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Review of SMALLTOWNNOVELLA in the Bridge Chicago

Excerpt from the review: "Readers interested in this first-ever translation of Ronald M. Schernikau’s SMALLTOWNNOVELLA should start with Ben Miller’s thoroughgoing afterword for the volume, published over at the Baffler. In it, he lays out much fascinating backstory...

Interview in New Books in German

Lucy talked to Sheridan Marshall at NBG about her translation of Red Skies by Charlotte Gneuß. I read the book for New Books in German, who needed a last-minute reader’s report. I remember having to read it fairly quickly and wanting to find out how it ended, being...

Neuer Workshoptermin: 16.08.2026 in Hamburg

"Atem - Yoga - Stimme - Auftritt" Grundlagen der Stimmbildung und Sprecherziehung, verbunden mit Entspannungstechniken und Bewegungen aus dem Yoga Ein Workshop für alle, die vor Publikum sprechen müssen: ob im Klassenraum, vor Gericht, bei Vorträgen, in der Firma oder...

Events at the Trinity Centre for Translation in Dublin

Tuesday, 30 June 2026 On 30 June, translator Rachel McNicholl and I discussed our translations of a passage from 'Essen' (Food), a culinary biography by German-Russian writer Alina Bronsky. This event was kindly supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland. In 2026 Trinity...

Neue Übersetzung: A THERAPEUTIC JOURNEY

Alain de Botton: A THERAPEUTIC JOURNEY – Von der Kunst, schwere Zeiten zu bewältigenErscheint am 19. Juni 2026 bei Rowohlt PolarisAus dem Englischen von Karen Witthuhn und Sabine Längsfeld Alain de Botton, britisch-schweizerischer Schriftsteller, Philosoph und Gründer...

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Parataxe Reading

Apr. 25, 2026

Lucy Jones and Karen Witthuhn at the Parataxe reading in Haus für Poesie on 24 April 2026. Lucy was reading an excerpt from her memoir AGE OF CONSENT (on submission from Jenny Hewson at Lutyens and Rubinstein) which will appear in the latest edition of stadtsprachen magazine on 19 June.