CMES Publications

Publisher of Middle Eastern and North African literature in #translation for adults and young people, distributed by @utexaspress, housed by @utaustinmes

[UT Middle Eastern Studies @utaustinmes]

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 @UTexasPress). https://t.co/6dBVA6yCW1

[Bulaq @bulaqbooks]

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.

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

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 @mlynxqualey
Register here:
https://t.co/5hwdXWopOx

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

Accepting translations for our spring 2025 issue!

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

Y'alla Issue #3 is Now Live!
with stories by Sadegh Hedayat, Sherwin Vakili, Tareq Imam, and Moussa Ould Ebnou
https://t.co/z3xh9zVxYB

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

Happy book birthday to Iclal VanWesenbeeck, whose translation of Halide Edib Adivar's remarkable Ottoman novel, Seviyye Talip, is out today from UT Press! https://t.co/H7djYWkX0y

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Congrats to our 2024 Y'alla Science Fiction Translation Contest Winners!!!

First Place: S.G.L.L. by Sadegh Hedayat, translated by @mm_quay

Runner-up: Cairo Maquette by Tareq Imam, translated by Katherine Van der Vate

Thank you to everyone who submitted!

#sciencefiction

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

Please join us on Monday, October 28th at 11am central for another virtual conversation between Sonia Nimr and @mlynxqualey, the author and translator of the Thunderbird trilogy. The conversation will be moderated by @bhakti_shringa.

#worldkidlit

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

Join us Tuesday, October 1st for a virtual talk with author Sonia Nimr and translator @mlynxqualey about the Thunderbird Trilogy, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Children's Literature Program! https://t.co/EvfNO735N6

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

Happy publication day to @mlynxqualey and Sonia Nimr. Thunderbird Book Three is here and the trilogy's complete!

#middlegradefantasy #Palestinianliterature

[Avery Udagawa @AveryUdagawa]

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

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

@KirkusReviews calls Thunderbird, Book Three, "a satisfying, uplifting ending to an imaginative and original adventure."

Read the full review here: https://t.co/ctZ3zJZ4W2

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

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One more month to submit!

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Just a reminder that Thunderbird Book Three is available for pre-orders: https://t.co/y78y8yJpAA Get 40% off right now with the promo code UTXSUMMER.

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

They're here!!! Message me for review copies or pre-order here: https://t.co/y78y8yJXq8 #worldkidlit #palestinianliterature #middlegradefantasy

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One more month to submit!

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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!

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

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-@solidstatedc next month. https://t.co/a91BzFXuVR

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Thunderbird III cover reveal! Thank you to @artbynoha for another beautiful cover.

[CMES Publications @CMESPubs]

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!

[University of Texas Press @UTexasPress]

We're ✨thrilled✨ that the @Soc_of_Authors has announced that THUNDERBIRD books 1 & 2 are on the shortlist for their 2023 #TranslationPrizes!

Congrats to Palestinian author Sonia Nimr, translator @mlynxqualey, and our publishing partner @CMESPubs! ❤️https://t.co/fZ1SzPY4BS