Livia Franchini

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Livia Franchini is a writer from Tuscany, Italy. She has translated Michael Donaghy, Sam Riviere and James Tiptree Jr. among many others and is the author of a poetry pamphlet, Our Available Magic (Makina Books) and a novel, Shelf Life (Doubleday/Mondadori). 

Livia is currently completing a PhD in experimental women’s fiction at Goldsmiths, where she also coordinates The Goldsmiths Prize.

She is one of the founding members of FILL (Festival of Italian Literature in Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø) and has taught workshops and performed extensively from her work, both in the UK and internationally.