World Kid Lit Live – African Kid Lit & Africa's Many Languages
Ayò Oyeku in conversation with Edwige Renée Dro, Cédric Christian Elongue Ngnanoussi & Sandra Tamele.
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- 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.
- 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).
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Oct 22, 2020
- 4 min
#ALitFest20 – The Art of Empathy #3
Abuja Literary and Arts Festival 12-15 August 2020 This year the Abuja Literary and Arts Festival threw its doors open online. As I wrote...
- Oct 16, 2020
- 4 min
#WorldKidLit Challenge - Africa
Water Birds on the Lake Shore An Afro Young Adult Anthology Edited by Zukiswa Wanner Contributors: Asiedu Benneh, Chinelo J. Enemuo,...
- Sep 28, 2020
- 3 min
#WorldKidLit Challenge – Japan
This 300-page YA novel introduces us to Aoyama, a studious fourth grader who, in his own confident words, is extremely intelligent.
- 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...
- 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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