SCBWI Tokyo interviews Cathy Hirano

Alexander O. Smith interviews Cathy Hirano on behalf of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (Tokyo Translation Group) on her experience translating Dragon Sword and Wind Child and Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince: “Ogiwara’s battle scenes…convey the emotional intensity of the moment but the smaller details are rather blurred, as if viewed through …

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Publishers Weekly reviews Mirror Sword

With less than a month left till the release of Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince, today Publishers Weekly posted their review of the novel. ….Ogiwara avoids the temptation to write a simple quest story; the representations of divine power are more burdens than gifts, weighing possessors down with obligation and terrible temptations, and while Oguna …

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Haikasoru Cathy Hirano Q&A

Haikasoru interviews Cathy Hirano on translating Dragon Sword and Wind Child: Noriko Ogiwara’s Dragon Sword and Wind Child is loosely based on the ancient Japanese creation myths while Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince is inspired by the tale of Yamato Takeru, a legendary Japanese hero of the fourth century. These myths are an integral part …

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