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Announcing the Shortlist for the 2026 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize

Posted on April 2, 2026April 2, 2026 by katieday

The 2026 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2026 prize. This is the eighth year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, which recognizes publishers, translators, and authors of books in English translation for young adult readers, aged 12 through 18 inclusive. Publisher submissions to the … Continue reading Announcing the Shortlist for the 2026 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize

Posted in Belgian Literature, Dutch Literature, European Literature, French Literature, GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, Global Literature in Libraries Initiative, Japanese Literature, Norwegian literature, Scandinavian Literature, Swedish literature, women translators, young adultTagged #TranslatedLit, #WorldKidLit, Abrams/ComicArts, Alexander Library International Youth Collection, Amanda Axsom, Angela Erickson, Ann-Marie Boulanger, Anthony Tilke, Arnaud de la Croix, Avery Fischer Udagawa, Beasts, Becky Blackburn, Daughter of Doom, Emilia Packard, Frances Sims-Williams, GLLITranslatedYABookPrize, Graphic Universe, Ingvild Bjerkeland, International Children's Book Day, IntlYALit, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem, Kim Tyo-Dickerson, Kristin Gehrman, Laura Watkinson, Levine Querido, Ludwig Volbeda, Magda, Mathilde Van Gheluwe, Miho Satake, Movies Showing Nowhere, Nicolas Wouters, Peter Law, Pushkin Children's Books, Rosie Hedger, Rutgers University, sachiko kashiwaba, The Big Tournament, The History of Word War II, Tim Pruzinsky, Translated YA Lit, Village Beyond the Mist, Yonder, Yorick GoldewijkLeave a comment

#WORLDKIDLIT: USBBY’S OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS 2026

Posted on January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 by katieday

Today’s post comes to you from Laura Simeon: This marks the 21st year that the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY), a division of the International Board on Books for Young People, has selected some of the very best titles from around the world for children and teens. Our dedicated committee of … Continue reading #WORLDKIDLIT: USBBY’S OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS 2026

Posted in #WorldKidLit Wednesday/Weekend, IBBY, USBBY Outstanding International Book PickTagged #WorldKidLit, Adi of Boutanga, Afloat, Agnes Broome, Akvile Magicduste, Alain Serge Dzotap, Angela Brooksbank, Antony Shugaar, Atinuke, Beasts, Butterfly Heart, Clara Dackenberg, Dave McKean, Downpour, Dropping Beats, Electric Birds of Pothakudi, Emily Balistrieri, Erika Lastovskyte, Freya Blackwood, Grainne O'Brien, Hye-Eun Kim, Ingvild Bjerkeland, Is It Asleep?, Joelle Jolivet, Journey of the Humpbacks, Juliana Munoz Toro, Julie Flett, Karthika Nair, Kirli Saunders, Koshiro Hata, Laura Djupvik, Laura Simeon, Lawrence Schimel, Liu Hao, M is for Mango, Marc Daniau, Martin Aitken, Moa Backe Astot, My Brother, My Friend May, Nathanael Lessore, Nichola Smalley, Olivier Tallec, Oyvind Torseter, Pencil, Rosie Hedger, SF Said, Solo, The Bees, The Playdate, Tyger, Uje Brandelius, USBBY, Wrestlers of the Grassland, Yuko Ohnari1 Comment

Day 18: 🇳🇴 A Modern Family by Helga Flatland

Posted on August 22, 2021August 23, 2021 by jessenana

In a Nutshell: When adult siblings, Liv, Ellen and Häkon, along with their partners and children, gather in Rome to celebrate their father’s 70th birthday, their lives are thrown into disarray when their parents announce that they have decided to divorce. It is told predominantly from the perspectives of the two sisters, Ellen and Liv … Continue reading Day 18: 🇳🇴 A Modern Family by Helga Flatland

Posted in Adult Title Pick, Norwegian literature, Translated Literature, Women Authors, Women in Translation, women translatorsTagged #orendabooks, #WITMonth, Adult, Divorce, family, Fiction, Helga Flatland, Jess Andoh-Thayre, Norway, Norwegian literature, Rosie Hedger, siblings, Women Authors1 Comment

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