Events & News
2024
(Sept 25):
(May 9): Challenging Words: A Conversation Between Translator and Author Daniel Hahn and Fellow-Translator, Lilit Thwaites, presented by the Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA). 18:00-19.30. The Research Lounge, Level 5, Arts West Room 552, University of Melbourne, Building 148B. A free event but please register here.
2023
(Nov 15): A Literary Translation Slam with Frances Egan, Catherine de Saint Phalle, and moderator Mireille Vignol, presented by the Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA). 18:00-19:30 @ RMIT 80.09.12, 445 Swanston St.
(Sep 28): AALITRA in association with CO․AS․IT․ presents: Translating Poetry - A Symposium. 15:00-18:00 @ 199 Faraday St, Carlton.
(Jun 13): "Rhyme and Reason in Dante and the Difficulty of Translation" - A talk by Simon West. AALITRA in association with CO.AS.IT and the Dante Aligheri Society. 18:30-20:00 @ 199 Faraday St, Carlton.
(Jan 3): publication of The Librarian of Auschwitz: the Graphic Novel (Antonio Iturbe; adapted, S.Rubio, illustrated, L. Aroca). Godwin Books & Macmillan.
2022
(Nov 23): Talk on the Spanish poet and playwright, Federico García Lorca to a Melbourne-based Poetry Reading Group
(Oct 28): session on translators and emerging writers at 2022 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival https://www.ubudwritersfestival.com/program/main-program-aawp-uwrf-translators-emerging-writers/
2021
(Oct 15): R. W. Thompson Seminar Series (Research Showcase) at University of Melbourne – presentation titled “Converting El cielo abierto (Antonio Iturbe) into The Prince of the Skies.”
(Oct 2): AALITRA Symposium (Writing-Translation-Publishing Literary Translation in Australia) – Chair, panel on “Australian Writer/Translators: Publishing and Research Experiences.” https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZg6gO85itdHbQzgAwL2VBQ
(Sept 29): Talk on the Mexican poet, Octavio Paz to a Melbourne-based Poetry Reading Group
(July 16): ANU & Embassy of México – participant in launch of Journeys: Australian Women in Mexico to which I contributed a chapter
(June 19): Australian Institute of Interpreters & Translators, Inc [AUSIT], NSW Branch – member of a panel on literary translation
(May 17): The Australian Association for Literary Translation [AALITRA] AGM – keynote speaker: “Translating Hispanic Literature in Australia in the Third Millennium: A Translator’s Personal View.”
(April 16): Instituto Cervantes (Sydney) – participating Chair of first of of 3 International Round Tables on Crime Fiction (online): “Women on Crime Fiction, with Sulari Gentill (Aus), Diana Aramburu (USA) & Teresa Solana (Spain/UK)”. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ0NHOEKuMd59MUbN7N2Jb4oSjB5cTn-K
(Mar 16). Instituto Cervantes (Madrid) & Casa Asia (worldwide Zoom series “El Hispanismo en el Pacífico y Oceanía”) – invited Oceania Hispanist speaker on: “La traducción en Australia de la literatura española en las últimas décadas – un enfoque personal”
Recorded Conversations with:
(2020) José Luis de Juan (author) & Elizabeth Bryer (translator). AILASA 2020 International Symposium.
See also: http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/areas/spanish-latin-american/conversaciones-en-melbourne;
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/podcasts; https://www.ailasa.org/webinars-and-masterclasses-1;
(Co-)organiser, visits to Australia by 30+ Spanish-speaking writers & translators, & associated events; and/or participant in activities/events (2001-2020):
Writers include: Isabel Allende, Guillermo Altares, Bernardo Atxaga, Elia Barceló, Peter Bush, Javier Cercas, Víctor del Árbol, Najat El Hachmi, Yuri Herrera, Emiliano Monge, Andrés Neuman, Lourdes Ortiz, Dolores Redondo, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Laura Restrepo, Teresa Solana, Juan Gabriel Vázquez, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.
Chair/Moderator, sessions (Spanish & English) at Writers’ Festivals, Wheeler Centre, etc:
Writers include: César Aira, Elliot Weinberger, Maureen Freely & Chris Andrews, Peter Robb, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, Anita Rau Badami, Bernard Cornwell [MWF]; Les Murray, Michael White & Brenda Niall, Mandalay Perkins [Como]; Anna Lanyon & Cate Kennedy [La Trobe University, Bendigo]; Alexis Wright, Catherine Padmore, Azhar Abidi, Yahia Al-Samarny, Beth Montgomery [Eltham Festival]