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    Jazz Money & Andrés N Ordorica: The Language of Protest and Love

    Saturday 13 August 18:15 - 19:15

    Jazz Money & Andrés N Ordorica: The Language of Protest and Love Book
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    Written in Wiradjuri and English, How to Make a Basket won Jazz Money the David Unaipon Award for its exploration of existence under a colonial state and its celebration of queer love. Andrés N Ordorica’s debut collection, At Least This I Know,...
     

    Close Read: Richard Holloway on the King James Bible

    Sunday 14 August 10:30 - 12:00

    Close Read: Richard Holloway on the King James Bible Book
    Why not try? Workshop: Lizzy Stewart on Illustrating Your Reading List Workshop: Lizzy Stewart on Illustrating Your Reading List Wed 17 Aug 10:30 - 12:30
     

    Daniel Hahn: The Translator’s Craft and Graft

    Sunday 14 August 12:15 - 13:15

    Daniel Hahn: The Translator’s Craft and Graft Book
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    Thanks to tireless advocates like Daniel Hahn, literary translation has begun to enjoy a higher profile. Now, Hahn shines a new light on the process in Catching Fire – a diary of his work reimagining Diamela Eltit’s Spanish-language novel Never Did...
     

    Workshop: Daniel Hahn on Translation

    Monday 15 August 17:00 - 19:00

    Workshop: Daniel Hahn on Translation Book
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    As well as being a writer, editor and critic Daniel Hahn has produced more than 70 translations of literary fiction from Portuguese, Spanish and French into English, many of them award-winning. Today, Hahn leads you through the process of translating...
     

    Domenico Starnone: Trust Translated

    Monday 15 August 18:15 - 19:15

    Domenico Starnone: Trust Translated Book
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    We welcome Domenico Starnone to celebrate the English edition of his 2019 novel, Trust, translated by Jhumpa Lahiri. Starnone has written over 13 books, earning him Italy’s highest literary prize, the Strega. In Trust, lovers Pietro and Teresa tell...
     

    Close Read: Daniel Hahn on the International Booker Prize Winner

    Tuesday 16 August 13:00 - 14:30

    Close Read: Daniel Hahn on the International Booker Prize Winner Book
    Why not try? Workshop: Dan Richards on How to Ask the Right Questions Workshop: Dan Richards on How to Ask the Right Questions Thu 18 Aug 13:00 - 15:00
     

    Mariana Enríquez: Supernatural Terrors and Real-Life Monsters

    Thursday 18 August 18:15 - 19:15

    Mariana Enríquez: Supernatural Terrors and Real-Life Monsters Book
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    On the years of dictatorship in Argentina, Mariana Enríquez said ‘I did not distinguish between reality and fiction because reality was worse than any fiction I could imagine’. Her gothic stories add gravity to that statement. Now, she discusses...
     

    Jennifer Croft: Finding the Words

    Thursday 18 August 20:15 - 21:15

    Jennifer Croft: Finding the Words Book
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    Guggenheim Fellow and Booker International Prize-winning translator Jennifer Croft explores the relationship between translation and empathy in her new memoir, Homesick. It’s a tale of two sisters: Zoe, who falls seriously ill, and Amy, who strives to...
     

    Georgi Gospodinov: Time is Out to Get Us

    Friday 19 August 10:30 - 11:30

    Georgi Gospodinov: Time is Out to Get Us Book
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    Thomas Mann argued there’s nothing ‘actual’ about time: humans don’t possess an organ that can sense it. Award-winning Bulgarian novelist Georgi Gospodinov plays with this idea in Time Shelter, beautifully translated into English by Angela...
     

    The 2022 International Booker Prize Winners: Meet the Author and Translator

    Saturday 20 August 16:15 - 17:15

    The 2022 International Booker Prize Winners: Meet the Author and Translator Book
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    Last month writer Geetanjali Shree and translator Daisy Rockwell were named as the joint winners of The International Booker Prize – the annual award for the best novel translated into English from another language. Together they made history as their...