Author Spotlight

Get to know some of our favourite authours and their books with our authour spotlights. Brilliant writers from across the translated fiction world.

yan lianke author
Yan Lianke: Author of Some of the Best Chinese Novels
robert bolagno authour
Author Spotlight: The Life and Works of Roberto Bolaño
Kawabata Featured
Author Spotlight: The Life and Works of Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese Nobel Prize Winners
Japan’s Nobel Prize Winners: The Fantasist, The Rebel, and the Aesthete
Banana Yoshimoto Books
Author Spotlight: Banana Yoshimoto
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Will Heath

Will predominantly writes about the books of Books and Bao, examining the literature of a place and how the authors have used the art of storytelling to reflect the world and the culture around them.