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The short stories Ogiwara-sensei blogged about earlier this summer will appear in an anthology entitled Magatama no Sekai: Ogiwara Noriko Dokuhon (The World of Magatama: A Noriko Ogiwara Reader) this December. It includes a talk with Noriko Ogiwara and Nahoko Uehashi, creator of the Moribito series, on Japanese fantasy. More details will be added to …
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Manga artist Achiru sent me a drawing of Chihaya …and I sent her a copy of Dragon Sword and Wind Child. Have you ordered the new paperback yet? DSWC from Haikasoru Browse the Dragon Sword and Wind Child tag on the Haikasoru website Read an interview with Achiru in Lip Gloss Teen Magazine (pp.30-36)
Viz Media will be releasing Dragon Sword and Wind Child in paperback under its Haikasoru label November 16, 2010 (originally scheduled for September 08). This is going to be DSWC’s first time in paperback, so make sure you spread the word and support! Remember, sales and our chances of seeing the sequels have a positive …
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According to Ogiwara-sensei’s August 18 blog post, she has been asked to write a collection of short stories branching off of the Magatama trilogy (Dragon Sword and Wind Child, Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince, Usubeni Tennyo). From what she describes, these short stories will be about things that don’t come up in the original novels …
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Cathy Hirano, translator of Dragon Sword and Wind Child, has twice garnered the prestigious Batchelder Award for her translated novels. The Society of Writers, Editors, & Translators (SWET) interviewed her about Moribito and DSWC in July. “SWET member Cathy Hirano is a Japanese-English translator living in Shikoku. Her translation of the young adult (YA) novel …
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