Hello––I'm interested in poetry & songs written to protest against harm to rivers or to protect them from harm. Not just paeans to rivers, of which there are many. But words to protest or protect. Can you recommend? Wd like to grow a list. Any century, language, culture, custom.

📣 In its 30th anniversary year, the Sebald lecture is given by Rowan Williams, exploring the translation of poetry 📚 📅 Monday 2 December ⏲️ 19:00 – 20:30 📍 British Library Theatre & online In association with the British Library. Find out more: buff.ly/3MFJRNX

"Get ready for some Hong Kong superhero fantasy fun! It’s camp, it’s silly and it’s a damn good time. Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh & Anita Mui star as a trio of ass-kicking superheroines…" - Nida Manzoor, Chicks, Kicks & Flicks curator on The Heroic Trio Watershed Sun 24 Nov 14:00

Don’t miss out the first SUBTLE webinar ✨ Join SUBTLE's Karli Witkowska, an SDH specialist, and learn how to create subtitles for d/Deaf and hard of hearing people like a pro. More info below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant” Cary Grant Join Cary Grant Festival in Archie’s home city for a 3-day celebration of how the Hollywood star’s early training as an acrobat influenced his work and the wider #artofaction in cinema.

New publication: User-Centric Studies in Game Translation and Accessibility Edited By Mikołaj Deckert, Krzysztof W. Hejduk. Advocating a user-centric perspective to examine translated video games and accessibility features routledge.com/User-Centric-S…

Run, don't walk, to see this film. She, and the film, are awesome.

Long Distance, sur @primevideofr aurait pu être un survival haletant. Mais avec ce sous-titrage, le spectateur sent bien la longueur. Orthographe à revoir, repérage catastrophique et sous-titres inutiles, tout y est.

This weekend, we revealed the winner of this year's Swedish #subtitling award, founded and funded by Medietextarna. The winner is Lena Edh (Lena Edh) for her fantastic subtitles of #Billions! read more here: medietextarna.se/lena-edh-arets…

An exciting opportunity for a prospective PhD student in translation studies to work with us at the Burgess Foundation. Application details below!

Can't wait!!

Languages and translation lovers, I give you my favourite Dutch museum find of 2025: The Tower of Bauble. Belated Happy New Year! 🎉 School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Research assistant sought (fixed-term, part-time) for a project on subtitling reception and research impact: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…. Closing date for applications is 30 January 2025. ESIST EST UKSubtitlingAudiencesNetwork

Really need to avoid distraction for the next few weeks and so, of course, just discovered the Nordic Noir in Translation Database (data.post45.org/posts/the-nord…) which looks like an excellent rabbit hole to fall down...

What is a reader’s report and what is it for? Join Ceci Rossi for her workshop 'How to Write a Reader's Report' as she addresses these issues 📚 Find out register: uea.ac.uk/groups-and-cen… #BCLT #Event #LiteraryTranslation #Translation #Translation

One of London's most integral film venues, and a beacon for independent cinema. If you havent already, Help #SaveThePCC below ✍

The Prince Charles cannot die. It's unique (though frankly every town should have one). You could sign the petition or liquidate the landlord class, whatever works best for you.

Very sad news for Cardiff University, an institution I am proud to have worked for. Please sign and share the petition change.org/p/save-mlang-a…

Modern Languages and Translation are among a range of subjects gravely threatened at the University of Cardiff. Please sign the petition if you can: change.org/p/save-mlang-a…