
Annie McDermott
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Annie McDermott
@annielmcd
Translating Spanish and Portuguese words into English ones / editing other people's
Hastings, UK Katılım Kasım 2015
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This year Bristol Translates is offering3⃣ #Spanish translation workshops!
Join @Rosenkrantz and @annielmcd for translation into English, and @CarlosMayor for our English into Spanish workshop!
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Cover(s) reveal and pre-order for my next book
FAIR: THE LIFE-ART OF TRANSLATION
out 29 May @prototypepubs (our fourth book together)
prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/fair/



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.@gmochkofsky writes about the Argentinian writer Selva Almada—whose books portray a country marked by repressed male violence that inevitably, and tragically, erupts—and the fate of the feminist movement her work is central to. nyer.cm/T4S8cFJ
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I've written for the lovely @clereviewbooks about Mario Levrero's short stories (translated by @annielmcd and @dedreytnien, published by @andothertweets). So funny and weird, so disparate from his later work but still distinctly him.
clereviewofbooks.com/writing/mario-…
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Dublin Literary Award@DublinLitAward
The 2025 Dublin Literary Award Longlist has landed! 📚✨ Chosen by 83 libraries across 34 countries, this year’s Longlist features 71 incredible books that span the globe and spark the imagination. Dive in and discover the 2025 Longlist here: dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/pr…
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We take a break in January and return in February for our annual long read: The Luminous Novel by Mario Levrero, translated from Spanish by Annie McDermott @annielmcd. Join us online at 7pm London time on Mon 3 Feb. All welcome, from wherever in the world. Follow/DM for details.




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"As far as he’s concerned, imagination and invention are completely different things, and he’s not interested in invention ... [a]nyone can do that."
Annie McDermott on translating Mario Levrero's debut short story collection in a new Asymptote interview: tinyurl.com/yyxa3pt7
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Reading this right now in @annielmcd and Kit Schluter’s translations and it’s incredible, some of the best short stories I’ve ever read.
Asymptote Journal@asymptotejrnl
The Thinking-About-Gladys Machine by Mario Levrero is our October Book Club pick! Let @georginamegan_’s review be your introduction to the Uruguayan writer’s collection as it pushes narrative forms ever further into the enigmatic and the expansive: tinyurl.com/yevzjvja
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'The Thinking-About-Gladys Machine' by Mario Levrero, which I translated with the great @annielmcd, is fresh out from @andothertweets !
A towering monument to the imagination.
andotherstories.org/the-thinking-a…

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THE THINKING-ABOUT-GLADYS MACHINE, translated by @annielmcd and Kit Schluter, publishes today!
From dazzling single paragraph micro-fictions à la Donald Barthelme to adventurous Lewis Carroll-esque tales, this cult classic is essential reading.
andotherstories.org/the-thinking-a…

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Join @annielmcd as she talks to @hastingsbooks about the thrills and challenges of translating Mario Levrero’s THE THINKING-ABOUT-GLADYS MACHINE, a co-translation with Kit Schluter.
October 24. Tickets available now.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/mario-levrer…

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@niewview Honestly the only reason I do anything these days is to get a personalised Jen tweet
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Had a chat with Sophie Hughes about co-translating and ghosts for @WriteorDieMag writeordiemag.com/author-intervi…
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Fans of the surreal, fans of the absurd, fans of Uruguayan writers wearing vests:
Come join me and the wonderful @ellioash to launch Mario Levrero’s THE THINKING-ABOUT-GLADYS MACHINE (tr. me and @dedreytnien) at @hastingsbooks on Oct 24th eventbrite.co.uk/e/mario-levrer… @andothertweets
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Calling all transparent, formless creatures.
THE THINKING-ABOUT-GLADYS MACHINE by Mario Levrero, translated by @annielmcd and Kit Schluter hits shelves on October 15.
Preorder now:
uk.bookshop.org/a/1044/9781916…

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Peering through the window at the jam-packed @hastingsbooks event celebrating Glória by Victor Heringer with translators Sophie Lewis and James Young, who are talking translation, metafiction and literary puzzles with Annie McDermott (hosted in partnership with @HastingsWrites)


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