Newsletter & website for Dutch-language books recently published (or coming out soon) in English translation. https://nitter.gq/t.co/gPqrxffvNL
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So, this is what happens when you direct, produce, and do your own PR and marketing. 🤪🤪 The interview was on Saturday, but you can listen to it here:
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#TheatreBeyondBorders
We're speaking with @hoxtonradio later this afternoon about #TheWetsuitman as part of the Hoxton Street Summer Fair.🎙️
Tune in at 13:40 to hear from the cast: @DavidDjemal, @echo_bravo_lima, & @YBouzinab, plus director, @TrineGarrett.🎧
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Our latest blog post honours Paul Vincent, former lecturer at @UCLDutch and translator of many books for 40 years.
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🤩 A shout-out to our brilliant #playwright, Freek Mariën, and #translator, David McKay. Their work on this play is truly outstanding.
Listen to our ∞podcast with the two discussing their work on the play here: foreignaffairs.org.uk/5-ques…
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UPDATED: The Best Kids Books of 2023
Our Editor has been searching out books your kids will love.
f/t @david_colmer, @geckopress, @LauraSmythePR, @TaniaUnsworth1, @HoZ_Books, @_ZephyrBooks, @octavieW, @PushkinPress, @M_Hutchison
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NBCC member @cydaedalus reviewed "We Are Light," written by Gerda Blees and translated by Michele Hutchison, for @LAReviewofBooks: lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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For the #SealeyChallenge, the challenge to read a poetry book every day in August, #NationalPoetryCompetition 2023 judge, Jane Draycott recommends 'Habitus' by Radna Fabias, translated by David Colmer, published by @DeepVellum.
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Happy publication day to Gerda Blees for We Are Light translated by @M_Hutchison @WorldEdBooks #newdutchwriting !!
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Get ready for Women in Translation month with this bundle of poetry and prose featuring some of the most innovative, vivid and compelling contemporary writing from Estonia, Latvia and the Netherlands @Read_WIT @david_colmer @DainaT
⚓ £15: ow.ly/JwMF50PmFyj
ALT The image features the titles included: how the first sparks became visible, by Simone Atangana Bekono, translated from Dutch by David Colmer, Vivarium, by Maarja Pärtna, translated from Estonian by Jayde Will, and The Secret Box, by Daina Tabūna, translated from Latvian by Jayde Will, with illustrations by Mark Andrew Webber.
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#Readinglist for summer!
Around 200 Dutch books have been translated into English in recent years, giving international readers access to fantastic Dutch fiction, non-fiction & poetry.
Find a selection of translated Dutch books on newdutchwriting.co.uk/books
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A fun middle-grade read for pupils who love books with themes of family & friendship. Sam meets Tess who has grown up without a father, until she learns his name, googles him & sends him a message saying he's won a competition. What happens when Tess meets 'dad'? @david_colmer
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Love this piece by fellow translator Sophie Hughes! nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
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a brilliant presentation of the process of literary translation, created with an exceptional translator, Sophie Hughes. The point is not to show a ‘perfect’ translation, but to give an insight into the thought process of a translator of literature nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
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On Tuesday 18 July Andrea Mosterman gives a lecture on how Dutch descendants in NY used their dominance in (public) spaces to control enslaved people, while these people resisted such control by escaping or modifying these spaces. More info: iisg.amsterdam/en/events/lec…
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Check out #TheWetsuitman at @arcolatheatre, featured in @ToDoListLDN's list of unmissable things to do in London this summer! 🤩🤩
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Prepare to be amazed as our remarkable cast tackles the challenge of portraying no less than 28 different characters! Keeping track of all the roles is no easy feat, as you'll see in this video.
🌟 @DavidDjemal, @echo_bravo_lima & @YBouzinab 🌟
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De Kom was added to the Canon of the Netherlands in 2020 as an “anti-colonial writer, activist and hero of the resistance.” His 1934 book, We Slaves of Suriname, is a cry against racism, exploitation, and colonial rule, the first written by a Surinamese english.elpais.com/internati…
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You can pre-order Mary: or, The Birth of Frankenstein (by Anne Eekhout, translated by Laura Watkinson) at: pushkinpress.com/books/mary/
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The gothic, sapphic, fantasy-tinged, laudanum-hazed world of MARY has a *playlist!!*:
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Are you a #booktok/#bookstagram/book-blogger? Your chance to get hold of one of these stunning proofs is right here: bit.ly/mary-eekhout
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🌊OPEN FOR TRANSLATIONS!🌊 We are now accepting submissions of work in translation that expand our understanding of creative non-fiction. Our translator-in-residence, @BrianRobMoore, is eagerly awaiting your translations. Open until 30 June. Details here: tolkajournal.org/call-for-tr….
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📢🎭 Just in case you missed it, we're thrilled to announce that our production of #TheWetsuitman is hitting the stage @arcolatheatre this summer, from Tue 29 Aug to Sat 2 Sep.
Tickets are on sale now!
Read all about it here: foreignaffairs.org.uk/the-we…