Category Archives: BSL interpretation

Sign Language Week 2023

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It’s Sign Language Week. To celebrate we have a special offer: 50% off our book, What Meets the Eye: The Deaf Perspective. Use the code DEAF at the checkout between now and Sunday.

Here’s one of our favourite BSL videos from What Meets the Eye, Coffee Shop, by Colly Metcalfe, Performed by DL Williams  Every story or poem in the book is by a Deaf, deaf, or Hard of Hearing writer. We have translated many of them into BSL (an ongoing project, which you can help fund here) and some of them are BSL in origin.

We are the planning  stage for an in person BSL poetry workshop in London in June. get in touch of you are interested in attending.

Sicarius by Carolyn Robertson in BSL

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the brilliant (and very busy) Marcel Hirshman has translated some more stories for us. they will be appearing as I have time to edit and upload them.

Here, Carolyn Robertson retells the Arachne myth as office rivalry…

from our anniversary anthology, No Spider Harmed in the Making of this Book

Arachneversary: Time and Tide

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Continuing our eighth anniversary celebrations, with the most recent Solstice Shorts Festival and book, Time and Tide.
Stories and poems set on and beside the sea with a strong female voice, BSL translations by Marcel Hirshman of:
Remittance, by Kilmeny MacMichael;
Arrival by Valerie Bence (with voice over by Holly Blades);
I Nearly Drownded Daddy by Vivien Jones and
Napoleon by Nick Westerman.

Plus news of the future of Solstice Shorts.

You can buy the book, in two different editions (the special is illustrated) from our Webshop

throughout August there is a discount if you apply code ARACHNEVERSARY at the checkout.

Time and Tide Videos: The Sinking of Mrs Margaret Brown Greenwich

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Uploading the videos from Solstice Shorts 2019, Time & Tide continues.

Here is The Sinking of Mrs Margaret Brown by Michelle Penn read at Greenwich by Carrie Cohen, with BSL interpretation by Paul Michaels.

Many of the stories and poems were read at more than one of the venues, so there will be further opportunities to compare and contrast!

Limited edition illustrated book of the material available now only from our webshop or from our events .

We are videoing BSL translations of some of the material, and this will also be on the website in late March, to coincide with the launch of the bookshop version of the book on 21st March at The Old Royal Naval College Visitor Centre in Greenwich. more details soon!

 

Time and Tide Videos: City of Water, Greenwich & Oeiras

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Uploading the videos from Solstice Shorts 2019, Time & Tide continues. Here is  City of Water by J N nucifera, read by Chukwudi Onwere, BSL interpretation by Paul Michaels; and audio from the Portuguese event in Oeiras, read by Margot Walker-Dias.

https://arachnepress.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/portugal-time-and-tide-city-of-water.mp3?_=1

Limited edition illustrated book of the material available now from our webshop or events only. (Join us at the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair on Saturday 22/2, at Conway Hall to buy a copy in person!)

We are aiming to get BSL translations of some of the material, and this will also be on the website in about March, to coincide with the launch of the bookshop version of the book.

 

Time and Tide Videos: Sea Change, Greenwich and Oeiras

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Uploading the videos from Solstice Shorts 2019, Time & Tide continues.

Here is Sea Change read at Greenwich by author Diana Powell, with BSL interpretation by Paul Michaels; and (audio only) at Oeiras read by Margot Walker Dias

https://arachnepress.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/portugal-time-and-tide-seachange.mp3?_=2

Many of the stories and poems were read at more than one of the venues, so there will be an opportunity to compare and contrast!

Limited edition illustrated book of the material available now only from our webshop or from our events .

We are aiming to get BSL translations of some of the material, and this will also be on the website in about March, to coincide with the launch of the bookshop version of the book.

 

Time and Tide Videos: Migrants Greenwich

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Uploading the videos from Solstice Shorts 2019, Time & Tide continues.

Here is our first piece of music, Migrants performed by singer/songwriter, Kevan Taplin, BSL interpretation by Paul Michaels.

Limited edition illustrated book of the material available now from our webshop or events only.

We are aiming to get BSL translations of some of the material, and this will also be on the website in about March, to coincide with the launch of the bookshop version of the book.

 

Time and Tide Videos: The Fisherman’s Wife, Greenwich and Hastings

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Uploading the videos from Solstice Shorts 2019, Time & Tide continues.

Here is The Fisherman’s Wife by Linda McMullen read at Greenwich by Carrie Cohen, with BSL interpretation by Paul Michaels; and (audio only) at Hastings read by Joan Taylor-Rowan

https://arachnepress.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/the-fishermans-wife-hastings.wav?_=3

Many of the stories and poems were read at more than one of the venues, so there will be an opportunity to compare and contrast!

Limited edition illustrated book of the material available now only from our webshop or from our events .

We are aiming to get BSL translations of some of the material, and this will also be on the website in about March, to coincide with the launch of the bookshop version of the book.

 

Time and Tide Videos: Turquoise Greenwich

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We’ve starting uploading the videos from Solstice Shorts 2019, Time & Tide.

Here is Turquoise by Sheila Lockhart read by Chukwudi Onwere, BSL interpretation by Paul Michaels.

Many of the stories and poems were read at more than one of the venues, so there will be an opportunity to compare and contrast!

Limited edition illustrated book of the material available now from our webshop or events only.

We are aiming to get BSL translations of some of the material, and this will also be on the website in about March, to coincide with the launch of the bookshop version of the book.

 

Time and Tide Videos: When you Regret Wishing… Greenwich & Oeiras

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We are starting uploading the videos from Solstice Shorts 2019, Time & Tide.

Here is Whe you Regret Wishing for Something More Thrilling, by Emma Lee read by Carrie Cohen, BSL interpretation by Paul Michaels.

and the same poem read at Oeiras, Portugal to compare and contrast!

https://arachnepress.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/portugal-time-and-tide-when-you-regret-wishing-for-something-more-thrilling.mp3?_=4

Limited edition illustrated book of the material available now from our webshop or events only.

We are aiming to get BSL translations of some of the material, and this will also be on the website in about March, to coincide with the launch of the bookshop version of the book.