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The festive season is almost upon us… ... So here’s a brief description of each of the books in our KANATA series, in case you were considering getting them for someone special (or indeed for yourself. Go on, you know you want to). £30 for the full set. Or you can purchase individual chapbooks – whatever floats your boat. #translatedlit #translatedfiction #japanesefiction #japanesebooks #literatureintranslation #translatedfiction #smallpress

📚NEW BOOKS FROM LOCAL PUBLISHER, STRANGERS PRESS!📚 Here’s the newest Strangers Press series – KANATA, a set of translated chapbooks from Japan, all designed by local design studio @studio_grrr . An witty retelling of an ancient Japanese myth-history; a story of Vietnam-era American rootlessness; a tale concerning the discovery and adoption of an organ-like creature; a story about a man who reluctantly attends a gathering where all is not as it seems; and a chapbook containing two stories which consider the slipperiness of memory. Any of these sound up your street? We’ve got copies of all of these beautiful chapbooks in the Norwich shop. Pop in to have a browse! #bookshop #visitnorwich #norwichlanes #norwich #thebookhive #shoplocal #indiebookshop #independentbookshop #read #book #books #translatedfiction

Did you spot this title in our previous reel, you know, as your next read…? 👀 FOR THAT WHICH CANNOT BE RESTORED, written by Park Wanseo and translated by Soobin Kim, follows a cranky woman of letters that ends up investigating after a story submitted for a writing competition at a government sponsored magazine is pulled from publication by its author, and in doing so finds a story of her own. Head to our website to get your copy, or even better, the entire IYAGI set! #book #smallpress #indiepress #bookrecs #fiction #independentpress #recoveredbook #novel #bookstagram #koreanliterature #translatedfiction #translatedlit

Pause and find your next read… 👀 With spring in the air, there’s no better time to discover something new. Why not explore a story from another corner of the world? Let this reel guide you to your next read in translation 📚 #book #smallpress #indiepress #bookrecs #fiction #translatedfiction #independentpress #recoveredbook #novel #bookstagram

💖 World Book Day 💖 Book Cover Design and Illustration for @strangerspress featuring translated stories of amazing writers from Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Lithuania and Taiwan. By Glen & Rebecca (aka Studio GRRR) #worldbookday #bookcover #translatedfiction #fiction #bookcoverdesign

🚨ALERT!🚨 It’s WORLD BOOK DAY tomorrow! And we know the best way to celebrate is with books… or should we say free books? 📚 And no, we didn’t forget Random Acts of Kindness Day – we were just making it more fun. To celebrate both, we’ll be leaving 10 books in 10 different locations (benches to be exact) across the city… but you’ll have to solve some riddles to find them. Don’t worry, we’ve made them easy! Plus, we’ll be sharing pictures on our Instagram stories on the day, so you’ll have plenty of clues. Swipe to find out more about World Book Day and to solve the riddles… 👀 #smallpress #indiepress #book #books #independentpress #fiction #poetry #chapbooks #readforfun #WBD26 #worldbookday #reading #Norwich #norwichcityofliterature

As February comes to an end, we’re celebrating our incredible LGBT+ authors, translators, and stories as part of LGBT+ History Month! Swipe to find out more about these amazing works from Strangers Press 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #smallpress #indiepress #book #books #independentpress #fiction #indiepublishing #shortstory #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #LGBT #LGBTplusHM

🎉BIG NEWS!🎉 We are thrilled to share that the UEA Publishing Project is an East England Regional & Country Finalist for Small Press in the @_thebookseller British Book Awards @thebritishbookawards ! Swipe to find out more about the prize. #BritishBookAwards #Nibbies #smallpress #indiepress #independentpress #publishing #publisher #books #book #eastengland #finalist #awards #smallpressoftheyear

“Haunting”, “thought-provoking”… exactly what you’d want from a story. WALK WITH A GODDESS follows a young woman, rumoured to be in possession of a strange supernatural ability, and a young man as they take a walk. As she tells him her story it emerges that he has a specific request of her concerning a problem of his own. Head to the link in our bio to order from our website. #translatedlit #translatedfiction #southkorea #southkoreanbooks #fiction #literatureintranslation #translatedfic #smallpress #indiepress

🌟New year, new reads?🌟 Our Strangers Press translated chapbooks are short and pack a punch. Here are a few suggestions from across our different series to get your reading going again: 📚Then Why Ask Me To Come? by Wataya Risa, translated by Yuki Tejima This story orbits a BBQ gathering taking place during a pandemic lockdown, to which our main protagonist has been reluctantly invited, along with his wife, by his wife’s best female confidante. Unbeknownst to him, he is about to be confronted over something he thought would remain a secret… 📚Taxi Driver by Jurga Tumasonytė, translated by Sasha Wilde Rasma is a taxi driver with a mysterious past, a mysterious present, an uncertain future, and a complex relationship with a 'double'. We follow her through a series of encounters personal and professional - some troubling, some comic, some profound - as she struggles with her sense of identity and belonging while trying to make ends meet. 📚Cage by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Shengchi Hsu Boy meets girl when both happen to arrive on the same rooftop, on the same day, to kill themselves. Instead, they chat and make a pact that sees their lives gradually entwine but unravel at the same time... All available as individual chapbooks through our website! #translatedlit #translatedfiction #literatureintranslation #translatedfic #smallpress #indiepress #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #design

Still dancing your way into the new year and want some fast reads? 💃🏻🥂🎰 These chapbooks by @strangerspress will have you starting that Storygraph game strong. The collection called VERZET (translates to ‘resistance’) is the by-product of Manchester-based agency Office of Craig and Strangers Press showcasing the work of eight exciting, new — to the English language — writers from the Netherlands. From award winners and nominees including Jamal Ouarichi, Karin Amatmoekrim, and Sanneke van Hassel, as well as newer voices of English language translations, each of these 8 chapbooks serves to cover everything from modern relationships, horror, queer love to prejudice, multiculturalism, alienation, capitalism and more. The set comprises of the below: 1 / RECONSTRUCTION (by Karin Amatmoekrim trans. by Sarah Timmer Harvey) 2 / THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US (by Thomas Heerma van Ross trans. by Moshe Gilula) 3 / BERGJE (by Bregje Hofstede trans. by Alice Tetley-Paul) 4 / THE TOURIST BUTCHER (by Jamal Ouariachi trans. by Scott Emblen-Jarrett) 5 / RESIST! IN DEFENCE OF COMMUNISM (by Gustav Peek trans. by Brendan Monaghan) 6 / THE DANDY (by Nina Polak trans. by Emma Rault) 7 / SHELTER (by Sanneke van Hassel trans. by Danny Guinan) 8 / SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN (by Maartje Wortle trans. by Jozef van der Voort) - Faves were def The Tourist Butcher (give me a grim comic tale about a serial killer who prepares his victims for a culinary dish) anyday. In this same chapbook, Memories of a Tin Can tells the story of a psych student getting a slice of a brain from her biologist roommate and being obsessed with it. Loved. Thank You Being With Us was also a great one about a son inviting his estranged father into a live broadcast to discuss the book he’s written about their failed relationship. In this same chapbook a troubled voyeur watches the comings and goings of a massage parlour while contemplating his own life and noting down all his observations that it utterly consumes him. Each of these chapbooks contain up to 5 short stories so loved the variety and will def be dipping into Dutch literature thanks to this collection. Ty @strangerspress for this set! 🩷

Just finished reading my chapbooks from the Kanata set by @strangerspress 💖 I even made a journal spread on them with my ratings + mini reviews!! ✨ The God of the Word by Machida Kou and Udon by Takayama Haneko were definitely my favourites 🥰 Others in this set are: Kamachi & Pictures of Her by Takiguchi Yusho Then Why Ask Me to Come by Wataya Risa The Three Crabs by Oba Minako Also wanted to feature how gorgeous these chapbooks are: from the covers to the flaps to the endpapers to the way chapters were designed— everything is a joy to behold 😍 I definitely recommend this series to my fellow short story & japanese literature lovers out there ♥️ #niquereviews ❣️have you read anything from @strangerspress ? 🤗 ❤️‍🔥 save this post and follow me @chroniqled for more book reviews & recommendations ❤️‍🔥 [bookish, bibliophile, booklover, cozy reads, book stack, book reviews, book recommendations, aesthetic reads, classic literature, comfy, slow living, cozy lifestyle, mindful reading, bookstagram, book review, book reviewer, book recs, asian literature, everyday reading life]