Corylus Books
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UK-based independent publisher of translated crime fiction with a social edge. See all our books at https://corylusbooks.com/
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Who else is getting excited about #IcelandNoir this week? Catch 3 of our authors (Oskar on Wednesday, Jon Atli on Thursday, Solveig on Friday), plus our sumptuously prolific translator @graskeggur.bsky.social (alongside a fantastic international line-up, including a certain creator of Squid Game)
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I'm so fed up with this. Languages are central to all of higher education. Everyone should be learning languages, precisely because it is hard. Not everything can be transacted in English. A monoglot English language University can only be poorer for the loss of languages.
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Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester
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November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm so fed up with this. Languages are central to all of higher education. Everyone should be learning languages, precisely because it is hard. Not everything can be transacted in English. A monoglot English language University can only be poorer for the loss of languages.
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Thanks for the #UPWeek love, @literaryhub.bsky.social! Many university presses are dedicated to Teaming UP with translators to advance knowledge & understanding. Discover 17 outstanding examples to #ReadUP in “ Reading Around the World” https://bit.ly/43S4pf8 ...
Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses
Want to travel around the world without leaving your house? Just pick up a book that was translated from another language. Whether you are reading a novel originally written in French, a memoir ori…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thanks for the #UPWeek love, @literaryhub.bsky.social! Many university presses are dedicated to Teaming UP with translators to advance knowledge & understanding. Discover 17 outstanding examples to #ReadUP in “ Reading Around the World” https://bit.ly/43S4pf8 ...
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Bumbling your way through any language will always be better than popping in AirPods. The literary translator Ross Benjamin on what we stand to lose in a world of instant translation:
Ditch the Translation App and Use Your Mediocre French
AirPods promise to perfect seamless interpretation, but bumbling your way through any language can be unexpectedly exhilarating.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Bumbling your way through any language will always be better than popping in AirPods. The literary translator Ross Benjamin on what we stand to lose in a world of instant translation:
Who else is getting excited about #IcelandNoir this week? Catch 3 of our authors (Oskar on Wednesday, Jon Atli on Thursday, Solveig on Friday), plus our sumptuously prolific translator @graskeggur.bsky.social (alongside a fantastic international line-up, including a certain creator of Squid Game)
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Who else is getting excited about #IcelandNoir this week? Catch 3 of our authors (Oskar on Wednesday, Jon Atli on Thursday, Solveig on Friday), plus our sumptuously prolific translator @graskeggur.bsky.social (alongside a fantastic international line-up, including a certain creator of Squid Game)
Will @stellablomkvist.bsky.social be at Iceland Noir? Who knows? She could be there, quietly taking everything in, laughing at all of us... her identity remain a mystery even to @graskeggur.bsky.social, her translator
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November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Will @stellablomkvist.bsky.social be at Iceland Noir? Who knows? She could be there, quietly taking everything in, laughing at all of us... her identity remain a mystery even to @graskeggur.bsky.social, her translator
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
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Our AirBnB in Aberdeen in Feb'20 when I went up for my first ever Noir fest - #GraniteNoir with @jackycnoir64.bsky.social! I'm at the top & my pal, whose daughter lived in Abs at the time, hence our visit, is downstairs. Met Sólveig & Óskar from @corylusbooks.bsky.social! #SaturdayStairs #BookSky 🇮🇸
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Our AirBnB in Aberdeen in Feb'20 when I went up for my first ever Noir fest - #GraniteNoir with @jackycnoir64.bsky.social! I'm at the top & my pal, whose daughter lived in Abs at the time, hence our visit, is downstairs. Met Sólveig & Óskar from @corylusbooks.bsky.social! #SaturdayStairs #BookSky 🇮🇸
I sometimes lament that the Internet prompts people to scan nuanced pieces and miss their point entirely, or merely read top few sentences. But what if I become really shit at endings? Then I will no doubt crave the days when the vast majority only read the beginning
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What Will Life Really Be Like After The Internet Gets Incinerated?
Once the algorithm had shown the post to enough people, the dissenting voices would begin: it’s not good to steal sheep… I am informing the US authorities about this… what about the sheep’s owner… hav...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I sometimes lament that the Internet prompts people to scan nuanced pieces and miss their point entirely, or merely read top few sentences. But what if I become really shit at endings? Then I will no doubt crave the days when the vast majority only read the beginning
www.tom-cox.com/what-will-li...
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We are delighted to announce the judging panel for the 2025 Translation Prizes.
Literary and translation experts from a wide variety of fields and, with a huge number of accolades between them, gather to judge works by translators.
Literary and translation experts from a wide variety of fields and, with a huge number of accolades between them, gather to judge works by translators.
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We are delighted to announce the judging panel for the 2025 Translation Prizes.
Literary and translation experts from a wide variety of fields and, with a huge number of accolades between them, gather to judge works by translators.
Literary and translation experts from a wide variety of fields and, with a huge number of accolades between them, gather to judge works by translators.
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14 titles have been longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 chosen from 145 entries in 34 languages.
A mix of genres on the list, 10 languages, 2 Nobel Prize winners, poetry, fiction, biography, short stories.
Winner announced 27 November
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A mix of genres on the list, 10 languages, 2 Nobel Prize winners, poetry, fiction, biography, short stories.
Winner announced 27 November
clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w...
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025
Fourteen titles have been longlisted for the 8th annual award of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The 2025 competition received a total of 145 eligible entries from 34 languages. The lon…
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November 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
14 titles have been longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 chosen from 145 entries in 34 languages.
A mix of genres on the list, 10 languages, 2 Nobel Prize winners, poetry, fiction, biography, short stories.
Winner announced 27 November
clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w...
A mix of genres on the list, 10 languages, 2 Nobel Prize winners, poetry, fiction, biography, short stories.
Winner announced 27 November
clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w...
We know many of you prefer to buy paperbacks from indie booksellers, so we've partnered up with Gumshoe Books on our website, there are links to their site to buy each of our books, for example Broken - see the Gumshoe link at the bottom corylusbooks.com/broken/
Broken – Corylus Books
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November 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We know many of you prefer to buy paperbacks from indie booksellers, so we've partnered up with Gumshoe Books on our website, there are links to their site to buy each of our books, for example Broken - see the Gumshoe link at the bottom corylusbooks.com/broken/
AYE WRITE: MY PICK OF TWO UNMISSABLE EVENTS FROM AYE WRITE 6-16 NOVEMBER 2025 @AyeWrite @Brownlee_Donald liveanddeadly.net/2025/11/03/a...
AYE WRITE: MY PICK OF TWO UNMISSABLE EVENTS FROM AYE WRITE 6-16 NOVEMBER 2025 @AyeWrite @Brownlee_Donald
I’m not a big fan of November: too early to look forward to Christmas, too late to enjoy the autumn air. Thank goodness, then, for Aye Write, which fills ten days of the month with plenty of bookis…
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November 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
AYE WRITE: MY PICK OF TWO UNMISSABLE EVENTS FROM AYE WRITE 6-16 NOVEMBER 2025 @AyeWrite @Brownlee_Donald liveanddeadly.net/2025/11/03/a...
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'Weird coincidences are the Lord’s sick jokes,' as Stella Blomkvist's Mother would say. No one knows who Stella the author is, but we all know Stella the razor-sharp legal eagle
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
'Weird coincidences are the Lord’s sick jokes,' as Stella Blomkvist's Mother would say. No one knows who Stella the author is, but we all know Stella the razor-sharp legal eagle
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
'Weird coincidences are the Lord’s sick jokes,' as Stella Blomkvist's Mother would say. No one knows who Stella the author is, but we all know Stella the razor-sharp legal eagle
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✨ 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...
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Calling all translators and interpreters!
The UK government is trying to ditch human interpreters and translators for AI systems - the mistakes made by which could be critical, and literally life-altering. Please sign this petition.
#xl8 #translation #interpreting #translatorslife
The UK government is trying to ditch human interpreters and translators for AI systems - the mistakes made by which could be critical, and literally life-altering. Please sign this petition.
#xl8 #translation #interpreting #translatorslife
Sign the petition to get the UK Home Office to listen to translation experts before they blindly implement automated (AI-based) translation for asylum cases.
If the Home Office is serious about protecting human rights, it must listen to those who work with language and law every day.
If the Home Office is serious about protecting human rights, it must listen to those who work with language and law every day.
Sign the Petition
Home Office: before automating translation, please listen to the experts
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October 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Calling all translators and interpreters!
The UK government is trying to ditch human interpreters and translators for AI systems - the mistakes made by which could be critical, and literally life-altering. Please sign this petition.
#xl8 #translation #interpreting #translatorslife
The UK government is trying to ditch human interpreters and translators for AI systems - the mistakes made by which could be critical, and literally life-altering. Please sign this petition.
#xl8 #translation #interpreting #translatorslife
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Can't stop staring at the beautiful page dedicated to all of our publications so far on the Gumshoe Books website!
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Imprint: Corylus Books
Corylus Books is an independent publisher, specialising in translating crime fiction into English.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Can't stop staring at the beautiful page dedicated to all of our publications so far on the Gumshoe Books website!
www.gumshoebooks.com/collections/...
www.gumshoebooks.com/collections/...
Imprint: Corylus Books
Corylus Books is an independent publisher, specialising in translating crime fiction into English.
www.gumshoebooks.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Can't stop staring at the beautiful page dedicated to all of our publications so far on the Gumshoe Books website!
www.gumshoebooks.com/collections/...
www.gumshoebooks.com/collections/...
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Discovered a new crime bookshop in Cambridge Bodies in the Bookshop and was pleased and proud that they knew about @corylusbooks.bsky.social and @graskeggur.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Discovered a new crime bookshop in Cambridge Bodies in the Bookshop and was pleased and proud that they knew about @corylusbooks.bsky.social and @graskeggur.bsky.social
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What a great idea! Gumshoe Books now features a page with suggested mystery/crime novels for reading groups and book clubs
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Reading Groups and Book Clubs
Browse Gumshoe Books' suggestions for your next crime or mystery read in your book club or reading group. 10% discount and free UK shipping for 4 copies or more
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October 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What a great idea! Gumshoe Books now features a page with suggested mystery/crime novels for reading groups and book clubs
www.gumshoebooks.com/pages/readin...
www.gumshoebooks.com/pages/readin...
If this firecracker of a novella isn't banned in at least six US states, it ought to be...
Little Rebel by Jérôme Leroy is a short read, but it more than makes up for that in sheer fizzing energy... a little gem!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B097KCVCKY/
Little Rebel by Jérôme Leroy is a short read, but it more than makes up for that in sheer fizzing energy... a little gem!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B097KCVCKY/
Little Rebel eBook : Leroy, Jérôme, Roberts, Graham: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Little Rebel eBook : Leroy, Jérôme, Roberts, Graham: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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October 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If this firecracker of a novella isn't banned in at least six US states, it ought to be...
Little Rebel by Jérôme Leroy is a short read, but it more than makes up for that in sheer fizzing energy... a little gem!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B097KCVCKY/
Little Rebel by Jérôme Leroy is a short read, but it more than makes up for that in sheer fizzing energy... a little gem!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B097KCVCKY/
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"What is at stake if we cannot continue?"
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK
The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"What is at stake if we cannot continue?"
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares).
Please read, and share:
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...
#FridayFun: Old Berlin Houses or How Squalor Became Desirable - and how does this link to Nightingale & Co? findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/f...
#FridayFun: Old Berlin Houses or How Squalor Became Desirable
And I’m back online! Have you missed me? I’ve certainly missed all of you and your blogs, but I won’t miss waving my phone about on the balcony in the hope of better reception. Sa…
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October 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
#FridayFun: Old Berlin Houses or How Squalor Became Desirable - and how does this link to Nightingale & Co? findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/f...
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COVER REVEAL — Our fabled first anthology is (almost) here!
WHO'S AFRAID OF KURDISTAN? may be the first collection of Kurdish plays to be published in English.
If you're a playwright, we want to hear from you! Please submit your work through the submission form on our website (henarpress.org).
WHO'S AFRAID OF KURDISTAN? may be the first collection of Kurdish plays to be published in English.
If you're a playwright, we want to hear from you! Please submit your work through the submission form on our website (henarpress.org).
October 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
COVER REVEAL — Our fabled first anthology is (almost) here!
WHO'S AFRAID OF KURDISTAN? may be the first collection of Kurdish plays to be published in English.
If you're a playwright, we want to hear from you! Please submit your work through the submission form on our website (henarpress.org).
WHO'S AFRAID OF KURDISTAN? may be the first collection of Kurdish plays to be published in English.
If you're a playwright, we want to hear from you! Please submit your work through the submission form on our website (henarpress.org).