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 for next year, right? That is how it works, isn't it? (If only...) #taxes #accounting #writesky

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

Just finished the title novella Kamogawa Runner. Told in the second person, this is the story of an American man modelled on the author who discovers himself through studying Japanese and settling in Japan. Khezrnejat's facility with the language is astounding! #exophonic #literature #japanese

I'm beginning my exploration of exophonic novelists, who write in Japanese but whose mother tongue is another language, with Gregory Khezrnejat's Kamogawa Runner (鴨川ランナー). #exophonic #literature #japanese

"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. #japanese #literature #memoir #translation #booksky

15 years since the 3/11 earthquake, since I sheltered under a desk in Tokyo while the corners of the room opened and closed like mouths, since the tsunami washed so many poor souls away, since the meltdown that changed everything #march11 #tohoku #earthquake #tsunami #fukushima #nuclear #meltdown

@christophercorker.bsky.social’s review of Michio Hoshino’s The Traveling Tree (trans @elikpwilliam.com)

watch the recording of me reading from my latest translation, The Traveling Tree by Michio Hoshino, livestreamed March 1st from Human Arts Studio in Tsukuba. Then treat yourself to the smorgasbord of other readings. youtu.be/cJ3LgHNQdh8?... #japanese #literature #translation #reading #booksky

This is happening today! Don't miss it. #japanese #literature #translation #reading #tsukuba #livestream #booksky

Calling all literature lovers! I'll be reading this Sunday from my latest translation,The Traveling Tree by Michio Hoshino, alongside an epic roster of other translators. Watch the livestream, or come join us in Tsukuba! #japanese #literature #translation #reading #tsukuba #livestream #booksky

my latest translation, The Traveling Tree by Michio Hoshino, receives its second review, this one in the Japan Times! www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026... #japanese #literature #travel #essay #nonfiction #translation #bookreview #booksky

Japan friends, this Sunday March 1st, from 1pm we’ll be celebrating Japanese literature in translation at Human Arts Studio in Tsukuba. Some of my literary translator friends have kindly agreed to come along and read from their work - free and open to all, so do join us! #translation #literature

My latest translation, The Traveling Tree by Michio Hoshino, has received its first review, in the current issue of Literary Review! literaryreview.co.uk/into-the-wil... #japanlit #japanese #literature #essay #collection #nature #writing

In my latest essay, I revisit the notion of terminal capitalism that I wrote about last year and analyze political and financial shifts in the USA to consider whether we have indeed entered a new economic era. #cryptocurrency #trump #economics #fascism #capitalism #liberalism #terminalcapitalism

Politics officially getting weird in Japan (this AI video was prompted by a critic of the Takaichi administration) www.instagram.com/reel/DUmiyeD...

I'm delighted to announce the American release of my latest translation: The Travelling Tree (旅をする木) by Michio Hoshino!!! Published by Gaia (Hachette) in the UK this fall and now in the USA today! #japaneseliterature #travel #essay #memoir #translation #USA #release #booksky

rare snowfall in Shonan today. It didn't faze these runners. #snow #japan #shonan

I'm delighted to announce the American release of my latest translation: The Travelling Tree (旅をする木) by Michio Hoshino!!! Published by Gaia (Hachette) in the UK this fall and now in the USA today! #japaneseliterature #travel #essay #memoir #translation #USA #release #booksky

backyard raked and rusty old laundry poles put out for the garbage collector. All outdoor tasks are now complete. T minus three days until the move. #moving

sand from the parasol base disposed of, flower pots tidied, and documents boxed. T minus four days until the move. #moving

bicycle shelter disassembled and front lawn raked. T minus five days until the move. #moving

books from the DIY shelf in my writing room packed. T minus six days until the move. #moving

Canada's prime minster calls out the "rules-based international order" for what it now is: "a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests using economic integration as a weapon of coercion." www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #geopolitical #rupture

could there be an economic bubble that just never ever bursts because the market players are so fanatically committed to creating a god-like being that they just keep investing and investing and investing in the face of all evidence that divinity is not a toy of humankind #eternal #AI #bubble

financial advice so typical it's cliche is "invest in S&P500 ETFs". This assumes that the USA will keep growing as it has for over a century. Indeed, the stock market always seems to bounce back from every crisis. But can this dynamism be taken for granted no matter what? #finance #market #USA

my beginner's Chinese textbook just arrived. I'm starting with almost zero knowledge of the language (though knowing Japanese writing and English grammar is bound to help.) #beginner #chinese #mandarin #language #study

listen to me and host @codyellingham.bsky.social talk sci-fi and economics on the Transformation of Value podcast. www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci... #podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism

I learned to read Japanese by working through Haruki Murakami's novels in order of publication, then took a break from him for many years. Now I'm returning to his work and have acquired all 14 of his short story collections, which I hope to read chronologically as well. #murakami #harukimurakami

listen to me and host @codyellingham.bsky.social talk sci-fi and economics on the Transformation of Value podcast. www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/sci... #podcast #scifi #economics #politics #futurism

Here's the English original in case you haven't read the article yet: 
www.nippon.com/en/japan-top... #japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history

My article for Nippon.com on the history of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan seems to have been translated into Russian. Nice to see the story reaching new readers. www.nippon.com/ru/japan-top... #japanese #scifi #speculativefiction #fantasy #SF #history

I’m writing the first draft of a brand new short story in the Japanese language. Wish me luck in crafting something powerful and convincing someone to publish it. #exophonic #writing #secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory

a visual metaphor for global humanity, all of us swirling together, evanescent, effervescent, unique and yet similar, agglomerating in our separateness, searching for a better way to expire #earthly #humankind #ephemeral #species #thrown #aswirl

picture gateway #picturewindow #picturegateway #impressionist #reality #enkakuji #kamakura #japan #zen #buddhist #temple #architecture #円覚寺 #鎌倉

greeting the new year Zen style, to the ringing of the midnight bell and the mystic throb of the Heart Sutra. #zen #newyear #ceremony #kamakura #enkakuji #heartsutra #鎌倉 #円覚寺 #除夜の鐘 #般若心経

Shadow Taker. A town I passed through yesterday. Hard to come up with a more enigmatic place name, or one that better suits the place, a no man's land at the corner of three different cities. #liminal #suburb #nomansland #nether #region #shonan

I've hit upon a great hack in Mac OS for turning any digital document into a PDF with copiable text. Take screenshots of as many pages as you like, select all the resulting files, right click, and choose the quick action to assemble PDF. #research #efficiency #hack

fending my way through the Kabukicho swarms on my way to a year end party. Here the sleaze of yesteryear is giving way to hollow tourist glitz. Do you want safety or soul? You can’t have both. #kabukuicho #tokyo

Having a conductor shout ALL ABOARD before a train departs is a tradition I believe is worth restoring and protecting. Together we can make it mandatory at all platforms everywhere. Vote William in 2026 wherever elections are held. #electionplatform = #trainplatform #tradition #ALLABOARD

My introduction to Japan was taking an intensive Japanese course at ICU in Mitaka one summer, so walking the wooded paths of the campus to give a talk on world building last month brought back so many memories. #ICU #Mitaka #Tokyo #Japanese #study #summerabroad #wistful #nostalgic #memories

went to the open house for a new tourist accommodation in my neighbourhood. The owner has converted a kominka into short term lodgings. The rooms seemed spartan and overpriced, but the zen garden and the view were nice. #openhouse #inn #kominka #shonan #zengarden #view #japan #tourism #boom

my new year's resolution for 2026 is to start learning Mandarin. #newyearsresolution #newyear2026 #studychinese #language

To start with a fresh list of media in 2026, I aim to finish off the following works by the end of the year: The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama (audiobook) Question Authority by Mark Kingwell (book) Disco Elysium (game) The Maxx (comic) #endofyear #cleaninghouse #freshstart

picked up a copy of this antique 1929 manga by author and artist Nio Mizushima. I'll translate the title for now as Country Bumpkinski in the Big City. It's a comedy, including one section that features a rather silly robopocalypse #antique #manga #early #showa #scifi #robot #robopocalypse #comedy

I’ve made a new rule for myself that if I open my fediverse accounts I have to write something. That means either I’m going to be logging in to social media even less or firing off tons of comments and posts, either of which outcome is fine with me. #fediverse #newyear #rule #selfcontrol

Calling all Tokyo writers and wordsmiths! Come hear my presentation on the craft of world building this Saturday Nov 29 at 4:30 on the ICU campus in Mitaka. Part of the 2025 Japan Writers Conference happening this weekend. Attendance is free! japanwritersconference.org #writesky #worldbuilding

Look what just arrived: copies of my latest translation! Released in the UK last week and due for release in the USA this February. The Traveling Tree by Michio Hoshino, translated by yours truly: www.amazon.co.uk/Travelling-T... #booksky #newrelease #travelwriting #memoir #translation #japanese

It has been ten years since the release of my first novel Cash Crash Jubilee. In the latest edition of Almost Real, I look back on how I wrote the Jubilee Cycle trilogy: open.substack.com/pub/elikpwil... #writingcraft #writing #creativeprocess #dystopian #cyberpunk #sciencefiction #scifi #trilogy

Really? A book I translated, that I have dreamed of translating for some 15 years, was released today by a good publisher, an imprint of Hachette, and no one on BlueSky cares at all? Not even a little bit? #booksky #wheresthelove