March’s literature event sponsored by the KCC features Ha Seong-nan and her translator Janet Hong. As always, pre-registration is required. Bluebeard’s First Wife Wednesday 24 March 2021 12 noon -1:30pm (GMT) Venue: ZOOM (Online) Entrance Free – Booking Essential Apply to [email protected] with your name and contact details by 15th March. Disasters, accidents, and deaths … [Read More]
Publisher: Open Letter
Selected publications
- Hwang Jungeun: Years and Years tr Janet Hong 2024
- Kang Young-sook: Rina tr Janet Hong, Kim Boram 2024
- Ha Seong-nan: Wafers tr Janet Hong 2024
- Lee Soho: Catcalling tr Soje 2021
- Ha Seong-nan: Bluebeard’s First Wife tr Janet Hong 2020
- Ha Seong-nan: Flowers of Mold and Other Stories tr Janet Hong 2019
- Bae Suah: North Station tr Deborah Smith 2017
- Bae Suah: A Greater Music tr Deborah Smith 2016
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]
Upcoming literature and fiction titles in 2020 [updated]
I’m hoping that, as in previous years, by posting my own list of upcoming literature and fiction titles – pulled together by some targeted searching on Amazon and a trawl through Barbara J Zitwer’s website – I might persuade others to supplement it from their own specialist knowledge. Whatever happens, books inevitably fall through the … [Read More]
Upcoming literature and fiction titles for 2019
Here’s my first attempt at compiling a list of fiction and poetry titles coming up in 2019. Let me know what I’ve missed. Unlike my separate list of non-fiction I have not exercised any editorial control here: this is everything I have been able to find. The list is in four parts: Modern and contemporary … [Read More]