The Silent Garden: A Journal of Esoteric Fabulism, Volume 1, is available for pre-order here. This new publication is a “peer-reviewed journal of esoteric fabulism, edited and curated by the Silent Garden Collective, a professional group of editors, writers, and scholars interested in exploring those liminal borderlands where darkness bends. The Collective’s aim is to
If you’re going to Worldcon 76 this month, you’ll find several panels about world/translated SF. Check them out below! Chinese SF/F and its Fandom Translation & Communication of Chinese Science Fiction Intro to Korean Science Fiction for English Speakers Exploring a Wider Universe: Beyond the World of Anglophone SFF 1001 Years Later–What Happened to
Both the National Translation Award longlist and the Shirley Jackson Award include SFT this year: NTA: The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresan, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden, from Open Letter Shirley Jackson Award: (tie; winner for novella) Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell, from Riverhead
On the Apex Magazine site, Francesco Verso talks about the origins and major themes of his novel Nexhuman, translated by Sally McCorry and coming out next month from Apex Publications. Read “Nexhuman: From Origin to Translation” here.
The other day, I asked twitter why the Hugo Awards (and other US-based SF awards) didn’t include an SF in Translation category, and this sparked a larger, and I thought quite helpful and interesting, conversation around the web. Here are some posts about the topic: “Make It So: Adding a New Hugo Award Category” by
Nevsky Books will publish a new collection of stories by Spanish SF author and editor Cristina Jurado in July entitled Alphaland. “From upgraded humans to individuals living among daydreams, from monsters to fantastic beings, these creatures populate a highly imaginative and evocative world, impregnated by an inspired sense of wonder. Draw near with care and enter
Jan Kotouč, Czech author of sci-fi and alternate-history novels, is running an indiegogo campaign to cover the art, production, and translation into English of his Frontiers of the Imperium series. Check it out!
Wiscon– the world’s leading feminist science fiction convention–is currently happening (through Memorial Day weekend) and offers a wide range of panels, workshops, readings, academic papers, and much more (including a wonderful dealer’s room and lots of opportunities to network and nosh). This is my second time participating in the SF in Translation panel, and, as
Check out Eric Becker’s interview on Words Without Borders with Jonathan Wright, who translated the award-winning work of Iraqi horror Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi.
Future Science Fiction Digest, a collaboration between the Future Affairs Administration and UFO Publishing, is now live, edited by author, translator, and editor Alex Shvartsman. FSFD is looking for science fiction from around the world, and encourages submissions of translated sf. Check out Issue 0 here, which includes reprint stories from Lavie Tidhar, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro,
