Europe
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Interview with literary translator Rosalind Harvey
Tom Chivers interviews Rosalind Harvey, one of Free Word's two Translators in Residence and author of the acclaimed English translation of Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos.
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Video: Rachida Lamrabet & Neel Mukherjee in conversation
Free Word Writer in Residence Rachida Lamrabet and Neel Mukherjee in conversation at Passa Porta literature house, Brussels.
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Down with the kids
Last week Marga Navarrete from Imperial College ran a Youtube subtitling workshop at Lawdale Junior School in Tower Hamlets. Marga has run this workshop many times before as part of the brilliant Routes Into Languages programme, but usually with older children, around year 9 or 10. This was Free Word’s only translator-in-residence event for children, and it almost didn…
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International media mission condemns Hungary
An International Partnership Mission of freedom of expression and media development groups, including Article 19 and Index on Censorship, concluded that Hungary’s new model of media regulation is undermining freedom of expression.
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A letter from Neel Mukherjee to Rachida Lamrabet
Rachida Lamrabet is the Free Word Centre’s Writer in Residence. She has been corresponding with Neel Mukherjee, who is resident at the International House of Literature in Brussels, ‘Passa Porta’.
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A letter from Rachida Lamrabet to Neel Mukherjee
Rachida Lamrabet is the Free Word Centre’s Writer in Residence. She has been corresponding with Neel Mukherjee, who is resident at the International House of Literature in Brussels, ‘Passa Porta’.
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The Bookclub Fest
Phew! Well we had our first event last night, a joint one hosted by Rosalind and me, the Bookclub Fest. Around 40 people came, all enthusiastic readers and some clearly Bookclub regulars. It was excellent. First the practicalities: we had a great space, at the Free Word Centre, with plenty of room for everyone, plenty of seating, and refreshments. We had…
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Libraries unite to continue to tackle children’s literacy
The Summer Reading Challenge is a pivot for developing better joint literacy work between libraries and schools. Created and run by The Reading Agency with libraries, this year’s Summer Reading Challenge had the highest rate of involvement ever with 97% of UK library authorities participating.
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Tom Stoppard on the Belarus Free Theatre
British playwright Tom Stoppard introduces the Belarus Free Theatre at Free Word Centre. Established in 2005 by human rights activists Nikolai Khalezin and Natalia Koliada, Belarus Free Theatre is an underground theatre group from Europe’s last dictatorship. In this video, Stoppard praises their “absolute determination to express something important through the artform of theatre.” …