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WWB Interview With Translator Jonathan Wright

By Rachel CordascoMay 22, 2018interview, newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Eric M. B. Becker, Iraq, Jonathan Wright, Oneworld

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.

SFT on the Man Booker International Prize Longlist

By Rachel CordascoMarch 13, 2018newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, George Szirtes, Hungarian, Hungary, Iraq, John Batki, Jonathan Wright, László Krasznahorkai, Oneworld, Ottilie Mulzet, Tuskar Rock Press

Two works of SFT have been included in the Man Booker International Prize 2018 longlist: László Krasznahorkai (Hungary), John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet & George Szirtes, The World Goes On (Tuskar Rock Press) Ahmed Saadawi (Iraq), Jonathan Wright, Frankenstein in Baghdad (Oneworld)

Out This Month: March

By Rachel CordascoMarch 2, 2018out this monthArabic, Blake Stone-Banks, Brian Bies, Brow Books, Bruno Schulz, Catalan, Catalonia, Chi Hui, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Daniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Gautam Bhatia, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Indonesia, Indonesian, Intan Paramaditha, Ira Moskowitz, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Karin Tidbeck, Madeline G. Levine, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Manuel de Pedrolo, Northwestern University Press, Polish, Sara Martín, St. Martin's Press, Stephen J. Epstein, Strange Horizons, Wesleyan University Press, Xiu Xinyu, Yoav Blum

FICTION “Farewell, Adam” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld Magazine) “Deep Sea Fish” by Chi Hui, translated by Brian Bies (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction) Typescript of the Second Origin by Manuel de Pedrolo, translated from the Catalan by Sara Martín

Out This Month: January

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 3, 2018out this monthAhmed Saadawi, Amazon Crossing, Andy Dudak, Anna Holmwood, Apex Magazine, Arabic, Bao Shu, Bernhard Hennen, Chi Hui, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Felicidad Martinez, German, Germany, Iraq, Jin Yong, Jonathan Wright, Penguin, Quercus Books, Rodolfo Martínez, Spain, Spanish, Sportula

“The Lighthouse Girl” by Bao Shu, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld) “The Heaven-Moving Way” by Chi Hui, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Apex Magazine) Faces From the Past (The Queen’s Adept, Book 2) by by Rodolfo Martínez &‎ Felicidad Martínez, translated by

Special Arabic Issue of Strange Horizons

By Rachel CordascoNovember 1, 2017spotlightArabic, Strange Horizons

Check out Strange Horizons‘ special issue on “SFF from the Arab League Community and Diaspora”

Roundtable on Arabic SF

By Rachel CordascoApril 25, 20171 commentnewsArabic, Hassan Blasim, Iraq

Strange Horizons hosted a roundtable on Iraq + 100 (ed. Hassan Blasim) and Arabic sci-fi in general: read it here.

The Best Translated Book Award Longlist

By Rachel CordascoMarch 29, 2017newsArabic, Basma Abdel Aziz, Cuba, David Frye, Dominican Republic, Elisabeth Jaquette, Jessica Powell, New Directions, Pedro Cabiya, Spanish, Susan Bernofsky, Yoko Tawada, Yoss

This year’s Best Translated Book Award longlist includes four works of speculative fiction in translation! Here’s the entire list: The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz, translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette, from Melville House Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada, translated from German by Susan Bernofsky, from New

Samovar Magazine’s Inaugural Issue

By Rachel CordascoMarch 28, 2017newsAbdul wakil Sulamal, Annie Sheng, Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, Hebrew, James Caron, Japanese, Ko Hua Chen, Rachel Cordasco, Samovar Magazine, Suvi Kauppila, Taiyo Fujii, Timothy Silver

Samovar Magazine‘s inaugural issue is out now, featuring speculative fiction (translated from Finnish, Hebrew, and Arabic), poetry (translated from Chinese), and reviews! Check it out!!

Ahmed Khaled Towfik on the Dissemination of Arabic Science Fiction

By Rachel CordascoMarch 11, 2017newsAhmed Khaled Towfik, Arabic, Egypt

Check out this article on this year’s Emirates Lit Fest about Arabic sf and what Egyptian writer Ahmen Khaled Towfik says about the genre’s place in Arab culture.

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