In January, Norfolk writer and novelist Sarah Perry travelled to Prague, City of Literature, to begin her writing residency. As the end of this exciting experience draws near, she reflects on her early expectations and the reality of what she has gained – has she achieved all that she’d wanted to?
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Joheun Lee (Jo) is an aspiring literary translator from Korea, and a current mentee for the Emerging Literary Translator Mentorships 2024. She has been working as a Korean-to-English freelance translator for several commercial projects. A long-time fan of K-pop and many other subcultures, she finds herself drawn to the works on related topics and speculative fiction, especially by women and queer writers. A UX Designer by day, Jo now lives with her partner and two cats in Shanghai, China.
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Writing ‘Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country’
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