Polly Mackintosh
@pollymack95
editor @gallicbooks | translations @gallicbooks @thewhitereview occasional blogging https://medium.com/@pollymackintosh real person
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Such an honour to be a part of this! Thank you to @TheWhiteReview and everyone who came.
Attention all translation and podcast fans! Hear me chatting CLARA READS PROUST, AI and the funny old world of translating the pet news on the wonderful All Books Aloud podcast. Available now via a platform near you 🎧
We have a really cool episode of the All Books Aloud podcast out today: an interview with @pollymack95 about her work translating the novel, Clara Reads Proust by Stephane Carlier (forthcoming in the US on May 21st, by @gallicbooks) Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
"The more she reads, the better she understands him. He doesn’t use complicated words – it’s just that his sentences often wander elsewhere." Extract from #ClaraReadsProust by Stéphane Carlier, translated by @pollymack95 Out now from @GallicBooks #Proust bookanista.com/a-time-for-rea…
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A time for reading
“He doesn’t use complicated words – it’s just that his sentences often wander elsewhere.” A dawning of understanding from Stéphane Carlier’s Clara Reads Proust.
Tomorrow!! Such a joy to translate this one 💕
Officially out tomorrow: CLARA READS PROUST by Stéphane Carlier, transl. by Polly Mackintosh. Don't miss this gem of a novel!
Some recent Cogito favourites to perhaps put on your #Easter reading lists: 'Clara Reads Proust' by #StephaneCarlier (trs. Polly Mackintosh) from wonderful @GallicBooks, 'Clear' by sublime #CarysDavies from @GrantaBooks + masterful 'Old God's Time' by #SebastianBarry @FaberBooks
Really quite lovely. Some very digestible food for thought here
I wrote this about the "loneliness epidemic" and the absurd modern belief that happiness and fulfilment are found in ourselves not in other people thetimes.co.uk/article/self-o…
Super excited to have my translation of an extract from Seynabou Sonko's fantastic DJINNS printed in @TheWhiteReview's Writing in Translation Anthology! Available now.
I wrote this about the "loneliness epidemic" and the absurd modern belief that happiness and fulfilment are found in ourselves not in other people thetimes.co.uk/article/self-o…
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It's out in the wild!
💌 Review: She's a Killer by @CursesMcD (@GallicBooks 5.10.23) Happy belated #PublicationDay, Kirsten 💕 'McDougall utilising satire and Alice’s witty and tepid disposition, She’s A Killer is a hilarious yet dark exploration of morality in the modern age.' 💌 Review by Adaeze
We are pleased to publish the list of submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2023 tinyurl.com/3bpxj9eb It includes a record 153 entries from 32 languages. Ancient Greek, Bosnian, Gun, Romansh & Vietnamese are represented for 1st time in our 7-year history.
Tiny Horse is sometimes wise!
me to other publishing employees contemplating working through their lunch break
thank you so very much to @bief_France for the opportunity to see the wonderful world of French publishing last week and hang out with some fun fellow publishers! vraiment très cool💫
👀👀 very exciting things coming in September! @BelgraviaB @editionsLattes thebookseller.com/rights/gallic-…
It's captivating, it's creepy, it's utterly unputdownable. And Heather's ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL is out with a gorgeous new look in June!
Friendly reminder! 🕰️💎💖 Also, can't forget my UK besties. Here are some iconic indie bookstores in the UK: ✨ Foyles: bit.ly/3KUQqw7 ✨ Topping & Co: bit.ly/401u2oZ ✨ West End Lane Books: bit.ly/3MDeO6L @Foyles @ToppingsEdin @WELBooks
A joy to see Queen Zadie at @ifru_london's Night of Ideas last week talking about tech, the novel and why the British just love a sex joke. Incredibly articulate, as ever. Also incredibly attired (platforms ftw)
Gonna be BIG
We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of NZ publishing sensation SHE’S A KILLER by @CursesMcD! 🍍 More on this bold, darkly funny & brilliantly bizarre novel coming soon... 🍍
A cracking selection!
We are delighted to announce the Burgess Grant results for 2023! For the past 30 years, the best Francophone literature in English translation has been supported by @ifru_london through the Burgess Progamme. Check out our latest selection!
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