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Jennifer Feeley

@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social

Chinese-English Literary Translator Gigi Leung 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 Xi Xi 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 | 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 | 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 Lau Yeewa 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 Chen Jiatong 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒙 series (she/her)

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Jennifer Feeley@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Lau Yee-Wa has won the inaugural Chommanard International Women’s Literary Award for TONGUELESS, pub. in English translation by @serpents-tail.bsky.social & @feministpress.bsky.social. I couldn't be happier for her! 💖 www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/202...

Hong Kong writer Lau Yee-Wa wins first Chommanard International Women’s Literary Award in Bangkok for ‘Tongueless’

​BANGKOK – Hong Kong writer Lau Yee-Wa has been named the winner of the inaugural Chommanard International Women’s Literary Award for 2025. The announcement was made during a gala dinner in Bangkok on...

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Jennifer Feeley@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Thank you to @wwborders.bsky.social & the guest editors for featuring my translation of the prologue to Gigi Leung's 梁莉姿 novel in progress for their post-2019 fiction from HK series. Stay tuned for more pieces in the series coming next week!

Words Without Borders & WWB Campus@wwborders.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The maxim “don’t judge a book by its cover” takes on new extremes in “The Best Years,” an excerpt from Gigi Leung’s novel in progress (tr. @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social ). Read it here: buff.ly/mLbRryn

An image of small ceramic bunnies with floral designs displayed on wood, overlaid in white text it reads: “ We’d confiscate everyone’s cell phones, kill the internet, switch everything to silent, and even pull out the TV antenna so no one accidentally landed on a news channel. Did that sound too extreme, too overwrought? No, no, it was just that over the past few months, our poor nerves had grown so frayed that a mere headline, a single image, certain stray sounds or scents—even the vibration of a phone buzzing with a new message—were enough to jolt us awake, leaving us trembling and in tears in the middle of the night.” Underneath in white text it reads: Post-2019 Fiction from Hong Kong, The Best Years, By Gigi Leung, translated from Chinese by Jennifer Feeley
Jennifer Feeley@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Happy book birthday to 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩! 📚🎂 Thank you to our fabulous team at @riverheadbooks.bsky.social & especially our editor extraordinaire @hannzhangg.bsky.social for giving this book a home in English. Available today in the US wherever books are sold.

Cover of the book EVERYDAY MOVEMENT by Gigi L. Leung, translated by Jennifer Feeley. The cover features purple and white tulips set ablaze, their thick green leaves curling up, against a light blue background. Book jacket description of the novel. "As democracy falls apart, two young women are forced to reexamine all they've taken for granted. A ravishing tale of migration, identity, and belonging." Table of contents listing the chapters: New Town Vendetta Train Life During Wartime Sai Mui, Baby Girl Terrain of Skin and Flesh Panda The Final Class Snoopy Friends The Outside World Be a Girlfriend Book jacket featuring photo of the author, Gigi L. Leung. Gigi is wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and a blue and white skirt. The jacket gives brief bios of both author and translator.
Riverhead Books@riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The fiery and award-winning novel by Gigi L. Leung (translated to English by @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social) is finally available! 🥀 Pick up your copy (or connect your favorite pair of headphones) to start reading today ✨ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/774553...

Jennifer Feeley@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congratulations to all the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship program mentees! 🎉 I’m delighted to serve as the HK Poetry mentor for the talented Allie Xiang on her translations of poems by Damian Cheung 小西. Please check out all the mentees’ bios! ✨

American Literary Translators Association@littranslate.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎉 The American Literary Translators Association is delighted to introduce you to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program mentees! There are 14 mentees taking part in 13 mentorships in 2026. Learn all about the mentorships and this year's stellar mentees here: buff.ly/vDXkws5

Jennifer Feeley@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Excited to share that my translation of Wong Yi's 黃怡 "Overseas Bride" has been selected for BEST LITERARY TRANSLATIONS 2026. This is a timely story about the losses involved in immigration, esp. language, & is a love letter to Cantonese. Congrats to all the translators & thank you to the editors!

A book cover in saturated pinks and purples, with a splash of red, displaying the title Best Literary Translations 2026, guest edited by U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, with series co-editors Noh Another, Wendy Call, Okyu Tekten, and Kola Tubosun. Text inside a circle notes that this is an uncorrected proof, not for sale, and will be published on 04/14/2026. The first page of a short story called "Overseas Bride" by Wong Yi, translated from Written Chinese and Cantonese by Jennifer Feeley, originally published in Chinese Literature andThought Today. Translator's Note for "Overseas Bride" by Jennifer Feeley, explaining various challenges and strategies used in translating the story. A list of the translators featured in Best Literary Translations 2026. Congratulations to everyone!
Deep Vellum@deepvellum.bsky.social · 6mo ago

BEST LITERARY TRANSLATIONS 2026 is available for preorder! Guest edited by National Book Award winner Arthur Sze, BLT 2026 is compiled from over 450 submissions written in 62 original languages and features poetry and prose written in languages both widely spoken and critically endangered.

Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.

Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

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Jennifer Feeley@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Having spent the past couple days recording the English audio guide for the Xi Xi Space, I have a newfound respect for voice actors & people who record audiobooks. My shortcomings as a voice actor aside, I’m very excited that the Space will open next month & that I can be there for its launch ✨

Voice memo recordings for the Xi Xi SpaceVoice memo recordings for the Xi Xi SpaceDeleted voice memo recordings for the Xi Xi Space, which reveal the limitations of my work as a voice actor
Jennifer Feeley@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Apply to translate Prose from Hong Kong with the fabulous @jacqlyy.bsky.social & Poetry from HK with me! 🇭🇰

American Literary Translators Association@littranslate.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open! The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator. Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69

Jennifer Feeley@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I'm happy to share that my English translation of Gigi Leung Lee-chi's 梁莉姿 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑀𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 《日常運動》 is coming out from Riverhead Books February 2026. Its power & relevance resonate extend far beyond Hong Kong. Thank you @ohanzhang.bsky.social for your support & careful edits! 香港加油！🇭🇰

Riverhead Books@riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Coming February 2026 is the award-winning novel following the lives of two women as democracy starts to crumble in Hong Kong. EVERYDAY MOVEMENT is fiery, tender, and visceral, written by Gigi L. Leung and trans. to English by Jennifer Feeley. Out Feb 10th: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/774553...

Coraline Jortay 喬海霖@qiaoj.bsky.social · last yr.

Et dans l'épisode, une lecture d'un poème de cette immense autrice qu'est Xi Xi, tiré du hors-série de Jentayu dédié à la littérature hongkongaise contemporaine ✨💫

Éditions Jentayu@editionsjentayu.bsky.social · last yr.

Autre épisode de Langue à Langue ☀️: la traduction du chinois avec @qiaoj.bsky.social, spécialiste des représentations de genre dans les littératures sinophones, qui a traduit plusieurs nouvelles et poèmes pour Jentayu, venus de Taïwan, de HK et de Chine continentale✨ open.spotify.com/episode/2Q0x...

Ginny Tapley Takemori@ginnytkmr.bsky.social · last yr.

Open Letter Books, Deep Vellum, The Paris Review… this is a full-on attack on literary publishing.

Herb Scribner@herbscribner.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW from me — National Endowment for the Arts rescinds grants, dazing publishers and theaters Arts orgs across the country saw their grants pulled with little explanation, while a proposed federal budget sought to eliminate the arts funding agency altogether. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Words Without Borders & WWB Campus@wwborders.bsky.social · last yr.

For most of our existence, WWB has received funding from the NEA. Now, like many others, we must chart a path forward without it. But our readers still deserve access to dazzling global writing. Please donate or share our work to support our mission of bringing the world close through literature.

The following text, above a green circle reading "swipe" connected to the WWB logo through a line: "Literature is how we create the world we want to live in. But that world is threatened by the administration's cuts to the NEA and the rich arts landscape it once supported. And the work we do to uplift bold, innovative global writing is newly at risk."The following text, above a green circle reading "swipe" connected to the WWB logo through a line: "Like many other arts organizations across the country, we learned on Friday night that our 2025 NEA grant has been terminated because our work “no longer aligns” with the administration’s priorities. Moving forward, we cannot rely on funding that has sustained our magazine and our programs for well over a decade. Yet despite these challenges, we stand firm in our mission to amplify global literary voices and invite readers to explore a wider world through literature."The following text, above a green circle reading "swipe" connected to the WWB logo through a line: "If you, like us, believe in the power of global stories, here’s what you can do in this destabilizing moment to support WWB and our vision of literature that embraces global interconnectedness:"A set of green text boxes organized above the social media logos for Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn, as well as a black button with white text reading "wordswithoutborders.org" and "wwb-campus.org". Two images, one of a teacher instructing students in a classroom and one of a selfie of smiling folks at a WWB event, are interspersed with the text boxes. The boxes contain calls-to-action to support WWB, including to donate, to subscribe to newsletters, to joine WWB Campus for free, to meet us at our free public events, and to follow us on social media and share our posts.
Jennifer Feeley@jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · last yr.

I spent probably an hour last night trying to decipher a Chinese phrase that just wasn't making sense, only to learn from the author that it was simply a typo. 🙈 Presumably this has happened to other literary translators too?

Jeff Wasserstrom@jwassers.bsky.social · last yr.

👇 Fascinating set of titles and authors and talented translators (eg @jeremytiang.bsky.social & @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social ) in the mix here for this prize cc @wwborders.bsky.social @bdralyuk.bsky.social @chrisfan.bsky.social

China Books Review@chinabooksreview.com · last yr.

Thread: see the shortlisted books for the $10k Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Translated Literature from Chinese Language. Winner and honorable mentions announced in May! Follow our newsletter for updates buff.ly/zFeSMII