Ian Giles
Ian Giles is the translator of more than 40 Scandinavian books, including Søren Sveistrup's HIDE AND SEEK and Andrev Walden’s BLOODY AWFUL IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
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It's Lit In Translation podcast
It's Lit In Translation podcast
In Other Words
In Other Words
Kate McNamara and Sofia Blomqvist Rytters interview translator Ian Giles who works from Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian into English. We talk about breaking into literary translation, the value of commercial and genre fiction, and Ian Giles' experience of translating Andrev Walden’s Bloody Awful in D
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Order Bloody Awful in print – out now in paperback!
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Listen to a sample of the BAiDW audiobook
Bloody Awful on the Fig Tree 🐧🏠 website
Bloody Awful on the Fig Tree 🐧🏠 website
Writing About Bloody Awful
Åsa Linderborg in conversation with Andrev Walden
Åsa Linderborg in conversation with Andrev Walden
Collected thoughts on Bloody Awful by Ian Giles
Collected thoughts on Bloody Awful by Ian Giles
Daily Telegraph 5* review for Bloody Awful
Daily Telegraph 5* review for Bloody Awful
Bloody Awful reviewed in The Guardian
Bloody Awful reviewed in The Guardian
In this bleak, bestselling coming-of-age debut, the author evokes life with the seven dads he had in seven years
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