A new kid on the literary festival block this year is BILA HUDOOD: Arabic Literature Everywhere.

Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, translated from Chinese by Jeremy Tiang, (2020) Tilted Axis at Borderless Book Club. February 2021.

What is children’s literature? Where do you start when you begin to translate a book for children? Dr BJ Epstein shares examples.

How do children’s books make their way into French from other cultures and languages? That was the topic of a fascinating panel at SLPJ.

Another Thursday evening, another cosy evening online with the Borderless Book Club.

France may have been placed under lockdown at the end of October, but that didn’t stop the annual Montreuil Children’s Book Fair (SLPJ).

10 December 2020 Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of being part of all sorts of book clubs. I’ve read along with friends, with...

One of the most exciting opportunities I’ve had this year has been the chance to write more for the WorldKidLit blog. I’m grateful to the...

This post first appeared at WorldKidtLit on December 9, 2020 What if we got readers, publishers, librarians, authors, and everyone who...

It was an honour to see my translation of an extract from Karin Kalisa's Sungs Laden selected as a Finalist in the Gabo Prize for...

YA in Translation Panel - 3 November 2020 Reham Almutairi, Marcia Lynx Qualey, Nanette McGuinness, Lawrence Schimel and Claire Storey in...

Reflections on the representation of Africans, people of African descent and Africa Brussels, Librairie Le Wolf, 18 December 2019...

I felt like I needed a laugh and a bit of colour this week, so I headed to North America with Elise Gravel’s extremely eye-catching Olga and

Creative writing couldn’t possibly be for me, could it?

Illustration credits: Pablo Gallo and Thiago Lopes. Font courtesy of Elīna Brasliņa You don't have to have known me for long before you...

After recently sorting through a pile of notebooks full of quotes, thoughts, and other musings quickly jotted down at countless literary...