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✍️ 1 week to go! Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic to win...
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📖 Publication in Babel!
📚 A year's Babel subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
✍️ 1 week to go! Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic to win...
📖 Publication in Babel!
📚 A year's Babel subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
📖 Publication in Babel!
📚 A year's Babel subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
📚 A Babel classic from our Best Of issue - what kind of linguist are YOU?
🔗 Find out at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
✉️ ... or request a free print Best Of issue from babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
🔗 Find out at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
✉️ ... or request a free print Best Of issue from babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
📚 A Babel classic from our Best Of issue - what kind of linguist are YOU?
🔗 Find out at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
✉️ ... or request a free print Best Of issue from babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
🔗 Find out at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
✉️ ... or request a free print Best Of issue from babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition - deadline soon (1 December)
🏆 Previous winner Abhishak Dedhe looks at what it's like to be bilingual in America: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
🏆 Previous winner Abhishak Dedhe looks at what it's like to be bilingual in America: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition - deadline soon (1 December)
🏆 Previous winner Abhishak Dedhe looks at what it's like to be bilingual in America: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
🏆 Previous winner Abhishak Dedhe looks at what it's like to be bilingual in America: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! You could win publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
📜 Guidelines: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
🏆 Previous winner Dong Hyun Kang looks at wars on language: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
📜 Guidelines: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
🏆 Previous winner Dong Hyun Kang looks at wars on language: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! You could win publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
📜 Guidelines: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
🏆 Previous winner Dong Hyun Kang looks at wars on language: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
📜 Guidelines: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
🏆 Previous winner Dong Hyun Kang looks at wars on language: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
✍️ Babel's Young Writers' Competition! Win publication and a year's subscription!
🏆 Here's inspiration from previous winner James Akka: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 Guidelines: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
🏆 Here's inspiration from previous winner James Akka: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 Guidelines: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
✍️ Babel's Young Writers' Competition! Win publication and a year's subscription!
🏆 Here's inspiration from previous winner James Akka: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 Guidelines: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
🏆 Here's inspiration from previous winner James Akka: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 Guidelines: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
✍️ Write for Babel!
🗺️ We are seeking linguists to tell our readers all about unusual or lesser-known languages
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
🗺️ We are seeking linguists to tell our readers all about unusual or lesser-known languages
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
✍️ Write for Babel!
🗺️ We are seeking linguists to tell our readers all about unusual or lesser-known languages
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
🗺️ We are seeking linguists to tell our readers all about unusual or lesser-known languages
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
📣 Tonight! The Babel Lecture 2025!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
October 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
📣 Tonight! The Babel Lecture 2025!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
🎞️ Fancy writing a linguist's film review for Babel?
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🎞️ Fancy writing a linguist's film review for Babel?
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could win...
📖 Publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
📚 A year's subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📖 Read previous winner Benjamin Hong on whistled languages at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 Publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
📚 A year's subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📖 Read previous winner Benjamin Hong on whistled languages at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could win...
📖 Publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
📚 A year's subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📖 Read previous winner Benjamin Hong on whistled languages at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 Publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
📚 A year's subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📖 Read previous winner Benjamin Hong on whistled languages at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
✍️ Write a book review for Babel!
Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?
📘 Vered Shwartz - Lost in Automatic Translation
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?
📘 Vered Shwartz - Lost in Automatic Translation
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
✍️ Write a book review for Babel!
Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?
📘 Vered Shwartz - Lost in Automatic Translation
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?
📘 Vered Shwartz - Lost in Automatic Translation
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 1 week to go!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikent.bsky.social, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seats at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikent.bsky.social, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seats at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 1 week to go!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikent.bsky.social, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seats at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikent.bsky.social, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seats at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🌎 Happy Novel Week!
📖 Read Babel's Dan McIntyre on the life and work of J R R Tolkien: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 Read Babel's Dan McIntyre on the life and work of J R R Tolkien: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🌎 Happy Novel Week!
📖 Read Babel's Dan McIntyre on the life and work of J R R Tolkien: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 Read Babel's Dan McIntyre on the life and work of J R R Tolkien: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📆 2 weeks to go! Join us
@unikent.bsky.social for John Vice's talk on his 30+ years of work at Hansard
🎟️ Book your free seats at:
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🖥️ Watch this space for livestream details
@unikent.bsky.social for John Vice's talk on his 30+ years of work at Hansard
🎟️ Book your free seats at:
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🖥️ Watch this space for livestream details
October 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
📆 2 weeks to go! Join us
@unikent.bsky.social for John Vice's talk on his 30+ years of work at Hansard
🎟️ Book your free seats at:
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🖥️ Watch this space for livestream details
@unikent.bsky.social for John Vice's talk on his 30+ years of work at Hansard
🎟️ Book your free seats at:
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🖥️ Watch this space for livestream details
📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025!
👀 Mary Ann Walter reviews @susiedent.com's Guilty by Definition, and takes a look at other linguistics-y crime fiction
🔗 babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
👀 Mary Ann Walter reviews @susiedent.com's Guilty by Definition, and takes a look at other linguistics-y crime fiction
🔗 babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
October 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025!
👀 Mary Ann Walter reviews @susiedent.com's Guilty by Definition, and takes a look at other linguistics-y crime fiction
🔗 babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
👀 Mary Ann Walter reviews @susiedent.com's Guilty by Definition, and takes a look at other linguistics-y crime fiction
🔗 babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025!
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025!
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
✍️ Write a book review for Babel!
Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
✍️ Write a book review for Babel!
Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?
📧 Get in touch at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
📆 The Babel Lecture 2025 - just 3 weeks to go!
Join us @unikent.bsky.social for John Vice's talk on his 30+ years of work at Hansard
Book your free seats at:
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
Join us @unikent.bsky.social for John Vice's talk on his 30+ years of work at Hansard
Book your free seats at:
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
📆 The Babel Lecture 2025 - just 3 weeks to go!
Join us @unikent.bsky.social for John Vice's talk on his 30+ years of work at Hansard
Book your free seats at:
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
Join us @unikent.bsky.social for John Vice's talk on his 30+ years of work at Hansard
Book your free seats at:
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could win publication in Babel!
📖 Get inspired by previous winner Isabella Mandis: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 Get inspired by previous winner Isabella Mandis: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
October 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could win publication in Babel!
📖 Get inspired by previous winner Isabella Mandis: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 Get inspired by previous winner Isabella Mandis: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 4 weeks to go...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @kent.ac.uk, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @kent.ac.uk, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
October 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 4 weeks to go...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @kent.ac.uk, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @kent.ac.uk, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🗓️ Happy International Translation Day 2025!
📖 To celebrate, read all about a Baltic haven for translators in the latest Babel: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 To celebrate, read all about a Baltic haven for translators in the latest Babel: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
September 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🗓️ Happy International Translation Day 2025!
📖 To celebrate, read all about a Baltic haven for translators in the latest Babel: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 To celebrate, read all about a Baltic haven for translators in the latest Babel: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could be published in Babel
🏆 Here's previous winner Emma Jewell on Romansch: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 See pinned post for this year's guidelines
🏆 Here's previous winner Emma Jewell on Romansch: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 See pinned post for this year's guidelines
September 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could be published in Babel
🏆 Here's previous winner Emma Jewell on Romansch: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 See pinned post for this year's guidelines
🏆 Here's previous winner Emma Jewell on Romansch: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 See pinned post for this year's guidelines
📅 A reminder that National Linguistics Day is coming up in November! @linguisticshq.bsky.social
📚 Get a free set of Babels for your school, college or library to celebrate
📧 Contact babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
📚 Get a free set of Babels for your school, college or library to celebrate
📧 Contact babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
📅 A reminder that National Linguistics Day is coming up in November! @linguisticshq.bsky.social
📚 Get a free set of Babels for your school, college or library to celebrate
📧 Contact babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
📚 Get a free set of Babels for your school, college or library to celebrate
📧 Contact babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com
🗓️ Happy International Day of Sign Languages!
📖 In Babel No4, Kateryna Pavlyuk points out that BSL is "an independent method of communication, in no way inferior to spoken language"
🔗 Read in full at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 In Babel No4, Kateryna Pavlyuk points out that BSL is "an independent method of communication, in no way inferior to spoken language"
🔗 Read in full at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
September 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
🗓️ Happy International Day of Sign Languages!
📖 In Babel No4, Kateryna Pavlyuk points out that BSL is "an independent method of communication, in no way inferior to spoken language"
🔗 Read in full at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 In Babel No4, Kateryna Pavlyuk points out that BSL is "an independent method of communication, in no way inferior to spoken language"
🔗 Read in full at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could be published in Babel
🏆 Here's previous winner Claudia Bensi on Dutch and American English: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 See pinned post for this year's guidelines
🏆 Here's previous winner Claudia Bensi on Dutch and American English: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 See pinned post for this year's guidelines
September 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could be published in Babel
🏆 Here's previous winner Claudia Bensi on Dutch and American English: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 See pinned post for this year's guidelines
🏆 Here's previous winner Claudia Bensi on Dutch and American English: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📜 See pinned post for this year's guidelines
🥇 Babel's Young Writers' Competition is now open!
🇰🇷 Here's inspiration from Niamh Mulholland, who won for her article on Konglish: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📌 See pinned post for competition guidelines
🇰🇷 Here's inspiration from Niamh Mulholland, who won for her article on Konglish: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📌 See pinned post for competition guidelines
September 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
🥇 Babel's Young Writers' Competition is now open!
🇰🇷 Here's inspiration from Niamh Mulholland, who won for her article on Konglish: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📌 See pinned post for competition guidelines
🇰🇷 Here's inspiration from Niamh Mulholland, who won for her article on Konglish: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📌 See pinned post for competition guidelines