For this episode we try something a bit different! While discussing the book Ultramarine with its author, Mariette Navarro and its English translator, Cory Stockwell you get to hear some live translation! Mariette discusses the inspiration behind the novel, how different it was to write it compared to the usual work she does in theatre, and how it feels to see her work translated into several languages. Cory tells us about his route into translating, the difficulties of translating English to French, and the unusual circumstances around how he came to translate the book.

Books mentioned in the episode:
Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro (tr. Cory Stockwell)
The Defiant: A History of Football against Fascism by Chris Lee
Ultra: The Underworld of Italian Football by Tobias Jones
The Roaring Red Front: The World's Top Left-Wing Football Clubs by Stewart McGill & Vincent Raison
Shy by Max Porter
1312: Among the Ultras by James Montague
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Tonight It's a World We Bury: Black Metal, Red Politics by Bill Peel
Assembly by Natasha Brown

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music

For this episode I'm joined by the author Deborah McFadyen to discuss her book Ren. We also talk about writing believable dialogue, writing in Scots, Glasgow as a literary city and more!

Books mentioned in this episode:

Severance by Ling Ma
The Hole by José Revueltas, translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Sophie Hughes
Dear Neighbour by Jane Claire Bradley
Metabolize, If Able by Clay AD
This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes
Bless The Daughter Raised By The Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
Calatrava by Philip Jodido
Apastoral: A Mistopia by Lee D. Thompson
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
The Harrowing Ogf Hell by Evan Dahl
The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips
Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Candide by Voltaire
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Northern Lights by Philip Pulman
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Books of Blood by Clive Barker

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/

I'm joined for this episode by Chris Lee, author of The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism, as well as the man behind the podcast and website Outside Write (https://outsidewrite.co.uk/) We talk about the relationship between football and politics, the growth of left-wing fanbases, his favourite football books and more!

The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism by Chris Lee

Severance by Ling Ma

Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro, translated by Cory Stockwell 

Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World by Chris Lee

In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin

Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper

How Football Explains the World by Franklin Foer

Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics by Gabriel Kuhn

The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football by David Goldblatt

Working Class Heroes: The Story of Rayo Vallecano, Madrid's Forgotten Team by Robbie Dunne

Calcio: A History of Italian Football by John Foot

Ultra: The Underworld of Italian Football by Tobias Jones

1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey with the World’s Most Extreme Fans by James Montague

Erbstein: The Triumph and Tragedy of Football's Forgotten Pioneer by Dominic Bliss

A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley

A Season With Verona by Tim Parks

The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss

Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football by Phil Ball 

Tor! The Story of German Football by Uli Hesse

Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina by Jonathan Wilson

Matchdays: The Hidden Story of the Bundesliga by Ronald Reng

Scheisse! We’re Going Up!: The Unexpected Rise of Berlin’s Rebel Football Club by Kit Holden

Ren by Deborah McFadyen

Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)
Music by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/music