Strangers Press
@strangerspress.bsky.social
Literary translation is a cultural exchange. Part of the UEA Publishing Project based at the University of East Anglia.
https://www.strangers.press/
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🌞August slipped away into a moment in time.. but our chapbooks are forever!
Why not spend the rest of this Summer reading these coming-of-age-sexual-awakening-identity-questioning short stories from our Lithuanian mini-series KŪNAI
Visit our website: www.strangers.press/k%C5%ABnai
Why not spend the rest of this Summer reading these coming-of-age-sexual-awakening-identity-questioning short stories from our Lithuanian mini-series KŪNAI
Visit our website: www.strangers.press/k%C5%ABnai
August 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🌞August slipped away into a moment in time.. but our chapbooks are forever!
Why not spend the rest of this Summer reading these coming-of-age-sexual-awakening-identity-questioning short stories from our Lithuanian mini-series KŪNAI
Visit our website: www.strangers.press/k%C5%ABnai
Why not spend the rest of this Summer reading these coming-of-age-sexual-awakening-identity-questioning short stories from our Lithuanian mini-series KŪNAI
Visit our website: www.strangers.press/k%C5%ABnai
🚨CALLING ALL INDIE BOOKSHOPS
(and indie bookshop lovers!)🚨
📚We’ve got a new series coming out in August –
specifically 5 chapbooks translated from Japanese.
Expect strange, beautiful, witty stories, all packaged up
in stunning cover designs from Studio Grrr.
(and indie bookshop lovers!)🚨
📚We’ve got a new series coming out in August –
specifically 5 chapbooks translated from Japanese.
Expect strange, beautiful, witty stories, all packaged up
in stunning cover designs from Studio Grrr.
July 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨CALLING ALL INDIE BOOKSHOPS
(and indie bookshop lovers!)🚨
📚We’ve got a new series coming out in August –
specifically 5 chapbooks translated from Japanese.
Expect strange, beautiful, witty stories, all packaged up
in stunning cover designs from Studio Grrr.
(and indie bookshop lovers!)🚨
📚We’ve got a new series coming out in August –
specifically 5 chapbooks translated from Japanese.
Expect strange, beautiful, witty stories, all packaged up
in stunning cover designs from Studio Grrr.
COMING SOON... 👀
🩵Then Why Ask Me to Come? by Wataya Risa, tr.
Yuki Tejima🩵
📚This is the FINAL CHAPBOOK in our KANATA series.
Visit this link to join our mailing list and be the
first to hear more - less than a month to go now until
publication! www.strangers.press/about
🩵Then Why Ask Me to Come? by Wataya Risa, tr.
Yuki Tejima🩵
📚This is the FINAL CHAPBOOK in our KANATA series.
Visit this link to join our mailing list and be the
first to hear more - less than a month to go now until
publication! www.strangers.press/about
July 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
COMING SOON... 👀
🩵Then Why Ask Me to Come? by Wataya Risa, tr.
Yuki Tejima🩵
📚This is the FINAL CHAPBOOK in our KANATA series.
Visit this link to join our mailing list and be the
first to hear more - less than a month to go now until
publication! www.strangers.press/about
🩵Then Why Ask Me to Come? by Wataya Risa, tr.
Yuki Tejima🩵
📚This is the FINAL CHAPBOOK in our KANATA series.
Visit this link to join our mailing list and be the
first to hear more - less than a month to go now until
publication! www.strangers.press/about
COMING SOON... 👀
📸Kamachi Pictures by Takiguchi Yusho, tr. Jesse Kirkwood
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series of chapbooks from Japan!
Join our newsletter and be the first to hear more: www.strangers.press/about
📸Kamachi Pictures by Takiguchi Yusho, tr. Jesse Kirkwood
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series of chapbooks from Japan!
Join our newsletter and be the first to hear more: www.strangers.press/about
June 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
COMING SOON... 👀
📸Kamachi Pictures by Takiguchi Yusho, tr. Jesse Kirkwood
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series of chapbooks from Japan!
Join our newsletter and be the first to hear more: www.strangers.press/about
📸Kamachi Pictures by Takiguchi Yusho, tr. Jesse Kirkwood
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series of chapbooks from Japan!
Join our newsletter and be the first to hear more: www.strangers.press/about
Waiting for KANATA?
🩷The perfect way to keep you occupied while you wait
is by catching up on our previously published
chapbooks!
✨Interested? Visit this link to get a copy: www.strangers.press/k%C3%A1-si%C...
🩷The perfect way to keep you occupied while you wait
is by catching up on our previously published
chapbooks!
✨Interested? Visit this link to get a copy: www.strangers.press/k%C3%A1-si%C...
June 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Waiting for KANATA?
🩷The perfect way to keep you occupied while you wait
is by catching up on our previously published
chapbooks!
✨Interested? Visit this link to get a copy: www.strangers.press/k%C3%A1-si%C...
🩷The perfect way to keep you occupied while you wait
is by catching up on our previously published
chapbooks!
✨Interested? Visit this link to get a copy: www.strangers.press/k%C3%A1-si%C...
COMING SOON...
🦀The Three Crabs by Ōba Minako, tr. Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series of chapbooks from Japan!
Follow this link to find out more: www.strangers.press/kanata
🦀The Three Crabs by Ōba Minako, tr. Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series of chapbooks from Japan!
Follow this link to find out more: www.strangers.press/kanata
June 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
COMING SOON...
🦀The Three Crabs by Ōba Minako, tr. Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series of chapbooks from Japan!
Follow this link to find out more: www.strangers.press/kanata
🦀The Three Crabs by Ōba Minako, tr. Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series of chapbooks from Japan!
Follow this link to find out more: www.strangers.press/kanata
INTRODUCING... UDON: UNKNOWN
DOG OF NOBODY by Takayama Haneko, tr.
LK Nithya!🌙
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series from Japan!
👀More cover reveals to be revealed soon!
Follow this link to find out more: strangers.press/product-page...
DOG OF NOBODY by Takayama Haneko, tr.
LK Nithya!🌙
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series from Japan!
👀More cover reveals to be revealed soon!
Follow this link to find out more: strangers.press/product-page...
June 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
INTRODUCING... UDON: UNKNOWN
DOG OF NOBODY by Takayama Haneko, tr.
LK Nithya!🌙
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series from Japan!
👀More cover reveals to be revealed soon!
Follow this link to find out more: strangers.press/product-page...
DOG OF NOBODY by Takayama Haneko, tr.
LK Nithya!🌙
📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series from Japan!
👀More cover reveals to be revealed soon!
Follow this link to find out more: strangers.press/product-page...
COMING SOON... 👀💖
God of the Word by Kou Machida, tr. Daniel Joseph
This exciting new chapbook is part of our upcoming series KANATA, featuring incredible writers from Japan!
Find out more by visiting our website: www.strangers.press/kanata
God of the Word by Kou Machida, tr. Daniel Joseph
This exciting new chapbook is part of our upcoming series KANATA, featuring incredible writers from Japan!
Find out more by visiting our website: www.strangers.press/kanata
May 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
COMING SOON... 👀💖
God of the Word by Kou Machida, tr. Daniel Joseph
This exciting new chapbook is part of our upcoming series KANATA, featuring incredible writers from Japan!
Find out more by visiting our website: www.strangers.press/kanata
God of the Word by Kou Machida, tr. Daniel Joseph
This exciting new chapbook is part of our upcoming series KANATA, featuring incredible writers from Japan!
Find out more by visiting our website: www.strangers.press/kanata
📖Check out Maya Rubin's review of Ká-sióng, a beautifully-designed series of Taiwanese chapbooks from Strangers Press (edited by Jeremy Tiang) in New Bloom.
🔗Read the review here: newbloommag.net/2025/04/05/k...
@jeremytiang.bsky.social @newbloommag.net
🔗Read the review here: newbloommag.net/2025/04/05/k...
@jeremytiang.bsky.social @newbloommag.net
Review: Ká-sióng, A Collection of Taiwanese Short Fiction | New Bloom Magazine
Literary translation is having a moment, particularly in Taiwan. You might have seen the recent, glowing New York Times profile of Tilted Axis, a British publisher specializing in translated…
newbloommag.net
April 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📖Check out Maya Rubin's review of Ká-sióng, a beautifully-designed series of Taiwanese chapbooks from Strangers Press (edited by Jeremy Tiang) in New Bloom.
🔗Read the review here: newbloommag.net/2025/04/05/k...
@jeremytiang.bsky.social @newbloommag.net
🔗Read the review here: newbloommag.net/2025/04/05/k...
@jeremytiang.bsky.social @newbloommag.net
🎉We’re delighted that Cage (by Qiu Miaojin & translated by Shengchi Hsu) is on @chinabooksreview.bsky.social End of Year List!!
👀Take a look at the list here: chinabooksreview.com/2024/12/19/b...
🔗We’re currently reprinting Cage! Pre-order here: www.strangers.press/product-page...
👀Take a look at the list here: chinabooksreview.com/2024/12/19/b...
🔗We’re currently reprinting Cage! Pre-order here: www.strangers.press/product-page...
Best China Books of 2024 | China Books Review
Party luminaries. TV chefs. Poetry. Scandal. Our annual round-up of notable titles on or from China, split across nonfiction and translated literature, nominated by a roster of experts.
chinabooksreview.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🎉We’re delighted that Cage (by Qiu Miaojin & translated by Shengchi Hsu) is on @chinabooksreview.bsky.social End of Year List!!
👀Take a look at the list here: chinabooksreview.com/2024/12/19/b...
🔗We’re currently reprinting Cage! Pre-order here: www.strangers.press/product-page...
👀Take a look at the list here: chinabooksreview.com/2024/12/19/b...
🔗We’re currently reprinting Cage! Pre-order here: www.strangers.press/product-page...
🎉Reminding you about the great review of Mountain Rat (by Lulyang Nomin & translated by Yu Teng-Wei), in Asymptote Journal!
🔗Read the review here: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/12...
🔗Pick up your copy of Mountain Rat here: www.strangers.press/product-page...
🔗Read the review here: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/12...
🔗Pick up your copy of Mountain Rat here: www.strangers.press/product-page...
January 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🎉Reminding you about the great review of Mountain Rat (by Lulyang Nomin & translated by Yu Teng-Wei), in Asymptote Journal!
🔗Read the review here: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/12...
🔗Pick up your copy of Mountain Rat here: www.strangers.press/product-page...
🔗Read the review here: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/12...
🔗Pick up your copy of Mountain Rat here: www.strangers.press/product-page...
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124. LITHUANIA
Death & Other Stories by Vidas Morkūnas, translated by Kotryna Garanašvili, published by Strangers Presss
Delightfully odd short stories from suburban streets and fairy tale forests of Lithuania
www.strangers.press/k%C5%ABnai
#ReadTheWorld 🇱🇹
Death & Other Stories by Vidas Morkūnas, translated by Kotryna Garanašvili, published by Strangers Presss
Delightfully odd short stories from suburban streets and fairy tale forests of Lithuania
www.strangers.press/k%C5%ABnai
#ReadTheWorld 🇱🇹
January 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Reposted by Strangers Press
The complete set of Strangers Press’ Keshiki - new voices from Japan was in my Christmas stocking. #booksky 🇯🇵 #booksintranslation @strangerspress.bsky.social
December 26, 2024 at 1:21 AM
The complete set of Strangers Press’ Keshiki - new voices from Japan was in my Christmas stocking. #booksky 🇯🇵 #booksintranslation @strangerspress.bsky.social
Reposted by Strangers Press
an early Christmas present for myself, all of the translated chapbooks sets from small UK press @strangerspress.bsky.social
all are back in print! The latest three sets are:
Kūnai - Lithuanian
Iyagi - Korea
ká-sióng - Taiwan
all are back in print! The latest three sets are:
Kūnai - Lithuanian
Iyagi - Korea
ká-sióng - Taiwan
December 20, 2024 at 1:12 AM
an early Christmas present for myself, all of the translated chapbooks sets from small UK press @strangerspress.bsky.social
all are back in print! The latest three sets are:
Kūnai - Lithuanian
Iyagi - Korea
ká-sióng - Taiwan
all are back in print! The latest three sets are:
Kūnai - Lithuanian
Iyagi - Korea
ká-sióng - Taiwan
Reposted by Strangers Press
an early Christmas present for myself, all of the translated chapbooks sets from small UK press @strangerspress.bsky.social
all are back in print! The title and country of each translated set:
Keshiki - Japan
Yeoyu - Korea
Verzet - Netherlands
+Svizra - Switzerland
all are back in print! The title and country of each translated set:
Keshiki - Japan
Yeoyu - Korea
Verzet - Netherlands
+Svizra - Switzerland
December 20, 2024 at 1:10 AM
an early Christmas present for myself, all of the translated chapbooks sets from small UK press @strangerspress.bsky.social
all are back in print! The title and country of each translated set:
Keshiki - Japan
Yeoyu - Korea
Verzet - Netherlands
+Svizra - Switzerland
all are back in print! The title and country of each translated set:
Keshiki - Japan
Yeoyu - Korea
Verzet - Netherlands
+Svizra - Switzerland
So excited to see Mountain Rat written by Lulyang Nomin and translated by Yu Teng-Wei mentioned in Asymptote's round-up for the best new books in world lit!
Read the article here! asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/12...
Read the article here! asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/12...
What’s New in Translation: December 2024 - Asymptote Blog
Discover new work from Germany, Lebanon, Romania, France, Taiwan, Hungary, Finland, and Tunisia!
asymptotejournal.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:26 PM
So excited to see Mountain Rat written by Lulyang Nomin and translated by Yu Teng-Wei mentioned in Asymptote's round-up for the best new books in world lit!
Read the article here! asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/12...
Read the article here! asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/12...
🎉Congrats to the wonderful Lin King, winner of the 2024 US National Book Award for Translated Literature for her translation of Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-Zi!
📚Her translation of Cloud Labour by Sabrina Huang is part of ká-sióng, our new series of chapbooks.
📸Photo by Annette An-Jen Liu
📚Her translation of Cloud Labour by Sabrina Huang is part of ká-sióng, our new series of chapbooks.
📸Photo by Annette An-Jen Liu
December 18, 2024 at 4:21 PM
🎉Congrats to the wonderful Lin King, winner of the 2024 US National Book Award for Translated Literature for her translation of Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-Zi!
📚Her translation of Cloud Labour by Sabrina Huang is part of ká-sióng, our new series of chapbooks.
📸Photo by Annette An-Jen Liu
📚Her translation of Cloud Labour by Sabrina Huang is part of ká-sióng, our new series of chapbooks.
📸Photo by Annette An-Jen Liu
“A breathless, powerful story” 👀
So lovely to read an excellent review by @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social of Not Your Child and Cage from our new ká-sióng series!
Read the review here ➡️ tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/n...
So lovely to read an excellent review by @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social of Not Your Child and Cage from our new ká-sióng series!
Read the review here ➡️ tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/n...
Another set of books from Strangers Press, this time from Taiwan! Today I look at Lâu Tsí-û’s ‘Not Your Child’ (translated by Jenna Tang) and Qiu Miaojin’s ‘Cage’ (translated by Shengchi Hsu), the first two in the five-book 'ká-sióng' series :) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/n...
‘Not Your Child’ by Lâu Tsí-û & ‘Cage’ by Qiu Miaojin (Review)
Some of you may remember my reviews of the Keshiki and Yeoyu series, Japanese and Korean stories courtesy of Strangers Press (a project associated with the British Centre for Literary Translation a…
tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:32 PM
“A breathless, powerful story” 👀
So lovely to read an excellent review by @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social of Not Your Child and Cage from our new ká-sióng series!
Read the review here ➡️ tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/n...
So lovely to read an excellent review by @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social of Not Your Child and Cage from our new ká-sióng series!
Read the review here ➡️ tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/n...
Welcome to Strangers Press Bluesky!
➡️ We are focused on publishing literary translations and international writing
📗Our most recent series, ká-sióng (pictured), features writers and translators from Taiwan in a set of five thrillingly distinctive chapbooks
🔗 Visit our website! www.strangers.press
➡️ We are focused on publishing literary translations and international writing
📗Our most recent series, ká-sióng (pictured), features writers and translators from Taiwan in a set of five thrillingly distinctive chapbooks
🔗 Visit our website! www.strangers.press
December 12, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Welcome to Strangers Press Bluesky!
➡️ We are focused on publishing literary translations and international writing
📗Our most recent series, ká-sióng (pictured), features writers and translators from Taiwan in a set of five thrillingly distinctive chapbooks
🔗 Visit our website! www.strangers.press
➡️ We are focused on publishing literary translations and international writing
📗Our most recent series, ká-sióng (pictured), features writers and translators from Taiwan in a set of five thrillingly distinctive chapbooks
🔗 Visit our website! www.strangers.press