@worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social 🌟non-profit helping readers of all age discover diverse, translated and global children's books and YA
🌟anti-racism through reading
🌟year round, and especially September #WorldKidLitMonth
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
electricliterature.com
Lindsay Nelson-Santos @newsfromnihon.bsky.social Japanese cinema (especially horror), Japanese popular culture. Book: Circulating Fear. Film reviews at eigafile.com, CV at lindsaynelson.jp. she/her
Lukacsi @concretelyabstract.bsky.social he/him
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation @daiwafoundation.bsky.social Supporting people and projects to connect the UK & Japan since 1988. Grants • Scholarships • Events.
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トリスタン🏳️🌈フェリックス B. @tristora.bsky.social エミリ・バリストレーリ、日英翻訳者: 上田健次、大前粟生、森見登美彦、角野栄子、朽木祥、市川拓司、など。夢がでかいぞ。LGBTのGのT🙆🏻♂️ In English: @tristiger.bsky.social 生成AIに死ぬまで抵抗する。
And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social Not-for-profit press led by readers, writers & translators. Consider subscribing to help us take publishing risks. http://andotherstories.org/subscriptions/
Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social Japanese author of horror, weird fiction, and literary fiction. Winner of the Japan Horror Novel Award (Short Story Prize). Exploring folklore, memory, migration, and the uncanny. 📚 English translations available.
Jordan Taylor @jt-translates.bsky.social Japanese to English literary translator with a love for sci-fi and fantasy | SFとファンタジーが好きな和英文芸翻訳者
www.jordan-taylor.me
Spoon & Tamago @spoon-tamago.bsky.social Japanese art, design & culture 
Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com Lesbian Icon, Yurijin, Speaker, Writer, Editor, Researcher. Always looking for opportunities.
By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga on sale now! https://yuricon.com/product/bys/
Melek Ortabasi @mortabasi.bsky.social Mother, scholar, voter. Unsinkable. Expertise in World lit, Japanese lit, children’s lit, translation studies, and general saltiness. Contributor to @roganslist.bsky.social since 2017 🤯
Edward Lipsett @elipsett.bsky.social American immigrant to Japan, now living in the Kumamoto hinterlands. I run Kurodahan Press, ran a commercial translation company here for decades, love dogs and almost everything else alive, and am now slowly decaying in my cave.
Richard Medhurst📚️🇯🇵 @richardmedh.bsky.social Brit in Yokohama, translator at https://www.nippon.com/en/
Translator of The Essential Akutagawa (Sep 2025)
Interested in Japanese language, literature, and history.
Grace Ting 丁恩宜 グレイス・ティン @graceenyiting.bsky.social 🇭🇰🇹🇼Taiwanese American queer feminist scholar in HK (they/she)✨👭🏻
Mostly English (中文: Threads)
Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT
Strangers Press @strangerspress.bsky.social Literary translation is a cultural exchange. Part of the UEA Publishing Project based at the University of East Anglia.
https://www.strangers.press/
Helen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social Writer, speaker, poet, scholar, booklover. Posts here on anime, manga, poetry, costume, writing, Japan. Also posts @glider.bsky.social for politics, history, rants, random records etc.
Website helenmccarthy.net
https://ko-fi.com/helenmccarthy51
BungakuReportEN（文学通信 海外版） @bungakureporten.bsky.social Publisher. Mainly tweets about news, books, events related to Japanese studies. Japanese account→
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国内外の日本研究・文化関連の情報を収集・発信。出版社です。担当は渡辺。
Chris Corker @christophercorker.bsky.social PhD Candidate
Japanese Translator
Book and Film Reviewer
Fiction Writer
Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com Since 2018. Going beyond the clickbait headlines to tell the story of a changing, evolving Japan.
https://unseen-japan.com/newsletter?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social-bio&utm_campaign=newsletter
Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com 3 x Eisner and Bram Stoker-winning Writer/Translator/Lecturer. Faculty at NYU. Noted Monster Scholar. Shigeru Mizuki stan. Sabre fencer. Seattle boy. Extra fancy
OVERWATCH-MIZUKI: FACING DEMONS, KAIBYO THE SUPERNATURAL CATS OF JAPAN
www.zackdavisson.com
Erika Kobayashi @erikakobayashiek.bsky.social Writer, Artist live in Tokyo🗼
“Trinity, Trinity, Trinity” “Sunrise - Radiant Stories” Published by Astra House.
『女の子たち風船爆弾をつくる』（文藝春秋）他。Yutaka Kikutake Gallery
Tilted Axis Press @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social Independent publisher of literature from the Global Majority.
Read international. Read intersectional.
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social Independent publisher of exceedingly good books. Founded in 1917. We can’t go on, we’ll go on.
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Drawn & Quarterly @dandq.bsky.social Montreal-based publisher of the world's most brilliant cartoonists and their comics, graphic novels and art! https://linktr.ee/dandq
Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Independent publisher.
fitzcarraldoeditions.com
Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
https://granta.com/
University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social Innovative, thoughtful, digitally-forward books in partnership with Michigan Publishing and Fulcrum.
https://press.umich.edu/
Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com Two Lines Press is a book publisher committed to daring and original literature in translation. We're part of @catranslation.org. Browse our books at www.catranslation.org/books/.
Sharni Wilson シャーニ・ウィルソン @sharni.bsky.social 
Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social Now published by the @asianaffairs.bsky.social Royal Society for Asian Affairs, the Asian Review of Books is a dedicated pan-Asia book review publication. Read us at asianreviewofbooks.com
Eli K.P. William @elikpwilliam.com Sci-fi novelist | Translator of Japanese literature | Bilingual game writing consultant | Essayist | Resident of Japan | SFWA and SFWJ member | Father of a curious young soul | Believer in our potential to change
elikpwilliam.com
elikpwilliam.substack.com
New Directions @ndbooks.bsky.social Founded in 1936 by James Laughlin, New Directions proudly publishes great literature from around the world. ndbooks.com
Circumference Books @circumferencebooks.com We publish poetry in facing-page translation: https://circumferencebooks.com
Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social Coffee House Press is an independent nonprofit publishing house based in Minneapolis. Literature forever.
Harper Voyager US @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social all things sci-fi and fantasy 🌙 linktr.ee/harpervoyagerus
Jingyi Li @becedo.bsky.social Assistant professor at Occidental College. Cultural historian of 19th ce Japan. Podcaster on New Books Network. I read kuzushiji and crochet. 日本語ペラペラ
Anime Feminist @animefeminist.com Japanese pop culture & intersectional feminist analysis under one umbrella! Reviews, articles, podcasts, & more.
Visit Us: https://www.animefeminist.com/
Support Our Work on Patreon or Ko-Fi: https://linktr.ee/animefeminist
田亀源五郎 Gengoroh Tagame @gengorohtagame.bsky.social マンガ家、ゲイ・エロティック・アーティスト
www.tagame.org
Kevin O'Shea @madformaple.bsky.social Canuck 🇨🇦 living in Asia. Podcaster - host of Supernatural Japan Podcast 🎙️ 👺 - folklore, paranormal, travel, photography 🇯🇵 Currently based in 🇨🇳!
Takami Nieda @tnieda.bsky.social Instructor at Seattle Central College
JP-ENTranslator of GO, Finger Bone,The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park, The Lucky Ride. NEXT: Traveling Practice
Info: https://societyofauthors.org/soa-member/takami-nieda/
Louise Heal Kawai @louisehk.bsky.social Japanese to English literary translator, occasional actor, film and theatre fan, proud 浜っ子
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
Deep Vellum @deepvellum.bsky.social Nonprofit publishing house & literary arts center bringing the world together in conversation through literature. Deep Ellum, Dallas TX. deepvellum.org
Japan Distilled Podcast @japandistilled.bsky.social A podcast about Japanese spirits (the kind you drink) brought to you by our hosts Christopher Pellegrini & Stephen Lyman. Please enjoy responsibly. Kanpai!
Manga Tak | Weekly Podcast @mangatakpod.bsky.social 🎧 Weekly Manga Pod on the best 1st Volumes
💎 Hidden Gems | 🏛️ Classics | 🚨New Manga
📚1000+ Manga Collection | 🚀Cons / Travel
Japan On Film (A Film Stories Podcast) @japanonfilm.com Hosted by @percivalconstantine.com, Japan On Film is a podcast devoted to Japanese cinema! Member of @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social. Promo DMs = block/report. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes and guest info at: japanonfilm.com
Japan Station @japanstation.bsky.social Maps, trains, stations, convenient transit hotels, transport connections and city guides. Japan Station guide to transportation.
Deep in Japan Pod @deepinjapan.bsky.social https://open.spotify.com/show/6fisZDuhRAgYxohkGe8bPt
Tokyo Game Life @tokyogamelife.bsky.social Tokyo based video game podcast focusing on Nintendo and gaming culture in Japan’s capital. Available on your favorite podcast app!
https://tokyogamelife.com
Jake Adelstein @tokyovice.bsky.social Investigative journalist in Japan, paladin, priest, 禅僧, drinker of coffee and donut consumer. One good deed a day is my low-bar motto. 一日一善 Follow me on substack https://tokyopaladin.substack.com
Susan Bernofsky @translationista.bsky.social Writer, translator, teacher, aspiring alpinist. She/her
Morgan Giles @wrongsreversed.bsky.social magic eyes to read between the lines
Brian Bergstrom @brianbergstrom.bsky.social Lecturer & Literary Translator JPN -> ENG
Current: DILEMMAS OF WORKING WOMEN by Fumio Yamamoto
21 July 26: CAPITAL FROM ZERO by Kōhei Saitō
Soon: LOVEAHOLIC by Fumio Yamamoto
Tarte 🥧 and Butt 🌈 Enthusiast (à Montréal)
IG: instagram.com/asa_no_burei
Eric Ozawa @ericozawa.bsky.social Writer (@ElectricLit, @GrantaMag, @TheNation). Translator (Satoshi Yagisawa's DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP and MORE DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP, @HarperCollins, '23, '24). Professor at NYU.
Jim Rion・ライオン ジミー @jimrion.com Peace, please, peace for all.
Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker
Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast.
英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等
執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」
20年以上日本在中
山口県万歳🙌
Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social Kansan in Thailand, translator of Japanese children's literature, believer in #worldkidlit www.averyfischerudagawa.com
Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social Podcasting the more obscure nooks & crannies of Japanese culture - Uncanny Japan. She/her. Crows. Fountain pens. Nature. Horror w/ a wry sense of humor. 🚫Fascism✊
✨New Book✨ - Legends of Japanese Mythology (mid-grade)
--> https://geni.us/JapaneseMythology
Honford Star @honfordstar.bsky.social Publisher of translated East Asian fiction 🌟 Buy our books/ebooks direct at http://honfordstar.com 🌟 Sign up to our newsletter: https://t.co/v9Oozdt652
Mangasplaining @mangasplaining.bsky.social Check us out at Mangasplaining.com or wherever you get your podcasts! And we have a Linktree, too: https://linktr.ee/mangasplaining
Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus @apjjf.bsky.social In-depth critical analysis of the forces that shape the Asia-Pacific and the world. Edited by Tristan R. Grunow (Nagoya University) and Mary M. McCarthy (Drake University). Find us at: https://apjjf.org/. 
Krewe of Japan Podcast @kreweofjapan.bsky.social 🎌 Audio journeys through Japanese culture ⛩ Pop-Culture | Travel | History | Food | Language | Guest Interviews🎙Sponsored by Japan Society of New Orleans 👇SUBSCRIBE + MORE👇
https://linktr.ee/kojpodcast
Pushkin Press @pushkinpress.com Publishes the world's best stories – to be read and read again.
Follow the all new @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 🎈
Newsletter, IG & more: https://linktr.ee/pushkin_press
Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social The home for international literature since 2003. Winners of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.
https://linktr.ee/wordswithoutborders
Rebecca @stlrebecca.bsky.social 💙 Writer, runner, resister, wanderer, translator and professor, flood survivor. Debut novel The Kimono Tattoo. www.rebecca-copeland.com
Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social Literary translator from Japanese
Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, Life Ceremony, Vanishing World (Sayaka Murata), The Little House, Things Remembered And Things Forgotten (Kyoko Nakajima), Mornings Without Mii (Mayumi Inaba), and plenty more!
Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com Translator, writer. How to get used to Japanese (Additional topics: Murakami, New Orleans, Chicago, beer, writing, translation, basketball). Based in Osaka. http://linktree.com/howtojapanese
Tristan Felix B. @tristiger.bsky.social Emily Balistrieri, Japanese translator: Shihodo Stationery, People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice, Tatami Galaxy, Until I Love Myself, Soul Lanterns, Kiki. he/him 日本語では: @tristora.bsky.social Never genAI.- L Lisa @lhkuroda.bsky.social translator
Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social アレン・ジョセリン
I write. I ramble. I translate. And interpret.
筆者／翻訳・通訳家／取り留めの無い人
(she/they)
brainvsbook.com
kaikatsu.ca
Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social she/they | Canada → 日本 | Japanese to English translator | English, Français, 日本語
https://taylordrew.me/
Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social Bookworm. Linguist. Localization Director. Japanese-English translator & interpretor. Former manga/anime translator. DFTBA ❤️💜💙
日本語OK!
https://j-entranslations.com
Michael K. Bourdaghs @mbourdaghs.bsky.social Scholar and translator, modern Japanese literature and culture; I also write fiction, music criticism, and sundry other things. Plus the occasional sumo and baseball post. Faculty at University of Chicago. www.bourdaghs.com
Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com
organizing with @indivisibleatl.bsky.social | co-editor for JLit @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social | MSt English lit, 650-1550 | queer (historical/SFF) romance reader | ATL | genderqueer (all pronouns)