Burning Bones

Miren Agur Meabe writes books for adults and children. In the course of her career she has received the Critics’ Prize twice for her poetry collections, and the Euskadi Prize for YA literature on three occasions. Her novel Kristalezko begi bat (A Glass Eye, Parthian, 2018) and the short story collection Hezurren erratura (Burning Bones, Parthian, 2022) have been warmly received by readers and critics alike. A Glass Eye has been translated into several languages and received multiple awards. In 2020, she published her fifth poetry collection, Nola gorde errautsa kolkoan (Holding Ashes Close to the Heart) – which forms a triptych with A Glass Eye and Burning Bones. It won the 2021 Spanish National Poetry Award. She's a member of the Basque Academy of Letters.

Amaia Gabantxo is a writer, singer and literary translator specialising in Basque literature – a pioneer in the field and its most prolific contributor. Her essays and fiction have appeared in Words Without Borders, The New Engagement, The Massachusetts Review and the TLS, among others. She has worked in backpackers' hostels and taught at the University of East Anglia, the University of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. She's also a freediver. www.amaiagabantxo.com