January in Japan with Nick Bradley at Waterstones Cambridge

Wed Jan 21 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm UTC+00:00

Waterstones | Cambridge

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January in Japan with Nick Bradley at Waterstones Cambridge
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Join Nick Bradley as he discusses the process of translating a new version of Natsume Sōseki’s classic I Am a Cat for Vintage Classics.
About this Event

Join Nick Bradley, author, translator and creative writing tutor at the University of Cambridge, as he discusses the process of translating a new version of Natsume Sōseki’s classic I Am a Cat for Vintage Classics. Nick will also talk generally about Japanese literature, cats, Japan, and writing.

This talk is in collaboration with the Creative Writing MSt at PACE, University of Cambridge. For more details about the programme, visit MSt in Creative Writing | Professional and Continuing Education (cam.ac.uk)


Nick Bradley is the author of The Cat and The City (Atlantic, 2020) and Four Seasons in Japan (Doubleday, 2023) and the translator of Natsume Sōseki’s I Am a Cat (Vintage Classics, 2025). In 2024 he was chosen by the British Council and the National Centre for Writing as one of ten rising stars in UK writing. His work has so far been translated into twenty languages. He lived in Japan for many years where he worked as a translator, and currently teaches on the Creative Writing Master’s programme at the University of Cambridge, and also taught on the Creative Writing Prose Fiction MA at UEA.

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Waterstones, 22 Sidney Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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GBP 5.00 to GBP 15.00

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