I hope you'll forgive this group approach, but I thought this would be the swiftest way to get the word out: I'm writing from the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) to call your attention to upcoming events which we hope will be of interest to your faculty and students! If you would be so kind as to disseminate this to your audiences, we would be very grateful.Â
We are excited to be hosting virtual events on literary translation topics through November 2022 as a part of ). The full ALTA45 schedule can be viewed , which includes a Google Calendar so you can add events to your own calendar. You can register for each individual event following the links on that page (or on our , if you prefer), or purchase an to be able to attend all events.Â
Events coming up this month (two of them are this Thursday!) are:Â
Panel: August 11, 10:00-11:15am Pacific Time: , with Robert Eric Shoemaker, James Richie, Nancy Jones
Panel: August 11, 4:00-5:15pm Pacific Time:, with Amanda L. Andrei and Soleil DavÃd
Roundtable: August 25, 10:00-11:15am Pacific Time: , with Jeremy Tiang, Mui Poopoksakul, Tiffany Tsao
Please note that if you want to participate (be an active part of the discussion) in this roundtable, you need to by August 18! Only All-Access Registrants can register to be a participant, but anyone can register to be an audience member (listen to the discussion). Â Â
Panel: August 25, 4:00-5:15pm Pacific Time: , with Jesse Lee Kercheval, Jeannine Marie Pitas, Silvia Guerra, Michelle Gil-Montero
Bilingual Reading: August 30, 5:00pm Pacific Time: , with Laura Nagle, Martha Kosir, Adriana Jacobs, Cynthia Hogue, Jenna Tang, Miriam Adelman
Check out the events through November, and catch the recordings of past events on . We hope to see many from your communities there, and thank you for helping us to spread the word!