Peabody Ink. offers services that support the work of authors, publishers, TV/film production companies and cultural bodies in and beyond the UK –

• Translation (German to English) – literary, cultural, academic texts
• Editing – editing, copy-editing, proofreading
• Consultancy – book scouting, reader reviews, TV/film adaptation evaluations

Peabody Ink. is run by Dr. Kat Hall –

• 25 years of research, writing and editing experience
• translator (member of The Translators Association)
• manuscript editor for the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
• editor of Der Krimi: Crime Fiction in German (University of Wales Press, 2016)
• judge for the Petrona Award (Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year)
• runs the international crime fiction blog Mrs. Peabody Investigates
• Honorary Research Associate in Modern Languages, Swansea University

Kat has worked with and advised – 

• BBC Radio Four
• BBC Wales
• BBC World Service
• Brown University
• CrimeFest
• De Gruyter Verlag
• Euston Films
• Fischer Verlag
• Frankfurt Book Fair
• Goethe-Institut London
• Index on Censorship
• Kiepenheuer & Witsch
• Leo Baeck Institute Year Book
• Marcel Hartges Literatur- und Filmagentur
• Mystery Tribune
• Newcastle Noir
• New Books in German
• Orenda Books
• Peter Lang Publishing
• Piper Verlag
• Swansea University
• University of Wales Press
• Working Title TV

Recent projects –

• translation of five chapters for an academic volume on German crime fiction
• translation of German book catalogues for the London Book Fair
• translation and copy-editing of articles for a new publishing magazine
• sample translations of German novels for diverse German publishers
• comparative edit of the English translation of a German thriller
• editing articles for an academic journal
• reader reports for German publishers and cultural institutes
• moderating panels on German crime fiction

Please get in touch via the contact page for further information and rates.