Technically there's no pub day (it's "Published in Apr 2024"), so I shall celebrate for the whole month instead! I can't believe DAKOTA by Wong Koi Tet is finally meeting its readers - both in an expanded Chinese edition and my English translation. DAKOTA is a project that has been with me since the early days of my foray into literary translation and it has seen me through my very newbie days to my less newbie self now. It's indeed a very special book to me, for many reasons. It brought …