Hear from the author of Cursed Bunny on her new novel, The Midnight Timetable, a masterful work of literary horror from one of our time’s greatest imaginations. Bora Chung, author of the National Book Award finalist and International Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, discusses her novel The Midnight Timetable, equal parts bone-chilling, wryly funny and … [Read More]
Author: Bora Chung (정보라)
Selected publications by Bora Chung
- The Pain Chasers (고통에 관하여, 2023) tr Anton Hur, Dialogue Books 2026
- Midnight Timetable (한밤의 시간표, 2023) tr Anton Hur, Scribe 2025
- Red Sword (붉은 칼, 2019) tr Anton Hur, Honford Star 2025
- Grocery List tr Anton Hur, Hanuman Editions 2024
- Your Utopia (그녀를 만나다, 2021) tr Anton Hur, Hachette USA, Honford Star 2024
- Cursed Bunny (저주토끼, 2017) tr Anton Hur, Honford Star 2021
Glasgow’s Emergence Festival: Bora Chung’s The Head
An ordinary woman. A bodiless head. And a wee bit of K-Pop. The Head is an abject uncanny dark fairy tale. Stage adaptation and performance by Kat Kim. Based on The Head by South Korean writer Bora Chung, which was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. It is included in Chung’s collection of short … [Read More]
Congratulations to Bora Chung, Anton Hur and Honford Star
Congratulations to author Bora Chung, translator Anton Hur and publisher Honford Star for Cursed Bunny’s inclusion in the International Booker Prize shortlist. Anton Hur had the distinction of having two of his translations longlisted, the other one being Sang Young Park’s Love in the Big City. It was also nice to see one title from … [Read More]
A look back at our 2021 reading diary
Looking back at this year, it’s been one of the best for new translations of Korean literature that I can remember. There have been at least ten new fiction titles, and unusually for me I managed to get through all the titles I was intending to. All of them are recommendable in their different ways. … [Read More]
Literature and poetry in translation titles for 2021: more than a dozen to look forward to!
This is now LKL’s fifth annual post that looks at the literature and fiction titles we’re looking forward to over the coming twelve months. Since last year we’ve made things easier for ourselves by investing some time building a book database that aims to catalogue all physical publications of Korean literature in translation, as well … [Read More]
Interview with Bora Chung in Korea Times
There’s a nice interview with writer Bora Chung in yesterday’s Korea Times. Coming later this year from Honford Star is her short story collection Cursed Bunny, translated by Anton Hur. According to the article, Many of her recent works can be defined as a gripping amalgamation of absurdist, unrealistic stories that draw on science fiction, … [Read More]
Conference news: 5th Korean Screen Culture Conference
The 5th Korean Screen Culture Conference will be held at King College London on 3-4 June. With six sessions each containing two parallel panels there are some tough choices to be made. The provisional programme is shown below – a very full agenda indeed. Updates and further information can be found on the Kings College … [Read More]