Neil McCallum
@mccallumn.bsky.social
Translator/Analyst| Bordeaux to Beijing| #Eurasia| #Masculinities| (Feminist) #Security| Gymnast| Black Belt| @suttontrust ALB| 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🇨🇿
Anton Chekhov. Earliest Stories: Stories, Novellas, Humoresques, 1880-1882
My second literary translation, first from Russian.
Only took a decade to publish.
My second literary translation, first from Russian.
Only took a decade to publish.
December 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Anton Chekhov. Earliest Stories: Stories, Novellas, Humoresques, 1880-1882
My second literary translation, first from Russian.
Only took a decade to publish.
My second literary translation, first from Russian.
Only took a decade to publish.
Is it Spanish, is it Czech?
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December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Is it Spanish, is it Czech?
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Back from Bulgaira 🇧🇬 last night, new Peirene Press Bulgarian book this morning.
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Back from Bulgaira 🇧🇬 last night, new Peirene Press Bulgarian book this morning.
You can quote me all the Lermontov you want, but...
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
You can quote me all the Lermontov you want, but...
The best type of museum.
December 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The best type of museum.
The Bulgarian less sweet version of Cherry B, so a) i don't want to know what the more sweet version was and b) not sure I ever want to try 80s Cherry B.
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Bulgarian less sweet version of Cherry B, so a) i don't want to know what the more sweet version was and b) not sure I ever want to try 80s Cherry B.
Translated Lit in the wild.
In a coffee shop in Sofia so would have preferred a Bulgarian one to flick through.... but still.
In a coffee shop in Sofia so would have preferred a Bulgarian one to flick through.... but still.
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Translated Lit in the wild.
In a coffee shop in Sofia so would have preferred a Bulgarian one to flick through.... but still.
In a coffee shop in Sofia so would have preferred a Bulgarian one to flick through.... but still.
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, @giramondobooks.bsky.social and New Directions announce the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize
259 submissions, more than 55 languages
I WANT THEM ALL
259 submissions, more than 55 languages
I WANT THEM ALL
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, @giramondobooks.bsky.social and New Directions announce the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize
259 submissions, more than 55 languages
I WANT THEM ALL
259 submissions, more than 55 languages
I WANT THEM ALL
Whisky-like rakia. Perfect.
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Whisky-like rakia. Perfect.
5 hr trains through the Bulgarian countryside. Rickety. Not ideal for a nap. Oh well.
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
5 hr trains through the Bulgarian countryside. Rickety. Not ideal for a nap. Oh well.
Forgot I was wearing my Pilsner Urquell t-shirt when ordering 🇨🇿
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Forgot I was wearing my Pilsner Urquell t-shirt when ordering 🇨🇿
Albanian beer and cocktail evening.
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Albanian beer and cocktail evening.
I enjoy an Albanian Sofra
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I enjoy an Albanian Sofra
Oda
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Oda
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
The reason I came all the way to İstanbul, @edentravels.bsky.social once writing about fish sandwiches on the sea. Albeit, not in Türkiye, but it gave me Bosphorus nostalgia.
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The reason I came all the way to İstanbul, @edentravels.bsky.social once writing about fish sandwiches on the sea. Albeit, not in Türkiye, but it gave me Bosphorus nostalgia.
Intriguing to see the translator listed first.
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Intriguing to see the translator listed first.
Palindrome Park Runned.
October 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Palindrome Park Runned.
Mornings in the café in Sens. Espressos, wine, and half pints before 11. Tout le monde se connaît.
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Mornings in the café in Sens. Espressos, wine, and half pints before 11. Tout le monde se connaît.
Feeling like Anton Ego from ratatouille eating all alone in Strasbourg 🇫🇷 Just what I needed after a run.
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Feeling like Anton Ego from ratatouille eating all alone in Strasbourg 🇫🇷 Just what I needed after a run.
When you're in a czech 🇨🇿 pub in London
October 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
When you're in a czech 🇨🇿 pub in London
Dark czech 🇨🇿 larger, in a Dutch bar, as we say ça va en soi
October 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dark czech 🇨🇿 larger, in a Dutch bar, as we say ça va en soi
I will always think Georgia 🇬🇪 before Georgia 🇺🇸
September 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I will always think Georgia 🇬🇪 before Georgia 🇺🇸
Stout and oysters. Thought was rogue. Was good.
September 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Stout and oysters. Thought was rogue. Was good.
Still my life 12 years later, just now with czech, chinese, turkish, and bulgarian in the mix.
September 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Still my life 12 years later, just now with czech, chinese, turkish, and bulgarian in the mix.
Love a good mountain and a lake 🇸🇮
September 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Love a good mountain and a lake 🇸🇮