Polly Barton is a translator of Japanese literature and non-fiction based in Bristol. Recent publications include Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki (Pushkin Press), Friendship for Grown-ups by Naocola Yamazaki and Mikumari by Misumi Kubo (both Strangers Press). Her translation of Aoko Matsuda’s Where the Wild Ladies Are will be out with Tilted Axis Press in February 2020.