Congrats to M Lynx Qualey and Sonia Nimr for appearing on the shortlist for the 2023 Banipal Prize for Thunderbird and Thunderbird II!

We're ✨thrilled✨ that the The Society of Authors has announced that THUNDERBIRD books 1 & 2 are on the shortlist for their 2023 #TranslationPrizes! Congrats to Palestinian author Sonia Nimr, translator M Lynx Qualey, and our publishing partner CMES Publications! ❤️utpress.utexas.edu/9781477326930/…

Y'alla: A Texan Journal of Middle Eastern Literature returns this fall, and we are holding a MENA Sci-fi story translation contest! Submissions are being accepted between now and July 1st. Two submissions will be selected to receive prizes, all will be considered for publication!

Thunderbird III cover reveal! Thank you to Noha 𝒩ع for another beautiful cover.

Washington D.C. area folks, don't miss the chance to hear Nadine Sinno and William Taggart talk about translating Huda Hamed's I Saw Her in My Dreams, one of the very few novels by an Omani woman to be translated into English-Solid State Books next month. utpress.utexas.edu/9781477326961/

One more month to submit!

They're here!!! Message me for review copies or pre-order here: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477327524/ #worldkidlit #palestinianliterature #middlegradefantasy

Just a reminder that Thunderbird Book Three is available for pre-orders: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477327524/ Get 40% off right now with the promo code UTXSUMMER.

Last day to enter the Y'alla Sci-Fi contest!

My copy of THUNDERBIRD Book 3 arrived! So excited! The trilogy is complete. #WorldKidLit for #WITMonth #SoniaNimr M Lynx Qualey

Happy publication day to M Lynx Qualey and Sonia Nimr. Thunderbird Book Three is here and the trilogy's complete! #middlegradefantasy #Palestinianliterature

Join us Tuesday, October 1st for a virtual talk with author Sonia Nimr and translator M Lynx Qualey about the Thunderbird Trilogy, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Children's Literature Program! childrenslit.pitt.edu/event/book-tal…

Please join us on Monday, October 28th at 11am central for another virtual conversation between Sonia Nimr and M Lynx Qualey, the author and translator of the Thunderbird trilogy. The conversation will be moderated by Bhakti Shringarpure @radicalbooks.bsky.social. #worldkidlit

Congrats to our 2024 Y'alla Science Fiction Translation Contest Winners!!! First Place: S.G.L.L. by Sadegh Hedayat, translated by Michelle Quay Runner-up: Cairo Maquette by Tareq Imam, translated by Katherine Van der Vate Thank you to everyone who submitted! #sciencefiction

Happy book birthday to Iclal VanWesenbeeck, whose translation of Halide Edib Adivar's remarkable Ottoman novel, Seviyye Talip, is out today from UT Press! utpress.utexas.edu/9781477330647/…

Y'alla Issue #3 is Now Live! with stories by Sadegh Hedayat, Sherwin Vakili, Tareq Imam, and Moussa Ould Ebnou sites.utexas.edu/yalla/wp-admin…

Accepting translations for our spring 2025 issue!

join us on Monday, 4/21 for a talk about the new YA science fiction novel I Want Golden Eyes with author Maria Dadouch and translator M Lynx Qualey Register here: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

If you enjoyed our episode with multi-award-winning kid-lit author Maria Dadouch, join her and BULAQ co-host Marcia Lynx Qualey on Monday for a discussion of her fast-paced YA SFF novel I WANT GOLDEN EYES.

Join us tomorrow, June 11, for a virtual discussion of the new CMES Emerging Voices title, Fear in the Middle of a Vast Field and Other Stories by Mustafa Taj Aldeen Almosa, translated by Maisaa Tanjour and Alice Holttum (distributed by University of Texas Press). utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regist…