Wild East is the debut YA novel by UEA alumnus Ashley Hickson-Lovence and is published by Penguin this week. Ashley grew up in Hackney, London, and completed an MA in Creative Writing and Publishing at City, University of London, while working as a secondary school English teacher. He completed his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing […]
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Translating YA Literature
Earlier this month, approaching the end of my residency, I led a ‘Translating YA Literature’ workshop at the BCLT, where we covered: Pitching YA Arabic literature Situating it in the greater Arabic literary sphere Process of choosing a cover/publicity YA Translation conundrums During this residency I have been translating the Djinn’s Apple,[1] a YA part […]