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Then as an 18 Charlie and 18 Delta engineer and medic on a special forces operational detachment alpha, went to medical school, completed my residency, and then went back to the soft community, did six years in the joint medical augmentation unit, deployed five times with tier one SMUs in support of the global war on terror.

I wrote my first book, Honed, which I did actually publish through Scribe.

I wrote that book as a men's health book, kind of drawing on my experience as a physician, my experiences as what I like to call a warrior athlete, basically giving advice to men over 40 on how they could keep their edge, how they could stay fit as far as diet, exercise, recovery, etc., But an odd thing happened when I was writing the book.

I wrote the first chapter of the book as kind of a summation of a particular mission on my last deployment to Afghanistan.

And I'm so glad that I did, even if I never end up making a living off of being an author, even if I never have really renowned acclaim from being an author, even if nobody, I don't want to be a household name.

just coming up with the story, fleshing out the story, putting the story on paper, and then going through the process.

And luckily, as you say, I published Honed through Scribe.

So I was essentially self-published already.

Once I inserted more of myself into the book, then the idea started to come to life in a way that I didn't anticipate.

And I got to give some of the folks at Scribe credit for that as well, where it's like, nah, this book needs more of you.

And I was like, oh, I don't know.

It's not about me.

Perfect.

Well, thank you so much, Ryan.

On behalf of the whole team, everyone at Scribe, and everyone who's watched a perfect fast break and felt a chill they just couldn't explain, we cannot wait for this book to be out in the world.

Thank you so much for joining me.

It's a story about sculptors in the Netherlands, and Italy comes into it a little bit as well, but traditional sculptors in marble and stone carvers.

I think it'll be really fascinating for people who are interested in body of work, and that's coming out, I think, in late autumn of next year from New Vessel in the United States, and I hope that Scribe will hop on board with that one too and publish that in Australia in the

Well, David, those two authors you noted are favourites of mine and many of my colleagues, and I know full well from years spent on the shop floor our customers too.

But it sounds intriguing on its own merit too, of course.

So I'll be sure to keep my eyes peeled for when that book emerges.

We'll see how Scribe go with tracking down the rights for that one.

Until then, David, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me about this book.

It's phenomenal.

He is the translator of Aniet Daniel's The Remembered Soldier, which was long listed for the International Booker Prize in 2026, shortlisted for the National Book Awards in 2025, and winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize in 2025.

Agnet Danie's The Song of Stalk and Dromedary, published by Scribe in 2026, is his latest translation.

Hi David, thank you so much for joining me.

I'm delighted to welcome you to It's Lit in Translation today.

And New Vessel in the United States, that's the US publisher of The Remembered Soldier, will...

We'll publish that late next year, I think is the plan.

So now we just need to find a UK publisher, but hopefully Scribe will get on the bandwagon at some point and they'll do this again.

It's always a pleasure to work with Scribe.