{"id":17425,"date":"2026-08-23T01:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=17425"},"modified":"2026-08-23T01:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:43:40","slug":"publisher-spotlight-wakefield-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=17425","title":{"rendered":"Publisher Spotlight: Wakefield Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Launched in 2009 by Marc Lowenthal and Judy Feldmann, <a href=\"https:\/\/wakefieldpress.com\/\">Wakefield Press<\/a> is an &#8220;independent American publisher devoted to the translation of overlooked gems and literary oddities.&#8221; As of 2026, they&#8217;ve published almost two dozen prose works of speculative fiction in translation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>* below are all first English editions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FRENCH<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-1 wp-block-group\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wakefieldpress.com\/products\/the-book-of-monelle?_pos=1&amp;_sid=47d19c909&amp;_ss=r\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/schwob-658x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17468\" width=\"130\" height=\"200\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a 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has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GERMAN<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-2 wp-block-group\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wakefieldpress.com\/products\/lesabendio-an-asteroid-novel?_pos=2&amp;_sid=0aaae1045&amp;_ss=r\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/scheerbart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1088\" width=\"130\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/scheerbart.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/scheerbart-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a 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