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SFT on the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Site

By Rachel CordascoApril 30, 20212 commentsnews, spotlightGLLI

The GLLI graciously gave over their blog to me for the month of April so I could highlight SF in translation. Here’s the wrap-up post with all of the links: enjoy!

New Brazilian SFT Magazine

By Rachel CordascoDecember 26, 2020newsBrazil, Eita! Magazine

Check out the first issue of Eita! Magazine, which offers readers exciting new SFT from Brazil. I’m honored to have been asked to write the foreword for the first issue. Stories are from Isabor Quintiere (@iquintiere), Miguel Dracul (@MiguelDracul), Laís Dias (@oslivrosdalis), Thiago Ambrósio (@thamblage), and a secret author.

FutureCon

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 6, 2020newsFutureCon

FutureCon is here! September 17-20, 2020. I’m excited to announce that I’ll be participating in this convention about science fiction as it is written, translated, and published around the world. With panelists from 25 different countries (so far!), FutureCon offers us an opportunity for a truly international discussion of the genre. Thanks to the organizers

New Lem Editions

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 6, 2020news, spotlightMIT Press, Stanislaw Lem

Feast your eyes on these beautiful new editions of Lem’s work (both speculative and not) from MIT Press. Apparently, there more to come soon!

Penguin Science Fiction Series

By Rachel CordascoAugust 18, 2020newsAmalia Gladhart, Andreas Eschbach, Angélica Gorodischer, Antonina W. Bouis, Argentina, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Clarence Brown, Doryl Jensen, German, Germany, Japan, Japanese, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Kobo Abe, Michaek Kandel, Penguin Science Fiction Series, Poland, Polish, Russia, Russian, Spanish, Stanislaw Lem, Yevgeny Zamyatin

The new Penguin Science Fiction Series (which highlights classics of the genre) includes several works of SF in Translation: check it out here. Trafalgar by Angélica Gorodischer, translated from the Spanish (Argentina) by Amalia Gladhart (6/8/2020) We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated from the Russian by Clarence Brown (6/8/2020)

Clelia Farris and Italian SFT

By Rachel CordascoJune 26, 2020news, spotlightClelia Farris, Italian, Italy, Jennifer Delare, Rachel Cordasco, Rosarium Publishing

Award-winning Italian science fiction author Clelia Farris has a collection of stories coming out in English in September from Rosarium Publishing. Jennifer Delare translated the title story and yours truly translated the other six stories. The collection received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which said, in part: “Across all seven marvelous tales, Farris effortlessly

SFT 2020 Catalog

By Rachel CordascoMay 16, 2020catalog, newscatalog

The SFT20-catalog is out! Explore all of the fantastic novels, collections, and anthologies coming out this year.

SFT in Virtual Cons

By Rachel CordascoMay 16, 2020newsAlex Shvartsman, Andy Dudak, Basma Ghalayini, Flights of Foundry, Julia Meitov Hersey, Liz Gorinsky, Neil Clarke, r/Fantasy, Ra Page, Rachel Cordasco, S. Qiouyi Lu, Tracy Canfield, Yuri Machkasov

With speculative fiction-focused conventions moving online this year, it’s great that SFT is being highlighted ! r/Fantasy Virtual Con: SFF in Translation Panelists: Julia Meitov Hersey, Rachel Cordasco, Ra Page, Basma Ghalayini, Yuri Machkasov Flights of Foundry: Bringing International SFF into the English-speaking World Panelists: Liz Gorinsky (mod), Neil Clarke, Andy Dudak, S.

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