Translators' House Press Launch Event: Angus Allman & Grace Calk

Join the translators and publishers of Translators' House Press in celebrating the launch of their first two publications: *Presence* by Angus Allman, and *Sappho: A Translating* by Grace Calk. The event will include readings from Angus and Grace from their newly published work, followed by a chance to ask questions and mingling. 

Translators' House is a small press founded by Heidi Clark and Jenny Caitlyn Lee, who are determined to publish weird and wonderful projects that make translators smile. They publish work which celebrates translation as the artform that it is, and give translators space to write creatively.

These inaugural chapbooks are beautifully risograph printed by Ersatz Editions and include translations from Italian and Ancient Greek.

*Presence* — Angus Allman

So here you are. Through a series of chances, you find yourself at a séance. The man before you, typing away on his laptop, presents a curious piece of writing: a short story by the Italian writer Cesare Pavese. It's dreamlike but vivid: the calloused hands, the scarlet poppies. Who is he, this translator? Can you trust him? What kind of faith do you have in this man who claims to channel the voice of the dead?

*Sappho: A Translating* — Grace Calk

Through dream and sleep, Grace reaches out to grasp strands of Sappho in the poet's surviving verse. The poetry Grace creates by translating these fragments over and over turns loss into abundance, as these (re)interpretations illustrate the depth of the Ancient Greek lexicon, the complexity of Sappho's lyric verse, and the diverging choices inherent to the art of translation.

This launch event is part of the Translators' House residency at East Bristol Books and will be followed by two translation workshops:

Wednesday 2nd December: Worship and Wrath, Dream and Sleep: Translating the Poetry of Sappho, with Grace Calk https://hdfst.uk/e164944

Thursday 3rd December: “Hang on, let me get the Ouija board”: Translating the work of dead authors, with Angus Allman https://hdfst.uk/e164946

Bios:

Angus Allman is a translator and poet based just outside Cambridge. He works from German and Italian into English and has a particular interest in literature from northern Italy, including South Tyrol. He has recently graduated with an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia. When he’s not translating, he works as a software engineer, organises poetry events, and is director of the Cambridge Poetry Festival.

Grace Calk is poet and Ancient Greek translator. She holds an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia and a BA from St. John’s College, Annapolis. Grace has studied Ancient Greek for over thirteen years, beginning in her early teens. Her work focuses on methods of formal experimentation that shed new light on ancient literature.

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Translators' House is currently funding on Kickstarter to cover the cost of printing. Follow this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/translatorschapbooks/the-translators-chapbooks-sappho-and-pavese