#WITMonth: Won-Pyung Sohn’s “Counterattacks at Thirty”

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Today’s post comes to you from Nadine Bailey Won-Pyung Sohn’s Counterattacks at Thirty is a sharp, humane workplace comedy exploring systemic disillusionment. Informed by her background as an award-winning screenwriter, Sohn filters the crushing weight of modern corporate labor through traditional East Asian narrative structures, creating a story deeply specific to South Korea yet universally resonant. … Continue reading #WITMonth: Won-Pyung Sohn’s “Counterattacks at Thirty”

#IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: The Village Beyond the Mist

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Today’s post comes to you from Sabrina Rossi The Village Beyond the Mist - written by Sachiko Kashiwaba (1975) and translated from Japanese by Avery Fischer Udagawa (2025) - GLLI review by Nanette McGuinness on Mar 19, 2025 - Shortlisted 2026 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize The Village Beyond the Mist, (霧のむこうのふしぎな町 - Kirino mukōno … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: The Village Beyond the Mist

#IntYALitMonth: A Singapore Perspective

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Today’s post comes to you from Joyce Chua See this sample list of #SingLit YA books... Does YA Fiction Still Have a Place in the Attention Economy? We live in an attention-deficit age. With access to streaming services, news, podcasts, video and mobile games, a plethora of social media platforms and more, it is now the … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: A Singapore Perspective

#IntYALitMonth: Chinese YA Literature

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Today’s post comes to you from Yue (Cathy) Wang China's Missing Genre: The Struggle for YA Literature In today’s Chinese children’s book market, the YA category is relatively underdeveloped. Back in the 1980s, Chen Danyan 陈丹燕 wrote the novella Death of a Schoolgirl 女中学生之死, based on a real event that happened in Shanghai in the 1980s—the suicide of … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: Chinese YA Literature

#IntYALitMonth: Taiwan YA Literature

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Today’s post comes to you from Eleanor Duggan Across Memory, Identity, and Speculative Futures I’ve always resonated with Dr. Bishop’s (1990) statement of books as mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors that allow readers to see themselves, view into the experiences of others, and to foster empathy and deeper understanding through character’s words and actions. For … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: Taiwan YA Literature

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Snowglobe

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A 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Honor Book and the first fabulous volume in a sci-fi duology, Snowglobe is set in a post-apocalyptic, post-climate-change world. Life for the lower class is cold and brutal. Most labor daily to create electricity via giant human-powered hamster wheels, except for the lucky few who live in … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Snowglobe

#INTYALITMONTH: Manga, Manhwa, and Manhua

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Written by Melissa Cooper A flurry of kindergarteners zoom past on tricycles, sticks clenched between their teeth, fully in character as Nezuko, the demon from the wildly popular manga Demon Slayer. This series took Japan by storm, captivating everyone from toddlers to teens. Despite its violent story - beginning with the brutal slaughter of the … Continue reading #INTYALITMONTH: Manga, Manhwa, and Manhua

#INTYALITMONTH: Graphic Novels of Displacement 

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Written by Angela Erickson Those of us who work or live in a world of books know that perhaps the richest terrain for graphic novelists is memoir and biography. As I type this, I can picture the covers of Maus, Persepolis, and Dragon Hoops -- some of the graphic memoirs that I regularly press into … Continue reading #INTYALITMONTH: Graphic Novels of Displacement 

#INTYALITMONTH: Literature Set in Southeast Asia – Where Can I Find More?

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Written by Kelsey Hedrick It’s always my goal as a librarian to have books and stories that reflect the experiences, people, and history of those who are in the school.  Having lived in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Thailand, and now Indonesia) for the majority of my career, I’m finally starting to see books that are set … Continue reading #INTYALITMONTH: Literature Set in Southeast Asia – Where Can I Find More?

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: How Do You Eat Color

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Get ready for a riot of colors and a garden of savory flavors! A nonfiction picture book for ages 4-7, How Do you Eat Color explodes off the page with vivid images of delicious fruits and vegetables that are as delightful to read about as they are enticing to imagine munching on. The book begins, … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: How Do You Eat Color