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Translator describes the experience of adapting violent scenes

Posted on 05/26/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Very few, if any, people think that translating literature is easy. And Nicky Harman is no stranger to its challenges, h...

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Tagged As: Literature in translation, Writer's Digest

Posted on 09/24/2018 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Chip Kidd has left his mark on more than one well-known book, but Vulture in particular appreciates his work on Haruki M...

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Tagged As: Cover design

Posted on 07/20/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

For many of us, it’s easier to find reasons not to try something than it is to take a leap. If that “somethi...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Motivational, Writing advice

Posted on 06/29/2018 at 08:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When illustrator Brian Selznick was asked to design the twentieth-anniversary covers for the Harry Potter series, his fi...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Children's literature, Cover design, Young adult literature

Posted on 07/01/2018 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s no secret why some authors chose the pseudonyms they did (such as, to disguise their gender), but other stori...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub

Posted on 06/21/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Benjamin Myers didn’t expect to win the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, nor could he have predicted the...

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Tagged As: Awards, Historical fiction, The Guardian

Posted on 06/18/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Romance isn’t the only genre with diversity issues — detective fiction tends to be overwhelmingly white, mal...

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Tagged As: Diversity, The Guardian