while heading home on my bicycle, I spotted a young copper pheasant walking across the road.

#shonan #japan #pheasant

me last Saturday just before giving a talk and reading from my Japanese language debut short story Photo Bomber (フォトボマー), as part of SF Carnival, held at Daikanyama T-Site.

Photo c/o Sakai Sampo

#SFカーニバル #SF #scifi #speculativefiction #exophony

Come hear me read from my latest short story, Photo Bomber ("フォトボマー") this Saturday at 2:45 pm, as part of SF Carnival. Speculative fiction talks and events happening at T-site in Daikanyama all weekend. Join us!

https://store.tsite.jp/daikanyama/sf-carnival/

#scifi #speculativefiction #reading #festival #tokyo

when the government withdraws my income tax for last year from my account, I can declare that as a business expense on my tax return next year, right? That is how it works, isn't it? (If only...)

#taxes #accounting

RE: https://localization.cafe/@nosword/116294270977199331

I'm just sentimental relic of a human being to think this is actually kind of tragic...😥

started reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells. Let's see if this novel lives up to the hype.

#scifi #reading #hype

Finished the title novella Kamogawa Runner. The premise--an American man modelled on the author discovers himself through studying Japanese and settling in Japan—is identical to that of HIdeo Levy's 1992 debut novel A Room Where The Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard, but Khezrnejat updates it for the early 21st century, bringing his own prose style and cross-cultural insights.

#exophonic #literature #japanese

RE: https://mastodon.social/@elikp_william/116208190936470092

"Translator Eli KP William is equal to Hoshino’s lyricism... and his passion for the project shines through in a fluid and considered prose that hardly feels like a translation at all."

Very kind words. Makes me want to translate another book.

#japaneseliterature #japanese #literature #memoir #essay #travelwriting #translation