Chamber & online (4.30–6pm)
Refreshments served from 6-6.30 🥂
Register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
✨ Join us for the launch of Marcel Proust’s The Guermantes Way, newly translated by Peter Bush ✨
🗓 Wednesday 19 November 2025
🕓 4.30–6.30pm (GMT)
📍 UEA Council Chamber & online (4.30–6pm)
Refreshments served from 6-6.30 🥂
Register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
🗓 Wednesday 19 November 2025
🕓 4.30–6.30pm (GMT)
📍 UEA Council Chamber & online (4.30–6pm)
Refreshments served from 6-6.30 🥂
Register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📣 One week left to apply for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📣 One week left to apply for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
October 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
✨🌺Join Sheela Mahadevan for “Writing Between Languages: Translation and Multilingualism in Indian Francophone Writing” on Wednesday, 26 November 🌺✨
📅 Wednesday, 26 November
⏲️ 4.00-5.30pm (GMT)
📍 ONLINE
Find out more & register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📅 Wednesday, 26 November
⏲️ 4.00-5.30pm (GMT)
📍 ONLINE
Find out more & register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
✨🌺Join Sheela Mahadevan for “Writing Between Languages: Translation and Multilingualism in Indian Francophone Writing” on Wednesday, 26 November 🌺✨
📅 Wednesday, 26 November
⏲️ 4.00-5.30pm (GMT)
📍 ONLINE
Find out more & register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📅 Wednesday, 26 November
⏲️ 4.00-5.30pm (GMT)
📍 ONLINE
Find out more & register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Join translator and dramaturg William Gregory to explore the specific challenges of translating for the stage 🎭
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Join translator and dramaturg William Gregory to explore the specific challenges of translating for the stage 🎭
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
What is the role of the literary translator when tasked with the translation of literary texts resulting from the experience of recent conflict? Join Ceci Rossi for a workshop on the ethics & practice of working with difficult & multi-vocal contexts.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
October 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What is the role of the literary translator when tasked with the translation of literary texts resulting from the experience of recent conflict? Join Ceci Rossi for a workshop on the ethics & practice of working with difficult & multi-vocal contexts.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
What is the role of the literary translator when tasked with the translation of literary texts resulting from the experience of recent conflict? Join Ceci Rossi for a workshop on the ethics & practice of working with difficult & multi-vocal contexts.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
October 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
What is the role of the literary translator when tasked with the translation of literary texts resulting from the experience of recent conflict? Join Ceci Rossi for a workshop on the ethics & practice of working with difficult & multi-vocal contexts.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Join us online as Professor Brian James Baer explores the controversy surrounding the first English translation of José Lezama Lima’s 'Paradiso' — revealing how Cold War politics, gender, and power shaped the rise of the “star translator.”
Find out more and register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
October 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join us online as Professor Brian James Baer explores the controversy surrounding the first English translation of José Lezama Lima’s 'Paradiso' — revealing how Cold War politics, gender, and power shaped the rise of the “star translator.”
Find out more and register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and register: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📣 Applications are OPEN for BCLT Translators-in-Residence 2026! ✨ We're offering two BCLT translation residencies for UK-based literary translators.
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
Find out more: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
#LiteraryTranslation #Translation #CallForTranslators
✨ A week to go ✨ Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
✨ A week to go ✨ Join @annierutherford.bsky.social for 'Reviewing Translations: Making the Translator Visible' ONLINE on Wednesday 22 October 📚 ✨
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social
Find out more and book: www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
In partnership with @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social
What do publishers look for in books in translation? How do Italian titles reach English readers? Join Kate Harvey (Akoya), Richard Village (Foundry Editions) & Ruth Clarke for a behind-the-scenes look at publishing translated literature.
Find out more and register www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and register www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
What do publishers look for in books in translation? How do Italian titles reach English readers? Join Kate Harvey (Akoya), Richard Village (Foundry Editions) & Ruth Clarke for a behind-the-scenes look at publishing translated literature.
Find out more and register www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
Find out more and register www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...