MONKEY New Writing from Japan

The target market is readers of Japanese contemporary literature — a market that’s exploded in recent years, beyond Haruki Murakami fans. Four of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020 were novels from Japan, and two of TIME magazine’s 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020 were written (and translated) by MONKEY regulars: Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs and Aoko Matsuda’s Where the Wild Ladies Are. Our primary market is the United States, but also Canada, the UK, and English readers in Japan.

We send review copies to major media and Japan-related organizations.

MONKEY New Writing from Japan is an annual anthology that showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Volume 2 celebrates TRAVEL -- we may not be able to travel much during this second year of the pandemic, but we can travel in our imaginations. MONKEY offers short fiction and poetry by writers such as Mieko Kawakami, Haruki Murakami, Hideo Furukawa, Hiromi Kawakami, Aoko Matsuda, and Kyohei Sakaguchi; new translations of modern classics; a graphic narrative by Satoshi Kitamura; and contributions from American writers such as Brian Evenson and Laird Hunt.