tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88349133080578821522024-02-22T18:58:34.413+01:00Yoko MorgensternWelcome to my pageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-69395830576265688672022-12-31T21:08:00.001+01:002022-12-31T21:08:54.554+01:00Have a read of my interview with Emily Updegraff at Great Lakes Review. What a beautiful, insightful review! https://greatlakesreview.org/book-review-morgenstern/ Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-46976650883121758452022-08-13T15:56:00.004+02:002022-08-13T16:01:52.068+02:00Myshort story collection, "A Perfect Day to Die" (Guerinica World Editions) will be released on September 1st!!A
widower meets a man who can change the weather. A middle-aged woman
attempts to freeze to death. A young man attempts to starve to death. A
young woman navigates in a foreign city, constructing a new identity. A
dancer is forced to accept a ride home from a bar comedian. A divorceeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-7209438157030763722022-02-03T21:41:00.002+01:002022-02-03T21:41:37.143+01:00Check out Lori reading my piece "The Comedian!" Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-70343858747394421162021-12-25T08:19:00.000+01:002021-12-25T08:19:03.387+01:00 What an honour to participate in this powerful anthology, Women’s Issues Vol 2: Women Power edited by International Human Rights Art Festival, NY. IHRAF gives voice to the voiceless, protects freedom of expression, and uses creativity to highlight human rights and social justice causes around the world. Its Honorary Committee includes Reps. John Lewis and AOC, actors Barbra Streisand and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-77821050215749872862021-12-25T08:14:00.002+01:002021-12-25T08:14:43.105+01:00The first ever translation of my short story came from Brazil! This one’s “The Summer with No Mosquitoes” (Great Lakes Review, 2018). Two more stories from my collection, A Perfect Day to Die (Guernica Editions, 2022) will follow: “The
Comedian” (Flash Fiction Online, 2018) and “St. Clair West” (untethered,
2016). Thanks to translator Patricia Lattavo; you can read her work on
BiblioTechie Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-19938869450726536812021-03-29T17:42:00.002+02:002021-03-29T17:51:20.474+02:00I’m
so excited to finally be able to announce that my short story
collection, The World Through Your Eyes (working title), which was a
2019 finalist for Eyelands Book Awards in Greece, will be published by
Guernica World Editions in 2022. This is exactly what I need to
sustain me through this dark period: HOPE! Hoping to come to Canada next
year if the world gets back to normal by then. So,Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-64289082641143011842019-11-26T00:44:00.002+01:002020-07-16T19:36:12.332+02:00So, my short story collection “A Perfect Day to Die” has been shortlisted!!
https://eyelandsawards.com/
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-12534975489728981092019-11-26T00:43:00.004+01:002019-11-26T00:43:39.312+01:00"The Comedian," originally published in Flash Fiction Online, has been featured in Book Riot!!!!
https://bookriot.com/2018/06/18/flash-fiction-stories/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-36747560557821459252018-08-07T17:08:00.004+02:002018-08-07T17:08:25.971+02:00Glad to be back to Tokyo FM TimeLine on May 31, 2018.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-63835389342914159172018-02-06T22:04:00.003+01:002018-03-03T23:35:09.563+01:00Thank you, Flash Fiction Online, for the powerful editorial. I’m flattered that my piece "The Comedian" has been included in this particular issue.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-62864922130221176512017-07-12T00:11:00.001+02:002017-07-12T00:13:08.946+02:00I was live on air discussing “casual racism” with the columnist Takashi Odajima on TOKYO FM on July 6. You can download the whole program here: http://www.tfm.co.jp/timeline/index.php
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-35980737768960577662017-05-30T13:19:00.003+02:002018-03-23T23:08:43.640+01:00I'll be a regular contributor to Newsweek Japan from this month.
http://www.newsweekjapan.jp/writer/morgenstern/
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-35263589598870404922016-09-27T00:09:00.000+02:002016-09-27T00:09:00.190+02:00I'm so honoured and humbled to be added to Die Kogge (European Authors Association) this year! It was great to get to know writers from many different countries. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-85094163466693146652016-01-28T22:38:00.000+01:002016-08-19T05:02:29.721+02:00My new story, "St. Clair West, 2:00 a.m." will be included in the upcoming issue of Untethered. Join the launch party on Wednesday, February 17 at 7 pm (EST) at Supermarket Restaurant and Bar, 268 Augusta Ave., Toronto!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-10457387478547244862015-06-27T23:37:00.001+02:002015-06-27T23:37:09.669+02:00"Hokusai and Oui" book trailer (in Japanese) Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-87033027721276164402015-03-02T00:17:00.000+01:002015-03-02T00:17:37.361+01:00HOKUSAI & OUI, the Japanese translation of THE GHOST BRUSH (aka THE PRINTMAKER'S DAUGHTER) by Katherine Govier, has been longlisted for The Best Translation Award. The shortlist will be announced in about a month.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-9380359887086633572014-09-09T16:46:00.001+02:002014-09-09T16:46:28.634+02:00
Double Exile book release at the Japan Foundation Toronto.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-67966879064637398552014-07-07T11:19:00.000+02:002014-07-07T11:19:47.572+02:00Double Exile Book ReleasePlease join - RSVP.
http://jftor.org/event/red-giant-books-presents-double-exile-book-launch/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-53957584582385660052014-07-07T11:08:00.000+02:002014-07-07T11:08:10.628+02:00Hokusai & Oui book event Hokusai & Oui book event at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo on June 11.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-70481086338689511792014-05-23T21:52:00.000+02:002014-05-23T21:53:26.377+02:00...and this one's for my own novel, Double Exile (Red Giant Books).
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-38568897650388420462014-05-23T21:45:00.000+02:002014-05-23T21:46:28.673+02:00Covers revealed...these are for my Japanese translation of Katherine Govier's novel "Hokusai & Oui" (vol.1 &2, Sairyu-sha) by a top designer Mr. Eiji Sakaguchi (The Catcher in the Rye/Sophie's World).
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-48156572497624107662013-12-20T00:56:00.000+01:002013-12-20T00:56:33.935+01:00The first page proofsThe first page proofs for my novel, Double Exile have arrived from Red Giant Books - it's going to be exciting reading holidays. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-43745292254370733452013-09-03T07:33:00.002+02:002013-10-03T20:35:59.927+02:00Finally! The release date is set!!Finally I can say this: my novel, DOUBLE EXILE will be released in 2014 in the United States. Yes, dreams come true. I'm truly, truly thankful.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-70348429158715233172013-05-31T21:18:00.000+02:002013-07-01T23:13:24.157+02:00The Great Lakes Review is now on saleThe Great Lakes Review spring issue is now on sale. My story, "Gustafson and the Chinese" appears on p104. Available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834913308057882152.post-50919067157590234402013-04-03T01:12:00.002+02:002013-06-01T21:25:18.216+02:00My new story, "Gustafson and the Chinese" will soon appear in The Great Lakes Review spring issue.
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