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Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini works as a literary agent for the Latvian Literature platform and translates in her spare time. Her translation of Kristine Ulberga's "The Green Crow" was published by Peter Owen Publishers, and she translated the stories "The Birds of Ķīpsala Island" by Dace Rukšāne and "The Shakes" by Svens Kuzmins for "The Book of Riga", published by Comma Press in 2018, as well as "The Quarry" by Jana Egle (for Words Without Borders). Her other translations in English include: "The Noisy Classroom" by Ieva Flamingo (children's poetry, published by The Emma Press), "Dog Town" by Luīze Pastore (a children's book, published by Firefly) and the Bicki-Books poetry series for children (The Emma Press, 2019). Žanete is currently working on translating "The Room", novel by Laima Kota. Kate Wakeling is a poet and musicologist. Her debut poetry collection for children, Moon Juice, won the CLiPPA in 2017 and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Her second collection, Cloud Soup, was shortlisted for the CLiPPA in 2022 and named a book of the month in the Guardian and the Scotsman. A pamphlet of Kate’s poetry for adults, The Rainbow Faults, is published by The Rialto. Kate studied music at Cambridge University and holds a PhD in Balinese gamelan music from SOAS.