We're excited to announce the winner of the 2025 ALTA First Translation Prize: TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King @linkinglionking.bsky.social, ed. Yuka Igarashi, pub. Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social! literarytranslators.org/winner-of-20...

These 12 mentorships available in 2026:  📚 Children's Lit from a S. Asian Language w. @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social 📚 Korean Prose w. Janet Hong 📚 Korean Poetry w. @daybreakjung.bsky.social 📚 Japanese w. @tnieda.bsky.social 📚 Kannada w. Deepa Bhasthi 📚 Lit from Taiwan w. @linkinglionking.bsky.social

On August 13, as part of our TFCCxATJ Talk Series, we hosted award-winning writer and translator Lin King (@linkinglionking.bsky.social) to discuss the role of Taiwanese literature on the world stage. The event was moderated by TFCC board director @brianhioe.bsky.social. Photos: William Chen

My review of two new novels about Taiwan: @brianhioe.bsky.social’s Taipei at Daybreak (first novel in English about the Sunflower Movement) & Yang Shuang-zi’s Taiwan Travelogue (whose English translation by @linkinglionking.bsky.social won the '24 National Book Award & the Baifang Schell Prize).

Congratulations to @ewong.bsky.social, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, and @linkinglionking.bsky.social, the inaugural winners of the Baifang Schell Book Prize from @chinabksreview.bsky.social!