Sung Ryu 🕯

📢 Applications are OPEN for BCLT's Advanced Korean Workshop 2026! LTI Korea is proud to support this intensive, three-day online workshop for Korean-to-English literary translators, hosted by @bcltuea (British Centre for Literary Translation). Facilitated by translator Sung Ryu and editor Hannah Chukwu, the workshop is a chance to sharpen your pitch for a book-length project, with feedback from fellow translators, the editor in residence, a literary agent, and other publishing professionals. On the final day, participants pitch their projects to a panel of editors. ✍️ Sung Ryu is a literary translator working from and into Korean, known for Shoko's Smile by Choi Eunyoung, Teddy Bears Never Die by Cho Yeeun, and I'm Waiting for You: And Other Stories by Kim Bo-Young (co-translated with Sophie Bowman). 📚 Hannah Chukwu is Publishing Director at John Murray Group, Hachette UK, publishing authors including bell hooks, Bora Chung, and Yoko Tawada. 📅 Dates: Monday 12 October, Tuesday 13 October & Monday 30 November 2026 📍 Held online ✍️ Apply by 30 August 2026 🔗 Programme overview: bclt.org.uk/microsites/bclt/… 🔗 How to apply: bclt.org.uk/microsites/bclt/… (Or check link in bio!) . . . #LiteraryTranslation #KoreanLiterature #BCLT #ltikorea