In this Q&A, Enchanted Lion interviews Blexbolex, the award-winning French graphic artist and author-illustrator of The Magicians. He describes how he turns a tide of images and sensations into a book, how finding a narrative thread is like untangling a ball of yarn, what he learned about storytelling from video games, and more.
Read MoreTouching on loss and childhood, poetry and color, and Maurice Sendak and animal companions, author Dafna Ben-Zvi and illustrator Ofra Amit speak with Enchanted Lion’s Emilie Robert Wong about how Snoozie, Sunny, and So-So came to be. In part two of the interview, they discuss their connection to Maurice Sendak, the liberating and transformative power of the imagination, and why difficult topics belong in children’s literature.
Read MoreMichael and Shizuka Blaskowsky are the husband-and-wife translator team behind the Sato the Rabbit picture-book trilogy, written and illustrated by Yuki Ainoya and originally published in Japan. The pair speak with Enchanted Lion’s Emilie Robert Wong about the differences between American and Japanese stories, the immersive power of illustration, and the endless possibilities of Sato's dreamlike, fantastical world.
Read MoreMichael and Shizuka Blaskowsky are the husband-and-wife translator team behind the Sato the Rabbit picture-book trilogy, written and illustrated by Yuki Ainoya and originally published in Japan. The pair speak with Enchanted Lion’s Emilie Robert Wong about the differences between American and Japanese stories, the immersive power of illustration, and the endless possibilities of Sato's dreamlike, fantastical world.
Read MoreIn celebration of 100 years of Gianni Rodari, Antony Shugaar, translator of Rodari’s Telephone Tales, dissects a story, muses on what can be lost—and found—in translation, and answers our Ten Basic Questions. Third and final part of an interview between translator Antony Shugaar and Enchanted Lion’s Emilie Robert Wong, exploring translation, Rodari, and children’s literature.
Read MoreIn celebration of 100 years of Gianni Rodari, Antony Shugaar, translator of Rodari’s Telephone Tales, explores translation, metaphor, and moving vans, while taking a deep dive into Rodari’s underground river of decency and finding the light that Telephone Tales can offer in troubling times. Part two of three of an interview between translator Antony Shugaar and Enchanted Lion’s Emilie Robert Wong, exploring translation, Rodari, and children’s literature.
Read MoreIn celebration of 100 years of Gianni Rodari, Antony Shugaar shares how his translation of Rodari’s Telephone Tales came to be published by Enchanted Lion, his approach toward translation as a form of reporting, and the Rodarian idea that, in the end, all stories just might be telephone calls. Part one of three of an interview between translator Antony Shugaar and Enchanted Lion’s Emilie Robert Wong, exploring translation, Rodari, and children’s literature.
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