
Alice Banks
@Alice_Banks_
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Midlander/Madrileña Literary Translator from French and Spanish into English
Madrid
Joined September 2019
Such exciting news! It’s been a joy to work on this beautiful book and I can’t wait for it to be out in the world! ✨🎶 “Orenda Books pre-empts ‘extraordinarily beautiful book’ from French author Anne Sénès, translated by Alice Banks” https://t.co/lcrv4MzFzo
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LA ESPAÑOLA: Riveting Writing from Spain with Alice Banks. Excerpt from TRAVELLERS OF THE CONTINENT (LOS VIAJEROS DEL CONTINENTE) by Eva Díaz Pérez, translated by Alice Banks https://t.co/DNPNwdBZ26
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The English translation from the French of CHAMBRE DOUBLE (DOUBLE ROOM) by Anne Sénès is out with @OrendaBooks ! 💥
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Happy publication day to Anne Sénès and @Alice_Banks_ . #DoubleRoom is a literary gem - immerse yourself in the gorgeous confusion of the senses, and the evermore unsettling plot....
📖 PUBLICATION DAY 💔 The greatest #LoveStory ever told... Then tragedy strikes💔📖 #DoubleRoom by #AnneSenes, #Translated by A Banks is a beautiful, tender and haunting read - UNFORGETTABLE! 📖 https://t.co/XVgQrVCCuE 📱 https://t.co/Ykqrq1SdxI
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📖 PUBLICATION DAY 💔 The greatest #LoveStory ever told... Then tragedy strikes💔📖 #DoubleRoom by #AnneSenes, #Translated by A Banks is a beautiful, tender and haunting read - UNFORGETTABLE! 📖 https://t.co/XVgQrVCCuE 📱 https://t.co/Ykqrq1SdxI
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#AnneSénès discusses working with her translator #AliceBanks novel #DoubleRoom out this week! 💔🎼📖 A beautiful #LoveStory set between #London and #Paris A powerful portrait of #Grief that descends into mental breakdown. 📖 https://t.co/XVgQrVCCuE 📱 https://t.co/Ykqrq1SdxI
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A fascinating snippet of insight into the translation process between Anne Sénès and @Alice_Banks_ that resulted in the masterpiece, #DoubleRoom.
#AnneSénès discusses working with her translator #AliceBanks novel #DoubleRoom out this week! 💔🎼📖 A beautiful #LoveStory set between #London and #Paris A powerful portrait of #Grief that descends into mental breakdown. 📖 https://t.co/XVgQrVCCuE 📱 https://t.co/Ykqrq1SdxI
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DOUBLE ROOM (CHAMBRE DOUBLE), the debut novel by Anne Sénès is landing at @OrendaBooks on June 19th, translated from the French by Alice Banks and the publisher is counting down the days with a blog tour on Instagram.
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🥹 'A deep and memorable exploration of love, loss, and the human desire to preserve what is, ultimately, fleeting' Anne Sénès' #DoubleRoom t A Banks is out 19.06! #BooksWorthReading
Double Room by Anne Sénès trs Alice Banks @annesenes.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social @alice-banks.bsky.social @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours
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'Sénès has created a narrative that resonates with emotional depth, inviting us to reflect on the melodies that linger in the silence of absence. This is beautiful, haunting, and evocative literary fiction to be cherished' #DoubleRoom t A Banks #LiteraryFiction #Translation
Double Room by Anne Sénès trs Alice Banks @annesenes.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social @alice-banks.bsky.social @OrendaBooks @RandomTTours
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"When you were little, you, your family did not have bread to spare." A woman considers the bread choices in a hipster bakery as she prepares for her father's arrival and reflects on the class difference that a generation has ploughed between them: https://t.co/gSYqJfsIfO
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"The story begins the moment the Mother tells the Grandmother that there is going to be a baby: the Baby ..." Tell Me About It — Raquel Delgado (tr. @Alice_Banks_) https://t.co/Iu6GoA7em3
minorliteratures.com
The story begins the moment the Mother tells the Grandmother that there is going to be a baby: the Baby. Lie: the story began a few months earlier, …
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¡🆕 episodio! I absolutely loved this interview, and I’m sure you will too. Thank you, Rebecca and Alice, for reminding us that poetry knows no boundaries. Through it, we all speak the same language. Les va a encantar esta conversación con la traductora, junto con Vicente Yépez,
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[🔊🔊🔊] ¡Próximo episodio! Nuestra colaboradora y traductora, Alice Banks, hace su debut con esta entrevista en inglés con la traductora y poeta Rebecca Gayle. It s beautiful conversation about poetry and how translation is so important to cross all borders. Vengan. You all are
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Translators do so many things besides actually translating ✏️🛠️✂️ But do they receive enough recognition? My essay about translation-adjacent activities is out now with @wwborders. Read it here: https://t.co/MOn0gJmmu0
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An excerpt from Ismael Ramos' short story "The Easy Part", translated by Jacob Rogers. Read more on our website and order a copy of our Fall 2024 Translations issue today: https://t.co/cirbia58hh
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We are delighted to announce the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024! The list celebrates work by women writers past and present from across the globe, artfully translated from 10 languages, and includes a wide range of genres. https://t.co/59qAPXWR96
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We have news. This book is remarkable. @Alice_Banks_
WE HAVE NEWS! And we are SO THRILLED! 'Orenda Books pre-empts ‘extraordinarily beautiful book’ from French author Anne Sénès in two-book deal' #DoubleRoom is available to pre-order NOW! Out 19th June 2025 #Translated by Alice Banks https://t.co/3MizHpHxqn
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.@OrendaBooks has scooped Double Room in a two-book pre-empt from French author Anne Sénès 👇
thebookseller.com
Orenda Books has scooped Double Room in a two-book pre-empt from French author Anne Sénès.
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✨ As always, make sure you also celebrate the translators! Han Kang was crafted into English by @videshi_beti @p_niyahmorris & Emily Yae Won ✨
BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
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