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Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨

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For days when the weather looks like this...

From THE LOST SOUL by Olga Tokarczuk and illustrator Joanna Concejo, translated by @antonialloydjones.bsky.social.
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🐒 Join EYE OF THE MONKEY author Krisztina Tóth in conversation with @lucyjpop.bsky.social 🐒

Thursday 29 January 2026
🕓 6:30pm GMT
📍 Waterstones Islington, London

Tickets are available to purchase here: www.waterstones.com/events/eye-o...
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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monicacure.bsky.social
I'm absolutely ecstatic! What amazing company Liliana Corobca and I @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social are in!
womenintranslation.bsky.social Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 11d
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
tinyurl.com/f9sccz4v
A photograph of the 6 titles shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025. The books are stood on their side on a wooden table with wood panelling backdrop. The six titles photographed are: Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, And the Walls Became the World All Around, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing (Granta) Evelyne Trouillot, Désirée Congo, translated from French (Haiti) by M.A. Salvodon (University of Virginia Press) Maylis Besserie, Francis Bacon's Nanny, translated from French (France) by Clíona Ní Ríordáin (The Lilliput Press) Krisztina Tóth, My Secret Life, translated from Hungarian (Hungary) by George Szirtes (Bloodaxe Books) Liliana Corobca, Too Great A Sky, translated from Romanian (Romania) by Monica Cure (Seven Stories Press UK) Han Kang, We Do Not Part, translated from Korean (South Korea) by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House UK)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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womenintranslation.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
tinyurl.com/f9sccz4v
A photograph of the 6 titles shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025. The books are stood on their side on a wooden table with wood panelling backdrop. The six titles photographed are: Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, And the Walls Became the World All Around, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing (Granta) Evelyne Trouillot, Désirée Congo, translated from French (Haiti) by M.A. Salvodon (University of Virginia Press) Maylis Besserie, Francis Bacon's Nanny, translated from French (France) by Clíona Ní Ríordáin (The Lilliput Press) Krisztina Tóth, My Secret Life, translated from Hungarian (Hungary) by George Szirtes (Bloodaxe Books) Liliana Corobca, Too Great A Sky, translated from Romanian (Romania) by Monica Cure (Seven Stories Press UK) Han Kang, We Do Not Part, translated from Korean (South Korea) by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House UK)
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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womenintranslation.bsky.social
From Haiti to South Korea via France, Hungary, Romania and Sweden, this shortlist includes novels, poetry and memoir. Congratulations to all! @grantabooks.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social @penguinukbooks.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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🇷🇴 Congratulations to Liliana Corobca and @monicacure.bsky.social! TOO GREAT A SKY has been shortlisted for this year's Warwick Prize for Women in Translation! 🇷🇴

You can read more here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
warwick.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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In case you missed it, FAWN'S BLOOD author @halschrieve.bsky.social reviews Alison Bechdel's new graphic novel for @readlux.bsky.social.

Read here: lux-magazine.com/article/bech...
Bechdel Beyond Bechdel
In Spent, the memoirist looks for the new queer zeitgeist but can't see past herself.
lux-magazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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jacqbetula.bsky.social
In this weekend's Irish Times, I review
What Remains by Brais Lamela, tr. Jacob Rogers @bullaunpress.bsky.social
The Effingers: A Berlin Saga by Gabriele Tergit, tr. Sophie Duvernoy @pushkinpress.com
Eye Of The Monkey by Krisztina Tóth, tr. @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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🏙 Happy publication day to Glenn Kurtz! MEN AT WORK publishes today! 🏙

Forgotten stories and unseen photos of immigrant, Indigenous, and working-class builders behind the iconic US landmark.

Order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/men-...
Men At Work: The Empire State Building and the Untold Story of the Craftsmen Who Built It
The Empire State Building and the Untold Story of the Craftsmen Who Built It
uk.bookshop.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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#BookoftheWeek

Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno (trans. Natasha Lehrer) @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social ‬

A deeply personal and haunting exploration of abuse.

Watch our talk with Neige Sinno @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
▶️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/read-watch-l...

www.sevenstories.com/books/4706-s...
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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In case you missed it, here's TERMS OF SERVITUDE author Omar Zahzah in @literaryhub.bsky.social on the digital surveillance and blacklisting of pro-Palestinian activists.

Read here: lithub.com/the-new-mcca...
The New McCarthyism: On Canary Mission’s Toxic Blacklisting of Pro-Palestinian Sentiment
In February 2015, a friend texted me the following message: Hey Omar, there’s a new site you need to see… it has your name and information on it. Graduate school is hard for everyone, but I think i…
lithub.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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The brilliant Rhodri Lewis on @ryanruby.bsky.social's Context Collapse in the new @litreview.bsky.social:

Read here: literaryreview.co.uk/free-verse
Rhodri Lewis - Free Verse?
Rhodri Lewis: Free Verse? - Context Collapse: A Poem Containing a History of Poetry by Ryan Ruby
literaryreview.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social
AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS author Kathryn Bromwich on the ableism problem in horror films for @theguardian.com 👏

Read here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Horror movies have an ableism problem. Isn’t it time we found new ‘monsters’? | Kathryn Bromwich
Films such as Frankenstein still use disability as shorthand for moral depravity. But human behaviour is far scarier than human appearance, says journalist Kathryn Bromwich
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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🌞 Today, we publish ENEMY OF THE SUN: POETRY OF PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE edited by Naseer Aruri and Edmnud Ghareeb 🌞

A collection of Palestinian poetry originally published in 1970 that resonates with liberation and civil rights struggles around the world.

Order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/enem...
Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance
Poetry of Palestinian Resistance
uk.bookshop.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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monicacure.bsky.social
So excited that Too Great a Sky @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social (@sevenstories.bsky.social) is on this amazing list for this wonderful prize!!!
womenintranslation.bsky.social Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 29d
Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.
tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9
A photograph of the 14 titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The books are stood on a wooden table against a brick wall with their spines facing the camera.
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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turnarounduk.bsky.social
What a longlist! Including Corobca's Too Great A Sky, translated by Monica Cure (@sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social), Aydemir's Djinns, translated Jon Cho-Polizzi and Mesa's Un Amor, translated by Katie Whittemore (both Peirene Press)❤️@womenintranslation.bsky.social

warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
warwick.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social
We are thrilled that TOO GREAT A SKY by Liliana Corobca and translated by Monica Cure has been longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025!
womenintranslation.bsky.social Warwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 29d
Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.
tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9
A photograph of the 14 titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The books are stood on a wooden table against a brick wall with their spines facing the camera.
October 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social
🌊 Join acclaimed author Nadia Terranova in conversation with Lucy Jones, moderation by Rosie Goldsmith 🌊

Tuesday 11 November 2025
🕓 6:30pm GMT
📍 Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Londra

Tickets and more information are available here: billetto.co.uk/e/the-night-...
The Night Trembles by Nadia Terranova
Tuesday 11 November, 6.30pm The Night Trembles by Nadia Terranova The author in conversation with L...
billetto.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🏙 This November, we publish MEN AT WORK by Glenn Kurtz
🏙

Forgotten stories and unseen photos of immigrant, Indigenous, and working-class builders behind the iconic US landmark.

Pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/men-...
Men At Work: The Empire State Building and the Untold Story of the Craftsmen Who Built It
The Empire State Building and the Untold Story of the Craftsmen Who Built It
uk.bookshop.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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lighthousebks.bsky.social
On Tuesday, 21st October, we're thrilled to welcome @halschrieve.bsky.social to launch FAWN'S BLOOD, a delicious queer YA novel about vampires, vampire slayers, and a bloodthirsty underground resistance... a timely antidote to the anti-trans moral panic! lighthousebookshop.com/events/fawns...
on a black background with drawings of blood oozing from the corners (spooky!) you can see Hal Schrieve's book Fawn's Blood, which features a hand with two fang marks holding a necklace. Yellow and white text reads "Queer vampire night with Hal Schrieve, Edinburgh, Tues 21st Oct, 7pm Lighthouse Bookshop"
October 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social
Please join us tonight @lighthousebks.bsky.social in Edinburgh to celebrate the release of Hal Schrieve's FAWN’S BLOOD, a new campy YA fantasy about being a trans teen in a world that wishes they didn’t exist.

Tickets and more info are available here:

lighthousebookshop.com/events/fawns...
Lighthouse | Fawn's Blood: Queer vampire night with Hal Schrieve
lighthousebookshop.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social
A brilliant and very necessary essay from @emotrophywife.bsky.social (feat. a SAD TIGER shoutout!!):

"These authors don’t blame themselves, they merely try to consider what healing looks like outside of institutional structures."

gracebyron.substack.com/p/chokehold
Chokehold
Books Under the Second Trump Term
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October 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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electricliterature.com/8-books-that... i wrote this booklist of queer vampire recs for anyone who feels like reading more queer vamps 🧛‍♀️
8 Books That Queer the Vampire - Electric Literature
These authors find creativity and liberation in hunger, desire, and depravity.
electricliterature.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Today on @nytimes.com, @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social jumps down EYE OF THE MONKEY's dystopian rabbit holes
"Remarkably, Toth manages to hold our focus as the story forks in controlled, if mysterious, ways. A book that can be snaking and labyrinthine without sprawling aimlessly is — like an author who can handle elusiveness without opacity or coyness — quite a rare thing."
October 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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"The writing and translation are gorgeous and specific."

Krisztina Tóth's EYE OF THE MONKEY (tr. Ottilie Mulzet) reviewed on the Asymptote blog:

www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
What’s New in Translation: October 2025 - Asymptote Blog
New titles from Haiti, Argentina, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Italy, Norway, Turkey, Mexico, Taiwan, Hungary, South Korea, and Latin America!
www.asymptotejournal.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM