Public events
I do quite a lot of public events at book festivals and occasional conferences; these are usually either talks about about my work, about translation or children's literature, or interviews with other writers.
2020
- Literary Translation (Q&A and reading) - Wroxton College, 7 January
- Living as a Translator (mentorship talk) - NCW, Dragon Hall Norwich, 18 January
- Translating Wor(l)ds - Royal Holloway University, Egham, 22 January
- Inclusivity in Children's Books - Lewes, 29 January
- Boxes of Delights - Oxford Brookes, 11 February
- SoA Translation Prizes - British Library, London, 12 February
- Clare Pollard - Faversham Literary Festival, 22 February
- Naomi Wood & Elizabeth Macneal - Faversham Literary Festival, 22 February
- Alia Trabucco Zerán & Sema Kaygusuz - Faversham Literary Festival, 22 February
- Hamid Ismailov - Faversham Literary Festival, 22 February
- Translating for Non-Translators (CHASE workshop) - UEA, 24 February [postponed - new date tbc]
- "Hurricane Season" with Sophie Hughes - Review bookshop, Peckham, London, 27 February [cancelled]
- "What Makes a Good Translation?" - TA Symposium, Goodenough College, London, 9 March
- "Translators Are Doing It for Themselves" - TA Symposium, Goodenough College, London, 9 March
- "Translating Spanish Literature" - Literary Translation Centre, London Book Fair, 10 March [cancelled]
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award - PEN Salon, London Book Fair, 10 March [cancelled]
- "Is That My Job?" - Literary Translation Centre, London Book Fair, 11 March [cancelled]
- "Translating Children's Picture Books" - Literary Translation Centre, London Book Fair, 11 March [cancelled]
- Making European Literature Cross Frontiers (EUPL) - PEN Salon, London Book Fair, 12 March [cancelled]
- Translator Conditions (CEATL panel) - Bologna Children's Book Fair, 31 March [cancelled]
- Translation duel (Happiness Is a Watermelon on Your Head) - Bologna Children's Book Fair, 31 March [cancelled]
- Ali Smith - Brighton Festival, 2 May [cancelled]
Events without links may not be available for public booking (or not yet)
Past Years
2019
- Living as a Translator (mentorship talk) - NCW, Norwich, 12 January
- Found in Translation - BookMark, Jaipur, 24 January
- Translations: An Equal Music - Zee Jaipur Literature Festival, Jaipur, 25 January
- Reading Translations - Ashoka University, Delhi, 28 January
- Samanta Schweblin - Libreria, London, 6 February
- Fantastic Realms and How to Find Them - JW3, London, 10 February
- SoA Translation Prizes - British Library, 13 February
- "Gloria Artis" ceremony - Polish Embassy, London, 18 February
- Manchester in Translation - Manchester, 21 February
- Brexit: Business as Usual? - London, 26 February
- Translation seminar with Cristina Viti - Kings College, London, 6 March
- Let's Talk about Dialogue - TA Translation Symposium, Europe House, London, 11 March
- Collaboration: What Works? - TA Translation Symposium, Europe House, London, 11 March
- Promoting Translations in a Digital World - London Book Fair, Olympia, 12 March
- What Can a Mentorship Do for You? - London Book Fair, Olympia, 13 March
- An Evening with Max Porter - Waterstones, Brighton, 13 March
- Freedom of Movement & Artistic Expression - London Book Fair, Olympia, 14 March
- Women in Literature and Translation: Realities and Stereotypes - London Book Fair, Olympia, 14 March
- Lost in Translation - Wimbledon BookFest Spring Weekend - 17 March
- How We Translate Fiction, and Why - Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, London 26 March
- Ruta Sepetys - Bologna Children's Book Fair, 1 April
- Translated Fiction Showcase - British Library, 4 April
- Ariana Harwicz - Waterstones, Glasgow, 26 April
- PEN Translates 250 - Brighton Festival, 6 May
- Translating W.G. Sebald - Norwich, 10 May
- ITI Conference: On Teaching Literary Translation - Sheffield, 11 May
- Translating Julián Fuks - International Literature Festival, Dublin, 23 May
- When Europe Meets South America: Vásquez & Schweblin - International Literature Festival, Dublin, 24 May
- Mia Couto & Wayétu Moore - Hay Festival, 25 May
- The Anthea Bell Lecture: The Genius of Getafix - Hay Festival, 25 May
- Marek Kohn - Hay Festival, 26 May
- Michelle Paver - Hay Festival, 29 May
- John Boyne - Hay Festival, 30 May
- Ma Jian & Sjón - Hay Festival, 1 June
- Javier Cercas - Hay Festival, 1 June
- Martin Puchner - Hay Festival, 2 June
- "The Symbiotic Relationship between Editors & Translators" - Edinburgh, 25 June
- Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School - UEA, Norwich, 21-27 July
- Jérôme Tubiana - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 13 August
- Translation Duel (French) - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 13 August
- Translation Duel (Swedish) - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 14 August
- Reading Workshop: "Celestial Bodies" - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 15 August
- Donatella di Pietrantonio - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 15 August
- Layla AlAmmar & Chloe Aridjis - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 16 August
- Donald S. Murray & Steve Sem-Sandberg - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 17 August
- Bernardo Atxaga & Margaret Jull Costa - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 17 August
- Agustín Fernández Mallo & Thomas Bunstead - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August
- Gabriela Cabezón Cámara & Olja Savičević - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August
- Steven Camden - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 19 August [schools' event]
- Scarlett Thomas - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 19 August [schools' event]
- Remembering Judith Kerr - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August
- Yasha Levine - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 21 August
- Dive into Reading with Sally Gardner - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 21 August
- Sulaiman Addonia & Olja Grjasnowa - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 22 August
- Muhammad Khan & Tom Pollock - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 23 August [schools' event]
- "The Society of Reluctant Dreamers" - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 23 August
- Matt Haig - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 23 August
- Kim Kyung-Uk - Korean Cultural Centre, London, 29 August
- Translation! festival - Exeter, 27 September
- Elizabeth Macneal & Stacey Halls - Marlborough LitFest, 28 September
- Translation Duel (Ferrante) - Marlborough LitFest, 28 September
- Robert Harris - Henley Literary Festival, 28 September
- Zeba Talkhani & Yara Rodrigues-Fowler - Henley Literary Festival, 29 September
- James Runcie - Henley Literary Festival, 30 September
- Elif Shafak - Henley Literary Festival, 30 September
- John Browne - Henley Literary Festival, 1 October
- Steve Jones - Henley Literary Festival, 2 October
- John Craven - Henley Literary Festival, 2 October
- Michael Rosen - Henley Literary Festival, 2 October
- Paul Merton - Henley Literary Festival, 2 October
- Kirsty Wark - Henley Literary Festival, 2 October
- Martin Sixsmith - Henley Literary Festival, 3 October
- Jacob Rees-Mogg - Henley Literary Festival, 4 October [cancelled]
- Thomas Grant & Jonathan Aitken - Henley Literary Festival, 5 October
- Kiran Millwood Hargrave & Anna James - Henley Literary Festival, 6 October
- "How to Get Published" - Henley Literary Festival, 6 October
- George Alagiah - Henley Literary Festival, 6 October
- A Celebration of New Dutch Writing - Dragon Hall, Norwich, 9 October
- Herman Koch - Cheltenham Literature Festival, 11 October
- 70 Years of Children's Books - Cheltenham Literature Festival, 12 October
- 7 at 70 International Showcase - Cheltenham Literature Festival, 12 October
- Hernán Ronsino & Jan Carson - Cheltenham Literature Festival, 13 October
- "Celebrating Independents" - Wimbledon Bookfest, 13 October [cancelled]
- Portuguese translation workshop - Edinburgh, 16 October
- A Celebration of Mal Peet - Foyles, London, 26 October [cancelled]
- "Don't Just Sign on the Dotted Line" (tripartite panel) - ALTA conference, Rochester NY, 8, 9 & 10 November
- "Everything You Wanted to Know about Being a Professional Translator" - ALTA, Rochester NY, 10 November
- Granta: Best of Europe II - Folkestone Book Festival, 18 November
2018
- What Do Young Readers Want? - Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, 13 January
- To Read or Not to Read? - Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, 14 January
- Pyeongchang Humanities Forum talk - Seoul, 20 January
- "Forgetting" talk - Writers' Centre Kingston, 25 January
- Children's literature talk - Bath Spa University - 8 February
- Lithuanian translation masterclass - British Council, London, 9 February
- Why We Love Translation - Caravansérail bookshop, London, 14 February
- Children's literature talk - Bath Spa University - 22 February
- Society of Authors Translation Prizes - British Library, 1 March
- New Voices in Translation - Caravansérail bookshop, London, 14 March
- Student forum - University of Kent in Paris, 27 March
- Writer in residence event - Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, 28 March
- Translating Children's Books talk - City University, London, 4 April
- TA symposium - Europe House, London, 9 April
- Dublin: Translating the World - London Book Fair, 10 April
- Bringing the World to Your Bookshelf - London Book Fair, 10 April
- Translating Literature from the Baltics - London Book Fair, 10 April
- Getting Started in Literary Translation - London Book Fair, 11 April
- Promoting Reading in the Baltic - London Book Fair, 11 April
- "In Other Words" Honour Titles - London Book Fair, 11 April
- Amy Sackville - London Book Fair, 12 April
- Bogotá 39: Latin America's New Voices - London Book Fair, 12 April
- Aspirations and Anxieties: Copyright Today - London Book Fair, 12 April
- Making Translations Happen - London Book Fair, 12 April
- Championing European Literature - Caravansérail, London, 9 May
- Iain Sinclair - Brighton Festival, 15 May
- Miguel Bonnefoy - Beyond Words, Institut Français, London, 16 May
- Noémi Lefèbvre - Caravansérail, London, 19 May [cancelled]
- The World of Moominvalley - Brighton Festival, 20 May
- Bogotá 39 (Colanzi, Restrepo Pombo, Fonseca) - Hay Festival, 26 May
- Juan Gabriel Vásquez & Javier Cercas - Hay Festival, 27 May
- Bogotá 39 (Ulloa, Monge, Jufresa) - Hay Festival, 27 May
- International Writing for YA - Hay Festival, 30 May
- "Writers at Work" translation workshop - 1 June
- Rachel Cusk - Hay Festival, 1 June [cancelled]
- Alicia Kopf - Hay Festival, 1 June
- Philip Pullman - Hay Festival, 2 June
- Translation panel - Jaipur in London, British Library, London, 10 June
- Kareem Abdulrahman: "Together" @ Refugee Week - Brighton Dome, 24 June
- Austin Mitchell - Bradford Literature Festival, 30 June
- Gareth Brookes: Storytelling City - Bradford Literature Festival, 30 June
- Michael Smith on Gawain - Bradford Literature Festival, 1 July
- UKLA Book Awards - UKLA Conference, Mercure Hotel, Cardiff, 6 July
- BCLT Summer School - University of East Anglia, 22-28 July
- Theresa Breslin & Holly Webb - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 11 August
- Jacek Dehnel & Andrei Ivanov - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 11 August
- Adrian Edmondson - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 12 August
- Isabel & Imogen Greenberg - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 12 August
- Hamid Ismailov & Eugene Vodolazkin - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 12 August
- Reading Workshop: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August
- Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir & Shaun Prescott - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August
- Christopher Reid on "Eliot's Dogs" - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 19 August
- Brian Conaghan & Karmele Jaio - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 19 August
- Ulrike Almut Sandig - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 19 August
- Peter Bunzl - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August [schools' event]
- Sarah Crossan & Clémentine Beauvais - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August [schools' event]
- Sjón & Kim Sherwood - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August
- MBIP Reading Workshop: "Flights" (Tokarczuk/Croft) - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 21 August
- Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel & Sharon Bala - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 21 August
- Translation Duel (French) - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 22 August
- Hayley Barker & Mary Watson - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 22 August
- Lucy Christopher & Keren David - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 23 August [schools' event]
- Jim Broadbent & Dix - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 23 August
- Translating "Resistance" - Golden Hare Books, Edinburgh, 23 August
- Sally Nicholls - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 24 August [schools' event]
- Rhidian Brook & Danny Denton - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 24 August
- Translation Duel (Spanish) - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 25 August
- Martin Stewart & Teri Terry - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 25 August
- Carmen Maria Machado & Chris Power - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 25 August
- Ade Adepitan - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 26 August
- Judith Kerr & Ian Craig - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 26 August
- Geir Gulliksen & Barney Norris - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 26 August
- Terry Deary - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 27 August [schools' event]
- Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ & Uzodinma Iweala - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 27 August
- Frankenstein vs. Dracula - Conway Hall, London, 4 September
- Lucy Mangan - Little Green Pig, Brighton, 6 September
- Babel festival - Bellinzona, Switzerland, 14-16 September
- "Lost in Translation?" - Edinburgh, 18 September
- Making the Case for Translation - B.U. "Translation Now" conference, Boston, MA, 28 September
- Translation as Creative Act - B.U. "Translation Now" conference, Boston, MA, 29 September
- Translation Duel - Marlborough, 30 September
- James Hanratty - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 1 October [cancelled]
- Mark Bostridge - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 2 October
- Paddy Ashdown - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 2 October
- Kate Mosse - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 2 October
- Lucy Mangan - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 2 October
- Anthony Horowitz - Henley Literary Festival (schools), Henley-on-Thames, 3 October
- Dazzling Debuts: Justin Myers & August Thomas - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 3 October
- Teresa Solana & Peter Bush - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 3 October
- Oliver Letwin - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 3 October
- Ed Husain - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 3 October
- Nikesh Shukla, Sally Nicholls & Jewell Parker Rhodes - Henley Literary Festival (schools), Henley-on-Thames, 4 October
- The Novel Fights Back: Nikesh Shukla, Rachel Edwards, Thomas Maloney - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 4 October
- Angela Eagle & Imran Ahmed - Henley Literary Festival, Henley-on-Thames, 4 October
- Editing/Translation keynote - Mediterranean Editors & Translators (MET), Girona, Spain, 5 October
- Jessie Burton & Sally Gardner - Cheltenham Literature Festival, 7 October
- Reading Europe - Cheltenham Literature Festival, 7 October
- Elif Shafak - Cheltenham Literature Festival, 7 October
- Translation duel - British Library, London, 8 October
- Overcoming Resistance - Caravansérail bookshop, London, 10 October
- Héctor Abad & Mohammed Hanif - Cheltenham Literature Festival, 13 October
- Masatsugu Ono - Cheltenham Literature Festival, 14 October
- Literary Landscapes - Waterstones Hampstead, London, 18 October [cancelled]
- Private event - London, 21 November
- Victor Dixen (school event) - London, 23 November
- Fretwork: The Art of Translation - Seamus Heaney HomePlace, 24 November
- Event tbc - London, 25 November
- Jamie Byng interview - SoA AGM, Manchester, 29 November
2017
- Translation talk - Bath Spa University, 10 January
- "A Good Book" - Four Thought recording, Design Museum, London, 23 January
- "Children's Literature: Inclusivity and Translation" - UEA, Norwich, 1 February
- Children's literature talk - Bath Spa University, 2 February
- Children's literature talk - Bath Spa University, 9 February
- Being a children's books translator - London Book Fair, 14 March
- Polish translation duel - Literary Translation Centre, London Book Fair, 14 March
- Introducing Aarhus 39 - Children's Hub, London Book Fair, 15 March
- Aarhus 39 and translation - Literary Translation Centre, London Book Fair, 15 March
- The problem with translated children's books - Literary Translation Centre, London Book Fair, 16 March
- Booker panel - Lancaster LitFest, 22 March
- Introducing Aarhus 39 - Bologna Children's Book Fair, 4 April
- BookTrust's "In Other Words" - Bologna Children's Book Fair, 4 April
- DJ Brazier & Caighlan Smith - Federation of Children's Book Groups conference, Reading, 8 April
- Children's Books in Translation - Federation of Children's Book Groups conference, Reading, 8 April
- "Getting children reading" workshops - Athens, 26 April [cancelled]
- Nordic Translation Seminar - Norwich, 4-5 May
- "Publishing and marketing translations" workshop with Rosalind Harvey - Newcastle, 9 May
- Xiaolu Guo - Brighton Festival, 12 May
- In Celebration of Translation - British Academy, London, 18 May
- Petina Gappah - Brighton Festival, 21 May
- Children's Books in Translation - IBBY, London, 23 May
- Raja Shehadeh - Brighton Festival, 25 May
- Maria Turtschaninoff & Alwyn Hamilton - Hay Festival, 27 May
- "The Essay" recording for BBC Radio 3 - Hay Festival, 27 May
- Judging the 1988 Man Booker International - Hay Festival, 27 May
- Meg Rosoff - Hay Festival, 29 May
- Scritture Giovanni - Hay Festival, 29 May
- Ann Goldstein - Hay Festival, 29 May
- Marcus Sedgwick - Hay Festival, 30 May
- Matthew Francis - Hay Festival, 30 May
- Laia Jufresa & Cynan Jones - Hay Festival, 31 May
- "Writers at Work" translation workshop - Hay Festival, 31 May
- Juno Dawson - Hay Festival, 1 June
- Sarah Crossan & Brian Conaghan - Hay Festival, 3 June
- Patrick Ness - Hay Festival, 3 June [cancelled]
- Viet Thanh Nguyen & Ece Temelkuran - Hay Festival, 3 June
- Natalie Haynes - Hay Festival, 4 June
- International Dublin Literary Award winners event - Dublin City Library, 23 June
- SLA/YLG weekend conference (translation session with Joy Court) - Harrogate, 23-25 June
- "Translating for Children" lecture - Translate in the City, London 28 June
- "Translating a picture book" - UKLA conference, University of Strathclyde, 2 July
- John Boyne - Bradford Literature Festival, 7 July
- Gary Younge - Bradford Literature Festival, 8 July
- Melvin Burgess, Liz Flanagan, Cathy MacPhail - Bradford Literature Festival, 9 July
- Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School - BCLT, UEA, 23-29 July
- English PEN Translated Literature Book Club - Free Word, London, 7 August
- Edinburgh Book Fringe - LIghthouse Bookshop, Edinburgh, 12 August
- Geraldine McCaughrean & Katherine Rundell - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 12 August
- Aravind Adiga - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 12 August
- Mario Giordano & Tim Walker - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 13 August
- The Spectacular Translation Machine - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 13 August
- Filip Springer - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 13 August
- James Mayhew & Jackie Morris - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 14 August
- MBIP Winner (reading workshop) - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 15 August
- Aesthetic and Cultural Transition - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 15 August
- The Good Immigrant - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 15 August
- The Power of Translation - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 16 August
- The Best International Novel of 2017 - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 16 August
- Tanya Landman & Reginald D. Hunter - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 17 August
- David Long - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 17 August
- Peter Høeg & Michelle Paver - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 17 August
- Lucy Crehan & Jonathan Stroud - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August
- David Colmer - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August
- Tahir Abbas & Kaya Genç - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 19 August
- Sarah Crossan & Brian Conaghan - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 19 August
- Tony Ross - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August
- Maria Turtschaninoff & Alwyn Hamilton - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August
- Ali Smith - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August
- Overcoming Cultural Diversities for Global Issues - Pune Lit Fest, India, 8 September
- Reading between the Lines - Pune Lit Fest, India, 9 September
- TA First Translation Prize - Pune Lit Fest, India, 10 September
- Kate Briggs - Institut français, London, 21 September
- Translation workshop with Ruth Martin - ScotsWrite conference, Cumbernauld, 23 September
- Insider Secrets - ScotsWrite Conference, Cumbernauld, 24 September
- Lizzie Enfield & Ella Berthoud - Hurst Festival, Hurstpierpoint, 25 September
- Korean Literature Night - London, 27 September
- Transgressions: Harwicz & Hadley - London Review Bookshop, 29 September
- Translation Duel (One Hundred Years of Solitude) - Marlborough Literature Festival, 30 September
- Opening plenary - International Translation Day, British Library, 2 October
- Effin' and Blindin': Children's Lit in Translation - International Translation Day, British Library, 2 October
- Nick Clegg - Henley Literary Festival, 4 October
- Dazzling Debuts: Paula Cocozza & Nathan Hill - Henley Literary Festival, 4 October
- Chibundu Onuzo & Anietie Isong - Henley Literary Festival, 4 October
- Methods and Practice - ALTA conference, Minneapolis MN, 6 October
- The Brazil Boom - ALTA conference, Minneapolis MN, 7 October
- Contracts Checklist - ALTA conference, Minneapolis MN, 7 October
- Translating Roger Mello - San Francisco, 18 October
- Aarhus39 at the Southbank - Southbank Centre, London, 23 October
- Children's Literature in Europe Today - DOKK1, Aarhus, 26 October
- Ævar Thor Benediktsson and Frida Nilsson - School of Communication & Culture, Aarhus Univ, 27 October
- Meg Rosoff - Store Sal, Aarhus, 29 October
- Litro magazine: Latin American edition launch - British Library, London, 31 October
- Translating Harry Potter - British Library, London, 9 November
- "Happily Ever After" with Hilary McKay & Deirdre Sullivan - IBBY conference, CLPE, London, 11 November
- Michael Rosen - Conway Hall, London, 16 November
- Aarhus39 at the South Ken Kids' Festival - Institut français, London, 18 November
- Theatre in Translation - London, 24 November
- Korean Literature Night - London, 29 November
- Charlie Redmayne interview - SoA AGM, London, 30 November
- A World for Children: Books in Translation - British Library, London, 4 December
- "Hearing Global Voices" - British Library, London, 4 December
- Translating Children's Books - UEA, Norwich, 6 December
2016
- Celebrating Shakespeare panel - Hay Festival Cartagena, Colombia, 28 January
- Deborah Levy & Nell Leyshon on Cervantes - Hay Festival Cartagena, Colombia, 29 January
- Sebastian Meschenmoser, Afonso Cruz & Rafael Yockteng on illustration - Hay Festival Cartagena, Colombia, 31 January
- War of Words: The Progressive Media Conference - U.E.A., Norwich, 20 February
- Scattered Authors Society conference - Peterborough, 20 February
- Talks on children's literature - Bath Spa University, 25 February & 3 March
- Homero Aridjis and Chloe Aridjis - Swedenborg Society, London, 17 March
- In conversation with John Boyne - FCBG "Building Bridges" conference, Telford, 3 April
- "Forging Connections" with SF Said, Jane Ray & Prue Goodwin - FCBG conference, Telford, 3 April
- Bologna Children's Book Fair: Aarhus39 presentation (event info tba) - Bologna, 4-7 April
- The Spectacular Translation Machine, APTIC - Barcelona, 8-9 April
- TA Symposium - Free Word Centre, London, 11 April
- "Crossroads Are Everywhere" - London Book Fair, 12 April
- Lunatics, Lovers and Poets (Okri/Levy/Molina) - British Library, 12 April
- Hay Aarhus project launch - London Book Fair, 13 April
- Rhidian Brook on Cervantes and Shakespeare - London Book Fair, 13 April
- Translated Children's Literature - London Book Fair, 14 April
- Freaks, Geeks & Miscreants - Blue Met, Montréal, 15 April
- A Different Country - Blue Met, Montréal, 16 April
- Alles Veloziferisch (Monique Schwitter) - Blue Met, Montréal, 16 April [cancelled]
- Translation Slam: Simenon - Blue Met, Montréal, 17 April
- Translation and Children's Literature - Cambridge, 27 April
- Korean literature night - London, 28 April
- Translation workshop - Liverpool, 4 May
- Shakespeare Translation Conference - Doha, Qatar, 5-9 May [postponed]
- Cervantes translation duel - British Library, 9 May
- Man Booker International panel - Foyles, London, 12 May
- Translation, Literature and Cultural Management - Thessaloniki Book Fair, 13 May
- Translation as art and technique - Thessaloniki Book Fair, 14 May
- Literature and Identity (Hage, Thien, Kertes) - Thessaloniki Book Fair, 14 May
- Man Booker International shortlist readings - British Library, London, 15 May
- Translation workshop - Yerevan, Armenia, 18-20 May
- Adoption and Care panel - Bradford Lit Fest, 22 May
- Superman Was a Foundling (with Lemn Sissay & Hilary Robinson) - Bradford Lit Fest, 22 May
- Anthea Bell birthday celebration - Cambridge, 26 May
- Juno Dawson, Patrice Lawrence, Martyn Bedford, Eve Ainsworth - Hay Festival, 28 May
- Patrick Ness & Lewis MacDougall - Hay Festival, 28 May
- Writers at Work, session 1: Translation - Hay Festival, 29 May
- Milena Busquets, Yuri Herrera, Valeria Luiselli - Hay Festival, 29 May
- Lunatics, Lovers and Poets (Leyshon/Brook/Molina) - Hay Festival, 29 May
- Scritture Giovanni 2016 - Hay Festival, 29 May
- Lunatics, Lovers and Poets (Rushdie/Shamsie/Luiselli/Vásquez) - Hay Festival, 29 May
- Francesca Simon - Hay Festival, 30 May
- Juan Gabriel Vásquez & Álvaro Enrigue - Hay Festival, 30 May
- Shakespeare's Language (David Crystal, Vicente Molina Foix) - Hay Festival, 30 May
- Kiran Millwood Hargrave & Alwyn Hamilton - Hay Festival, 1 June
- Lunatics, Lovers & Poets (with Yuri Herrera) - Mr B's, Bath, 1 June
- Tiffany Jenkins - Hay Festival, 2 June
- Jenny Valentine, Annabel Pitcher, Hayley Long - Hay Festival, 3 June
- Writers at Work, session 2 - Hay Festival, 4 June
- Miriam Moss & Jon Walter - Hay Festival, 4 June
- The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature - Felixstowe Book Festival, 25 June
- Dialogues: Translation - Felixstowe Book Festival, 25 June
- UKLA conference keynote - Bristol, 8 July
- Litro Cuba launch - Waterstones Piccadilly, 12 July
- Asymptote "Ask the Translator" evening - Waterstones Piccadilly, 20 July
- BCLT Summer School - U.E.A., Norwich, 24-30 July
- "Morally Complicated YA" - YALC, London, 31 July
- Picturing Harry Potter - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 15 August
- Eileen Horne - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 15 August [cancelled]
- Reading Workshop: The Vegetarian - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 17 August
- Booker-shortlisted translators - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 17 August
- Raja Alem & Abir Mukherjee - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 17 August
- Theresa Breslin & M.A. Griffin - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August
- Peter Ho Davies & Jan-Philipp Sendker - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 18 August
- The Roald Dahl letters - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 19 August
- Mike McCormack & Alex Pheby - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 19 August
- Shakespeare's First Folio - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August
- Tom Bullough & Anjali Joseph - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August
- Rupert Thomson - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 21 August
- Benjamin Johncock & Judith Claire Mitchell - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 21 August
- Patrice Lawrence & Anthony McGowan - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 22 August [schools event]
- Ann M. Martin - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 22 August [schools event]
- The Great YA Debate - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 22 August
- Jenny Downham & Annabel Pitcher - Edinburgh International Book Festival, 23 August [schools event]
- Peirene Salon: Linda Stift - London, 17 September
- The Story of Children's Books - U3A Oxford, 24 September
- Lunatics, Lovers and Poets (Giralt, Levy, Shamsie) - Hay Festival Segovia, 25 September
- Lunatics, Lovers and Poets (with Joan Tarrida) - Hay Festival Segovia, 25 September
- A.F. Harrold - Henley Literary Festival, 27 September [schools event]
- Philip Eade – Henley Literary Festival, 27 September
- Derek Fowlds – Henley Literary Festival, 27 September
- Gary Younge – Henley Literary Festival, 27 September
- Alan Johnson – Henley Literary Festival, 28 September
- John Lahr – Henley Literary Festival, 28 September
- John Sentamu – Henley Literary Festival, 29 September
- Korean literature night - London, 29 September
- Opening plenary, International Translation Day - British Library, 30 September
- Michael Heseltine – Henley Literary Festival, 30 September
- Richard Coles – Henley Literary Festival, 30 September
- Richard Harries – Henley Literary Festival, 1 October
- Shamim Sarif – Henley Literary Festival, 1 October
- Rachel Hore – Henley Literary Festival, 2 October
- Irenosen Okojie – Henley Literary Festival, 2 October
- Translating children's books – University of East Anglia, 12 October
- Naomi Alderman – Southbank Centre, 16 October
- "A World of Children's Books" – Oxford Brookes, 19 October
- Lecture on Shakespeare, Cervantes & translation – Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 26 October
- Lecture on Shakespeare, Cervantes & translation – Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay, 27 October
- Shakespeare's 21st-century legacy – FILSA, Santiago, Chile, 28 October
- Being a Translator – ATA conference, San Francisco, 5 November
- Literary Translation in Action: A Close Reading – ATA conference, San Francisco, 5 November
- Literary translation course – Lumb Bank (Arvon Foundation), 7-12 November
- World Fiction: Hidden Realities – Dhaka Lit Fest, Bangladesh, 17 November
- In Other Words: The Library of Bangladesh – Dhaka Lit Fest, Bangladesh, 18 November
- Hitchhiker's Guide to Children's Lit – Dhaka Lit Fest, Bangladesh, 19 November
- The Book of Dhaka – Dhaka Lit Fest, Bangladesh, 19 November
- Korean literature night – Oxford University, 23 November
- Working with Writers (SoA talk for publishing M.A., with Sarah Baxter) – UCL, London
- "Outside In World" workshop – University of East Anglia, 30 November [postponed]
- Translating Less-Common Languages and Cultures – King's College, London, 6 December
- "Translating Shakespeare" symposium – University of East Anglia, 10-11 December
2015
- Translating Julia Donaldson - Edinburgh, 15/08/15
- Cathy Cassidy - Edinburgh, 16/08/15
- Jacqueline Wilson - Edinburgh, 16/08/15
- Frank Cottrell Boyce - Edinburgh, 16/08/15
- John Burnside & Jón Kalman Stefánsson - Edinburgh, 17/08/15
- Claire Fuller & Nick Holdstock - Edinburgh, 17/08/15
- Cat Clarke & Kat Ellis - Edinburgh, 18/08/15
- Yuri Herrera & Julia Rochester - Edinburgh, 19/08/15
- Translation Duel (Spanish) - Edinburgh, 20/08/15
- Celebrating Simenon - Edinburgh, 21/08/15
- Alessandro Gallenzi & Dan Gunn - Edinburgh, 22/08/15
- Translation Duel (French) - Edinburgh, 22/08/15
- Michelle Paver - Edinburgh, 23/08/15
- Translation Duel (German, with Peter Stamm) - Edinburgh, 23/08/15
- Kate Saunders - Edinburgh, 24/08/15 [schools event]
- Ann Morgan & Michael Hofmann - Edinburgh, 24/08/15
- Tim Bowler & Emma Haughton - Edinburgh, 25/08/15 [schools event]
- Susana Moreira Marques & Raymond Tallis - Edinburgh, 25/08/15
- Petina Gappah & Nell Zink - Edinburgh, 26/08/15
- Ella Frances Sanders & Dominick Tyler - Edinburgh, 26/08/15
- Translation Duel (Polish) - Edinburgh, 27/08/15
- Celebrating Young Adult Fiction (with Tanya Landman, Elizabeth Laird, James Dawson & David Almond) - Edinburgh, 27/08/15
- Catherine Bruton & Salla Simukka - Edinburgh, 28/08/15 [schools event]
- Darren Shan - Edinburgh, 28/08/15 [schools event]
- The Spectacular Translation Machine - Edinburgh, 29/08/15
- Liz Kessler - Edinburgh, 30/08/15
- Aleksandar Hemon & Elif Shafak - Edinburgh, 30/08/15
- Francesca Simon - Edinburgh, 31/08/15 [schools event]
- Max Porter & Jesús Carrasco - Edinburgh, 31/08/15
- Misha Glenny - Edinburgh, 31/08/15
- Philip Pullman - CWIG conference, Bath 5/09/15
- Literary translation workshop - Tbilisi, Georgia, 6-9/09/15
- Gøhril Gabrielsen - Peirene Salon, London 12/09/15
- Patrick Ness - Story Museum, Oxford 16/09/15
- The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature - Wigtown, 26/09/15
- Harry Mount - Henley, 28/09/15
- The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature - Henley, 28/09/15 - ALSO WITH PHILIP ARDAGH! FIVE-STAR EVENT! * * * * *
- Louis de Bernières - Henley, 28/09/15
- Ranulph Fiennes - Henley, 29/09/15
- Wendy Holden & Eva Clarke - Henley, 29/09/15
- John Sentamu - Henley, 29/09/15
- Michael Jones - Henley 30/9/15
- An Appreciation of Children's Literature (with Sally Gardner, David Almond & Adam Freudenheim) - Bath, 30/09/15
- Michael Morpurgo - Henley, 1/10/15 [schools event]
- Jonathan Sacks - Henley, 1/10/15
- Charles Clarke - Henley, 1/10/15
- Ann Morgan & Helle Helle - Henley 1/10/15
- M.C. Beaton - Henley, 2/10/15
- Caroline Lucas - Henley 2/10/15
- David Almond - Cheltenham, 3/10/15
- Fernanda Torres - FlipSide festival, Suffolk, 4/10/15
- Juan Pablo Villalobos, Cristovão Tezza & José Eduardo Agualusa - FlipSide festival, Suffolk, 4/10/15
- A-Z of Children's Literature - FlipSide festival, Suffolk, 4/10/15
- Sally Nicholls & Gillian Cross - Cheltenham, 11/10/15
- Heather McCartney - Cheltenham, 11/10/15
- Ranulph Fiennes - London, 13/10/15
- ALTA conference - Tucson, Arizona 28-31/10/15
- An evening with the Asterix team - Waterstones Piccadilly, London 5/11/15
- National Creative Writing Graduate Day - Manchester, 6/11/15
- Taipei Rights Workshop - Taiwan, 9-13/11/15
- IBBY conference - Roehampton University, London, 14/11/15
- Children's Bookshow workshop with Kevin Crossley-Holland - Europe House, London, 20/11/15
- Liz Laird - Edinburgh, 22/11/15
- "Reading the World" conference - SOAS, London, 3/12/15
[Archive of past events audio/video tk]
