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A Murmuration of Translators

The Starling Bureau is a collective of literary translators bringing the world’s best books to publishers.

 

Combining knowledge, experience and skills across four languages, we pitch books we love to English-language publishers, as well as offer consultancy services and information about funding and promotional opportunities.

The Starling Bureau was founded in London in 2017 by Zoë Perry, Roland Glasser, Ruth Clarke, and Morgan Giles. Collaborating to find the world’s best literature, we work from French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

 
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WHO WE ARE

 
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Ruth clarke

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Roland Glasser

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Zoë perry

 
 
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MembeR NEWS

View fullsize Congratulations to our own Zoë Perry, whose translation of Ana Paula Maia’s OF CATTLE AND MEN is a finalist for the inaugural Cercador Prize
View fullsize The Summer 2023 print issue of @parisreview is out now, featuring Juliana Leite’s bittersweet story “My Good Friend”, translated by Zoë Perry. #shortfiction #shortstory #brazilianliterature #intranslation
View fullsize It's publishing on the 7th, have you preordered? No, not that one... (though we've got our orders in for that, too!) Presenting the latest Starling Bureau translation, From Another World by Evelina Santangelo, translated by Ruth Clarke. The seas are
View fullsize Turn and face the Strunge! Starlings exercise their poetry chops as we workshop Paul Russell Garrett’s translation of Michael Strunge’s collection of #Bowie inspired poems, “Speed of Life”, for @nordisk_books With @rolandglass
View fullsize What bliss to flock together in a sunny London garden after so many months apart. As summer rolls into fall, we look to the future with vigour and joy. These are challenging times, but we are the Starling Bureau and we are strong, because we have eac
View fullsize Excited to get our hands on Tools for Extinction, featuring new stories by Christina Hesselholdt and Emilio Fraia, translated by our own Paul Russell Garrett and Zoe Perry. Order your copy online from @lollieditions! #bookpost #starlingbureaurecommen
View fullsize Europa 28, Writing by Women on the Future of Europe, featuring translations by our own Ruth Clarke and many friends. Find out more about this visionary anthology in two Hay Festival events online today. @commapress @hayfestival #Europa28 #starlingbur
View fullsize Join Starling @rolandglasser and @adeline_dieudonne tomorrow at 4pm DC/NYC time (9pm London time) for a #live #Q&A around Adeline’s debut novel #RealLife #translation #belgianliterature
View fullsize Thanks to all those who braved the cold (and the Arsenal crowds) last night as we celebrated the launch of Roland Glasser’s translation of Real Life, by Adeline Dieudonné, published by @worldedbooks. And thanks to @ink84books for being s
 
 

BOOKs we’re pitching

Discover our current selection of pitches, handpicked by us, from nine countries and seven languages.

 
 
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contact us

If you'd like to know more about the Starling Bureau, what we do, or any of our available projects, please contact us through the form below.

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