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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


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