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Scotia Gilroy

Polish English

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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
  • 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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