Immensely saddened to hear that author Higashino Keigo has died of colon cancer. He was only 68. The Devotion of Suspect X remains one of my favourite mysteries . RIP.
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Ginny Tapley Takemori
Профиль VivelyLiterary translator from Japanese Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, Life Ceremony, Vanishing World (Sayaka Murata), The Little House, Things Remembered And Things Forgotten (Kyoko Nakajima), Mornings Without Mii (Mayumi Inaba), and plenty more!
Kris Kosaka writes about the literary influences on Studio Ghibli (including Grave of the Fireflies). #translation #booksky #studioghibli #graveofthefireflies
How Hayao Miyazaki’s love of books influenced Studio Ghibli’s storiesHayao Miyazaki lists books as direct sources for a number of his films including his latest, “The Boy and the Heron.”www.japantimes.co.jpThe latest buzzword from Japan 🙄 (For those who don’t speak the language, it’s pronounced nah-tsu-bah-tay, not a more intuitive English pronunciation that rhymes with, well, you know..😬)
Do you need a word to describe how you feel in the heat? I nominate ‘natsubate’It refers to the total burnout experienced during periods of extreme heat and humidity – and never have we needed it more, writes Polly Hudsonwww.theguardian.comThere is a very serious move from the Japanese government to have domestic cats declared an invasive species, opening the door for wide spread destruction of cats by animal control, who still use inhumane methods such as CO2 gassing. Please sign the petition, and share as widely as possible.
イエネコの「防除推進外来種」指定に反対――環境大臣に要望書を提出、Change.orgで署名活動を開始公益財団法人どうぶつ基金のプレスリリース（2026年7月6日 16時30分）イエネコの「防除推進外来種」指定に反対――環境大臣に要望書を提出、Change.orgで署名活動を開始prtimes.jpOne of these is being built in my back yard, and this is how I feel about it.
Do we really need gigantic, noisy, water-guzzling datacentres ruining our communities? In this economy? | First Dog on the MoonExcessive heat, pollution and making climate change worse just so you can ask the computer to draw a funny dancing cabbagewww.theguardian.comYouTube’s response to this piracy is infuriating. They are absolutely complicit in providing these pirated works a platform. Please don’t listen to audiobooks on YouTube - support authors by buying a copy, listening on an accredited streaming service, or borrowing it from your library. #booksky
YouTube Is Crawling with Pirated Audiobooks Made Using A.I.www.nytimes.comAbsolutely honoured that Sayaka Murata’s Earthlings is included on this list. #translation #booksky
Who Are the Best Monsters in Literature?I’m kind of obsessed with monsters. Not monster as in “terrible person” but monster as in “the thing living under your bed.” I can’t help it, there’s something so honest about them. A monster is a …lithub.comThe latest report on translated fiction in the UK from the Booker Prizes. #translation #booksky
Young, urban and male: who is reading translated fiction in the UK now? | The Booker PrizesAs the International Booker Prize celebrates 10 years, we look at how the audience for translated fiction has changed over the past decadethebookerprizes.comThe day before yesterday I woke up to the devastating news that the brilliant literary translator Juliet Winters Carpenter had passed away. I am still processing her loss, but I shared some thoughts on FB #translation #booksky #japanese www.facebook.com/share/18UPmT...
www.facebook.comThis has to be about the coolest ever free book promotion! Thank you @iainmaloney.bsky.social #translation #booksky #sayakamurata #earthlings #eddievedder www.facebook.com/share/p/17GN...
Facebookwww.facebook.comBy the author of Blossoms In The Wind (about kamikaze pilots), Hiroshima, and Nagasaki - three must-read books. #booksky #japan
www.facebook.comSo glad to see Kanako Nishi published in English, translated by Allison Markin Powell, at long last. Do read Sakura, it’s wonderful - I couldn’t put it down! #translation #booksky #japaneseliterature
When Persistence Pays Off: On Translating and Publishing the Work of Kanako NishiThis is one of those publishing stories where the author—and in this case the translator too—waited for years, certain that their work deserved a wider audience, and was forced to stand patiently b…lithub.comJapan friends, this Sunday March 1st, from 1pm we’ll be celebrating Japanese literature in translation at Human Arts Studio in Tsukuba. Some of my literary translator friends have kindly agreed to come along and read from their work - free and open to all, so do join us! #translation #literature
Japanese Literature in English - Book ReadingsMarch 1st @ 1 PM. Japanese literature in English is booming! We will celebrate with an afternoon of readings hosted by Tsukuba local, translator Ginny Tapley Takemori. Come and meet some of the transl...www.humanarts.jp