{"id":17695,"date":"2026-09-20T01:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T01:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=17695"},"modified":"2026-09-20T01:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T01:22:53","slug":"publisher-spotlight-new-directions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=17695","title":{"rendered":"Publisher Spotlight: New Directions"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/\">New Directions<\/a>, founded in 1936 by James Laughlin, publishes a wide range of literary fiction. They also bring us more speculative fiction in translation each year than any other publisher. Below is just a selection of their SFT titles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\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-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/book\/the-garden-of-the-departed-cats\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/karasu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17696\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/karasu.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/karasu-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/book\/ghosts\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aira-ghosts-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17697\" width=\"159\" height=\"244\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/book\/the-sinistra-zone\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bodor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14386\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/book\/the-end-of-days\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/erpenbeck.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7253\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/book\/beauty-is-a-wound\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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They also bring us more speculative fiction in translation each year than any other publisher. 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