Learn Danish with Paul

Another great event for translators coming up in July: How we translate children’s literature – in conversation with Thomas Clark & Johanna McCalmont:

Grab a cuppa and get to know translators Thomas Clark and Johanna McCalmont. Thomas and Johanna will be in conversation with translator and TA committee member Josephine Murray to discuss the joys and challenges of translating children’s literature and to offer a glimpse into their creative routines. Click link for full details.
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Great to see the latest issue of Granta with a focus on literature from the Nordic region, featuring translations by some of my favourite people, including Lucy Moffatt, Caroline Waight, and Olivia Lasky.

Original contributions from Solvej B***e, Vigdis Hjorth, Helle Helle and many more.





Image from granta.com
Cover artwork © Lars Tunbjörk

This week marks the final module of Learn Danish with Paul before summer, and with classes for beginners, elementary, intermediate and advanced students, I'm doing my best to keep the beat.

There are still a few spaces available, so get in touch if you'd like to learn more!





📸 Luca Migliore

On the latest leg of my Norwegian odyssey, this weary traveller arrived in Kragerø. Best pint ever!

Great to see this review of Jenny Lund Madsen's Under the Blazing Sun, published by Orenda Books on 21 May. Only two days to go!!

"Paul Russell Garrett’s translation draws the reader into the sun-drenched Sicilian landscape while keeping the pace taut. Think less rain-soaked Nordic bleakness and more heat-haze intrigue, with the genre’s familiar beats played in an intentionally off-key rhythm.Under the Blazing Sun may not be conventional Nordic noir, but this flight from Denmark to Sicily will offer plenty of wry smiles for fans of the genre in a clever, double-pronged approach."

Glen Pearce, Nordic Watchlist

Just received Jamal Bendahman's most recent Danish publication, Enden er nær (The End is Near). Thanks to Jamal and Gladiator for sending it my way, can't wait to read it!

This week I'm heading to Oslo to take part in my first CEATL AGM, where I'll be representing the UK Translators Association. I look forward to meeting old friends and new, including some of these amazing people from literary translator associations across Europe.

CEATL, the European Council of Literary Translators' Associations, has 38 member associations from 30 countries across Europe, representing some 12,000 literary translators.

Chatted about theatre translation today, what a great way to spend a day!

Opening Our Doors: Two Sessions This May - Foreign Affairs Calling theatre makers and translators! Join Foreign Affairs on 5 May for our free Theatre Translation Lab and Coffee Chats.

The University of Glasgow is organising a 5-week online Danish taster course starting 19 May. Lessons run twice weekly for one hour at noon, so if you're free during the day or can sneak off during your lunch break, this might be for you

The university is also running short courses in Arabic, Italian, Swedish, Mandarin and more.

Click the link for full details! https://buff.ly/FKTfTcg

This weekend Trine and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary with the best friends, colleagues and neighbours two people could ask for. Thanks to everyone who has been part of our lives over the years – tusind tak alle sammen!

As for the secret to a long marriage, I still haven't found the key ...





📸 Camila França