Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse
@missadadoom.bsky.social
works in publishing, translates Russian, reads, edits, parents, naps, snarks. @missadadoom on social media and founding tiger at Tiger Team Creative.
My new book is The Village at the Edge of Noon - think Buffy and The Witcher stuck Under the Dome…
My new book is The Village at the Edge of Noon - think Buffy and The Witcher stuck Under the Dome…
Pinned
To Pushkin House this week for a two-hander talk about translating indigenous literature from the far north. Still very charmed and not a little weirded out by the idea that kind, interested people would pay to hear me talk about anything. #translation #translator #russian #rustrans
February 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
To Pushkin House this week for a two-hander talk about translating indigenous literature from the far north. Still very charmed and not a little weirded out by the idea that kind, interested people would pay to hear me talk about anything. #translation #translator #russian #rustrans
You saw it here.
Congratulations to all who have work on the Locus Recommends list for 2025, but especially to Darya Bobyleva and her translator @missadadoom.bsky.social for The Village at the Edge of Noon in the translated fiction section:
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2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
locusmag.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
You saw it here.
Delirious is exactly how it often felt to be translating it - in the best possible way.
Usually you need a clear head while reading. But sometimes a little deliriousness adds to the experience.
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social reviews The Village at the Edge of Noon, by Darya Bobyleva!
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social reviews The Village at the Edge of Noon, by Darya Bobyleva!
Delirious Reading: The Pleasures of The Village at the Edge of Noon by Darya Bobyleva - Reactor
A bizarre and ever-shifting yarn that taps into concerns both modern and timeless.
reactormag.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Delirious is exactly how it often felt to be translating it - in the best possible way.
Huge thanks to @locusmag.bsky.social and Paul Di Filippo for the thoughtful review - and yes, “Courtyard…” really ought to make it over to English readers! Paging @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social
The Village at the Edge of Noon by Darya Bobyleva: Review by Paul Di Filippo locusmag.com/review/...
January 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Huge thanks to @locusmag.bsky.social and Paul Di Filippo for the thoughtful review - and yes, “Courtyard…” really ought to make it over to English readers! Paging @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social
so good I have to post them twice
Translating genre is creative: funny things have to be funny, scary things scary. Genre can be ambitious and talk about what people are really preoccupied with - what they desire and dread - doesn’t have to be “austere and unflinching,” etc. @crimereads.bsky.social
lithub.com/chilling-lit...
lithub.com/chilling-lit...
Chilling Lit: Six Novels in Translation That Blend Folktales and Horror
Togetherness that’s on the side of suffocating, history that won’t stay put or past, and nature that doesn’t just exist, benignly, but watches and waits….Folk horror deals in dissonance, drea…
lithub.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
so good I have to post them twice
I was moved and disturbed by Egana Djabbarova’s writing - can’t wait to see the book again in @lizoksbooks.bsky.social translation
New year, new books: WWB team members on the translated titles we're most looking forward to in 2026. Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
WWB's Most Anticipated Books of 2026 - Words Without Borders
New year, new books: WWB team members on the titles in translation we're most looking forward to reading in 2026.
wordswithoutborders.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I was moved and disturbed by Egana Djabbarova’s writing - can’t wait to see the book again in @lizoksbooks.bsky.social translation
Christmas day with my dear, now elderly in-laws. This probably isn’t the saddest cup of coffee in England - dregs of the Nescafe jar, semi-skimmed milk - but pity me all the same. There is a metric ton of cheese in the fridge. I shall be drinking all the port in the house, by and by.
December 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Christmas day with my dear, now elderly in-laws. This probably isn’t the saddest cup of coffee in England - dregs of the Nescafe jar, semi-skimmed milk - but pity me all the same. There is a metric ton of cheese in the fridge. I shall be drinking all the port in the house, by and by.
Translating genre is creative: funny things have to be funny, scary things scary. Genre can be ambitious and talk about what people are really preoccupied with - what they desire and dread - doesn’t have to be “austere and unflinching,” etc. @crimereads.bsky.social
lithub.com/chilling-lit...
lithub.com/chilling-lit...
Chilling Lit: Six Novels in Translation That Blend Folktales and Horror
Togetherness that’s on the side of suffocating, history that won’t stay put or past, and nature that doesn’t just exist, benignly, but watches and waits….Folk horror deals in dissonance, drea…
lithub.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Translating genre is creative: funny things have to be funny, scary things scary. Genre can be ambitious and talk about what people are really preoccupied with - what they desire and dread - doesn’t have to be “austere and unflinching,” etc. @crimereads.bsky.social
lithub.com/chilling-lit...
lithub.com/chilling-lit...
Including her own, natch. You’ll love it, I promise! 😂
@missadadoom.bsky.social recommends chilling tales of folk horror in translation by Zuzana Ríhová, John Ajvide Lindqvist, and more!
Chilling Lit: Six Novels in Translation That Blend Folktales and Horror
Togetherness that’s on the side of suffocating, history that won’t stay put or past, and nature that doesn’t just exist, benignly, but watches and waits….Folk horror deals in dissonance, drea…
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December 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Including her own, natch. You’ll love it, I promise! 😂
I do! I do recommend them, and I recommend my translation of The Village at the Edge of Noon, too. Go buy a book or two! And #dontgointhewoods
@missadadoom.bsky.social recommends chilling tales of folk horror in translation by Zuzana Ríhová, John Ajvide Lindqvist, and more!
Chilling Lit: Six Novels in Translation That Blend Folktales and Horror
Togetherness that’s on the side of suffocating, history that won’t stay put or past, and nature that doesn’t just exist, benignly, but watches and waits….Folk horror deals in dissonance, drea…
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I do! I do recommend them, and I recommend my translation of The Village at the Edge of Noon, too. Go buy a book or two! And #dontgointhewoods
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reposted by Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse
"Valerych roared, and he struck out for the other riverbank - away from the incinerating flame and the village and his dead goddamned wife - toward the other world, the other shore."
Published today!
Is it terror in the woods? Or the truth?
Translated by @missadadoom.bsky.social.
Published today!
Is it terror in the woods? Or the truth?
Translated by @missadadoom.bsky.social.
December 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"Valerych roared, and he struck out for the other riverbank - away from the incinerating flame and the village and his dead goddamned wife - toward the other world, the other shore."
Published today!
Is it terror in the woods? Or the truth?
Translated by @missadadoom.bsky.social.
Published today!
Is it terror in the woods? Or the truth?
Translated by @missadadoom.bsky.social.
Buyer’s premorse- I haven’t bought it yet, but I fully intend to regret this purchase
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Buyer’s premorse- I haven’t bought it yet, but I fully intend to regret this purchase
A winning combination of ridiculous, hilarious, and adorable.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A winning combination of ridiculous, hilarious, and adorable.
Thanks @crimereads.bsky.social - happy to be included - don’t go in the woods xx😳
crimereads.com/the-best-fic...
crimereads.com/the-best-fic...
The Best Fiction in Translation of Fall 2025
Hi folks! It’s been a long fall season, and I’m just now catching up on all the good crime fiction in translation. That means the following list is extra-curated, and also, extra distur…
crimereads.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thanks @crimereads.bsky.social - happy to be included - don’t go in the woods xx😳
crimereads.com/the-best-fic...
crimereads.com/the-best-fic...
“Whoever wrote this episode should die!” Good actors playing bad actors becoming better people through acting and life. @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social has written the Galaxy Quest paean I’ve longed for: crimereads.com/galaxy-quest/
“Whoever Wrote this Episode Should Die”: Galaxy Quest Is Personal, and it’s Personal to Me
I once read a book review in which the reviewer, the professor and critic Benjamin de Mott, expressed anxiety about effectively conveying the impressiveness of the work at hand: “I find myself nerv…
crimereads.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Whoever wrote this episode should die!” Good actors playing bad actors becoming better people through acting and life. @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social has written the Galaxy Quest paean I’ve longed for: crimereads.com/galaxy-quest/
cosplay cowboys
Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
cosplay cowboys
Calling @aptshadow.bsky.social - am still reeling that he got arachnophobic me to read a whole book about sentient (shudders) spiders. This is the only spider content that shall ever be posted here. Or anywhere. By me.
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Calling @aptshadow.bsky.social - am still reeling that he got arachnophobic me to read a whole book about sentient (shudders) spiders. This is the only spider content that shall ever be posted here. Or anywhere. By me.
Saying “Sorry to interrupt,” doesn’t actually give you the right to interrupt. Unless it’s an emergency. Your inability to wait your turn is not an emergency.
October 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Saying “Sorry to interrupt,” doesn’t actually give you the right to interrupt. Unless it’s an emergency. Your inability to wait your turn is not an emergency.
If you like folklore, horror and snark (or dying to know how the thrain could meet) get yourself a copy, but be sure to start it before the noonday blaze.
We have some sweet, sweet, sweet early finished copy action for you.
Project Hanuman by @stewarthotston.com Nov. 11th
Village at the Edge of Noon by Darya Bobyleva, translated by @missadadoom.bsky.social Dec. 2nd
Pollen, 30th anniversary edition by Jeff Noon. New intro by Aliya Whiteley. Dec. 2nd
Project Hanuman by @stewarthotston.com Nov. 11th
Village at the Edge of Noon by Darya Bobyleva, translated by @missadadoom.bsky.social Dec. 2nd
Pollen, 30th anniversary edition by Jeff Noon. New intro by Aliya Whiteley. Dec. 2nd
October 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you like folklore, horror and snark (or dying to know how the thrain could meet) get yourself a copy, but be sure to start it before the noonday blaze.
I did a thing.
Former Unbound head of rights Ilona Chavasse (bottom l.), publicity director Rina Gill (top l.), and marketing manager Divia Kainth have teamed to launch Tiger Team Creative. Unbound, a U.K.-based crowdfunding publisher, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
Former Unbound Staffers Launch U.K. Publishing Agency
Former Unbound head of rights Ilona Chavasse, publicity director Rina Gill, and marketing manager Divia Kainth have teamed to launch Tiger Team Creative. Unbound, a U.K.-based crowdfunding publisher,…
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October 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I did a thing.
“I often walk through art galleries, and realise the stuff on the walls would be so much better if I simply stole it and drew penises on it or whatever, and that they wouldn’t have made it publicly viewable if they didn’t want that.” Marina Hyde nails it as usual.
October 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“I often walk through art galleries, and realise the stuff on the walls would be so much better if I simply stole it and drew penises on it or whatever, and that they wouldn’t have made it publicly viewable if they didn’t want that.” Marina Hyde nails it as usual.
Products individually so worthless that withholding them or paying for them will kill a whole industry? Right, so the golden goose here is artists, not AI…
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Products individually so worthless that withholding them or paying for them will kill a whole industry? Right, so the golden goose here is artists, not AI…
A public service reminder that AI summary and ChatGPT will confidently tell you nonsense - don’t trust, always verify. Better yet, donate to Wikipedia.
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A public service reminder that AI summary and ChatGPT will confidently tell you nonsense - don’t trust, always verify. Better yet, donate to Wikipedia.