Marina Sofia
@marinasofia.bsky.social
Global nomad, translator (RO and DE to EN), writer and publisher, addicted to world literature. Blog at https://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com, publish at https://corylusbooks.com
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#FridayFun: Palaces in Brandenburg Region
It’s getting a little too cold to explore all of the little (and not so little) palaces in the Brandenburg region around Berlin (and a little further afield), so I’ll start off by doing…
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Busy, kitschy, slightly tipsy... Berlin Christmas markets, here I come!
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Busy, kitschy, slightly tipsy... Berlin Christmas markets, here I come!
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We’ve launched a new page on Salt’s design and typography — the craft behind every book we make. From bus timetables to Cromer, it’s been quite a journey in type.
Take a look: www.saltpublishing.com/pages/design...
#BookDesign #Typography #IndiePublishing #SaltPublishing
Take a look: www.saltpublishing.com/pages/design...
#BookDesign #Typography #IndiePublishing #SaltPublishing
Design and Typography at Salt
Chris Hamilton-EmeryDesigner, Salt Design as the Soul of Salt Design has always been at the heart of Salt’s publishing identity. From the outset, we’ve always understood typography to be both form and...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We’ve launched a new page on Salt’s design and typography — the craft behind every book we make. From bus timetables to Cromer, it’s been quite a journey in type.
Take a look: www.saltpublishing.com/pages/design...
#BookDesign #Typography #IndiePublishing #SaltPublishing
Take a look: www.saltpublishing.com/pages/design...
#BookDesign #Typography #IndiePublishing #SaltPublishing
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Chuffed to be in the Asian Review of Books covering a novel that pulled me right in (tr by @jeremytiang.bsky.social 👑)
It's about a nanny stuck caring for a boy while his ultra rich parents flee a corruption investigation 🇨🇳
Plus there is a goose 🦢 and it's loose
It's about a nanny stuck caring for a boy while his ultra rich parents flee a corruption investigation 🇨🇳
Plus there is a goose 🦢 and it's loose
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Chuffed to be in the Asian Review of Books covering a novel that pulled me right in (tr by @jeremytiang.bsky.social 👑)
It's about a nanny stuck caring for a boy while his ultra rich parents flee a corruption investigation 🇨🇳
Plus there is a goose 🦢 and it's loose
It's about a nanny stuck caring for a boy while his ultra rich parents flee a corruption investigation 🇨🇳
Plus there is a goose 🦢 and it's loose
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My monthly wrap-up post for November is out, rounding up all my #GermanLitMonth reviews :)
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November 2025 Wrap-Up – German Literature Month
November, as always, was dominated by my German Literature Month reading, but while that’s been the case for over a decade now, this edition of GLM was a little different. Having jumped in t…
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My monthly wrap-up post for November is out, rounding up all my #GermanLitMonth reviews :)
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/n...
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/n...
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) is on YouTube.
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth star in Tom Stoppard's big screen adaptation of his own stage play, itself a play on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
#TomStoppard
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth star in Tom Stoppard's big screen adaptation of his own stage play, itself a play on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
#TomStoppard
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 1990
YouTube video by Rolo Tomasi
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) is on YouTube.
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth star in Tom Stoppard's big screen adaptation of his own stage play, itself a play on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
#TomStoppard
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth star in Tom Stoppard's big screen adaptation of his own stage play, itself a play on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
#TomStoppard
Moomin nostalgia is a state of mind
www.moomin.com/en/blog/moom...
www.moomin.com/en/blog/moom...
Moomin nostalgia: The 90s series, fan art, and more
Step into the world of Moomin nostalgia: ‘90s memories, the first merch, fan culture, and timeless Moomin magic.
www.moomin.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Moomin nostalgia is a state of mind
www.moomin.com/en/blog/moom...
www.moomin.com/en/blog/moom...
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Great haul. Both those Koestler novels were major for me at a pivotal point in my teens. Plus without them we wouldn’t have 1984
A fairly forgotten novel in a very similar mode that I always shout about - Rex Warner’s The Professor (1938) 🤌
A fairly forgotten novel in a very similar mode that I always shout about - Rex Warner’s The Professor (1938) 🤌
"For what am I fighting?": George Orwell on Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon"
Republished 1941 review shows the influence Kostler's dystopian classic had on Orwell.
www.newstatesman.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Great haul. Both those Koestler novels were major for me at a pivotal point in my teens. Plus without them we wouldn’t have 1984
A fairly forgotten novel in a very similar mode that I always shout about - Rex Warner’s The Professor (1938) 🤌
A fairly forgotten novel in a very similar mode that I always shout about - Rex Warner’s The Professor (1938) 🤌
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bookjotter.com/2025/11/29/winding-up-the-week-449/ #AmReading #Books #BookReview #ReadingNonFiction2026 @bookmunch.bsky.social @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social @anzlitlovers.bsky.social
Winding Up the Week #449
This week, I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Reading Non-Fiction 2026, keep up with a variety of literary anniversar…
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November 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Buy through our @bookshop_org_uk link this Black Friday weekend for free shipping AND you’ll support our bookshop uk.bookshop.org/shop/chorleywo…
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Buy through our @bookshop_org_uk link this Black Friday weekend for free shipping AND you’ll support our bookshop uk.bookshop.org/shop/chorleywo…
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Several opportunities in East European research—with quickly approaching application cutoff dates! Including a research fellowship in Brussels: www.epc.eu/vacancies/co...
More here: www.newyugoslavstudies.org/news.html
More here: www.newyugoslavstudies.org/news.html
Connecting Europe Fellowship
Bringing candidate country voices to Brussels
www.epc.eu
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Several opportunities in East European research—with quickly approaching application cutoff dates! Including a research fellowship in Brussels: www.epc.eu/vacancies/co...
More here: www.newyugoslavstudies.org/news.html
More here: www.newyugoslavstudies.org/news.html
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#BestBooks2025 Occasionally when I need a break from crime fiction, I dive into a nice, hair-raising horror. I thoroughly enjoyed Grady Hendrix's Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, an unsettling read with a clear feminist message. westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/w... Published by Tor Nightfire
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls | Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix has carved a unique niche for himself in the horror genre with works like The Final Girl Support Group and My Best Friend’s Exorcism. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls has no knife-w…
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November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#BestBooks2025 Occasionally when I need a break from crime fiction, I dive into a nice, hair-raising horror. I thoroughly enjoyed Grady Hendrix's Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, an unsettling read with a clear feminist message. westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/w... Published by Tor Nightfire
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Do you dream of sharing your love of Japanese literature with the perfect translated book? Read Japanese Literature has 15 recommendations to cover everyone on your list.
Japanese Books to Give for the Holidays
Do you dream of sharing your love of Japanese literature with the perfect translated book?
bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Do you dream of sharing your love of Japanese literature with the perfect translated book? Read Japanese Literature has 15 recommendations to cover everyone on your list.
Not planning to go big on Christmas this year but I couldn't resist an Aventskranz
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Not planning to go big on Christmas this year but I couldn't resist an Aventskranz
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Delighted to announce forthcoming Nordic Thriller Series ‘Brkn’ based on Jon Atli Jonasson's book #Broken, which is now available in English translation
www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Reykj...
www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Reykj...
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Delighted to announce forthcoming Nordic Thriller Series ‘Brkn’ based on Jon Atli Jonasson's book #Broken, which is now available in English translation
www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Reykj...
www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Reykj...
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If you’re lonely on Thanksgiving, mourning a loved one, or don’t have the kind of support you hoped for whatever reason, I wrote this for you. It’s also included in my book The Translator’s Daughter theoffingmag.com/insight/the-...
The Orca and the Spider: On Motherhood, Loss, and Community - The Offing
Insight - The Offing Magazine
theoffingmag.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If you’re lonely on Thanksgiving, mourning a loved one, or don’t have the kind of support you hoped for whatever reason, I wrote this for you. It’s also included in my book The Translator’s Daughter theoffingmag.com/insight/the-...
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Our latest podcast has landed and this week it’s all about resilience over rejection. We have a great success story too. Don’t miss this brilliant episode with writer Louise Beech. Plus this week we have another brilliant book rec from @bexbookaholic.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Don't Give Up on It Baby with Louise Beech
Podcast Episode · The Tortured Writers Podcast · 28/11/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Our latest podcast has landed and this week it’s all about resilience over rejection. We have a great success story too. Don’t miss this brilliant episode with writer Louise Beech. Plus this week we have another brilliant book rec from @bexbookaholic.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Oh yay, first rejection for job application just came in today. I thought I'd be a perfect fit as a bookseller but apparently not... 😕
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Oh yay, first rejection for job application just came in today. I thought I'd be a perfect fit as a bookseller but apparently not... 😕
#FridayFun: Palaces in Brandenburg Region findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/f...
#FridayFun: Palaces in Brandenburg Region
It’s getting a little too cold to explore all of the little (and not so little) palaces in the Brandenburg region around Berlin (and a little further afield), so I’ll start off by doing…
findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#FridayFun: Palaces in Brandenburg Region findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/f...
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to: (in recent years)
Janelle Monàe
The Rose
One OK Rock
Lim Yunchan
Iulia Isaev
Janelle Monàe
The Rose
One OK Rock
Lim Yunchan
Iulia Isaev
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Suzanne Vega
Salif Keita
Bruce Hornsby
Andras Schiff
Frans Bruggen
Suzanne Vega
Salif Keita
Bruce Hornsby
Andras Schiff
Frans Bruggen
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
The Cure
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Youssou N'Dour
Simple Minds
Fischer-Z
The Cure
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Youssou N'Dour
Simple Minds
Fischer-Z
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to: (in recent years)
Janelle Monàe
The Rose
One OK Rock
Lim Yunchan
Iulia Isaev
Janelle Monàe
The Rose
One OK Rock
Lim Yunchan
Iulia Isaev
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The judges have also highly commended ‘Too Great A Sky’ by Liliana Corobca, translater from Romanian (Romania) by Monica Cure and published by @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social.
Read the full announcement here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
Read the full announcement here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The judges have also highly commended ‘Too Great A Sky’ by Liliana Corobca, translater from Romanian (Romania) by Monica Cure and published by @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social.
Read the full announcement here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
Read the full announcement here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 is ‘And the Walls Became the World All Around’ by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing and published by @grantabooks.bsky.social !
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 is ‘And the Walls Became the World All Around’ by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing and published by @grantabooks.bsky.social !
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großer Jubel für die 175. Vorstellung der "Dreigroschenoper" heute: Glückwunsch ans Ensemble, ans Orchester und das ganze wunderbare Team hinter der Bühne zu diesem unfassbaren Jubiläum in nur knapp vier Jahren!
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
großer Jubel für die 175. Vorstellung der "Dreigroschenoper" heute: Glückwunsch ans Ensemble, ans Orchester und das ganze wunderbare Team hinter der Bühne zu diesem unfassbaren Jubiläum in nur knapp vier Jahren!
So excited to see the Dreigroschenoper in Berlin at last in this lovely old theatre
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So excited to see the Dreigroschenoper in Berlin at last in this lovely old theatre