Sharni Wilson シャーニ・ウィルソン
@sharni.bsky.social
I’ve worked as a translator for many years, but as a writer, I’ve never been translated. Until now! Essay in J lit mag Night Land Quarterly vol.43, trans. editor-in-chief Akira Okawada, titled ‘Barbed Hooks and Fantastical Worlds: Junko Mase, an author who almost broke her translator’ #xl8 #WITmonth
August 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
I’ve worked as a translator for many years, but as a writer, I’ve never been translated. Until now! Essay in J lit mag Night Land Quarterly vol.43, trans. editor-in-chief Akira Okawada, titled ‘Barbed Hooks and Fantastical Worlds: Junko Mase, an author who almost broke her translator’ #xl8 #WITmonth
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Free #witmonth story via Guernica:
"Go For It" by Masami Kakinuma (1985- ) (translated by Sharni Wilson)
"Yuto stared up at the ceiling...
"Lying in his futon, he couldn’t get to sleep—by his side, his gran was reading him folktales."
"Go For It" by Masami Kakinuma (1985- ) (translated by Sharni Wilson)
"Yuto stared up at the ceiling...
"Lying in his futon, he couldn’t get to sleep—by his side, his gran was reading him folktales."
Out now, 'Go for it' by Masami Kakinuma (transl. me) featured in Guernica's Global Spotlights.
Set in Tokyo and rural Iwate, it blends folklore with modern-day struggles to adult, reconnecting with family and stepping up. Plus some cool yokai www.guernicamag.com/go-for-it/
Set in Tokyo and rural Iwate, it blends folklore with modern-day struggles to adult, reconnecting with family and stepping up. Plus some cool yokai www.guernicamag.com/go-for-it/
Go for it
A quietly enchanted story of family, folklore, and the courage to recognise happiness before it passes you by.
www.guernicamag.com
August 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Free #witmonth story via Guernica:
"Go For It" by Masami Kakinuma (1985- ) (translated by Sharni Wilson)
"Yuto stared up at the ceiling...
"Lying in his futon, he couldn’t get to sleep—by his side, his gran was reading him folktales."
"Go For It" by Masami Kakinuma (1985- ) (translated by Sharni Wilson)
"Yuto stared up at the ceiling...
"Lying in his futon, he couldn’t get to sleep—by his side, his gran was reading him folktales."
Out now, 'Go for it' by Masami Kakinuma (transl. me) featured in Guernica's Global Spotlights.
Set in Tokyo and rural Iwate, it blends folklore with modern-day struggles to adult, reconnecting with family and stepping up. Plus some cool yokai www.guernicamag.com/go-for-it/
Set in Tokyo and rural Iwate, it blends folklore with modern-day struggles to adult, reconnecting with family and stepping up. Plus some cool yokai www.guernicamag.com/go-for-it/
Go for it
A quietly enchanted story of family, folklore, and the courage to recognise happiness before it passes you by.
www.guernicamag.com
July 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Out now, 'Go for it' by Masami Kakinuma (transl. me) featured in Guernica's Global Spotlights.
Set in Tokyo and rural Iwate, it blends folklore with modern-day struggles to adult, reconnecting with family and stepping up. Plus some cool yokai www.guernicamag.com/go-for-it/
Set in Tokyo and rural Iwate, it blends folklore with modern-day struggles to adult, reconnecting with family and stepping up. Plus some cool yokai www.guernicamag.com/go-for-it/
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"She’s twenty-something, and she said, ‘Don’t you dare call me auntie,’ so I call her Junko. She took me to Disneyland and the Tokyo Skytree. She used to have a boyfriend, and he lived with her, but then he moved out..."
—Sharni Wilson translates Tamaki Senomoto
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—Sharni Wilson translates Tamaki Senomoto
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Sharni Wilson translates Tamaki Senomoto – ANMLY
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June 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM
"She’s twenty-something, and she said, ‘Don’t you dare call me auntie,’ so I call her Junko. She took me to Disneyland and the Tokyo Skytree. She used to have a boyfriend, and he lived with her, but then he moved out..."
—Sharni Wilson translates Tamaki Senomoto
anmly.org/ap42/sharni-...
—Sharni Wilson translates Tamaki Senomoto
anmly.org/ap42/sharni-...
Hot off the press, a new short story by emerging writer Tamaki Senomoto (瀬本 環), transl me, with multiple translation challenges: Tsugaru dialect, child voice, set in Neputa Festival (pic Rosino). A privilege to work w editor Nour Kamel Ibrahim @ ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social
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June 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Hot off the press, a new short story by emerging writer Tamaki Senomoto (瀬本 環), transl me, with multiple translation challenges: Tsugaru dialect, child voice, set in Neputa Festival (pic Rosino). A privilege to work w editor Nour Kamel Ibrahim @ ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social
anmly.org/ap42/sharni-...
anmly.org/ap42/sharni-...
*drumroll* Very honoured my book made the shortlist for the 2026 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (fiction category). Find it really hard to believe my paper baby is among such incredible books! Huge thanks to ATB ¦ ITK & everyone who supported me #amwriting #litfic #nzfiction
May 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
*drumroll* Very honoured my book made the shortlist for the 2026 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (fiction category). Find it really hard to believe my paper baby is among such incredible books! Huge thanks to ATB ¦ ITK & everyone who supported me #amwriting #litfic #nzfiction
Happy to have a micropoem, 'Mother', in the latest lovely issue of Password: A Journal of Very Short Poetry, out today! veryshortpoetry.com #amwriting #micropoetry #haiku
password. very short poetry.
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February 28, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Happy to have a micropoem, 'Mother', in the latest lovely issue of Password: A Journal of Very Short Poetry, out today! veryshortpoetry.com #amwriting #micropoetry #haiku
Spotted my book in @unitybooksauckland in some really good company 😍 So happy I made it on this shelf! Sometimes I love being a W...
#startingfromthebottom #writerlife #nzfiction #damienwilkins
#startingfromthebottom #writerlife #nzfiction #damienwilkins
January 16, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Spotted my book in @unitybooksauckland in some really good company 😍 So happy I made it on this shelf! Sometimes I love being a W...
#startingfromthebottom #writerlife #nzfiction #damienwilkins
#startingfromthebottom #writerlife #nzfiction #damienwilkins
Happy New Year! This is my end-of-year publishing roundup for 2025: I branched out and tried some completely new things.
Stoked I could work with such amazing people in 2025 and balance fun projects with working full-time + parenting. Hope to do more and longer in 2026 #2025roundup #amwriting #xl8
Stoked I could work with such amazing people in 2025 and balance fun projects with working full-time + parenting. Hope to do more and longer in 2026 #2025roundup #amwriting #xl8
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Happy New Year! This is my end-of-year publishing roundup for 2025: I branched out and tried some completely new things.
Stoked I could work with such amazing people in 2025 and balance fun projects with working full-time + parenting. Hope to do more and longer in 2026 #2025roundup #amwriting #xl8
Stoked I could work with such amazing people in 2025 and balance fun projects with working full-time + parenting. Hope to do more and longer in 2026 #2025roundup #amwriting #xl8
V happy (also v surprised) to find name on list with these writers! Renee Liang, Michael Botur, Shelley Burne-Field, Tim Saunders, Lee Hana, Cristin Leach, Jessica le Bas, Lorraine Carmody, Kirstie McKinnon, Anna Scaife <3
(KM Sparkling Prose shortlist, winners announced Oct)
#amwriting #fiction
(KM Sparkling Prose shortlist, winners announced Oct)
#amwriting #fiction
September 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
V happy (also v surprised) to find name on list with these writers! Renee Liang, Michael Botur, Shelley Burne-Field, Tim Saunders, Lee Hana, Cristin Leach, Jessica le Bas, Lorraine Carmody, Kirstie McKinnon, Anna Scaife <3
(KM Sparkling Prose shortlist, winners announced Oct)
#amwriting #fiction
(KM Sparkling Prose shortlist, winners announced Oct)
#amwriting #fiction
So gutted about the imminent demolition of the iconic City to Sea Bridge in Wellington! Great piece on this by Jo Draper josephinedraper.com/the-city-to-...
The City to Sea Bridge – Wellington’s human corridor bridge
In September 2024 I posted that the City to Sea Bridge in Wellington is my favourite bit of infrastructure, largely because it is so generously proportioned that it feels like a part of the city ra…
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September 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So gutted about the imminent demolition of the iconic City to Sea Bridge in Wellington! Great piece on this by Jo Draper josephinedraper.com/the-city-to-...
Audio version of scifi story ‘The Secret’ by Fumio Takano now live! Feat TWO amazing voice actors @justineleahva.com & Alex Bankier, ed @witchywonderer.bsky.social, prod Jenelle DeCosta, xl8 me. Have a listen, support human-made art and creativity! #WITmonth #xl8 www.khoreomag.com/translation/...
The Secret
Year 2102 “Hey. My name’s Michi. Nice to meetcha. So, why do I need to wear this? I thought the job was hacking.” Michi stared down her nose at the frilly white apron over the regulation navy-blue dre...
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August 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Audio version of scifi story ‘The Secret’ by Fumio Takano now live! Feat TWO amazing voice actors @justineleahva.com & Alex Bankier, ed @witchywonderer.bsky.social, prod Jenelle DeCosta, xl8 me. Have a listen, support human-made art and creativity! #WITmonth #xl8 www.khoreomag.com/translation/...
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Have you wanted to travel to Japan and South Korea but worried about navigating language barriers? Consider signing up for this 2026 tour of Japan- The Inland Sea- and South Korea organized by Washington University. I will tag along as the talking head.
alumni.washu.edu/destinations...
alumni.washu.edu/destinations...
Inland Sea of Japan and South Korea - Alumni and Friends - Washington University in St. Louis
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June 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Have you wanted to travel to Japan and South Korea but worried about navigating language barriers? Consider signing up for this 2026 tour of Japan- The Inland Sea- and South Korea organized by Washington University. I will tag along as the talking head.
alumni.washu.edu/destinations...
alumni.washu.edu/destinations...
Te Moana o Reo is about to be reviewed on RNZ (this morning 10.35am NZ time) ...am waiting with bated breath to see what Elizabeth Heritage says. I feel very fond of this book, it's a celebration of Aotearoa languages and has my first ever essay in it, on working in Japan #multilingual #nzfic #essay
May 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Te Moana o Reo is about to be reviewed on RNZ (this morning 10.35am NZ time) ...am waiting with bated breath to see what Elizabeth Heritage says. I feel very fond of this book, it's a celebration of Aotearoa languages and has my first ever essay in it, on working in Japan #multilingual #nzfic #essay
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We are excited to share that we are the 2025 Locus Awards' top ten finalists for best magazine! 🧡 🎉 Congratulations to all of the fellow @locusmag.bsky.social finalists!
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2025 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists
Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 21, 2025, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile …
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May 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We are excited to share that we are the 2025 Locus Awards' top ten finalists for best magazine! 🧡 🎉 Congratulations to all of the fellow @locusmag.bsky.social finalists!
locusmag.com/2025/05/2025...
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New flash fiction out today in the Wild Umbrella, an ambitious new journal based in Dublin, Ireland!
Editor Mina El Attar also interviews me on inspiration, writing process and motherhood, which feels very exposing.
Links in comments!
#amwritingfiction #flashfiction #writingmotherhood
Editor Mina El Attar also interviews me on inspiration, writing process and motherhood, which feels very exposing.
Links in comments!
#amwritingfiction #flashfiction #writingmotherhood
April 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
New flash fiction out today in the Wild Umbrella, an ambitious new journal based in Dublin, Ireland!
Editor Mina El Attar also interviews me on inspiration, writing process and motherhood, which feels very exposing.
Links in comments!
#amwritingfiction #flashfiction #writingmotherhood
Editor Mina El Attar also interviews me on inspiration, writing process and motherhood, which feels very exposing.
Links in comments!
#amwritingfiction #flashfiction #writingmotherhood
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Swan Knight by Fumio Takano, translated by Sharni Wilson, has been chosen on Goodreads by the Japanese Literature group ❤️ Discover this wild novella, head to the Luna store: www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page... @sharni.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Swan Knight by Fumio Takano, translated by Sharni Wilson, has been chosen on Goodreads by the Japanese Literature group ❤️ Discover this wild novella, head to the Luna store: www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page... @sharni.bsky.social
Excited for this great book, Te Moana o Reo ¦ Ocean of Languages, ed. Michelle Elvy & Vaughan Rapatahana, launching with a national tour! There'll be readings by some amazing people and I so wish I could be there. #nzfiction #multilingual #booklaunch
February 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Excited for this great book, Te Moana o Reo ¦ Ocean of Languages, ed. Michelle Elvy & Vaughan Rapatahana, launching with a national tour! There'll be readings by some amazing people and I so wish I could be there. #nzfiction #multilingual #booklaunch
Amazing to see this Japanese-to-English short story, by Kaori Ekuni, get some more love! The Japanese original text is also included on the page. CW: DV. Happy January in Japan! #xl8
Today I’ll be reading Kaori Ekuni’s “Lunch Ticket” (translated by Sharni Wilson), compliments of Lunch Ticket.
Ekuni is probably best known in English for her novel Twinkle Twinkle (trans. Emi Shimokawa), about an asexual woman married to a gay man partnered with someone else. It’s a great read.
Ekuni is probably best known in English for her novel Twinkle Twinkle (trans. Emi Shimokawa), about an asexual woman married to a gay man partnered with someone else. It’s a great read.
January 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Amazing to see this Japanese-to-English short story, by Kaori Ekuni, get some more love! The Japanese original text is also included on the page. CW: DV. Happy January in Japan! #xl8
This is a great list of free-to-read short stories, translated from Japanese #JanuaryinJapan
This is my reading project for #JanuaryinJapan. 31 days of free-to-read short stories. I'll post a new short story every day, and you're welcome to read along!
31 Short Stories for January in Japan
In honor of January in Japan, RJL presents a list of 31 translated Japanese short stories you can read on-line for free, listed alphabetically by author. 2025 marks the 18th year of this online cel…
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January 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This is a great list of free-to-read short stories, translated from Japanese #JanuaryinJapan
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The @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social’s Year in Reviews is one of the best parts of my reading year. Lots of Japanese titles included here.
The Year in Reviews: 50 Highlights from 2024
This entirely subjective list of 50 highlights from 2024 include reviews of fiction, literature, poetry and non-fiction. Translations remained strong in this year’s list, including literature, poet…
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December 30, 2024 at 3:57 PM
The @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social’s Year in Reviews is one of the best parts of my reading year. Lots of Japanese titles included here.
New sci-fi story 'The Secret' by Fumio Takano just dropped, and it's a banger! Transl. by me #newrelease #xl8 #japanese #scifi #futurejapan
In 2102, Michi goes undercover as a maid for a hacking job, while in 2030, Ryo sells his appearance to a tech company. Their lives intersect to expose the dirty laundry of neo-feudal futuristic Japanese elite in “The Secret”, written by Fumio Takano and translated into English by Sharni Wilson.
December 16, 2024 at 12:52 AM
New sci-fi story 'The Secret' by Fumio Takano just dropped, and it's a banger! Transl. by me #newrelease #xl8 #japanese #scifi #futurejapan
How can food connect us with family and heritage? So happy to have this hermit crab creative nonfiction reprinted in
SugarSugarSalt Magazine today! First published in the Malahat Review. They are open for subs as of today too.
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#familyrecipe #cnf #foodheritage
SugarSugarSalt Magazine today! First published in the Malahat Review. They are open for subs as of today too.
sugarsugarsalt.org/2024/09/01/s...
#familyrecipe #cnf #foodheritage
segedínský guláš by Sharni Wilson
A slow‐roasted never‐tasted Czech mystery in a paprika gravy, stewed with sauerkraut and heavy cream; the acute accents indicate long vowels, the caron (flying bird, inverted hat) at the end hishes wi...
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September 1, 2024 at 3:29 PM
How can food connect us with family and heritage? So happy to have this hermit crab creative nonfiction reprinted in
SugarSugarSalt Magazine today! First published in the Malahat Review. They are open for subs as of today too.
sugarsugarsalt.org/2024/09/01/s...
#familyrecipe #cnf #foodheritage
SugarSugarSalt Magazine today! First published in the Malahat Review. They are open for subs as of today too.
sugarsugarsalt.org/2024/09/01/s...
#familyrecipe #cnf #foodheritage
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COVER REVEAL + PRE-ORDERS OPEN! Swan Knight by Fumio Takano, is the latest Over the Moon novella from Luna Press. Translated from Japanese by Sharni Wilson. Available in PB and Digital in all the usual retailers. Join the surreal world of Wagner! www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page...
February 1, 2024 at 5:56 PM
COVER REVEAL + PRE-ORDERS OPEN! Swan Knight by Fumio Takano, is the latest Over the Moon novella from Luna Press. Translated from Japanese by Sharni Wilson. Available in PB and Digital in all the usual retailers. Join the surreal world of Wagner! www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page...