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The SFT Panel at Wiscon 42

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

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“Zion’s Fiction” Anthology Out This September

The long-awaited Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature is finally scheduled to come out on September 25, 2018 from Mandel Vilar Press! Here’s the description: “This anthology showcases the best Israeli science fiction and fantasy literature published since the 1980s. The stories included come from Hebrew, Russian, and English-language sources, and include well-known

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World Literature Today’s Speculative Fiction Issue

World Literature Today dedicated its May 2018 issue to speculative fiction from around the world. It includes fiction by Pierrette Fleutiaux (tr Edward Gauvin), Anne Richter (tr Edward Gauvin), Angélica Gorodischer (tr Amalia Gladhart), and Rodrigo Fresán (tr Cecilia Weddell), as well as a “Translator’s Note” by Edward Gauvin.      

SFT on the BTBA Longlist

The Best Translated Book Award longlists came out today, and there are FOUR SFT titles on the fiction list!!   Radiant Terminus by Antoine Volodine, translated from the French by Jeffery Zuckerman (France, Open Letter)         Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Argentina, Riverhead)    

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