Writer, journalist, French to English literary translator, Secretary of @petraenetwork. MA Literary Translation UEA. Loves languages, books & cooking
Joined January 2018
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Josephine Murray retweeted
#CFP: The Child and the Book Conference:
Making, Building, Mending: Creativity and Craftsmanship in Children’s Literature and Culture
Deadline for submissions: 31 October 2023
2-4 May 2024, University of Rouen Normandy
Email: [email protected]
Website: cbc2024.sciencesconf.org/
Josephine Murray retweeted
The fully-open access children's literature and culture journal Strenae has just launched this CFP:
Children’s Literature in Times of War
Deadline for abstract submission : 15 January 2024
Editors: Svetlana Maslinskaia and Kirill Maslinsky
Details here 👇journals.openedition.org/str…
Josephine Murray retweeted
Happy #BookshopDay! What better excuse to get yourself down to #Stroud Bookshop to treat yourself…& pick up a copy of the #StroudBookFestival programme while you’re there! #InStroud 📚 📖🤓 – at Stroud, England
Josephine Murray retweeted
Today we relaunch our #RivetingReviews @eurolitnet - to celebrate #InternationalTranslationDay & to ensure that translated literature in English receives the attention it deserves. Our editor this Quarter is the great @west_camel & published by @Anna__Hyde eurolitnetwork.com/rivetingr…
Josephine Murray retweeted
Where is the largest collection of translated children’s books in the UK?
#WorldKidLitMonth
WATCH our NEW video & discover OIW's collection of translated children's literature - the largest in the UK - at @UoPlibrary Near & Far World Books #Portsmouth. A unique & important resource for #teachers #librarians #academics #researchers #outreach
📽️tinyurl.com/akn3jys9
ALT Image shows boy with dark hair in his school uniform picking out a book from a bookshelf in the University of Portsmouth Library's Near and Far World Book collection. Colourful children's books in translation are displayed on the shelves including Otto In the City.
Josephine Murray retweeted
Thanks to @MsJHMurray for mentioning the Foodie Translators Facebook group in her lovely article on food translation in the @ITIBulletin. Anyone else now also craving toad in the hole?! #xl8
As a reader, or a translator or writer, how do you feel about words left untranslated?linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
Josephine Murray retweeted
“I’ll be the first Romani woman to write sci-fi."”
Journey through Romani heritage, from folklores to challenging taboos, and explore the quest for identity and revival in literature with Maria Siváková: tinyurl.com/bde5pm9m
Josephine Murray retweeted
I'm delighted to take over the reins @petraenetwork Twitter. I'm @MsJHMurray, Literary Translator, Journalist & now Secretary of PETRA-E Network. Looking forward to sharing literary translation ideas & events with you all.
Josephine Murray retweeted
If you’re writing for children or young adults and you’re ready to share your work with agents, keep me in mind. I’m very much on the lookout for a new talent to work with. Submissions guidelines are on the AMH website.
Josephine Murray retweeted
Oh, and by the by... due to the miracle of air travel and time zones, I will have a 34-hour long August 1st this year. Happy 10th #WITMonth, everyone!!!!!!
Josephine Murray retweeted
“The world is full of paper. // Write to me.”
— Agha Shahid Ali
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This poem appeared in The Half-Inch Himalayas by Agha Shahid Ali, published by Wesleyan University Press, 1987. Shared here with profound gratitude.
Josephine Murray retweeted
We’re hiring! As WWB’s books editor, you’ll be right in the middle of the global literary conversation, commissioning and editing reviews of new books in translation. Find out more at: buff.ly/44Z99xL
ALT The text “We’re Hiring: Books Editor. Engage a global audience through timely reviews of new books in translation. Part time, freelance, remote. Learn more at wordswithoutborders.org/jobs” with the WWB logo on a red background.
Josephine Murray retweeted
Interested in #art and looking to add to your specialisms as a #translator / #interpreter?
This 1.5-hour session focuses on museum audio description – the visual description of artworks, cultural artefacts and archaeological findings.
Highly qualified in her field, Chiara Bartolini runs this fascinating focus session for #language #professionals on audio description for #museums for #accessibility.
Book your place here: ow.ly/brM950OKr9P
#museums #accessibility #art #archeology #translation
Josephine Murray retweeted
If you missed the wonderful @julioserrano and @lawrenceschimel reading poems in Spanish and English, talking translation for children and so much more, you can catch the recording here 👇👇
We highly recommend!
@TheEmmaPress @OutsideInWorld
youtu.be/rAnuw8qOKTo
My delicious (enormous!) vanilla panna cotta with forest fruit compote and honeycomb @saracensheadinn overlooking the Wye at Symonds Yat East. Gorgeous combination of flavours and textures.
Josephine Murray retweeted
Last night we launched @StroudBookFestival 2023 (thanks @stroudwine @Lansdownhall!) announcing a stellar line up of authors including @ChefTomKerridge @CressidaCowell @RobBiddulph @JosephACoelho @maryportas @CliveMyrieBBC @jollyalice @Sue_Limb @LouiseTickle @MazAuthor & more...👇
Finally! #StroudBookFestival is delighted to announce the first authors and events to look forward to at this autumn’s festival, which takes place #inStroud from 8-12 November... and oh, have we got some treats in store for you, #booklovers of #Gloucestershire (& beyond!)🥳📚
