Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. I knew as I was finishing the idiosyncratic Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (tr. Jennifer Croft) that I'd have to revisit … Continue reading Day 5: Flights
Day 4: Fish Soup
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. Shortly after reading Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo (tr. Charlotte Coombe) – a sharp, entertaining story collection – I … Continue reading Day 4: Fish Soup
Day 3: Abandon
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. I was whisked through Abandon by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay (tr. Arunava Sinha), a dreamy blur of a novel, in the midst … Continue reading Day 3: Abandon
Day 2: Brother in Ice
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. It was around two hot chocolates in on an overcast August (!) afternoon that I realised how much of a … Continue reading Day 2: Brother in Ice
Day 1: Disoriental
Across the first month of 2020, Sophie Baggott is sharing her thirty favourite books by women from across the world. Find out more about her project to read women writers from every country worldwide here. One of the earliest novels I picked up for my project, Disoriental by Négar Djavadi (tr. Tina Kover), had me … Continue reading Day 1: Disoriental
Thirty Days of Reading Women’s Writing Worldwide
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#WorldKidLitWednesday: Can I Build Another Me?
Kevin has had enough of homework and household chores, so he buys a robot to do them for him. Simple, right? Ah, but there’s a catch: No one is to know the robot is not him. When Kevin attempts to tell the robot about himself, he discovers that he has a lot of information to … Continue reading #WorldKidLitWednesday: Can I Build Another Me?
#WorldKidLitWednesday: Cry, Heart, But Never Break
What if Death liked his coffee "black and strong?" And left his scythe outside the door, so as not to scare the young ones? That's who Death is in Cry, Heart, But Never Break, originally written in Danish by award-winning children's author Glenn Ringtved, with wistful, pencil-and-watercolor illustrations by Charlotte Pardi. In this gentle, moving … Continue reading #WorldKidLitWednesday: Cry, Heart, But Never Break
The Bohemians of Oslo
Portrait of Hans Jæger by Sven Jørgensen Once upon a time, there was a doctor who came to a village that's primary industry was tourism to its famed hot springs. The doctor came to understand that the springs did in fact not have the health benefits the citizens of the little town had been promoting … Continue reading The Bohemians of Oslo
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Meet Reviewer Laura Taylor
Laura Taylor is on a years-long mission to read picture books from every country in the world. How’s that for ambition? Inspired by Ann Morgan, this busy writer, translator from French into English, and mother of two has: established the Planet Picture Book blog and social media pages in 2017. posted throughout #WorldKidLit Month here … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Meet Reviewer Laura Taylor
