This walk takes us to the northern boundaries of Greater Manchester and up into the hills above Ramsbottom. We’ll visit the Peel Tower – a local landmark on Holcombe Hill, 1100 feet above sea level, where we’ll stop to admire a view right across the county (sadly you can only climb to the top on certain Sundays). The walk is about 6 miles long, and in places quite steep, strenuous and even
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NWTN Ruby Anniversary Celebration
🎉 Celebrate 40 Years of the NWTN in Style! 🎉
This year marks a Ruby milestone for the NWTN – and you're invited to an unforgettable evening of fun, food and festivities as we celebrate our 40th anniversary!
Join us for a sparkling night of celebration, including:💎 A warm welcome and presentation💎 A fun-filled quiz with plenty of laughs💎 A delicious buffet catering for all dietary needs
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Bookchat Chapter 15
Whether you’re a regular or have never attended before, we’ll be delighted to see you on Zoom from 7.00 pm on Tuesday 8th April for Bookchat chapter 15!
🐺 Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?*
Are there authors you don't (want to) read, maybe because you think you won't like their work? Did you try? Are there authors you discovered late, and ended up bingeing on to
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Social Saturday: Diversification
Saturday 15th March 2025 - 2-5pm
You’ve got the power: A diversification toolbox for freelance translators and interpreters with Ken Paver
Translators and interpreters are often told that their business needs to 'diversify or die', and that there is a conventional range of fields into which they should be diversifying in order to boost their income. This presentation will look at what
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Epiphany Coworking
Join us in Warrington for a ‘January Special’ coworking session featuring a ‘Galette des Rois’, a cake the French eat at the Epiphany (well, all through January…) – will you win the little token in your slice? If you find it, you become the ‘King/Queen for the Day’!
The NWTN has booked a private room and paid for this coworking session on behalf of our members, so all you have to remember is to
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Festive Coworking in Warrington
Join us for a coworking session at The Outset in Warrington in its spacious workspace on the first floor! It offers three private phone booths and all the mod cons we’ve come to expect.
The space has a café with reasonably-priced breakfast and lunch goodies. The session itself costs £16 incl. VAT for the whole day (cheaper than any in Manchester) and parking is available in the nearby Golden
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Stronger Together
How connection and collaboration make membership a must – by Nina Hasinski – 16th November 2024
– Focusing on the principles of collaboration and support amongst colleagues, this November’s Stronger Together 2 meet-up, organised by the NWTN, built upon the foundations of last year’s event and reminded us how valuable being part of a network is, both professionally and
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Generative AI Social Saturday
Main Presenter: Angela Sigee – Panellists: Louise Killeen, Silke Lührmann, Silvia Terribile, Mike Farrell – Held at The House of Books and Friends, King Street, Manchester, from 1.00 to 4.00-4.30pm, on 9th March 2024 – Report written by: Nicole van den Wittenboer ____
For our NWTN Social Saturday event on Generative AI, our Events Team Leader Kate Lo and Chair Laurence Bisot welcomed us back to
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BOOKCHAT chapter 13
It’s finally spring, and we’re looking forward to hearing what all you bookworms have been reading during all these rainy days... Whether you’re a regular or have never attended before, we’ll be delighted to see you on Zoom from 7.00 pm on Tuesday 14th May for Bookchat chapter 13!
We’ll start the session by talking about books featuring translators and/or interpreters as characters, or
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Working Lunch: Drop-In
Join NWTN Chair Laurence Bisot and colleagues for an informal chat online via Zoom. For one hour during your lunch break, we’ll host a drop-in Q&A session.
What have you been up to this month? Do you have any new goal or project? Have you made progress with your goals?
Our AGM is coming soon. Do you have any question about the NWTN, how the committee works and how to volunteer?
Zoom
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