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Katie Brown

@drkatiebrown

Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies at @exetermodlangs and translator specialising in Venezuelan Lit. Bookworm and indie music addict. She/her.

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Untold Narratives (@writersuntold) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out the full line-up of #ITD2024's nationwide programme featuring Selkies House Selkies House, Goethe-Institut London Goethe-Institut London, And Other Stories And Other Stories and Wasafiri @wasafirimag #LiteratureInTranslation #LiteraryTranslators englishpen.org/international-…

Selkies House (@selkieshouse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy UK Publication Day to our award-winning author ⁦بثينة العيسى⁩ and her translators from the #Arabic of "The Guardian of Surfaces", @enjoybooksdxb Ranya Abdelrahman & ⁦Sawad Hussain⁩! National Book Award longlist. "A necessary masterpiece", Alberto Manguel

Happy UK Publication Day to our award-winning author ⁦<a href="/Bothayna_AlEssa/">بثينة العيسى</a>⁩ and her translators from the #Arabic of "The Guardian of Surfaces", @enjoybooksdxb Ranya Abdelrahman &amp; ⁦<a href="/sawadhussain/">Sawad Hussain</a>⁩!

National Book Award longlist.

"A necessary masterpiece", Alberto Manguel
Wenqian Zhang (@wenqian_zhang3) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣Join us for an online roundtable on "Translating Chinese #danmei novels" with translators in English, Italian, Russian and Spanish. ⏰Date: 30 Oct 2024, 13:30 - 15:00 GMT 💻Venue: online, MS Teams 🔗Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2fa0a57d… #UoETranslationalFunding #UoEAHRC_IAA

📣Join us for an online roundtable on "Translating Chinese #danmei novels" with translators in English, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

⏰Date: 30 Oct 2024, 13:30 - 15:00 GMT
💻Venue: online, MS Teams
🔗Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2fa0a57d…

#UoETranslationalFunding #UoEAHRC_IAA
Caroline Summers (@drcarosummers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy International Translation Day! To celebrate #ITD2024, Warwick SMLC is launching a translation competition, open to *all* final-year UK undergraduate students of languages: details below and at warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/moder… . Please share widely! Translation at Warwick

Happy International Translation Day! To celebrate #ITD2024, <a href="/WarwickSMLC/">Warwick SMLC</a> is launching a translation competition, open to *all* final-year UK undergraduate students of languages: details below and at warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/moder… . Please share widely! <a href="/Warwick_Transla/">Translation at Warwick</a>
Katie Brown (@drkatiebrown) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was an absolute pleasure to spend the afternoon on this #InternationalTranslationDay getting stuck in to knotty translation problems in this workshop! Thank you to Selkies House for organising and to Natasha and our other participants.

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Introducing Selkies House Audiobooks—home of the best authors and translators from around the world, available for the first time in audio. Click the bio link or visit selkieshouse.com/audiobooks #audiobooks #audiobookpublishing #indiepublishing

Introducing Selkies House Audiobooks—home of the best authors and translators from around the world, available for the first time in audio.

Click the bio link or visit selkieshouse.com/audiobooks

#audiobooks 
#audiobookpublishing 
#indiepublishing
Katie Brown (@drkatiebrown) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You can now read #FromSavagery with your ears! Narrator Stephanie Cannon did such a wonderful job bringing Nanda and company to life 💖

The Nobel Prize (@nobelprize) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"I’m so surprised and honoured." 2024 literature laureate Han Kang had just finished dinner with her son at her home in Seoul when she received the news of her #NobelPrize. We spoke to her – moments after she found out about the prize – about growing up with books, being the

Laurence Laluyaux (@llaluyaux) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is absolutely spot on and Deborah Smith, who is as humble as she is talented, played a really crucial role. I will say this again: no proper representation of international authors would be possible without outstanding translators.

PILAS - Postgraduates in Latin American Studies (@pilas_latam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us online for our first PILAS Reading Group event on Monday 4 November. In this meeting we'll be talking with Alejandra Banca and Katie Brown about their recently published work 'From Savagery'. Excited for this one 📖 Sign up link: pilas-reading-group.rsvpify.com

Join us online for our first PILAS Reading Group event on Monday 4 November. In this meeting we'll be talking with <a href="/AlejBanca/">Alejandra Banca</a> and <a href="/DrKatieBrown/">Katie Brown</a> about their recently published work 'From Savagery'. Excited for this one 📖

Sign up link: pilas-reading-group.rsvpify.com
Sophie Stevens (@sophiel_stevens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Opening today: A double bill of Mónica Maffía's plays Shakespeareana at Barons Court Theatre Barons Court Theatre Translated by me ✍️ Complete Sex & Raw deal with climate change, acts of resistance and gender identity. Tix and info 👇 Until 9th November See you there 🎭🇦🇷

Selkies House (@selkieshouse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The story of dazzling Venezuelan debut #FromSavagery by Alejandra Banca continues! Come see Katie Brown in Manchester House of Books and Friends popular lunchtime #translation series on December 9th. Registration: houseofbooksandfriends.com/events

The story of dazzling Venezuelan debut #FromSavagery by <a href="/AlejBanca/">Alejandra Banca</a> continues! 

Come see <a href="/DrKatieBrown/">Katie Brown</a> in Manchester <a href="/Books_n_friends/">House of Books and Friends</a> popular lunchtime #translation series on December 9th. Registration: houseofbooksandfriends.com/events
SLAS Society for Latin American Studies (@slaslatam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢NEW BLAR ISSUE OUT📢 Volume 44, Issue 1 (Jan 2025) is a Special Issue, Venezuela, Dispersed: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Participatory Methodologies on and with the Venezuelan Diaspora. Please check the articles here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

📢NEW BLAR ISSUE OUT📢

Volume 44, Issue 1 (Jan 2025) is a Special Issue, Venezuela, Dispersed: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Participatory Methodologies on and with the Venezuelan Diaspora.

Please check the articles here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…
Full Stop (@fullstopmag) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"In her foregrounding of the harsh labor conditions of undocumented immigrants, Banca does not victimize her characters, nor does she give into painting them as easy tropes." Rose Bialer reviews @alejbanca's FROM SAVAGERY in Katie Brown's translation: full-stop.net/2025/02/11/rev….

House of Books and Friends (@books_n_friends) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We can't wait to welcome Alejandra Banca (author), who will be in conversation with Katie Brown (translator) to House of Books who will be here to discuss the book From Savagery! 📚 📆 15th April 🕕 6pm - 7pm 🎟️eu1.hubs.ly/H0gRC_S0

We can't wait to welcome Alejandra Banca (author), who will be in conversation with Katie Brown (translator) to House of Books who will be here to discuss the book From Savagery! 📚  

📆 15th April
🕕 6pm - 7pm 
🎟️eu1.hubs.ly/H0gRC_S0
Selkies House (@selkieshouse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For 3 days only beg. Saturday 22 February ⁦Waterstones⁩ runs its Spring online preorder campaign including the paperback edition of FROM SAVAGERY by ⁦Alejandra Banca⁩ trs. ⁦Katie Brown⁩ Enter promo code PREORDER25 at checkout to receive 25% off

For 3 days only beg. Saturday 22 February ⁦<a href="/Waterstones/">Waterstones</a>⁩ runs its Spring online preorder campaign including the paperback edition of FROM SAVAGERY by ⁦<a href="/AlejBanca/">Alejandra Banca</a>⁩ trs. ⁦<a href="/DrKatieBrown/">Katie Brown</a>⁩ Enter promo code PREORDER25 at checkout to receive 25% off
Katie Brown (@drkatiebrown) 's Twitter Profile Photo

✨️We're so excited that the paperback of FROM SAVAGERY is in the Waterstones preorder campaign✨️ From 22-24 February, get 25% off preorders to prepare your #TBR for the year. Use code PREORDER25 at checkout. waterstones.com/campaign/25-of…

✨️We're so excited that the paperback of FROM SAVAGERY is in the <a href="/Waterstones/">Waterstones</a> preorder campaign✨️
From 22-24 February, get 25% off preorders to prepare your #TBR for the year. Use code PREORDER25 at checkout.

waterstones.com/campaign/25-of…
Selkies House (@selkieshouse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last day to use ⁦Waterstones online⁩ promo code PREORDER25 to receive 25% discount on the dazzling paperback of FROM SAVAGERY by ⁦Alejandra Banca⁩ translated by ⁦Katie Brown. ⁦English PEN⁩ winner.

Last day to use ⁦<a href="/Waterstones/">Waterstones</a> online⁩ promo code PREORDER25 to receive 25% discount on the dazzling paperback of FROM SAVAGERY by ⁦<a href="/AlejBanca/">Alejandra Banca</a>⁩ translated by ⁦<a href="/DrKatieBrown/">Katie Brown</a>. ⁦<a href="/englishpen/">English PEN</a>⁩ winner.