Kat Hall 📚
@kathall.bsky.social
Editor & translator (GER ➡️ EN) Tr. of von Schirach's PUNISHMENT + COFFEE & CIGS. At peabodyink.com (my work) & mrspeabodyinvestigates.com (crime blog). Europhile 💛
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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✨ Applications are open for the John Dryden Translation Competition ✨
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
✨ Applications are open for the John Dryden Translation Competition ✨
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
Sponsored by the BCLA and the BCLT, the competition awards prizes for the best unpublished literary translations from any language into English.
bcla.org/prizes-award...
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SCHOOLS!
Would you like £500 of FREE books?!
I do a thing called "The Big Green Books 500 Club"
Lovely people donate £1 each week & when I get £500, I send a school a load of books.
We're close to £500, so if you'd like some books, get in touch!
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
Would you like £500 of FREE books?!
I do a thing called "The Big Green Books 500 Club"
Lovely people donate £1 each week & when I get £500, I send a school a load of books.
We're close to £500, so if you'd like some books, get in touch!
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
January 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
SCHOOLS!
Would you like £500 of FREE books?!
I do a thing called "The Big Green Books 500 Club"
Lovely people donate £1 each week & when I get £500, I send a school a load of books.
We're close to £500, so if you'd like some books, get in touch!
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
Would you like £500 of FREE books?!
I do a thing called "The Big Green Books 500 Club"
Lovely people donate £1 each week & when I get £500, I send a school a load of books.
We're close to £500, so if you'd like some books, get in touch!
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
“To translate is not just to haul stories across languages, but to help them remain when everything else falls away. It is a quiet, stubborn refusal to disappear.” #xl8
A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated
A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated
The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:14 AM
“To translate is not just to haul stories across languages, but to help them remain when everything else falls away. It is a quiet, stubborn refusal to disappear.” #xl8
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The Third Wheel is a new literary magazine, whose mission is to create a dedicated space for literary translators, and to illuminate the art of translation: the invisible struggles, creative battles, and quiet triumphs that shape every text.
January 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The Third Wheel is a new literary magazine, whose mission is to create a dedicated space for literary translators, and to illuminate the art of translation: the invisible struggles, creative battles, and quiet triumphs that shape every text.
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"Everything changes, nothing is lost", stone mandala by land artist Katie Griesar #WomensArt
#NewYear2026
#NewYear2026
January 1, 2026 at 9:15 AM
"Everything changes, nothing is lost", stone mandala by land artist Katie Griesar #WomensArt
#NewYear2026
#NewYear2026
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
December 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
Brilliant news!!! EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit 💙🇪🇺
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit
Deal agreed for £570m to rejoin exchange programme in 2027, fulfilling Labour election manifesto pledge
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Brilliant news!!! EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit 💙🇪🇺
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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EXCL: An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – set to be announced on Wednesday as part of UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
EXCL: An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – set to be announced on Wednesday as part of UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme. British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... via @theguardian.com @pippacrerar.bsky.social
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme. British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... via @theguardian.com @pippacrerar.bsky.social
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Happy Birthday to Jane Austen, born 250 years ago today on 16th December 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire. In celebration, I’d love to hear which is your favourite book, or your favourite quote ❤️
#JaneAusten
#JaneAusten
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Happy Birthday to Jane Austen, born 250 years ago today on 16th December 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire. In celebration, I’d love to hear which is your favourite book, or your favourite quote ❤️
#JaneAusten
#JaneAusten
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For 80s film kids, Rob Reiner was one of our directors. It was him, Lucas, Spielberg, Dante, Columbus, Hughes, these directors who danced between drama, humor and thrills, but even among them Reiner was different. Funny, yes, but always with this underpinning of compassion.
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
For 80s film kids, Rob Reiner was one of our directors. It was him, Lucas, Spielberg, Dante, Columbus, Hughes, these directors who danced between drama, humor and thrills, but even among them Reiner was different. Funny, yes, but always with this underpinning of compassion.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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To my fellow translators: what do you wish someone had taught you about translation (whether the act or translation or having a freelance job) that you had to learn by yourself?
December 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
To my fellow translators: what do you wish someone had taught you about translation (whether the act or translation or having a freelance job) that you had to learn by yourself?
It's Mrs. Peabody’s 2025 Christmas list! Eight crime novels set in America, England, Norway, Scotland, Croatia and the former Yugoslavia, with a dash of China, Sweden and Ukraine 💙📚🎄
mrspeabodyinvestigates.com/2025/12/07/j...
mrspeabodyinvestigates.com/2025/12/07/j...
Jingle bells! Mrs. Peabody’s 2025 Christmas crime list
Mrs. Peabody’s 2025 Christmas list features the perfect gift for every crime lover in your life — including yourself! Eight novels set in America, England, Norway, Scotland, Croatia and the f…
mrspeabodyinvestigates.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It's Mrs. Peabody’s 2025 Christmas list! Eight crime novels set in America, England, Norway, Scotland, Croatia and the former Yugoslavia, with a dash of China, Sweden and Ukraine 💙📚🎄
mrspeabodyinvestigates.com/2025/12/07/j...
mrspeabodyinvestigates.com/2025/12/07/j...
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘Embodying the zeitgeist more than ever’: the German sitcom character Stromberg is being revived for the Merz era www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... via @theguardian.com @philipoltermann.bsky.social
‘Embodying the zeitgeist more than ever’: German sitcom character Stromberg revived for Merz era
New film is based on TV series inspired by The Office, whose lead character is said to resemble the chancellor
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December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
‘Embodying the zeitgeist more than ever’: the German sitcom character Stromberg is being revived for the Merz era www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... via @theguardian.com @philipoltermann.bsky.social
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Gutted. One of my absolute favourite authors.
Daniel Woodrell, the author of “Winter’s Bone” who was known for his tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks, died on Friday. He was 72.
Daniel Woodrell, ‘Country Noir’ Novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ Dies at 72
His tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks had the timeless quality of fables and inspired several movies.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Gutted. One of my absolute favourite authors.
This is very sad news. Marcia -- Lizzy Siddal at Lizzy's Literary Life -- was a wonderful blogger and a champion of translated German fiction in particular. I'm glad I got the chance to meet her a few times down the years, and will remember her with great affection and respect. Go well, Marcia 🌻
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is very sad news. Marcia -- Lizzy Siddal at Lizzy's Literary Life -- was a wonderful blogger and a champion of translated German fiction in particular. I'm glad I got the chance to meet her a few times down the years, and will remember her with great affection and respect. Go well, Marcia 🌻
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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It's a tad down to the wire, I know, but I'm thrilled to say that I'm running the Poetry Advent Calendar again this year -- sign up by donating to @msf.ca and receive a poem every day from 1 to 24 December: book.benefacthq.com?id=poetry-ad...
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's a tad down to the wire, I know, but I'm thrilled to say that I'm running the Poetry Advent Calendar again this year -- sign up by donating to @msf.ca and receive a poem every day from 1 to 24 December: book.benefacthq.com?id=poetry-ad...
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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The Royal Literary Fund is launching a free four-part webinar series called ‘Making Writing Work’ next year 👇 #BookSky
Royal Literary Fund to run free webinar series for writers
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November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Royal Literary Fund is launching a free four-part webinar series called ‘Making Writing Work’ next year 👇 #BookSky
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'Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including Spanish and French as well as music and dozens of others.' 1/3
University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees
Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
'Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including Spanish and French as well as music and dozens of others.' 1/3
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In The Spotlight: LAXtras: Los Angeles-Style Crime Stories margot-kin-berg.com/2025/11/18/i...
In The Spotlight: LAXtras: Los Angeles-Style Crime Stories
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November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In The Spotlight: LAXtras: Los Angeles-Style Crime Stories margot-kin-berg.com/2025/11/18/i...