Louise Heal Kawai

Japanese to English literary translator (The Cat Who Saved Books, The Honjin Murders, The North Light, Point Zero...) theatre enthusiast, she/her

[New River Literary Agency @NewRiverAgency]

Bestselling Japanese feel good meets classic whodunnit? Here is just the thing!

MY GRANDFATHER, THE MASTER DETECTIVE by Masateru Konishi (@panmacmillan, tr. @quietmoonwave17) is now out in the UK - look out for the lovely cover in bookstores!

[新潮文庫 @shinchobunko]

横山秀夫さんの『ノースライト』英語版の訳者Louise Heal Kawaiさんが同作品で、米コロンビア大学ドナルド・キーン日本文化センターLindsley and Masao Miyoshi翻訳賞を受賞されました！

本作は新潮文庫の好評既刊です。この機会にぜひ！
https://t.co/Iq9cy0K2K3

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@yokomqzo Me too 😉

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@suigan3 はい、そうです。😊

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@rhodesparadox Love that photo!

[New River Literary Agency @NewRiverAgency]

'A classic slow burn, First Love brings the lives of both killer and psychologist into gradual, devastating focus'

Thanks to Brian Bergstrom for his pick of FIRST LOVE by Rio Shimamoto (@honfordstar, tr.@quietmoonwave17) for @parisreview's Best Books of 2024! 🌠

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@ceefaux @zaichishka No good unless they’re released simultaneously

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@skominers @DragicMarkovic I’d read The Honjin Murders before The Inugami Curse as it’s the first Detective Kindaichi Kosuke book in the series. And Death on Gokumon Island the second. The Inugami Curse is brilliant but the sixth written. There are occasional references to earlier books. But all excellent.

[Honford Star @honfordstar]

We're publishing First Love by Rio Shimamoto (trans. Louise Heal Kawai) in November 2024! Get your copy here: https://t.co/MbXhMuolSP

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@japanonmymind This sounds amazing, Lucy. Congratulations!

[Bitter Lemon Press @bitterlemonpub]

🧡 MARCH NEWSLETTER 🧡 Check out all the latest news about Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto - brilliantly translated by @quietmoonwave17 Out now in UK & US.

As the @FT said in its review "Become acquainted with a crime master.”

#crime #fiction #Japan 🇯🇵

https://t.co/6IqmBWNwLh

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

Thank you for the great review 😍

https://t.co/xM6BzX0pkU

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

Received my translator’s copies today. Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto. Published in Japan in 1959. Shows the impact of the post-war occupation of Japan, particularly on women’s lives. A murder mystery where the sleuth is also a woman - in search of her vanished husband.

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@thethoughtofth1 Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami. I’m biased because I’m the translator but I love 💗 it

[LoveReading @LoveReadinguk]

Out Now!
Point Zero by Seicho Matsumoto, @bitterlemonpub

"Fall into a fascinating slice of history as you play armchair detective in this absorbing translated crime novel set in Japan during 1958." @LRLizRobinson, Expert Reviewer

Get your copy:
https://t.co/AetWP5V60u

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

This is happening right now in Nakano Tokyo and the reviews have been fantastic. Tickets still available for Friday and Sunday.
CURRENT SHOW – HAMLET https://t.co/5rusMpQfKr

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@Colorless_Ideas Btw it was X who made the typo (I posted about it because i was irritated - 😅)

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@Colorless_Ideas Oh no.
It was late at night and I was so tired. Better repost

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

@japanonmymind Thank you, Lucy. I love it too. And it really makes me think of one particular scene in the book. A really good choice by @bitterlemonpub

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

(Reposting because of typo) February 15 was publication day (UK) for my translation of Seicho Matsumoto’s Point Zero. ( March 26 in the US)

https://t.co/BaqwPslpy5

[Louise Heal Kawai @quietmoonwave17]

Irritated with X right now. Yesterday as I was typing I was offered an o with macron for the long o of Seicho Matsumoto. I selected it but on posting, X decided to edit it to an i. Didn’t notice until today and had to redo post. Why offer something your site doesn’t support…?