Tag Archives: Andersen Press

The Mouse that Roared (in Different Dialects)

To mark the publication of The Train Mouse, here’s a slightly edited version of an article I wrote for the ITI Bulletin, which first appeared in their January-February edition (please consider buying it from an independent bookshop in these challenging … Continue reading

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Not Now, Bernard by David McKee

Not Now, Bernard by David McKee is a children’s classic, first published in 1980 by Andersen Press and still going strong. It’s also another controversial one. Bernard tries to tell his mum and dad that there’s a monster in the … Continue reading

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10 Years Down the Line – Expectations and Reality of Literary Translation

This time ten years ago I was working on my MA dissertation – an annotated translation of Gudrun Pausewang‘s Die Verräterin, which would be published by Andersen Press as Traitor about two years later – eight years ago yesterday, in fact. … Continue reading

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