Michele Hutchison
@michehut.bsky.social
Translator, editor, writer, poet
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📣 Join Michele Hutchison for the Multilingual Prose Fiction Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 📣 ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞
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January 30, 2026 at 12:01 PM
📣 Join Michele Hutchison for the Multilingual Prose Fiction Workshop at BCLT Summer School 2026 📣 ONLINE from Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July 2026 🌞
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NBCC member Catehrien Parnell reviewed "Sea Now," written by Eva Meijer and translated from the Dutch by Anne Thompson Melo, for MicroLit:
“Submerged” a review of Eva Meijer’s SEA NOW by Catherine Parnell — BIRCH BARK EDITING
Sea Now By Eva Meijer, translated from Dutch by Anne Thompson Melo Two Lines Press / Peirene Press, 2025 180 pages It’s abundantly clear that we, the inhabitants of Planet Earth, have created an untenable...
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January 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM
NBCC member Catehrien Parnell reviewed "Sea Now," written by Eva Meijer and translated from the Dutch by Anne Thompson Melo, for MicroLit:
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Don’t miss World in Verse, a free virtual reading today at 11am ET! Readers include Eileen O’Connor, Jackson Watson, Katerina Iliopoulou, @michehut.bsky.social, Nathalie Handal, Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad, @samanthaschnee.bsky.social, and Yolanda Castaño.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Don’t miss World in Verse, a free virtual reading today at 11am ET! Readers include Eileen O’Connor, Jackson Watson, Katerina Iliopoulou, @michehut.bsky.social, Nathalie Handal, Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad, @samanthaschnee.bsky.social, and Yolanda Castaño.
RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
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The thing that depresses me in the whole AI revolution in my industry (I’m a literary translator and publisher) is that the question is not whether machines can replace human translators, but how will we deal with the fallout after machines are forcibly introduced regardless.
January 10, 2026 at 6:28 AM
The thing that depresses me in the whole AI revolution in my industry (I’m a literary translator and publisher) is that the question is not whether machines can replace human translators, but how will we deal with the fallout after machines are forcibly introduced regardless.
Yes, it's with beautiful woodcuts and a nature theme, though closer to The Starling's Song, so more aimed at children.
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Yes, it's with beautiful woodcuts and a nature theme, though closer to The Starling's Song, so more aimed at children.
So glad you liked This Will Last Forever! I've just translated Octavie's latest, You Are My Beginning for @pushkinpress.com Not sure of pub date yet.
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
So glad you liked This Will Last Forever! I've just translated Octavie's latest, You Are My Beginning for @pushkinpress.com Not sure of pub date yet.
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To say that AIs can replace human translators is to say that AI can replace human painters and sculptors and singers and poets. It's to assume that AIs as they are currently made and will be made for the foreseeable future can surpass humans in those things which require a soul.
December 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
To say that AIs can replace human translators is to say that AI can replace human painters and sculptors and singers and poets. It's to assume that AIs as they are currently made and will be made for the foreseeable future can surpass humans in those things which require a soul.
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Translators work hard to make sure that the translated words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, etc, not only convey the author's meaning, but also the author's *style.*
Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.
Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Translators work hard to make sure that the translated words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, etc, not only convey the author's meaning, but also the author's *style.*
Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.
Translators are alchemists. They are artists, and poets, and researchers, and editors. They are magicians and wizards.
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A beautiful story of resilience and trust.🦊
The Snow Fox and the Long, Long Night by Marieke Ten Berge
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@marieketenberge.bsky.social
@michehut.bsky.social
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
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The Snow Fox and the Long, Long Night by Marieke Ten Berge
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@marieketenberge.bsky.social
@michehut.bsky.social
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
#pb#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit
December 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A beautiful story of resilience and trust.🦊
The Snow Fox and the Long, Long Night by Marieke Ten Berge
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@marieketenberge.bsky.social
@michehut.bsky.social
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
#pb#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit
The Snow Fox and the Long, Long Night by Marieke Ten Berge
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@marieketenberge.bsky.social
@michehut.bsky.social
@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
#pb#childrensbooks#illustration#childrensbooksillustration#booksforkids#kidlit
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Day 10, 11+ Fiction: 'Under the London Sky' by Anna Woltz & transl. by @michehut.bsky.social. Friendships form and romance blossoms during nights spent sheltering in the underground. But who will live? And who will die? @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Day 10, 11+ Fiction: 'Under the London Sky' by Anna Woltz & transl. by @michehut.bsky.social. Friendships form and romance blossoms during nights spent sheltering in the underground. But who will live? And who will die? @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚
I'm not so sure, living in the Netherlands means my English gets rusty and contaminated by Dutchisms.
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm not so sure, living in the Netherlands means my English gets rusty and contaminated by Dutchisms.
I think translating between two languages in the same family is probably easier but there's more chance of interference, so that gap is maybe also helpful sometimes?
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I think translating between two languages in the same family is probably easier but there's more chance of interference, so that gap is maybe also helpful sometimes?
Editors are so important!
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Editors are so important!
So sorry to hear that, Jo. When it's time, the cat distribution network will do its thing.
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
So sorry to hear that, Jo. When it's time, the cat distribution network will do its thing.
Writers with cats are welcome!
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Writers with cats are welcome!
Here's one of my own after a yoghurt incident. #translatorswithcats
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Here's one of my own after a yoghurt incident. #translatorswithcats
What a lovely squeezy cat!
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What a lovely squeezy cat!
Looking for translators with cats! Please help me find my people.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Looking for translators with cats! Please help me find my people.
Nee andersom @athenaeum.nl ik heb Angelo vertaald en Kristen Lale.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Nee andersom @athenaeum.nl ik heb Angelo vertaald en Kristen Lale.
Nice review! I'm just translating Angelo's next novel which is twice as long.
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Nice review! I'm just translating Angelo's next novel which is twice as long.
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Join literary translator Michele Hutchison & editor Tamara Sampey-Jawad as they explore the intricate process of editing translations -exploring collaboration, challenges & rewards of bringing international literature to new audiences.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Join literary translator Michele Hutchison & editor Tamara Sampey-Jawad as they explore the intricate process of editing translations -exploring collaboration, challenges & rewards of bringing international literature to new audiences.
www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
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Today's review...'Mushrooms and Company: How a Marvelously Moldy Network Supports Life on Earth by
Geert-Jan Roebers, illustrated by Wendy Panders and translated by Michele Hutchison @greystonebooks.bsky.social Fascinating!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/mushrooms-and-company
Geert-Jan Roebers, illustrated by Wendy Panders and translated by Michele Hutchison @greystonebooks.bsky.social Fascinating!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/mushrooms-and-company
Mushrooms and Company — Through the Bookshelf
‘A mushroom is a nice detail in a forest, a decorative dwarf under the sturdy wooden giants.’ But, as this fascinating book proves, there is so much more to fungi than this! Crammed with information...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today's review...'Mushrooms and Company: How a Marvelously Moldy Network Supports Life on Earth by
Geert-Jan Roebers, illustrated by Wendy Panders and translated by Michele Hutchison @greystonebooks.bsky.social Fascinating!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/mushrooms-and-company
Geert-Jan Roebers, illustrated by Wendy Panders and translated by Michele Hutchison @greystonebooks.bsky.social Fascinating!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/mushrooms-and-company
Gefeliciteerd! Ik ben met het Engelse fragment bezig.
October 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Gefeliciteerd! Ik ben met het Engelse fragment bezig.