Podcast, 37 mins
Empowering Women’s Voice through Translating Japanese Fiction
Discover how Japanese women’s writing became a global success. Hear from translators and publishers shaping this growing world of stories.
23 Oct 2025 18:00
Contemporary Japanese Women’s writing is experiencing a “boom” in translation, with special interest from younger generations. How has this “boom” happened, and who created this landscape?
Dr Nozomi Lynette Uematsu from the School of East Asian Studies is joined by translators Lucy North, Ginny Tapley Takemori and Allison Markin Powell from the Strong Women, Soft Power collective and Kristen Vida Alfaro, Director of Tilted Axis, an independent publisher to discuss the provision and sales of Japanese women’s writing in translation.
Credits
- Host: Dr Nozomi Lynette Uematsu (Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield)
- Guest: Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)
- Guest: Allison Markin Powell (Translator)
- Guest: Lucy North (Translator)
- Guest: Kristen Vida Alfaro (Publisher and Executive Director of Tilted Axis Press)
- Podcast Producer: Kitty Turner
