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[bahhumpug]

Where The Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda is a quirky collection of interwoven short stories tinged with a modern spin on traditional ghost stories. Often I'd start a story and be confused or even a little bored but as I read on I always got swept into the story & characters. There is something about her writing that is quiet and unassuming, while being alluring in some intangible way. Some of the stories aren't even real full stories. But taken as a whole they tell us about a strange view of ghosts & the afterlife. * #funaekreads #funaekbooks #instabooks #instareads #pugsandbooks #bookreview #booksintranslation #translatedbook #translatedfiction #japaneseauthors #japanesebooks #shortstories #shortstorycollection #tiltedaxispress #softskullpress https://www.instagram.com/p/CGDRO2PgpIo/?igshid=5w4yvxcrbhaf

[iamrodrigoov]

Against Healing - Translated and edited from Korean by Emily Jungmin Yoon Tilted Axis Press - Translating Feminisms collection @tiltedaxispress @tiltedaxisbooks #tiltedaxispress #translatingfeminisms #translatingfeminism #feminism #feminismo #book #books #livro #livros #againsthealing #emilyjungminyoon https://www.instagram.com/rodrigoortiz/p/Bwb92_AA-kh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1smwx6mfcq879

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and welcome to my first book haul of 2023! If you’ve followed me for a little while, you might know that I like to read outside the box and not necessarily books that you see all the time here on the ‘gram. These are three such books and form part of three separate collections that I’m acquiring like a little book Gollum 😂 The first is Doorway To Dilemma: Bewildering Tales Of Dark Fantasy, part of the British Library Tales Of The Weird. Described as a book where “the weird prevails and accounts of unanswerable dilemma find their home.” Yep. #Sounds good enough for me! Secondly, I really enjoyed collecting @tiltedaxisbooks in 2022. So Distant From My Life is translated by Yarri Kamara and written by Burkinabé author Monique Ilboudo. It offers a “compelling and complex portrait of migration, one of the defining global concerns of the twenty-first century and a sharp critique of both the NGO-isation of African countries and the currents of shame that divide communities and families.” Finally, I’m either very late or super early to the party with Stories For Christmas and the festive season. 😂 This is part of the British Library Women Writers collection and the stories are “plucked from different decades of the twentieth century and penned by both familiar and forgotten authors for both books and popular magazines. From the delightful consequences of decorating the tree by Stella Gibbons, to an interesting encounter at 30,000 feet on a Christmas Day flight by Muriel Spark and a pantomime with a twist by Margery Sharpe, these stories are sure to fortify you over the Christmas period.” Erm…..maybe Christmas 2023?! 😅 I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! Hope you’ve all had a peaceful and restful holiday period. I’m back to work tomorrow but looking forward to sharing more bookish content with you this year! Have a great week everyone 🤗😘 #bookstagramuk #scottishbookstagrammer #bookhaulofawesomeness #britishlibrarytalesoftheweird #doorwaytodilemma #tiltedaxispress #readingtranslatedliterature #sodistantfrommylife #moniqueilboudo #yarrikamara #storiesforchristmasandthefestiveseason https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7ECDYL8nN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bookishmagpie]

We are delighted to announce the joint winners of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2022! Osebol, by Marit Kapla, translated from Swedish by Peter Graves (@AllenLaneBooks ) Tomb of Sand, by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi by @shreedaisy (@TiltedAxisPress ) pic.twitter.com/SBR1gbku67

— Warwick Prize for Women in Translation (@WarwickPrizeWiT) November 24, 2022

[roughghosts]

Crossing borders and defying boundaries: Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree

Crossing borders and defying boundaries: Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree @shreedaisy @TiltedAxisPress @PenguinIndia #IndianLit

Think of a story as a living being. There are countless beings and countless types of beings. Physiques, lifestyles, screams, conversations, breaths, tremblings, horns, mutenesses, ways of living and dying, all different. So running off in the middle of a story in a huff is simply not acceptable. Let it live its life, find its own denouement. A butterfly’s tale is a few days a flutter, a bee gets…

[nolitethoughts]

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🔥 The Longlist of The 2022 International Booker Prize is here and it looks so awesome that it gave me an idea🔥 I'm getting closer to launching my website (nolitethotughts.co.uk) and I thought there is no better way to kick it off than to read the 13 candidates on this list. - said the girl enthusiastically then looked at the thicc Tomb of Sand and The Books of Jacob 😅 Jokes aside the main reason for this is because 4 out of 13 books are coming from my favourite indie presses @tiltedaxispress and @honford_star and I can't help myself. Oh, and also there is @kawakami_mieko with Heaven one of my favourite authors of all time. Keep your eyes peeled for updates and have a look at the nominees at @thebookerprizes 👏 Note: The picture belongs to the Booker Prize #cursedbunny @antonhur #borachung @lollieditions #AfterTheSun #JonasEika #sherilynnicolettehellberg #anewname #jonfosse @fitzcarraldoeditions #MoreThanILoveMyLife @vintagebooks #TheBookOfMother @violainehuisman @viragopress #Heaven #bookerprize #reading #bookstagram #heaven #loveinthebigcity #happystoriesmostly #tombofsand #thebooksofjacob #phenotypes #paradais #elenaknows

[booksandpublishing]

I’ve been waiting patiently for these chapbooks to arrive and they are finally here! Dived right into DESIRES BECOME DEMONS because I love everything Meena Kandasamy touches. I’m equally excited for the other three titles (swipe to see), especially AGAINST HEALING. Published by @tiltedaxispress through @kickstarter crowdfunding.

[descalibrary]

I bought this book for my darling @teguhafandi a while back. For some reason I keep the book with me in Bangkok and unable to send it (along with other books) to Indonesia. I've been living in Thailand long enough without even making it home it's not funny! Anyway, this book mentions about Duras and Cho Lon - a Chinese district several times. I guess Saigon is somewhat identical with them. As I happen to be in Saigon at the moment, I managed to have a small reminiscence of Duras's past. I visited the school where she used to study and of course the Cho Lon district where Leo - her Chinese lover owned a "bachelor room" there. I think I told you many times that Marguerite Duras is one of my first love in literature especially erotic literature. I guess we - at least - should take a pic of the book and the place where the story set, right @tiltedaxisbooks / @tiltedaxispress ? PS: I walked around Cho Lon until my feet hurt just to wonder where the bachelor room was and I still couldn't find it. Too bad... I guess everything has already changed since then. Des ✨ (at Chợ Lớn - chợ Bình Tây) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClsWp2NSaF-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[theblankgarden]

It takes destiny for a human to tame a beast

My thoughts on Strange Beasts of China, by Yan Ge (2020, tr.  Jeremy Tiang. Original: 异兽志, 2006) @TiltedAxisPress #womenintranslation

Dear Yan Ge, Your Strange Beasts of China (2020, tr.  Jeremy Tiang. Original: 异兽志, 2006) reads like a collection of entries from a bestiary: the city of Yong’a’s is populated by fascinating beasts who live alongside humans, and each chapter centres on one of them. “There is a city in the south that is full of beasts — beasts who rage and love, gather and leave, just as humans do”. Our narrator is…

[bahhumpug]

Family book club book has arrived! My sisters & I will be reading the English translation of I'll Go On by Hwang Jungeun (translated by Emily Yae Won) & my mom will be reading it in the original Korean. Can't wait to read & discuss this with my family! * #funaekreads #funaekbooks #instabooks #instareads #translatedfiction #Koreanauthors #koreanbooks #koreanliterature #tiltedaxispress #tiltedaxis #illgoon #hwangjungeun #emilyyaewon #familybookclub #booksintranslation https://www.instagram.com/p/B45n0UOgh9i/?igshid=1lfjs9zpbp7ie

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone, happiest of Mondays to you and hope your week has started off well. I’m meeting bestie Janel @keeperofpages tomorrow for lunch (and probably book shopping, let’s be honest! 😂) so I’m really excited about that. Here’s a book haul! Crazy thing about this first book, The Impossible Fairytale, is that I already HAVE an edition on my shelves 🙈 However, I am trying to collect all the @tiltedaxisbooks so I had to pick this up too. The author is a major new voice from South Korea and has written a chilling, wildly original and unpredictable story. All buzz words for me! This book promises to be a fresh and terrifying exploration of the ethics of art making and of the stinging consequences of neglect. Manhunt - just look at that cover! I was chatting with my pals in the #bitcrackbookclub and the lovely Johanna from @memydogandbooks mentioned that she had just read this. It was already on my radar but she very kindly sent it over to me! This is described as an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and men on a grotesque journey of survival. Apparently, it is a timely, powerful response to gender-based apocalyptic story that failed to consider the existence of trans or non-binary people, from a powerful new voice in horror! Finally, I’m a bit annoyed with myself that I didn’t get the special edition of the lovely @alex_bell86 new novel when it was in Waterstones. The Winter Garden opens at the stroke of midnight with no great fanfare - after all, this is the time when all virtuous folk should be in bed. But for the few curious souls that brave the opening of its gates, many enchantments await. I know that my sister @chrissireads has read this already and loved it so might try to squeeze it in during December for the perfect wintry read. I’d love to hear your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! Have a great week everyone 🤗😘 #bookstagram #scottishbookstagrammer #newbooksplease #ohlookmorebooks #anotherbookhaul #theimpossiblefairytale #hanyujoo #janethong #tiltedaxispress #readingtranslatedliterature #manhunt #gretchenfelkermartin #thewintergarden #alexandrabell https://www.instagram.com/p/Clg5r-cL7cG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and happy Friday! Today is sadly the last day of my holiday and I’ll be back on that sleeper train home tonight 😟 (Scotland always has my soul though 😉😂) Summer Island was bought for me by my lovely sister @chrissireads in our quest to read Kristin Hannah’s back catalogue together. Sadly it left me with quite disappointed. It was incredibly predictable and I never felt connected to the characters at any point! 😬 Moving Parts was my next acquisition from one of my new favourite publishers @tiltedaxisbooks it’s described as surreal and puncturing short stories from the Thai master of the form. In a pink-walled motel, a teenage sex worker brings a grown man to tears. A love-struck young boy holds the dismembered hand of his crush, only to find himself the object of a complex ménage à trois. A naked body falls from the window of a twenty storey building, while two female officer-workers offer each other consolation in the elevator. Sounds right up my street!! Finally, I preordered Reputation as I loved Anatomy Of A Scandal by Sarah Vaughan so much! It follows a politician whose less than perfect personal life is thrust into the spotlight when a body is discovered in her home. 😳 I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #scottishbookstagrammer #bookhaulheaven #newbooksplease #kristinhannah #summerisland #movingparts #tiltedaxispress #booksintranslation #prabdayoon #muipoopoksakul #reputation #sarahvaughan #lovenewbooks #booksimexcitedabout https://www.instagram.com/p/ClY8rACLJei/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone! Happy Friday and welcome to the weekend. I’ve got an excellent weekend planned but am taking it easy tonight in bed with my books as it seems the week has caught up with me! Time for a book haul. Violent Phenomena is another addition to my @tiltedaxisbooks collection. I have a subscription with them and I’m always excited to find out what’s coming next. This is a book of essays in which 24 writers and translators from across the world share their ideas and practices for disrupting and decolonising translation. Coincidentally I’m about to start this second book today! I’m buddy reading this with a host of lovely bookstagrammers hosted by @pezzasclassicbooks and @celestes.bookshelf ☺️ This novel is the Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece and a powerful, triumphant portrayal of the American West as it really was. 🤠 Finally, my sister @chrissireads loaned me One Of The Girls to read after we read and enjoyed The Castaways together. This is the story of six friends enjoying a Greek holiday together. One is a liar, one is a stranger, one is a cheater, who is a killer? I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #scottishbookstagrammer #bookhaul #paperbackhaul #violentphenomena #tiltedaxispress #booksintranslation #kavitabhanot #jeremytiang #lonesomedove #larrymcmurtry #oneofthegirls #lucyclarke #newbooksplease #cantstopwontstopbuyingbooks #westernnovels #thrillernovelsallday https://www.instagram.com/p/Cik2yhGLwxy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone, I’m so glad it’s Friday! It’s been quite a week and I’m looking forward to telling you all about three new books I’ve added to my collection. I’ve just recently finished Shit Cassandra Saw and really enjoyed it. This is a feminist short story collection and is described as Margaret Atwood meets Buffy in these funny, warm and furious stories about women at their breaking point. Review to follow! Tomb Of Sand was a no brainer after it won the Booker International prize this year. It follows an eighty year old woman who slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life. Finally, The Retreat. Since childhood, Sandra has been fascinated by the small, private island of Lieloh. Sandra is now in her forties and works as a receptionist but still harbours artistic ambitions. She sees an advert for a two weeks artistic retreat on Lieloh and resolves to set out on what might be a life-changing journey. I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #scottishbookstagrammer #bookhauler #booksforlife📚 #newbooksplease #shitcassandrasaw #gwenekirby #tombofsand #geetanjalishree #tiltedaxispress #booksintranslation #daisyrockwell #theretreat #alisonmoore #booksimexcitedabout #booksineedtoread #feministshortstories https://www.instagram.com/p/CiS8gnJLz0N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and happy Friday to you all! Hope you’ve had a good week. Today I had my stitches out and apart from feeling a little FrankenBeth, things are healing well. It’s book haul time! Chinatown is from my @tiltedaxisbooks subscription which gives me five of their newly released books over the year. As I love translated fiction, it was a no brainer! It’s a tale of exile, displacement and discrimination and their impact on a life of a Vietnamese woman. Another quest is to complete all the Outlander novels. Voyager is the third in the series and I’m halfway through the second at the moment. It follows an English woman called Claire in the 1940’s who time-travels back to the Highlands of Scotland in the 18th century. Finally, I’ve already read Sunset as a buddy read with a group of lovely bookstagrammers. It wasn’t what I expected and I’m still thinking about it. It’s about the sibling relationship between Ruth and Hannah and how this is affected when something terrible happens. Review to follow! Coming tomorrow, I’ll have a Saturday stack and I may also do an extra giveaway post depending on how I’m feeling as I reached 2.5K followers recently! Either way, the giveaway WILL come soon. Thank you all 😘 #bookstagram #scottishbookstagrammer #bookhaul #notmorebooks #booksmakeeverythingbetter #chinatown #tiltedaxispress #thuận #nguyễnanlý #outlanderseries #dianagabaldon #voyager #sunset #jessiecave #siblingstories #timetravelinfiction #bookssetinscotland #translatedfiction #cantwaittoreadit https://www.instagram.com/p/CgmvQSkLH0t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and hope your weekend has got off to a great start! I’m spending a morning in bed (reading obviously 🙄😂) after a hectic week at work. It was made all better by going to see Dylan Moran (Irish comedian) last night on his tour. I’m going to try and do a stack post later but for now, here’s a book haul! I wish I’d plumped for the beautiful hardback of Cecily 😩 but here is the next best thing, the paperback! Told through the eyes of its greatest unseen protagonist, Cecily is an astonishing debut that plunges you into the exhilaration of the first days of the Wars of the Roses, a war as women fight it. Secondly, another beautiful @tiltedaxisbooks translated fiction book, Of Strangers And Bees by Hamid Ismailov, translated by Shelley Fairweather-Vega. Described as a thrilling, multi-stranded epic this novel traces the fate of the medieval polymath Avicenna who shaped Islamic thought and science for centuries. Finally, we have King Of Rabbits. This book has been on my radar for a little while, it’s described as a brilliantly crafted story of class and race and the failure of society to catch the children who fall through the cracks. I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookhaul #bookhoarder #booknuts #bookobsessed #paperbackhaul #cecily #anniegarthwaite #ofstrangersandbees #hamidismailov #shelleyfairweathervega #tiltedaxispress #translatedfiction #historicalfiction #thewaroftheroses #kingofrabbits #karlaneblett #literaryfiction #givemeallthebooks #booksrightnow https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIHcR1rpkJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=