{"id":17551,"date":"2026-09-08T03:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=17551"},"modified":"2026-09-08T03:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:28:40","slug":"publisher-spotlight-honford-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=17551","title":{"rendered":"Publisher Spotlight: Honford Star"},"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:18px\"><strong>Honford Star publishes translated literary fiction from East Asia. 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