As part of this translation and storytelling session, we discuss the links between scientific fact and the magic of storytelling. We explore the roles that storytelling and language play across disciplines to engage others and communicate valuable information in a compelling way. In this presentation, I bridge the gap between my many roles as writer, translator and editor, between my work in fiction and non-fiction, and how important imagination is not only to creating a wonderful work of fiction, but also to devising innovative ideas in other fields.

The workshop component of this presentation is an exercise in translating a short text from French into English for pupils at a high level of fluency in French. Most recently, I have been based the workshop on a short excerpt from an abridged version of LE PETIT PRINCE by A. de Saint-Exupéry. I translated the most recent edition published by Hachette Children’s UK in October 2026 and led this workshop for students at several international schools, including Ecole Jeanine Manuel in Paris and Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London, with positive results and a great deal of enthusiasm. Alternatively, I can transition this workshop into a session on editing as a form of translation, where the exercise is writing a short text on the spot and then going back and ‘translating’ it by adopting different words and styles to see how many possibilities there are to tell a single story.

I am a writer, translator, editor, former teacher and winner of the 2017 Educational Writers’ Award from the UK’s Society of Authors for my translation of THE BOOK OF BEES. In my school and library presentations, my focus on the intersection of science, humanities, arts, folklore and fantasy. I also work as a language editor for the Astronomy & Astrophysics academic journal, based at the Paris Observatory. In over a decade of translating books, I have published over 20 books. I debuted as a writer in 2024 with FAEDOM, a compendium of earth science and fairy lore. My next non-fiction book BRILLIANT SUN, LUMINOUS MOON will be published in the US and UK in September 2026 by Post Wave Books.

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