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Jen Calleja Author & Translator

Jen Calleja is a writer, literary translator and publisher originally from Shoreham-By-Sea and now based in Hastings. Her books include Vehicle: a verse novel, I'm Afraid That's All We've Got Time For and Serious Justice. She was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019 for her translation of Marion Poschmann's The Pine Islands and was the first Translator in Residence at the British Library. She is co-director at Praspar Press, which publishes Maltese literature in English and English translation.