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  • Book cover for The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken. The design features bold cream and black illustrations of bundled sticks, a woven nest containing a honeycomb-like sphere, and geometric twig structures set against a vivid red background. The title appears in large cream lettering across the top left and right.
    Book cover for The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken. The design features bold cream and black illustrations of bundled sticks, a woven nest containing a honeycomb-like sphere, and geometric twig structures set against a vivid red background. The title appears in large cream lettering across the top left and right.
    October 24, 2025

    Read an Excerpt from THE WAX CHILD by Olga Ravn (Translated by Martin Aitken)

    With The Wax Child (Book*hug Press), internationally celebrated author Olga Ravn returns with a story that is as haunting as it is breathtakingly original. Translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken, ...

  • Excerpt Month: Don't Miss this Passage from Olga Ravn's Booker-Nominated Sci-Fi Triumph, The Employees
    Excerpt Month: Don't Miss this Passage from Olga Ravn's Booker-Nominated Sci-Fi Triumph, The Employees
    February 24, 2022

    Excerpt Month: Don't Miss this Passage from Olga Ravn's Booker-Nominated Sci-Fi Triumph, The Employees

    What's more relatable than griping about the repetitive and dull nature of a bad job? Except for the nameless characters in Olga Ravn's Booker nominated The Employees (Book*hug Press, translated by Martin ...

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