#IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Self Portrait

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Today’s post comes to you from Kim Tyo-Dickerson & Helle Kirstein Windows and Mirrors from the Shore Self Portrait – by Ludwig Volbeda / Translated from Dutch by Lucy Scott (Levine Querido/2025) – NETHERLANDS [Previously reviewed on this blog by Lynn Miller-Lachmann on Feb. 4, 2026] Ludwig Volbeda’s debut Young Adult novel, Self Portrait, is an intimate, stream-of-consciousness epistolary … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Self Portrait

#IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Daughter of Doom

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Today’s post comes to you from Kim Tyo-Dickerson & Helle Kirstein The Seer and the Nun We recently met to discuss Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem’s immersive historical novel Daughter of Doom, translated from Dutch by Kristen Gehrman, and published by Levine Querido (2025). Originally published as Onheilsdochter by Querido (2022), the book was shortlisted for the prestigious … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Daughter of Doom

#IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Movies Showing Nowhere

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Today’s post comes to you from Kim Tyo-Dickerson & Helle Kirstein Echoes in the Empty Theater: Grief, Independence, and Magical Realism It is fascinating to watch the journey of translated literature from its native culture to the global stage. For us, and for Job Roggeveen, a colleague and parent at the International School of Amsterdam, one … Continue reading #IntYALitMonth: GLLI 2026 Shortlist: Movies Showing Nowhere

#WorldKidLitMonth & #DutchKidLit Wrap-Up – Children’s Book Week 2021 “Be what you want to be!”

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It is one of those questions that you often get as a child: do you already know what you want to be when you grow up? Fortunately, you don't have to choose a study or profession until the end of secondary school. Until then, you can fantasize about many professions, for example by reading books about them.-- … Continue reading #WorldKidLitMonth & #DutchKidLit Wrap-Up – Children’s Book Week 2021 “Be what you want to be!”

#DutchKidLit – I Wish by Toon Tellegen, ill. Ingrid Godon, translated by David Colmer

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Post by guest author Helle Kirstein from the International School of Amsterdam. “I WISH I wasn’t scared of dying.” “I WISH I never had to blush.” “I WISH I had more courage.” “I WISH happiness was a thing and I / found it somewhere and took it home with me.” “I WISH I had a … Continue reading #DutchKidLit – I Wish by Toon Tellegen, ill. Ingrid Godon, translated by David Colmer