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    BILA HUDOOD Festival - Arabic Literature
    • Jul 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    BILA HUDOOD Festival - Arabic Literature

    A new kid on the literary festival block this year is BILA HUDOOD: Arabic Literature Everywhere.
    Borderless Book Club – Strange Beasts of China
    • May 24, 2021
    • 6 min

    Borderless Book Club – Strange Beasts of China

    Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, translated from Chinese by Jeremy Tiang, (2020) Tilted Axis at Borderless Book Club. February 2021.
    Translating WorldKidLit - Dr BJ Epstein
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Translating WorldKidLit - Dr BJ Epstein

    What is children’s literature? Where do you start when you begin to translate a book for children? Dr BJ Epstein shares examples.
    Translating KidLit – Montreuil Book Fair
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 5 min

    Translating KidLit – Montreuil Book Fair

    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.
    Borderless Book Club – Zero
    • Feb 6, 2021
    • 4 min

    Borderless Book Club – Zero

    Another Thursday evening, another cosy evening online with the Borderless Book Club.
    Montreuil Children’s Book Fair - #SLPJ2020
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 6 min

    Montreuil Children’s Book Fair - #SLPJ2020

    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).
    My Year @WorldKidLit
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    My Year @WorldKidLit

    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...
    #ReadingAfrica Week 6-12 December 2020
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    #ReadingAfrica Week 6-12 December 2020

    This post first appeared at WorldKidtLit on December 9, 2020 What if we got readers, publishers, librarians, authors, and everyone who...
    Gabo Prize for Translation 2020 Finalist
    • Dec 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    Gabo Prize for Translation 2020 Finalist

    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...
    World Kid Lit – Young Adult Studies Association Conference
    • Nov 23, 2020
    • 9 min

    World Kid Lit – Young Adult Studies Association Conference

    YA in Translation Panel - 3 November 2020 Reham Almutairi, Marcia Lynx Qualey, Nanette McGuinness, Lawrence Schimel and Claire Storey in...
    Stereotypes in children’s picture books
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 5 min

    Stereotypes in children’s picture books

    Reflections on the representation of Africans, people of African descent and Africa Brussels, Librairie Le Wolf, 18 December 2019...
    #WorldKidLit Challenge – Canada
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    #WorldKidLit Challenge – Canada

    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
    Getting Started - Creative Writing
    • Sep 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    Getting Started - Creative Writing

    Creative writing couldn’t possibly be for me, could it?
    WorldKidLit Month
    • Sep 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    WorldKidLit Month

    Illustration credits: Pablo Gallo and Thiago Lopes. Font courtesy of Elīna Brasliņa You don't have to have known me for long before you...
    Hello & Welcome
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Hello & Welcome

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

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