I am increasingly fielding questions about the fourth Uketsu book, tentatively titled Strange Maps in English, so I figured I should put up some kind of fixed point of reference. So, here it is: As of today, 6 May 2026, the current state of Strange…
Continue reading...The Japan Association of Translators Book special interest group has invited me to speak online about my budding career as a literary translator and my work translating Uketsu. I plan to lay out how I got started on this path, the luck behind the Uketsu…
Continue reading...My English translation of Uketsu's third, and longest, novel is out now worldwide. Strange Buildings expands and improves on the core concept of Strange Houses, creating a multilayered narrative around the designs of 11 different buildings, which all end up woven into a much greater,…
Continue reading...2026 is well under way. January has blurred by, and as February approaches I am stunned to realize that I have two translations coming out next month. First up is a title that has probably flown under the radar for many. The Ark by Haruo…
Continue reading...I seem to have become known as "Uketsu's English translator," which is certainly not a bad thing to be. But it does mean I get quite a lot of questions about the works, some of which I can't even answer. Like, no, I don't know…
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