Victor Meadowcroft 🇨🇦
@furiousleeper.bsky.social
Translator from Portuguese and Spanish
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🔔FUNDRAISER ALERT!🔔
Dear friends, our OG Bonfire store is still open and selling all kinds of merch! We're already fundraising to support a BIPOC translator for the 2026 @bcltuea.bsky.social summer school, so start your #Christmas shopping early with us right here: www.bonfire.com/store/transl...
Dear friends, our OG Bonfire store is still open and selling all kinds of merch! We're already fundraising to support a BIPOC translator for the 2026 @bcltuea.bsky.social summer school, so start your #Christmas shopping early with us right here: www.bonfire.com/store/transl...
Translators Aloud | Official Merchandise | Bonfire
Bringing literary translators out of the shadows, and into the limelight where they belong. . We are raising funds to sponsor full residential participation for a translator...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🔔FUNDRAISER ALERT!🔔
Dear friends, our OG Bonfire store is still open and selling all kinds of merch! We're already fundraising to support a BIPOC translator for the 2026 @bcltuea.bsky.social summer school, so start your #Christmas shopping early with us right here: www.bonfire.com/store/transl...
Dear friends, our OG Bonfire store is still open and selling all kinds of merch! We're already fundraising to support a BIPOC translator for the 2026 @bcltuea.bsky.social summer school, so start your #Christmas shopping early with us right here: www.bonfire.com/store/transl...
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PinT Book Club 20th session | PinT Book Club www.pintbookclub.com/event-detail...
PinT Book Club 20th session | PinT Book Club
Online Book Club focusing on translated fiction from Portuguese-language countries. Join us to discuss THE WIND WHISTLING IN THE CRANES by Portuguese author Lídia Jorge.
www.pintbookclub.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
PinT Book Club 20th session | PinT Book Club www.pintbookclub.com/event-detail...
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We couldn't be more delighted to share translator Samantha Pious's reading from CACTUS FLOWERS, a collection of poems from the Roaring '20s by Judith Teixeira, (1880–1959) perhaps the only bisexual woman poet to participate openly in Lisbon’s modernist literary scene. Enjoy! youtu.be/_4jTvNHd_bk
Samantha Pious reads from CACTUS FLOWERS: SELECTED POEMS, Judith Teixeira (Headmistress Press, 2025)
YouTube video by Translators Aloud
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October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We couldn't be more delighted to share translator Samantha Pious's reading from CACTUS FLOWERS, a collection of poems from the Roaring '20s by Judith Teixeira, (1880–1959) perhaps the only bisexual woman poet to participate openly in Lisbon’s modernist literary scene. Enjoy! youtu.be/_4jTvNHd_bk
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FREE BOOK EVENT🎟️📚
Join us tomorrow at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social w/ authors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y Alam for readings and chat about 'The Book of Bradford', a new anthology in celebration of @bradford2025.co.uk 🎉
Free entry but RSVP👇🎟️
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
Join us tomorrow at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social w/ authors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y Alam for readings and chat about 'The Book of Bradford', a new anthology in celebration of @bradford2025.co.uk 🎉
Free entry but RSVP👇🎟️
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
October 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
FREE BOOK EVENT🎟️📚
Join us tomorrow at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social w/ authors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y Alam for readings and chat about 'The Book of Bradford', a new anthology in celebration of @bradford2025.co.uk 🎉
Free entry but RSVP👇🎟️
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
Join us tomorrow at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social w/ authors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y Alam for readings and chat about 'The Book of Bradford', a new anthology in celebration of @bradford2025.co.uk 🎉
Free entry but RSVP👇🎟️
bookcornerhalifax.com/town/
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🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2
October 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2
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Friday morning plans: get cozy with @southwestreview.bsky.social’s THE HORROR ISSUE.
October 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Friday morning plans: get cozy with @southwestreview.bsky.social’s THE HORROR ISSUE.
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Angolan poet & historian Ana Paula Tavares has won the 2025 Camões Prize for literature in the Portuguese language!
"Awarding the prize to Ana Paula Tavares celebrates the strength and beauty of Lusophone literature," said Brazil's culture minister, Margareth Menezes.
www.gov.br/bn/pt-br/cen...
"Awarding the prize to Ana Paula Tavares celebrates the strength and beauty of Lusophone literature," said Brazil's culture minister, Margareth Menezes.
www.gov.br/bn/pt-br/cen...
Poeta angolana Ana Paula Tavares conquista o Prêmio Camões 2025
www.gov.br
October 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Angolan poet & historian Ana Paula Tavares has won the 2025 Camões Prize for literature in the Portuguese language!
"Awarding the prize to Ana Paula Tavares celebrates the strength and beauty of Lusophone literature," said Brazil's culture minister, Margareth Menezes.
www.gov.br/bn/pt-br/cen...
"Awarding the prize to Ana Paula Tavares celebrates the strength and beauty of Lusophone literature," said Brazil's culture minister, Margareth Menezes.
www.gov.br/bn/pt-br/cen...
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Published today: A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls in Brazilian summer and festivities are punctuated by rhythms of surf and samba. It's the tenth volume in the New Vessel Press holiday anthology series.
newvesselpress.com/books/very-b...
newvesselpress.com/books/very-b...
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Published today: A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls in Brazilian summer and festivities are punctuated by rhythms of surf and samba. It's the tenth volume in the New Vessel Press holiday anthology series.
newvesselpress.com/books/very-b...
newvesselpress.com/books/very-b...
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Delighted to have one of my translations in this book. Just look at that cover! 💚🇧🇷🎄
Published today: A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls in Brazilian summer and festivities are punctuated by rhythms of surf and samba. It's the tenth volume in the New Vessel Press holiday anthology series.
newvesselpress.com/books/very-b...
newvesselpress.com/books/very-b...
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Delighted to have one of my translations in this book. Just look at that cover! 💚🇧🇷🎄
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It's #BannedBooksWeek! @everylibrary.bsky.social is
hosting Samar Yazbek, one of Syria’s most fearless literary voices, and renowned literary agent Yasmina Jraissati for a conversation about censorship & Arabic literature.
Friday, 10/9 at 5pm EDT www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZ7...
hosting Samar Yazbek, one of Syria’s most fearless literary voices, and renowned literary agent Yasmina Jraissati for a conversation about censorship & Arabic literature.
Friday, 10/9 at 5pm EDT www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZ7...
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's #BannedBooksWeek! @everylibrary.bsky.social is
hosting Samar Yazbek, one of Syria’s most fearless literary voices, and renowned literary agent Yasmina Jraissati for a conversation about censorship & Arabic literature.
Friday, 10/9 at 5pm EDT www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZ7...
hosting Samar Yazbek, one of Syria’s most fearless literary voices, and renowned literary agent Yasmina Jraissati for a conversation about censorship & Arabic literature.
Friday, 10/9 at 5pm EDT www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZ7...
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My translation of “Legs” by Evgenia Nekrasova, a Baba Yaga origin story set in modernity, is now available to read and listen to in full. Deep gratitude to @khoreo.bsky.social for featuring this tale. I hope you give it a bit of your time: www.khoreomag.com/translation/...
September 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My translation of “Legs” by Evgenia Nekrasova, a Baba Yaga origin story set in modernity, is now available to read and listen to in full. Deep gratitude to @khoreo.bsky.social for featuring this tale. I hope you give it a bit of your time: www.khoreomag.com/translation/...
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Delighted to feature @rosefacchini.bsky.social reading from INN OF THE SURVIVORS, out now from @snugglybooks.bsky.social, a visionary & highly relevant tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world set amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic.
Rose Facchini reads from Maico Morellini's INN OF THE SURVIVORS (Snuggly Books, 2025)
A visionary tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world. Amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic, this is both an existential story of homesickness and a…
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October 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Delighted to feature @rosefacchini.bsky.social reading from INN OF THE SURVIVORS, out now from @snugglybooks.bsky.social, a visionary & highly relevant tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world set amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic.
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Our translation grants – #PENTranslates, including PEN Translates x SALT, and #PENPresents: Brazil – are NOW OPEN for submissions!
Find out more, apply & share ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/translation/...
Find out more, apply & share ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/translation/...
Current translation grant opportunities - English PEN
www.englishpen.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our translation grants – #PENTranslates, including PEN Translates x SALT, and #PENPresents: Brazil – are NOW OPEN for submissions!
Find out more, apply & share ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/translation/...
Find out more, apply & share ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/translation/...
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PUBLISHED TODAY.
"Midnight Timetable", the new literary horror collection from Bora Chung, author of the phenomenal "Cursed Bunny"
We have a few SIGNED copies!
You can get one HERE.
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"Midnight Timetable", the new literary horror collection from Bora Chung, author of the phenomenal "Cursed Bunny"
We have a few SIGNED copies!
You can get one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
October 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
PUBLISHED TODAY.
"Midnight Timetable", the new literary horror collection from Bora Chung, author of the phenomenal "Cursed Bunny"
We have a few SIGNED copies!
You can get one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
"Midnight Timetable", the new literary horror collection from Bora Chung, author of the phenomenal "Cursed Bunny"
We have a few SIGNED copies!
You can get one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
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Whether you crave a comfort read or (like our EIC @mbwwelch.bsky.social) something unsettling and all-around spooky come the start of October, this year brings us plenty of new books to look forward to!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/01/1...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/01/1...
12 Must-Read Books of October 2025 - Chicago Review of Books
Here are the 12 books you need to read this October.
chireviewofbooks.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Whether you crave a comfort read or (like our EIC @mbwwelch.bsky.social) something unsettling and all-around spooky come the start of October, this year brings us plenty of new books to look forward to!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/01/1...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/01/1...
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Starting DIVING BOARD by Tomás Downey, tr from the Spanish by Sarah Moses, from Invisible Publishing invisiblepublishing.com/product/divi...
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Diving Board · Invisible Publishing
by Tomás Downey Translated by Sarah Moses 192 pages / 8" x 5" Forthcoming 7 October 2025 FICTION / World Literature / Argentina / Hispanic & Latino / Science Fiction / Short Stories
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October 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Starting DIVING BOARD by Tomás Downey, tr from the Spanish by Sarah Moses, from Invisible Publishing invisiblepublishing.com/product/divi...
#SFinTranslation
#SFinTranslation
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(Slightly belated) happy International Translators Day to all our members and friends!
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
(Slightly belated) happy International Translators Day to all our members and friends!
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Happy #InternationalTranslationDay! What better way to celebrate than with a nomination of A Carnival of Atrocities to the Cercador Prize! Congratulations @furiousleeper.bsky.social and Natalia Garcia Freire!
www.cercadorprize.com
www.cercadorprize.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Happy #InternationalTranslationDay! What better way to celebrate than with a nomination of A Carnival of Atrocities to the Cercador Prize! Congratulations @furiousleeper.bsky.social and Natalia Garcia Freire!
www.cercadorprize.com
www.cercadorprize.com
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An article on the pressures on publishing, rising costs, what can be done about it - and how readers can also help.
open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/w...
(This ran in the Society of Authors quarterly, The Author, earlier this year. They've kindly given me permission to reproduce it on my Substack.)
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(This ran in the Society of Authors quarterly, The Author, earlier this year. They've kindly given me permission to reproduce it on my Substack.)
What does it cost to produce a book?
Why small presses in the UK are struggling - and what can be done about it.
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
An article on the pressures on publishing, rising costs, what can be done about it - and how readers can also help.
open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/w...
(This ran in the Society of Authors quarterly, The Author, earlier this year. They've kindly given me permission to reproduce it on my Substack.)
open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/w...
(This ran in the Society of Authors quarterly, The Author, earlier this year. They've kindly given me permission to reproduce it on my Substack.)
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I have a new translation up at @thedialmag.bsky.social, Lauren Bastide's Courir l'escargot, which we're calling Consider the Snail. I loved this book & was so happy to get to translate some excerpts from it, about slowness, failure, grief, alterity, cycles, & goo www.thedial.world/articles/lit...
Consider the Snail — The Dial
“In writing about snails, I wanted to write about slowness and strangeness, solitude and death, hibernation and estivation.”
www.thedial.world
September 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I have a new translation up at @thedialmag.bsky.social, Lauren Bastide's Courir l'escargot, which we're calling Consider the Snail. I loved this book & was so happy to get to translate some excerpts from it, about slowness, failure, grief, alterity, cycles, & goo www.thedial.world/articles/lit...
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Such a wonderful day at @bkbookfest.bsky.social today! Thank you to everyone for coming out to say Hi and snag a signed copy of @jeremytiang.bsky.social‘s State of Emergency!
September 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Such a wonderful day at @bkbookfest.bsky.social today! Thank you to everyone for coming out to say Hi and snag a signed copy of @jeremytiang.bsky.social‘s State of Emergency!
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KILLING THE NERVE by annapazos.bsky.social, co-translated by cmctranslations.bsky.social & Laura McGloughlin is OUT THIS WEEK, published by Foundry Editions. "This novel will hit like a revelation; restless, questioning, and indelible." buff.ly/sJQqwNm
Charlotte Coombe & Laura McGloughlin read from Anna Pazos' KILLING THE NERVE (Foundry Editions 2025)
In this tour de force of auto-journalism, Anna Pazos explores the end of youth and the beginning of adulthood for the global nomad generation. We are taken on a journey from the ‘Mediterranean…
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September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
KILLING THE NERVE by annapazos.bsky.social, co-translated by cmctranslations.bsky.social & Laura McGloughlin is OUT THIS WEEK, published by Foundry Editions. "This novel will hit like a revelation; restless, questioning, and indelible." buff.ly/sJQqwNm
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I’m running to be elected to the Management Committee of the Society of Authors! Voting closes 22 October! 🗳️ 📖
September 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I’m running to be elected to the Management Committee of the Society of Authors! Voting closes 22 October! 🗳️ 📖