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Our newest Read Paper Republic series has been going up on our website! The series showcases the work of the four winners of the 2026 Fubi Project 伏笔计划, translated by four emerging translators. Read today’s new installment here: paper-republic.org/pubs/read…
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We're excited to announce our most recent RPR project! 💗"A Rebellious Love Letter". Poems by Yang Mu, Chen Li & Wu Ming-Yi, edited by Nero Huang. Trans. by Wen-chi Li, Colin Bramwell, Elaine Wong, Nero Huang. Wonderful illustrations by Li Yiyang. paper-republic.org/pubs/read…
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@PaperRepublic Paper Republic Newsletter #23 is out: paper-republic.org/pers/yao-…
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Chinese writers have long used fiction to process trauma. In these five newly translated titles, the trend continues in modern settings, from sexual abuse in Taiwan to linguistic displacement in Hong Kong.
Read @JackDHargreaves' list:
chinabooksreview.com/2024/04…
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[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Sabina Knight (@SabinaKnight1) reviews 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑔 (@commapress, 2023), edited by @verashi0730: "The volume showcases ten important writers and ten assured translators.
READ: chajournal.blog/2024/04/10/b…
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Applications close on Monday for our bursary to attend @BristolTransla2 online summer school.
NEW: Opportunity for an emerging translator based in Ireland to attend @BristolTransla2 online summer school in early July.
Applications are open now and close April 15th.
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Just a translator holding her second book! 🇸🇬📖 Dive into Singaporean neighbourhood stories of 1970-80s - a bottle of cod liver oil, a coffin in a living room, monitor lizards in a storm drain and more - in DAKOTA* by Wong Koi Tet.
*Dakota Crescent in Singapore 🙂
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Here's the cover of my new book. Publication day is 1 May. I’m really looking forward to talking to you about it, wherever you might be!
As well as the translation I’ve written an essay about the Shanghai Ma Yongzhen (a real historical figure) would have known in the late 1870s.
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DAKOTA by Wong Koi Tet was one of my first literary translation projects. It brought me an @LitTranslate mentorship with Julia Sanches, bore witness to my growth, brought me community, and taught me so much. The book is now launching on 13/4 🥹. Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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🚀@gushidoc’s novelette that officially became a Hugo finalist today can be read here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/gu_… near-future, cryosleep, written from alternating perspectives of 16 Chinese women. The ending completely broke me. Gu Shi is no doubt one of the best of our generation.
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🎉 @PENamerica's 2024 literary grant winners have been announced! Congratulations to all, including ALTA mentee @subhashree_b, member @JackDHargreaves, and past Lucien Stryk Prize judges @PoetDongLi & Soje on receiving PEN/Heim Translation Fund grants! bit.ly/3PJEYpc
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The April 2024 issue of Clarkesworld includes original fiction by Eleanna Castroianni, Tia Tashiro, Rich Larson, Derrick Boden, Shen Dacheng, Kelly Jennings, and Natalia Theodoridou.
The issue is online at:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/iss…
Subscribe at:
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ALT Cover art for April is Hermit Crab Walker by Longque Chen and features a giant mechanical hermit crab moving through wetlands. Humans occupy structures on the shell.
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Publishers: #PENTranslates is open for submissions until 31 May!
The award helps UK publishers to meet the costs of translating new works into English – while ensuring translators are acknowledged and paid properly for their work.
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"She thought of herself as an aquarium, one that she let anyone fill with fish as they pleased. "
At @aaww, don't miss "Once Upon A Time," an essay by Lin Yi-Han and translated + with a translator's note by ALTA Board member @jennathesoup! bit.ly/3J0PDYI
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Book cover reveal: Queer Literature in the Sinosphere, forthcoming with Bloomsbury this November. Thank @JamieJZ5 , Yahia Ma and all the contributors for the hard work in the past three years. @BloomsburyBooks @BloomsburyPol @UoNPressOffice @UoNArts @EngagedArts_UoN @CLASUoN
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From the creator of the three-body problem universe Cixin Liu刘慈欣, a collection of previously untranslated stories & Liu’s essays, translated by a magnificent team of 7 translators in total, all of which are wildly experienced and simply amazing.
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We're honored to announce the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists. Thank you to our judges and congratulations to our honorees! See more at: pen.org/literary-awards/2024…
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I’m so thrilled and honoured to be featured in Ming Pao today - the Hong Kong Chinese language newspaper founded by Jin Yong himself, where Legends of the Condor Heroes began its life.
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Excited to share that TONGUELESS is one of the English PEN Translates award winners and in very good company. I can't wait to check out the other books on this list 😍
We’re delighted to announce that 12 titles from 11 regions & 10 languages have won #PENTranslates awards.
They include novels, short story collections, poetry, non-fiction, autofiction, and – for the first time – titles from Montenegro and Switzerland.
englishpen.org/posts/news/pe…
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There is just ONE WEEK left to apply for our Bristol Translates 2024 Bursaries.
Low-income applicants from across the world are encouraged to apply before the 29th February.
Search 'Bristol Translates' 👉 rb.gy/w09xjk
