Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: My Brother’s Husband

Posted on February 27, 2019March 20, 2019 by Nanette McGuinness

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: My Brother’s Husband MBH, v. 1 I was captivated by My Brother’s Husband, by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii. The story’s warm, gentle trajectory addresses an important subject for teens and, frankly, readers worldwide: accepting one’s sexuality and, more specifically, being gay in a homophobic society. Author Gengoroh Tagame is an award-winning, openly gay … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: My Brother’s Husband

GLLI YA Prize Shortlist Excerpt: La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono

Posted on February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 by Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

The Indecency Club I didn’t understand what it meant to be a man. If in the past I thought it was enough to have genitals dangling between one’s legs, now I wasn’t so sure. Because Uncle Marcelo’s were like that, but nobody in the village considered him a man. So would the perfect man be … Continue reading GLLI YA Prize Shortlist Excerpt: La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Beast Player

Posted on February 20, 2019March 6, 2019 by Avery Fischer Udagawa

What do you do when what you feel is right, is seen by others as a sin? This question forms the heart of The Beast Player, a riveting YA fantasy series by Nahoko Uehashi, translated from Japanese by Cathy Hirano. The first volume is on shelves in the U.K. and available for preorder in the … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Beast Player

GLLI YA Prize Shortlist Excerpt: Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

Chapter 1 Here we go: the Pig Pageant results have just come out on Facebook. I’m in third place: bronze medal. How perplexing. After winning gold for two years in a row, I thought I’d never lose the top spot. I was wrong. I check who’s won the grand title. She’s a new girl, in … Continue reading GLLI YA Prize Shortlist Excerpt: Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais

Publisher Spotlight: Graywolf Press

Posted on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 by Jackson Myrick

Publisher Spotlight: Gray Wolf Press Founded in 1974, Gray Wolf Press has been showcasing some of the best non-fiction and fiction around for decades. Throughout their comparatively lengthy time as a non-profit publisher they’ve delved into a variety of literature, including some absolutely delectable translations. Spotlighted Titles: Airmail: The Letters of Robert Bly and Tomas … Continue reading Publisher Spotlight: Graywolf Press

2019 Translated YA Book Prize Submissions – Complete List

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

AFRICA Equatorial Guinea - La Bastarda Palestine - Code Name: Butterfly ASIA Bangladesh - Rasha China - Bronze and Sunflower China - The City of Sand China - The Dragon Ridge Tombs India - Agnyatha India - Amazon Adventure (graphic novel) India - The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die Japan - Go Japan - My Brother's … Continue reading 2019 Translated YA Book Prize Submissions – Complete List

GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist: Wonderful Feels Like This by Sara Lovestam (Sweden)

Posted on January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 by Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

Sara Lovestam's Wonderful Feels Like This is “a coming-of-age tale of a young artist and is as soulful as it is triumphant” (SLJ) that celebrates being a little bit odd, finding your people, and the power of music to connect us For Steffi, going to school everyday is an exercise in survival. She's never fit … Continue reading GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist: Wonderful Feels Like This by Sara Lovestam (Sweden)

GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist: The Secret of the Blue Glass by Tomiko Inui (Japan)

Posted on January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 by Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

A classic story about a magical miniature family’s adventures in wartime Japan In a dusty library, in the quietest corner of a house in a Tokyo suburb, live the Little People: Fern and Balbo, Robin and Iris. Just a few inches high, sleeping in cigarette boxes and crafting shoes from old book jackets, they need … Continue reading GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist: The Secret of the Blue Glass by Tomiko Inui (Japan)

GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist: Rasha by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (Bangladesh)

Posted on January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 by Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

The breathtaking story of a feisty young girl. Fifteen-year-old Rasha is abandoned by her mother in a village with her aged and probably mad grandmother. Uprooted from her school and her friends back in cosmopolitan Dhaka, a disgruntled Rasha has to start life afresh in a faraway place with no electricity, incessant rains, nosy neighbors, … Continue reading GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist: Rasha by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (Bangladesh)

GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist: Piglettes by Clementine Beauvais (France)

Posted on January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 by Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

A wickedly funny and life-affirming coming-of-age road trip story – winner of France’s biggest prize for teen and YA fiction Mireille, Astrid and Hakima have just been voted the three ugliest girls in school by their classmates on Facebook. But does that mean they’re going to sit around crying about it?… Well, maybe a little, … Continue reading GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist: Piglettes by Clementine Beauvais (France)