Allison M. Charette
@sunshineabroad.bsky.social
Bringing the literature of Madagascar into English, one translation at a time. Raising good humans. Teatime is the best time. She/elle
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Look, it's a #coverreveal!
Coming in July: RETURN, by Raharimanana, translated by me!
This book is a beast. It's taken me two years to do.
I've got the whole elevator pitch thing, but it always devolves into **emotionnnnn**. Rich and gorgeous and raw.
Preorders here: bookshop.org/p/books/retu...
Coming in July: RETURN, by Raharimanana, translated by me!
This book is a beast. It's taken me two years to do.
I've got the whole elevator pitch thing, but it always devolves into **emotionnnnn**. Rich and gorgeous and raw.
Preorders here: bookshop.org/p/books/retu...
Tsitsi Ella Jaji has shared the most beautiful way I've ever heard translation described. Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún encouraged all of us to push publishers to sell translation rights INTO African/other local languages, as a surprisingly simple way to support literary production and exchange.
Today is great. 💜
Today is great. 💜
The final event of Write the World: A Day of Translation is starting soon! Don't miss "New Directions in African Literary Translation" starting at 1:00pm PT, featuring Ibrahim Fawzy, Bethlehem Attfield, Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, and Tsitsi Ella Jaji.
And register here! buff.ly/CZOT1g2
And register here! buff.ly/CZOT1g2
May 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tsitsi Ella Jaji has shared the most beautiful way I've ever heard translation described. Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún encouraged all of us to push publishers to sell translation rights INTO African/other local languages, as a surprisingly simple way to support literary production and exchange.
Today is great. 💜
Today is great. 💜
Tomorrow! Come hear me chat with Sarah Ardizzone, Edwige Renée Dro, Ruth Bush, and Ray Ndebi. It's free! It'll be fun 🥰 #SoAatHome
To kick off the Society of Authors’ 2025 events calendar, and to celebrate the 60 anniversary of the Scott Moncrieff prize in the run-up to our annual Translation Prizes, we're launching a special French Week of events. - societyofauthors.org/2025/01/08/s...
January 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Tomorrow! Come hear me chat with Sarah Ardizzone, Edwige Renée Dro, Ruth Bush, and Ray Ndebi. It's free! It'll be fun 🥰 #SoAatHome
Look, it's a #coverreveal!
Coming in July: RETURN, by Raharimanana, translated by me!
This book is a beast. It's taken me two years to do.
I've got the whole elevator pitch thing, but it always devolves into **emotionnnnn**. Rich and gorgeous and raw.
Preorders here: bookshop.org/p/books/retu...
Coming in July: RETURN, by Raharimanana, translated by me!
This book is a beast. It's taken me two years to do.
I've got the whole elevator pitch thing, but it always devolves into **emotionnnnn**. Rich and gorgeous and raw.
Preorders here: bookshop.org/p/books/retu...
January 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Look, it's a #coverreveal!
Coming in July: RETURN, by Raharimanana, translated by me!
This book is a beast. It's taken me two years to do.
I've got the whole elevator pitch thing, but it always devolves into **emotionnnnn**. Rich and gorgeous and raw.
Preorders here: bookshop.org/p/books/retu...
Coming in July: RETURN, by Raharimanana, translated by me!
This book is a beast. It's taken me two years to do.
I've got the whole elevator pitch thing, but it always devolves into **emotionnnnn**. Rich and gorgeous and raw.
Preorders here: bookshop.org/p/books/retu...
Hi. Keep trying. Be gentle with yourself. Rest. It is worth it.
January 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hi. Keep trying. Be gentle with yourself. Rest. It is worth it.
Join me online on January 28 for a conversation with Edwige Renée Dro, Ruth Bush, Ray Ndebi, and Sarah Ardizzone! We'll be talking about Francophone literature in Africa, or at least everything on the topic we can fit into one hour. (Easy, right? 😅)
To kick off the Society of Authors’ 2025 events calendar, and to celebrate the 60 anniversary of the Scott Moncrieff prize in the run-up to our annual Translation Prizes, we're launching a special French Week of events. - societyofauthors.org/2025/01/08/s...
January 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Join me online on January 28 for a conversation with Edwige Renée Dro, Ruth Bush, Ray Ndebi, and Sarah Ardizzone! We'll be talking about Francophone literature in Africa, or at least everything on the topic we can fit into one hour. (Easy, right? 😅)
My current favorite mondegreen/misheard lyric:
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up like the Ceiling Cat told us
Like the Ceiling Cat told us
(as performed by Catklemore, Ryan Mewis, and Ray Pawlton) (apparently)
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up like the Ceiling Cat told us
Like the Ceiling Cat told us
(as performed by Catklemore, Ryan Mewis, and Ray Pawlton) (apparently)
October 8, 2023 at 9:45 PM
My current favorite mondegreen/misheard lyric:
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up like the Ceiling Cat told us
Like the Ceiling Cat told us
(as performed by Catklemore, Ryan Mewis, and Ray Pawlton) (apparently)
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up like the Ceiling Cat told us
Like the Ceiling Cat told us
(as performed by Catklemore, Ryan Mewis, and Ray Pawlton) (apparently)
I am an angry mama dragon.
September 20, 2023 at 1:46 PM
I am an angry mama dragon.
Okay see here's the thing tho.
As a family, we avoided the 'rona for 3.5 YEARS.
We get not one week into school in this 2023 year, and our 2nd grader gets infected.
(He's doing ok, the rest of us are still testing negative.)
As a family, we avoided the 'rona for 3.5 YEARS.
We get not one week into school in this 2023 year, and our 2nd grader gets infected.
(He's doing ok, the rest of us are still testing negative.)
September 20, 2023 at 1:43 PM
Okay see here's the thing tho.
As a family, we avoided the 'rona for 3.5 YEARS.
We get not one week into school in this 2023 year, and our 2nd grader gets infected.
(He's doing ok, the rest of us are still testing negative.)
As a family, we avoided the 'rona for 3.5 YEARS.
We get not one week into school in this 2023 year, and our 2nd grader gets infected.
(He's doing ok, the rest of us are still testing negative.)
Reposted by Allison M. Charette
so, I've been thinking
instead of a "translated by" credit
what if every book I translated
just said Title of Book (Jeremy's Version)
instead of a "translated by" credit
what if every book I translated
just said Title of Book (Jeremy's Version)
September 10, 2023 at 1:53 PM
so, I've been thinking
instead of a "translated by" credit
what if every book I translated
just said Title of Book (Jeremy's Version)
instead of a "translated by" credit
what if every book I translated
just said Title of Book (Jeremy's Version)
I think I have found the healthiest alternative to doomscrolling, and it's called Pokémon Violet.
August 22, 2023 at 3:20 PM
I think I have found the healthiest alternative to doomscrolling, and it's called Pokémon Violet.