Women in Translation Month

Submitted: 17th August 2026

Women in Translation Month

Now I realise I am on hiatus with blogs and author pieces at the moment but I just HAD to mark this amazing month of women in translation.

I LOVE translated fiction – oh I just can’t get enough – in fact I get frustrated that there are some stories that I can’t access in English so that’s a huge reason why I taught myself Swedish and now Dutch to read more that aren’t translated – so I can then recommend those far and wide. Plus it’s a good excuse to be able to buy from bookshops around the world. (not that I need one)

Here are a few books of note that I have read and sometimes read in the original language and then in the English…why is this still such a thrill? Oh but it is. Reading one book in two or more languages gives you access to that world, that culture, that translator’s voice and the author voice. I come away having read two different stories in many ways. As they are essentially – one interpretation of that story in the original language.

One book I am very happy to see out in the English speaking world…..

The Lost Village – Camilla Sten

The Lost Village Camilla Sten

BookTrail Map of The Lost Village

Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, she has wanted to know what happened. So, she gathers a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened…..