Ana Padilla Fornieles
@anapf89.bsky.social
Spanish translator, illustrator and writer based in Beijing. Part of Spittoon International Art Collective. Regular contributor to The World of Chinese. ES/EN/中文, and then a few more.
Well I am grateful to you that this interview happened! Everyone should have a copy of David’s “Necessary” on their shelf.
I am very grateful to @anapf89.bsky.social for interviewing me for the Beijinger just before my book launch today in Beijing.
www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2025/09...
www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2025/09...
David Harrison Horton on His New Poetry Collection "Necessary"
A talk with David Horton ahead of tomorrow's Beijing Poets event at The Hutong.
www.thebeijinger.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Well I am grateful to you that this interview happened! Everyone should have a copy of David’s “Necessary” on their shelf.
I happen to be one of the translators in this issue and I really encourage people to support TSLR!
The editors of The Shanghai Literary Review, a distinguished print & digital magazine founded in 2016, have made an alarming announcement, stating: "We’re writing today with an important and difficult update." Why the delay? What happened?
👉 Statement: shanghailiterary.substack.com/p/issue-9-up...
👉 Statement: shanghailiterary.substack.com/p/issue-9-up...
August 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I happen to be one of the translators in this issue and I really encourage people to support TSLR!
👋🏼 everyone! I’m bringing you this exciting collaboration with musicians & friends Dave Carey and Emily Yu. You can get their beautiful song + my cover art for whatever you may spare by clicking on the link! All proceeds go to @msf.bsky.social 💖 #palestine
davidcarey.bandcamp.com/album/an-eye...
davidcarey.bandcamp.com/album/an-eye...
An Eye for an Eye, by David Carey （with 喻洋）
1 track album
davidcarey.bandcamp.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:24 AM
👋🏼 everyone! I’m bringing you this exciting collaboration with musicians & friends Dave Carey and Emily Yu. You can get their beautiful song + my cover art for whatever you may spare by clicking on the link! All proceeds go to @msf.bsky.social 💖 #palestine
davidcarey.bandcamp.com/album/an-eye...
davidcarey.bandcamp.com/album/an-eye...
Seems like #BCLT isn’t on this platform yet? Anyway always a pleasure to tune into their wonderful talk! See I paused my translation work for this! 😉 #translation #literarytranslation
November 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Seems like #BCLT isn’t on this platform yet? Anyway always a pleasure to tune into their wonderful talk! See I paused my translation work for this! 😉 #translation #literarytranslation
Exciting news! Spittoon Literary Collective & Honford Star proudly present our anthology of contemporary #Chineseliterature, “Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moons”!
honfordstar.com/products/ten...
Pre-orders are crucial so we truly appreciate yours, if you’re keen!
#literarytranslation
honfordstar.com/products/ten...
Pre-orders are crucial so we truly appreciate yours, if you’re keen!
#literarytranslation
Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moons: New Chinese Writing (Pre-order
Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moons gathers sixteen phenomenal writers of the Chinese language in their English debut: eight fiction writers, six poets, and two essayists. Amongst these dazzling te...
honfordstar.com
November 8, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Exciting news! Spittoon Literary Collective & Honford Star proudly present our anthology of contemporary #Chineseliterature, “Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moons”!
honfordstar.com/products/ten...
Pre-orders are crucial so we truly appreciate yours, if you’re keen!
#literarytranslation
honfordstar.com/products/ten...
Pre-orders are crucial so we truly appreciate yours, if you’re keen!
#literarytranslation
I’m generally terrible at keeping up with social media haha. Anywho here I am with my newest creation! Vibes were “school’s out”. 🤣 Massive disclaimer that the scholar robe is an abstract version of the real one and does not aspire to be anything else than that!
#illustration #posterdesign
#illustration #posterdesign
June 26, 2024 at 3:05 AM
I’m generally terrible at keeping up with social media haha. Anywho here I am with my newest creation! Vibes were “school’s out”. 🤣 Massive disclaimer that the scholar robe is an abstract version of the real one and does not aspire to be anything else than that!
#illustration #posterdesign
#illustration #posterdesign
Some more of my illustration work over here! These two were quite fun to make with all those loong vibes!
February 25, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Some more of my illustration work over here! These two were quite fun to make with all those loong vibes!
This translator is currently traveling in Xiamen, where I wandered into a delightful second hand bookstore.
This was the first book my eyes landed on. Serendipity much?
This was the first book my eyes landed on. Serendipity much?
February 24, 2024 at 12:27 PM
This translator is currently traveling in Xiamen, where I wandered into a delightful second hand bookstore.
This was the first book my eyes landed on. Serendipity much?
This was the first book my eyes landed on. Serendipity much?
Here in Beijing I’m part of a cultural collective for which I do most of the event posters. My (ongoing) experience as a self-taught illustrator has been a true reflection on creative practice, perfectionism and the intersection of it all with the realities of my life. Here’s my latest work!
January 26, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Here in Beijing I’m part of a cultural collective for which I do most of the event posters. My (ongoing) experience as a self-taught illustrator has been a true reflection on creative practice, perfectionism and the intersection of it all with the realities of my life. Here’s my latest work!
First read of 2024. Her Wiki page made me think of Elfriede Jelinek. I’ve been told it’s not her easiest book for a first but here we are!
January 23, 2024 at 8:31 AM
First read of 2024. Her Wiki page made me think of Elfriede Jelinek. I’ve been told it’s not her easiest book for a first but here we are!