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Tilted Axis Press
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Tilted Axis Press @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social · Aug 19
We sincerely apologise for the delay in receiving your copy of Annah, Infinite. This book is incredibly important, and we want to ensure that Khairani Barokka’s vision is fully honoured.
Annah, Infinite is a unique and complex work. It represents a new form of writing—unprecedented in the history of our publishing. Sweeping in scope, it draws on Okka’s interdisciplinary practice, multi-genre, and offering a radical new approach to weaving visual and textual culture, Annah, Infinite is groundbreaking. Our typesetters have been working with great care, but they have requested additional time to set the book properly. We believe these elements are necessary to the work, as we want to ensure Okka’s book receives the attention, precision, and respect it so greatly deserves. As a result, the publication date of Annah, Infinite has been moved back slightly to early September. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, but rest assured—the book will be ready in time for Okka’s upcoming events. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we take the necessary time to produce this extraordinary work with the care it deserves.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · Jul 27
a wonderful article on literary translation in the @nytimes.com by Alexandra Alter on @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social Tilted Axis Press

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A Tiny Press Took a Big Risk on Experimental Books. It Paid Off.
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Weatherglass Books @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social · Jul 31
RofC co-opting WG again. The Rofc partnered up, rebranded, and submissions are now open. Go here: www.republicofconsciousness.com/prize-submis...

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Prize submission guidelines — Republic of Consciousness
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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 1
Eagerly awaiting this new book by @mailbykite.bsky.social, published by @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social
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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · May 20
The book of my life (so far), ANNAH, INFINITE is an escape story.

A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US.

For reviews/i’views/events: [email protected]
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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · Aug 6
✍️It’s Women in Translation Month and I’m speaking to Yan Ge about her life and work

And it’s a two parter!

Join us as we discuss ELSEWHERE, STRANGE BEASTS OF CHINA, happiness and much more!

@faberbooks.bsky.social @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social

Live tomorrow: linktr.ee/ripplingpagesp…
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · Aug 6
The Marvelous in the Mundane: for the latest "Small Press Dispatch", @chloroformtea.bsky.social looks at both magic and realism in Hwang Jungeun's ONE HUNDRED SHADOWS, translated by Jung Yewon (@tiltedaxispress.bsky.social/ @erewhonbooks.bsky.social)
Small Press Dispatch: The Marvelous in the Mundane
Roseanna Pendlebury What does the fantastic look like, in a story? Sometimes it follows known patterns and tropes—wizards and monsters and the hero’s journey—but sometimes it can be something simpl…
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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · Aug 7
💥Yan Ge is looking for a challenge!

Part 1 of my conversation with Yan Ge is here.

Is it necessary to make life hard on yourself when writing, whether that’s in Chinese or English?

Books from @faberbooks.bsky.social and @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social in this ep.

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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · Aug 12
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Frank Wynne @terribleman.com · Aug 12
Fiction in Translation: Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin; Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka; Capitalists Must Starve by Park Seolyeon; Words that Walk through Walls by poets including Ilhan Sami Çomak
Fiction in Translation: The prisons we inhabit
Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin; Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka; Capitalists Must Starve by Park Seolyeon; Words that Walk through Walls by poets including Ilhan Sami Çomak
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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · Aug 15
Falling behind a bit, but these are this week and weekend's lovely extra reads:

- How to Be Unmothered x @camilleuadams.bsky.social / Restless Books
- Annah, Infinite x mailbykite.bsky.social / @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social
- Patchwork x Tom Comitta / @coffeehousepress.bsky.social

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3 book covers. Unmothered is kind of a black and white double exposure masked into a torn dress on an orange background (I think). Annah Infinite is simple black title text under a forward slash (i think) on a pale pink background. Patchwork is orange and blue shapes arranged into a pattern.
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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Jun 2
I spent my weekend inhaling this collection of interconnected short stories. Thoroughly enjoyed it, review coming soon ✨ (now that I'm off from Uni & I can read & write whatever I want)

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Where the Wild Ladies Are by Matsuda Aoko, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton
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Louise Kenward @louisekenward.bsky.social · Jun 5
So excited to see this in the world!

HUGE congratulations Okka @mailbykite.bsky.social xx

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · May 20
The book of my life (so far), ANNAH, INFINITE is an escape story.

A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US.

For reviews/i’views/events: [email protected]
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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · Jun 16
Have not posted on IG in yrs and am deleting it soon… but a dear friend has just informed me that none other than actor and stand-up Ronny Chieng has liked @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social’s IG post about my ANNAH, INFINITE.
a man in a white shirt is holding a microphone with a netflix logo in the background
Alt: a malaysian chinese man in a white shirt is holding a microphone and speaking, captioned with the words ‘IT FEELS GOOD TO SAY IT’.
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · Jun 19
My review of Khairani Barokka's Annah, Infinite @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/a...
“Annah, Infinite” Khairani Barokka (Tilted Axis Press) – book review
Khairani Barokka Annah, Infinite book cover “Annah, Infinite” is creative nonfiction exploring the narrative around Paul Gaugin’s portrait “Annah la Javanaise” (1893-9…
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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · Jun 20
ANNAH, INFINITE is an Expert Pick in @thebookseller.com!

Thanks so much to excellent writer @pollyrowena.bsky.social, for including it in the Disability Focus. ‘Vital, groundbreaking work.’ ❤️‍🔥

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Cropped photo of a newspaper clipping, with a pink book cover saying ‘Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka’, below which is the text: ‘Khairani Barokka | Annah, Infinite | Tilted Axis Press, 19th August, £15.99, PB, 9781917126038 | Part-memoir, part-deconstruction of colonialism and art, of disability and ableism and the understanding of pain, Annah, Infinite blends lyrical prose, visual art and poetry in English and Javanese, circling Paul Gauguin’s painting Annah la Javanaise (c1893-94). Barokka explores selfhood and interconnectivity as a disabled Indonesian creative under the multiple dehumanising colonial gaze of the art world and medical gaze of the abled world. Vital, groundbreaking work.’
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · Jun 21
Out in July from @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social: "In 1966 Suriname, the Vanta family, an blend of Creole, Maroon, French, Indian, Indigenous, British, and Jewish heritage, is led by Grandma Bee, a proud, cigar-smoking matriarch. Bee is facing her final days and pondering what truly binds a family"
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World Editions @worldedbooks.bsky.social · Jun 27
Such an inspiring event tonight with @jeremytiang.bsky.social launching his novel State of Emergency and translation of Delicious Hunger published by @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social. Thank you to Singapore Unbound for hosting!
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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · Jun 30
Am so v grateful for the work and existence of inimitable, MacArthur Genius @sfdirewolf.bsky.social. #DisabilityJustice

Touched by her blurb for ANNAH, INFINITE.

Pre-orders mean a lot, pls do so from @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social site to get 10% off www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...
PRAISE ‘What is behind a portrait? What layers of meaning and bodily experiences are hidden or distorted when one is objectified by the artist? Khairani Barokka breaks down Annah la Javanaise by Paul Gauguin through a lens of colonialism, ableism, heteronormativity, and racism. The author sees pain written on Annah’s body and reflects on her pain journey, tracing years of torture and neglect. Annah, Infinite is a fascinating exploration of Barokka’s relationship with a brown person who was real and made into a painting.’— Alice Wong, author of Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life
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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Jul 9
Books I read in June.
Gathering the books for the picture, I realised it's all indie presses, which always leads to a great reading month ✨

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Five books: Babylon, Albion: A Personal History of Myth and Migration by Dalia Al-Dujaili, The City and the House by Natalia Ginzburg, translated from the Italian by Dick Davis, B. Proudew by Irena Dousková, translated from the Czech by Melvyn Clarke, The Brothers by Asko Sahlberg, translated from the Finnish by Emily Jeremiah and Fleur Jeremiah, and Where the Wild Ladies Are by Matsuda Aoko, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton
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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · May 20
The book of my life (so far), ANNAH, INFINITE is an escape story.

A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US.

For reviews/i’views/events: [email protected]
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...
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Tilted Axis Press @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social · May 12
Thank you Haleh Agar for this pertienent review of Our City That Year by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell.

You can read Haleh's review, “Shree and Lubrin’s Fictions Offer Hope In Divisive Times” in the most recent edition of the Jhalek Review!

Link here substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Tilted Axis Press @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social · May 8
What books have shaped your understanding of trans resilience and revolution?”

REVATHI: A LIFE IN TRANS ACTIVISM is an essential read for #transhistoryweek.

Written by A. Revathi, tr by Nandini Murali
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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · Apr 28
Enormous congrats to @shreedaisy.bsky.social on UK publication of OUR CITY THAT YEAR, her newest tr. of Geetanjali Shree, out now w @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social! ✨🌟✨💫
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Daisy Rockwell @shreedaisy.bsky.social · Apr 11
Read the first chapter of Our City that Year, my translation of Geetanjali Shree’s Hindi novel, in @literaryhub.bsky.social
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Apr 11
“Into this city the three of them came forth. Panicked. Determined to bring everything to the fore: the crime and the criminal; the wounded and the dead. All of it.” Read from Geetanjali Shree’s Our City That Year, translated by @shreedaisy.bsky.social.
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haricha हरिचा 하리차 荷伊莎 هریچا @harichaart.bsky.social · May 2
My illustration work for @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social and @404ink.bsky.social 🎨 / Contact me at harichaart (at) gmail (dot) com for art (+Korean-English translation) enquiries!
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Tilted Axis Press @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social · Apr 25
A quiet storm of memory, loss, and ghosts — dd's Umbrella lingers like a whisper you can’t unhear.

In a beautiful review, @taylortaeyeon.bsky.social calls it “a ghost story about memory that lingers and grief that mutates.”

Read it via Singapore Unbound:
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