A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama is published today in Jesse Kirkwood's brilliant translation (and thanks to New River Literary Agency). Find it on Waterstones tables everywhere, but also in Kinokuniya stores across Asia in a special editon, with some stunning stunning displays.

【紀伊國屋書店限定洋書！】青山七恵さん『ひとり日和』の英訳 'A Perfect Day to Be Alone' (tr. by Jesse Kirkwood, MacLehose Press) が入荷。青山さんからのメッセージに加えて短編「出発」(Departure) を収録し、本の小口が美しいバイオレットカラーに染まった紀伊國屋限定版。棚49にて展開中！

パレスチナ連帯キャンプを開始@東京大学
Started the Palestine solidarity camp
at Univ. of Tokyo

コロンビア大学をはじめとし、いくつかの学園でパレスチナ解放の直接行動が始まっている。
イスラエルはガザにある全ての大学を破壊した。

こちらに賛同の署名をしました。

a few days ago one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world published their analysis of the death figures reported by the Gaza Health Ministry, which the Western media and political class, including Joe Biden, said provide false information. The numbers are accurate

Which book about Palestine are you reading today? Will you be reading it in the streets? Just don't forget to watch where you're walking.🇵🇸🪧📢🍉✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼✊🏽 #ReadPalestine #FreePalestine #ShutItDown4Palestine

Some of us are working on an action lab space at the ALTA conference to support our Palestinian colleagues and the Palestinian people in the ongoing genocide. More details to come. If you'd like to be involved in organizing, feel free to DM me.

戦争をやめろ、虐殺をやめろ、市民や子どもを標的にするのは絶対に絶対に間違っている。
（小山田＋管理人）
#FreePalestine

#StopGazaGenocide
#FreePalestine
#日本政府も停戦の輪に入ってください

Crime fiction masterclass in Matsumoto’s Tokyo Express (1958), where little incongruities - a dining-car receipt , a 4-minute window between trains - blossom into clues & then keys to unlock the mystery. Beautifully constructed novel in v readable new translation by Jesse Kirkwood…

Tokyo Express by Seicho Matsumoto is our first Fiction Book of the Month!
A fiendish and tightly plotted classic that we are delighted to celebrate as it joins the Penguin Classics UK collection.
Order your copy: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…

New arrival. Translated by Jesse Kirkwood
The cover is from a 1937 Japanese Government Railways poster!

The Last Day: Welsh postmodern speculative fiction in translation.

Lovingly worked on at Bristol Translates and National Centre for Writing with mentor Dr Meena Kandasamy.

I'll be at The London Book Fair, 11-13 March 2025 this year to find a home for this masterpiece. If you like what you read, come and say hi. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤖

Featuring ‘The Gospel According To’ by Sergey Khazov-Cassia, translated by me :)

it strikes again

Time for the Charing Cross Road Top Ten! This week you have mostly been reading...

新刊『水平線』、本日発売です。全国の書店さんに順次並ぶと思いますので、ぜひお手にとってみてください。
shinchosha.co.jp/book/335314/