A Game of Cat and Killer (The Casebooks of Mikeneko Holmes)
by Jiro Akagawa
MacLehose Press, 2026

Delete That Person From Your Brain
by Michihito Sugawara
Tarcher, 2026

The Practice of Not Reacting
by Ryushun Kusanagi
Portfolio, 2026

How Can My Manager Be So Stupid?
by Kazumasa Hayami
MacLehose Press, 2026

The Courage to be Ordinary
by Ichiro Kishimi
Vermilion, 2026

The Final Six
by Akinari Asakura
Sphere, 2026

Bookstore Girls
by Kei Aono
MacLehose Press, 2025

Schoolgirl
by Rie Qudan
Gazebo Books, 2025

Goodnight Tokyo
by Atsuhiro Yoshida
Europa Editions, 2024

The Rainbow
by Yasunari Kawabata
Vintage International, 2023
Penguin Classics, 2023

The Mud of a Century
by Yūka Ishii
Gazebo Books, 2023

The Forest Brims Over
by Maru Ayase
Counterpoint Press, 2023

Love at Six Thousand Degrees
by Maki Kashimada
Europa Editions, 2023

Touring the Land of the Dead
by Maki Kashimada
Europa Editions, 2021

Haydn Trowell is an Australian translator of Japanese literature whose work has appeared in Granta, Electric Literature, and Words Without Borders. He has translated fiction by major prize-winning authors such as Yasunari Kawabata, Maki Kashimada, and Rie Qudan, and he has worked extensively with publishers in Australia, Japan, the UK, and the US. Haydn holds a PhD in translation studies from Monash University and has a background in both translation and creative writing. He delivers expertly crafted English renditions that capture the author’s unique voice and preserve the rich cultural nuances of the original, making each work feel authentic, engaging, and completely at home in its new language and environment.If you have any inquiries or would like to discuss a translation project, please feel free to get in touch.