Vicki Husband Reads from her Saltire-shortlisted Poetry Book

Vicki Husband talks about her first collection of poetry, the Saltire-shortlisted This Far Back Everything Shimmers.

Vagabond Voices16 December 2016

Allan Cameron on His New Poetry Book

Allan Cameron reads from and discusses his new poetry collection.

Vagabond Voices16 December 2016

Jenni Daiches on Borrowed Time

Jenni Daiches reveals the inspiration behind her latest novel, Borrowed Time.

Vagabond Voices16 December 2016Borrowed Time, Jenni Daiches, Vagabonds, Vagabond Voices, Video

How to Best Love a Book - Girl Friday #2

We explore the unique ways in which readers choose to enjoy the act of reading.

Dana J Keller19 February 2016

How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Book - Girl Friday #1

Vagabond Voices' assistant editor Dana Keller explores the virtues of being a slow reader.

Dana J Keller15 February 2016

Red Axe Covers #6: Barking Up the Right Tree (2015)

In our sixth instalment of Red Axe Covers, Mark Mechan (of Red Axe Design) discusses his cover design and illustrations for Scottish political blogger Paul Kavanagh's book, Barking Up the Right Tree (2015) (now available for purchase).

Vagabond Voices18 January 2016

Red Axe Covers #5: Goldilocks and the Three Nudes

In our fifth instalment of Red Axe Covers, Mark Mechan (of Red Axe Design) discusses his cover design and illustrations for Estonian author Mari Saat's award-winning novel, The Saviour of Lasnamäe (now available for purchase).

Vagabond Voices28 November 2015

Red Axe Covers #4: Moon Country

In our fourth instalment of Red Axe Covers, cover artist Mark Mechan (of Red Axe Design) discusses the design process for Peter Arnott's debut novel, Moon Country.

Vagabond Voices22 August 2015

Red Axe Covers #3: Our Real Red Selves

Cover artist Mark Mechan discusses his process for designing the cover for Vagabond Voices' first poetry triptych, Our Real Red Selves.

Vagabond Voices18 June 2015

Vagabond Visits Hyndland Bookshop

Vagabond Voices visits Hyndland Bookshop, a small independent bookshop focused on good old-fashioned customer service, located in Glasgow's West End.

Vagabond Voices17 April 2015Hyndland Bookshopindependent bookshops

Red Axe Covers #1: Spring Manoeuvres

Cover artist Mark Mechan discusses his process for designing the cover for Peter Gilmour's Spring Manoeuvres.

Vagabond Voices25 March 2015

5 July 2018

A Good Translator is Never Satisfied: What it’s Like to Work in Literary Translation

What would you like to know about the process of translating novels? We’re now wrapping up Series 1 of our Think in Translation podcast and blog. Thank you to all who’ve listened and participated in our debate on literary translation! At the start of this project we sent out a two-question survey in the hopes of getting a better sense of what it is about translation and translated books that most interests our readers and listeners. The following blog post is the first of two parts (we’ll do one post per question) in which Allan Cameron, Vagabond’s founder as well as a writer and translator himself, responds to the questions we received.

3 May 2018

The Craft of Translation

Can a translation be beautiful? Is it even noticed? In this instalment of our Think in Translation blog series, Vagabond’s founder Allan Cameron, who has translated dozens of books, discusses his process for translating The Anonymous Novel from Italian into English. The Anonymous Novel has received much critical praise, including being called “a literary miracle” by Vitali Vitaliev. The Herald said Allan’s translation brilliantly conveys the sense “that some Russian Master had been leaning over [the author’s] shoulder, guiding his hand.”

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