Lindsey Ford
@lindseyford.bsky.social
Spanish translator. Book in one hand, drink in the other. She/her.
http://www.lindseyfordtranslation.com/
http://www.lindseyfordtranslation.com/
While I’m still in moving hell, let’s catch up on some books from the last few months. First, the very definition of tight, terse European prose. Book: @andotherstories.bsky.social Drink: Lady Trieu Hoi An Spice Road Gin & Tonic
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
While I’m still in moving hell, let’s catch up on some books from the last few months. First, the very definition of tight, terse European prose. Book: @andotherstories.bsky.social Drink: Lady Trieu Hoi An Spice Road Gin & Tonic
A belated addition to #womenintranslationmonth: this eerie, engrossing novel that absolutely lives up to the hype, brilliantly (re)translated by the legendary Ros Schwartz.
September 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A belated addition to #womenintranslationmonth: this eerie, engrossing novel that absolutely lives up to the hype, brilliantly (re)translated by the legendary Ros Schwartz.
If you’re looking for one last read for #womenintranslationmonth, may I suggest this slim but powerful novella from Argentina? A moving exploration of loss and grief, translated beautifully as ever by the remarkable @jenniferlcroft.bsky.social Book: @charcopress.com Drink: Limewood Fresca #witmonth
August 31, 2025 at 5:37 AM
If you’re looking for one last read for #womenintranslationmonth, may I suggest this slim but powerful novella from Argentina? A moving exploration of loss and grief, translated beautifully as ever by the remarkable @jenniferlcroft.bsky.social Book: @charcopress.com Drink: Limewood Fresca #witmonth
Good reading for hunkering down at home during a T10 typhoon 🌀 Book: Chatto & Windus Drink: Four Pillars Gin Gimlet with a Louis Roederer Champagne reduction (a clever @adamawhite.bsky.social trick for using up flat champagne)
July 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Good reading for hunkering down at home during a T10 typhoon 🌀 Book: Chatto & Windus Drink: Four Pillars Gin Gimlet with a Louis Roederer Champagne reduction (a clever @adamawhite.bsky.social trick for using up flat champagne)
Aussie restaurant, Aussie wine, and a sumptuous, unsettling Aussie classic that is well worth your time. I’m too scared to watch the movie adaptation though 🫣Book: @vintagebooks.bsky.social Drink: Hugh Hamilton The Trickster Pinot Grigio 2024
July 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Aussie restaurant, Aussie wine, and a sumptuous, unsettling Aussie classic that is well worth your time. I’m too scared to watch the movie adaptation though 🫣Book: @vintagebooks.bsky.social Drink: Hugh Hamilton The Trickster Pinot Grigio 2024
Amig@s hispanohablantes, me hace mucha ilusión que el segundo libro de mi amigo @jamestgriffiths.com, ya está disponible en español, traducido por Cristina Macía.
June 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Amig@s hispanohablantes, me hace mucha ilusión que el segundo libro de mi amigo @jamestgriffiths.com, ya está disponible en español, traducido por Cristina Macía.
Can’t get over how good this one was. Inventive and funny and life-affirming, although maybe not the best decision for me to have read a novel based around child death right now. Book: Random House Drink: Paco Mulero Albariño 2021
June 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Can’t get over how good this one was. Inventive and funny and life-affirming, although maybe not the best decision for me to have read a novel based around child death right now. Book: Random House Drink: Paco Mulero Albariño 2021
For Mother’s Day I can think of no better book to recommend than this, which I’ve been reading one-handed during long nights of newborn feeds. A brilliant dissection of how becoming a mother profoundly changes a person & all the ways society lets them down. A must-read whether you’re a mother or not
March 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
For Mother’s Day I can think of no better book to recommend than this, which I’ve been reading one-handed during long nights of newborn feeds. A brilliant dissection of how becoming a mother profoundly changes a person & all the ways society lets them down. A must-read whether you’re a mother or not
Welcome home beautiful Baby Daniel, welcome back delicious proper champagne. Reading material for stellar big brother Ben. Book: Scholastic Drink: Foxey’s Hangout Brut Sparkling White
March 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Welcome home beautiful Baby Daniel, welcome back delicious proper champagne. Reading material for stellar big brother Ben. Book: Scholastic Drink: Foxey’s Hangout Brut Sparkling White
One month to go til the birth of my second child, figured I should brush up on some motherhood tips. Book: @vintagebooks.bsky.social Drink: 凍檸茶
February 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
One month to go til the birth of my second child, figured I should brush up on some motherhood tips. Book: @vintagebooks.bsky.social Drink: 凍檸茶
Anyway this is what I have to deal with today, thanks a lot past me. #amtranslating
November 25, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Anyway this is what I have to deal with today, thanks a lot past me. #amtranslating
Time was I’d read each new issue of Granta as soon as it came out. Now I’m having to wait for a couple of childfree days to catch up on the Winter 2020 edition. Turns out it was a pretty good one! Book: Granta Magazine Drink: Jamu Sling from Potato Head Bali
November 13, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Time was I’d read each new issue of Granta as soon as it came out. Now I’m having to wait for a couple of childfree days to catch up on the Winter 2020 edition. Turns out it was a pretty good one! Book: Granta Magazine Drink: Jamu Sling from Potato Head Bali
I’ve read a lot of books about grief over the past two years, and this is one of the best. Beautiful and real and heartfelt, and not nearly as depressing as you might think. I recommend for any and all types of grief. Book: Serpent’s Tail Drink: just a really big coconut
November 8, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I’ve read a lot of books about grief over the past two years, and this is one of the best. Beautiful and real and heartfelt, and not nearly as depressing as you might think. I recommend for any and all types of grief. Book: Serpent’s Tail Drink: just a really big coconut
Time to come clean about my recent posts: I haven’t actually had a proper drink in months. The sequel to Tiny Gentle Eurasian is arriving March 2025. Time to brush up on leaps… Book: Kiddy World Publishing Drink: Martini Non-Alcoholic Vermouth & Tonic
November 2, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Time to come clean about my recent posts: I haven’t actually had a proper drink in months. The sequel to Tiny Gentle Eurasian is arriving March 2025. Time to brush up on leaps… Book: Kiddy World Publishing Drink: Martini Non-Alcoholic Vermouth & Tonic
You know how people talk about writer’s writers? Jennifer Croft is a translator’s writer. I LOVE this meta mystery novel so much, not least because it is wickedly on-point about this strange and unusual job. Book: Scribe Drink: Gimlet ft. Saneha Gin.
September 5, 2024 at 2:45 PM
You know how people talk about writer’s writers? Jennifer Croft is a translator’s writer. I LOVE this meta mystery novel so much, not least because it is wickedly on-point about this strange and unusual job. Book: Scribe Drink: Gimlet ft. Saneha Gin.
I’m a massive nerd when it comes to categorisation, putting things in order etc, so you can imagine how much I love the concept of 10 years of diaries with the sentences organised alphabetically. Probably not for everyone, but for me it’s👌Book: Fitzcarraldo Editions Drink: Veuve Clicqout
August 23, 2024 at 9:09 AM
I’m a massive nerd when it comes to categorisation, putting things in order etc, so you can imagine how much I love the concept of 10 years of diaries with the sentences organised alphabetically. Probably not for everyone, but for me it’s👌Book: Fitzcarraldo Editions Drink: Veuve Clicqout
I’d somehow never heard of Janet Frame until learning about her in a book I’m currently translating 🤫 but now I’m obsessed. Delighted to have found her full autobiography at Pegasus Books in Wellington. Book: Century Hutchinson Drink: The Landing 2022 Boathouse Vino Rossi
August 6, 2024 at 10:44 AM
I’d somehow never heard of Janet Frame until learning about her in a book I’m currently translating 🤫 but now I’m obsessed. Delighted to have found her full autobiography at Pegasus Books in Wellington. Book: Century Hutchinson Drink: The Landing 2022 Boathouse Vino Rossi
I walked into Arty Bees Bookshop in Wellington looking for Eleanor Catton’s third novel (having already read and loved The Luminaries), came out with her first instead, absolutely delighted by this turn of events because it turns out her debut is a stunner.
July 29, 2024 at 8:10 AM
I walked into Arty Bees Bookshop in Wellington looking for Eleanor Catton’s third novel (having already read and loved The Luminaries), came out with her first instead, absolutely delighted by this turn of events because it turns out her debut is a stunner.
I took @cacrampton.bsky.social’s previous book to India with me, so thought it only fair I bring her second somewhere just as far-flung. This is such an interesting examination of the history of hypochondria: highly recommend to all. Book: Granta Drink: Beerlao
July 24, 2024 at 10:52 AM
I took @cacrampton.bsky.social’s previous book to India with me, so thought it only fair I bring her second somewhere just as far-flung. This is such an interesting examination of the history of hypochondria: highly recommend to all. Book: Granta Drink: Beerlao
I continue to be terrible at picking relaxing poolside reads, but the writing is VERY beautiful. Book: Granta Drink: Herbistii from the Elephant Bar at Rosewood Luang Prabang
July 12, 2024 at 7:36 AM
I continue to be terrible at picking relaxing poolside reads, but the writing is VERY beautiful. Book: Granta Drink: Herbistii from the Elephant Bar at Rosewood Luang Prabang
Just to say this book lived up to all the hype in that it totally destroyed me. Read the second half on a plane gripping my son’s arm so hard he had to complain. Book: Tinder Press Drink: Thai Negroni from Capella Bangkok
June 14, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Just to say this book lived up to all the hype in that it totally destroyed me. Read the second half on a plane gripping my son’s arm so hard he had to complain. Book: Tinder Press Drink: Thai Negroni from Capella Bangkok
Every day for the past two months
June 14, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Every day for the past two months