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Feminist Translation Network
@ftnetwork.bsky.social
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AHRC-funded project which explores what feminist literary translation means in practice in the twenty-first century
https://feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/
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"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-...
Audrey Kelly
October 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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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
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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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
October 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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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
October 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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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
October 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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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
October 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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
Main Quad, University College Cork Translation slam with translators Ruth Donnelly and Eileen O'Connor and chair Elizabeth Rosales Martinez
September 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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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
September 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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📢 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...

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September 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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📢 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
September 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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📢 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...
September 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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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

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August 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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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

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August 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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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
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Panel discussion about 'Feminist Translation and its Audiences' Photo of speakers and FTN team
July 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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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 View of the inside of Dragon Hall
July 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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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'
July 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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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
Photo of Kavita Bhanot
July 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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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...
July 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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
June 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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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...
Photo of Dr Gabriela Saldanha
June 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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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
May 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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📢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
May 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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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...
May 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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
April 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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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/
April 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM