The best books of 2020 to support indie publishers this Christmas Guardian staff
Earthlingsby Sayaka Murata (Granta)
The follow-up to Convenience Store Woman, this is the story of Natsuki, who as a 10-year-old hopes a spaceship will take her to the planet Popinpobopia and save her from her miserable childhood.
by Adam Kucharski (Wellcome Collection)
A serendipitously timed look at why things spread, from viruses to political movements to ideas, by a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
by Yan Ge, translated by Jeremy Tiang (Tilted Axis)
In a fictional Chinese town, a cryptozoologist goes in search of marvellous monsters, in this playful metaphysical bestiary.
This new chapbook proves that writings by farmers and peasants are overdue
Written by Catherine Orda
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endIndex: Gantala Press’ collaboration with British publisher Tilted Axis Press is translating Filipina stories for a wider audience. Cover photo from TILTED AXIS PRESS
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines Life) Published by feminist press Gantala, the digital zine “Kumusta Kayo? Naratibo ng Kababaihang Magbubukid Ngayong Pandemya” documents the experiences of peasant and rural women. But it is long overdue, says Gantala Press founder and poet Faye Cura.
Because most presses were historically in Manila and geared towards bookstore circulation and sales, indigenous women and peasant women are hardly given a platform to disseminate their thoughts. “We know of a farmer who writes poems in her little notebook while waiting for people to buy vegetables in her stall,” she says. In contrast, Gantala actively seeks out these works by women, including those