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
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.
Future Science Fiction Digest, a collaboration between the Future Affairs Administration and UFO Publishing, is now live, edited by author, translator, and editor Alex Shvartsman. FSFD is looking for science fiction from around the world, and encourages submissions of translated sf. Check out Issue 0 here, which includes reprint stories from Lavie Tidhar, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro,
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
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.
Over at Weird Fiction Review, David Davis interviews Japanese speculative fiction author Dempow Torishima, whose work of biohorror, Sisyphean, was translated by Daniel Huddleston and came out earlier this year from Haikasoru. You can also check out my review of this powerful, brilliant novel here.
Episode 3 of the SF in Translation podcast is up! Give it a listen. You can find a list of every episode here.
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)
Locus Magazine has included a list of SFT out in 2017 in its Features section- check it out!
The University of Illinois Press is bringing out an essay collection that explores the diverse voices of contemporary international science fiction: Lingua Cosmica: Science Fiction From Around the World, edited by Dale Knickerbocker (out June 2018).
