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Translation imprint of the UEA Publishing Project. Based within the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Translation imprint of the UEA Publishing Project

17/07/2025

😊It’s WORLD EMOJI DAY (yes, that is a real thing) and we’ve got the perfect book for you!😊

📱SOCIAL by Lamulu Pakawyan, translated by Wen-chi Li and Colin Bramwell, is part of our series of chapbooks from Taiwan. And just LOOK at the incredible emoji-inspired stunning design of the inside of this chapbook (by Studio GRRR)

A woman has fallen off the roof of her house in what was either a drunken accident or an attempted su***de and now lies in a coma. Over the course of the next seven days, the unnamed narrator watches over her while tracking the comments the incident has attracted online.

Order here: https://www.strangers.press/product-page/social-by-lamulu-pakawyan

14/07/2025

NOT LONG NOW until the publication of KANATA, our new series of translated Japanese chapbooks!

For fans of weird, slippery, beautifully-written translated fiction – all packaged up in a absolutely stunning chapbook format.

Pre-order here: https://www.strangers.press/product-page/kanata-full-set

02/07/2025

COMING SOON... 👀

🩵Then Why Ask Me to Come? by Wataya Risa, tr.
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…

📚This is the FINAL CHAPBOOK in our KANATA series
from Japan.

Visit this link to join our mailing list and be the
first to hear more - less than a month to go now until
publication! https://www.strangers.press/about

Beautiful cover design by Studio Grrr

17/06/2025

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 of ká-sióng: https://www.strangers.press/k%C3%A1-si%C3%B3ng

09/06/2025

COMING SOON... 👀

🦀The Three Crabs by Ōba Minako, tr. Lisa
Hofmann-Kuroda🦀

📖A story of rootlessness and dissolution set in
post-war America centred around a party and crucial 24
hours in the life of a housewife. Minako explores
Japanese diaspora, her subject being America and
what it does to people, culture, and senses of
belonging.

📚This chapbook is part of KANATA, our upcoming
series of chapbooks from Japan!

👀More cover reveals to be revealed soon!

Beautiful cover design: Studio Grr

04/06/2025

🌙Introducing UDON: UNKNOWN DOG OF NOBODY by Takayama Haneko, translated by LK Nithya 🌙

📚This chapbook is part of our new series KANATA. Since our inaugural set, KESHIKI, way back in 2017, Strangers Press has since visited Switzerland, Korea, The Netherlands, Lithuania, and Taiwan, and now we’re revisiting where it all began: Japan!

Find out more by visiting our website: https://www.strangers.press/kanata

28/05/2025

COMING SOON... 👀💖

God of the Word by Kou Machida, tr. Daniel Joseph

📖This lively and hilarious translation of the Kojiki (‘Record of Ancient Matters’) is guaranteed to make you smile, while also gesturing towards the serious and relevant consideration of who gets to tell the tall tales on which we build our own narratives.

📚God of the Word is part of KANATA, our upcoming series of chapbooks from Japan!

More cover reveals coming soon!

Follow the link to our website to find out more: https://www.strangers.press/kanata

10/04/2025

'A collective statement of the importance of Taiwanese historical memory in cultural formation'🗣 Ká-sióng has just been reviewed by Maya Rubin in New Bloom !

📖Check out these amazing quotations from the review of Ká-sióng, a beautifully-designed series of Taiwanese chapbooks from Strangers Press (edited by Jeremy Tiang).

Read the review: https://newbloommag.net/2025/04/05/ka-siong-review

14/02/2025

❤️HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY from Strangers Press!❤️

💐Who needs flowers? We’ve laid out a bunch of our translated chapbooks – Korean, Taiwanese, and Lithuanian – for you to feast your eyes on. Any take your fancy? Head over to our website: https://www.strangers.press/shop.

Pictured:
💓JUVENILIA by Virginija Kulvinskaitė, translated by Julija Gulbinovič
💓CAGE by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Shengchi Hsu
💓TAXI DRIVER by Jurga Tumasonytė, translated by Sasha Wilde
💓SOCIAL by Lamulu Pakawyan, translated by Wen-chi Li and Colin Bramwell
💓KYOKO AND KYOJI by Han Junghyun, translated by Emily Yae Won

22/01/2025

🗣'A fresh yet scarily relevant take on identity'🗣

📖Check out these fantastic Goodreads reviews for SOCIAL by Lamulu Pakawyan, translated by Wen-chi Li and Colin Bramwell!

👀Did they convince you? Pick up your copy here: https://www.strangers.press/product-page/social-by-lamulu-pakawyan

15/01/2025

🎉Cage featured in China Books Review (on the ‘Best China Books of 2024’ list!)

Take a look at the editors’ comments on Cage by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Shengchi Hsu.

We’re currently reprinting Cage, but head over to our website to pre-order your copy for when they’re back in stock!

19/12/2024

‼️PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!

We won’t be processing orders placed between the 20th of December and the 2nd of January until the New Year as this is our closure period. By that we mean, we really need a bit of a rest (as we’re sure you do too!). Cloud Labour by Sabrina Huang, translated by Lin King, is illustrating our point very nicely here.

💤Please note that our social media accounts will also not be monitored during this time – we’ll be back to business as usual on Thursday 2nd of January!

🎉We hope you have a restful festive period, Strangers!

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Translation imprint of the UEA Publishing Project. We believe in literary translation as a powerful vehicle for enriching cultural exchange.

We are based in Norwich, UK, UNESCO City of Literature, and are dedicated to publishing the finest literature in translation in collaboration with the British Centre for Literary Translation, University of East Anglia, and Writers' Centre Norwich.

We take our name from The Strangers of the 16th century: a group of economic migrants from the Spanish Netherlands invited to help boost the nation's textile industry. Our logo references a Flemish gable -- in connection with their legacy -- and suggests transition from one state to another.