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Scotia Gilroy

Scotia Gilroy

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She is a translator of Polish literature specialising in literary fiction, contemporary poetry, children’s books, academic articles, and texts for art galleries and museums. She’s an alumna of the National Centre for Writing’s Emerging Translator Mentorship in Norwich, England, and the BCLT’s summer school for literary translators. Her translation of Doctor Bianco and Other Stories by Maciek Bielawski was shortlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize in 2022, and she received a Society of Authors Award in 2025 for her translation of No. 5 Bubblegum Street by Mikołaj Pasiński and Gosia Herba. Her first novel translation, Hexes of the Deadwood Forest by Agnieszka Szpila, was published in 2026 by Penguin Random House (USA) and Bonnier Books (UK).

Translations

PROSE (Fiction):

Agnieszka Szpila, Hexes of the Deadwood Forest (Heksy), Penguin Random House/Bonnier Books, 2026
Weronika Murek, The Birthday (Urodziny), excerpt in New Books from Poland, 2025
Bartosz Sadulski, Sixteen to Bourbon (Szesnaście na Bourbon), excerpt in New Books from Poland, 2025
Maciek Bielawski, Doctor Bianco and Other Stories (Doktor Bianko i inne opowiadania), Terra Librorum, 2021
Maciek Bielawski, “A Mistake” (Błąd), short story published in Panel Magazine, 2021
Maciek Biealwski, “He Also Once Stayed in a Small Cabin” (On też zaczynał od skromnego domku), short story published in Opowiadanie, 2019
Grażyna Plebanek, “Mamas” (Mamy), short story published in Conradology: A Celebration of the Work of Joseph Conrad, Comma Press, 2017

PROSE (non-fiction):

Małgorzata Lebda, “Transformation: Movement Towards the New” (Transformacja, ruch ku nowemu), essay in Common Ground, 2026
Monika Szajderman, The Pepper Forgers (Fałszerze pieprzu), excerpt published in Visible, Two Lines Press, 2022
Henryk Schönker, The Touch of an Angel (Dotknięcie anioła), Indiana University Press, 2021
Elżbieta Kossewska, Polish Jews in Israel (Ona jeszcze mówi po polsku, ale śmieje się po hebrajsku), Brill, 2021
Ziemowit Szczerek, Mordor’s Coming to Eat Us (Przyjdzie Mordor i nas zje, czyli tajna historia Słowian), excerpt published in Asymptote, 2017
Dionisios Sturis, Wherever You Throw Me (Gdziekolwiek mnie rzucisz. Wyspa Man i Polacy), excerpt published in Asymptote, 2021
Culture.pl – articles about Polish culture, literature, cinema and art
Przekrój Magazine – articles about culture and literature
Wisława Szymborska, Nonrequired Reading – Complete Collection (Wszystkie lektury nadobowiązkowe), excerpt in New Books from Poland, 2016

POETRY:

Stanisław Jaglarz, A Hare’s Heat (Zajęczy żar) – two poems published in Wet Grain (print), 2026
Stanisław Jaglarz, A Hare’s Heat (Zajęczy żar) – one poem published on the National Translation Month website, 2025
Joanna Łępicka, Exercise Book (Zeszyt ćwiczeń) – six poems published by Versopolis
Urszula Honek – one poem from Wintering (Żimowanie) published in Plume, 2025
Aleksandra Młynarczyk-Gemza, Crop Rotations (Płodozmian), Razem Pamoja Foundation, 2023
Tomasz Pułka – four poems published in Widma, 2015
Darek Foks – four poems published in Widma, 2015

CHILDREN’S BOOKS:

Mikołaj Pasiński and Gosia Herba, The Underground Adventure of the Brave Frog Rene (Podziemna przygoda odważnej żaby Rene), Greystone Books, 2026
Mikołaj Pasiński and Gosia Herba, No One Is Home (Nikogo nie ma w domu), Greystone Books, 2025
Mikołaj Pasiński and Gosia Herba, 5 Bubblegum Street (Balonowa 5), Greystone Books, 2024

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