Wrap-up to GLLI’s 2025 #IntlYALitMonth

This is the end of the 5th annual International Young Adult Literature Month (#IntlYALitMonth) here on the Global Literature in Libraries (GLLI) blog. (Again, thank you, Karen Van Drie, for starting this tradition!) Just in case you missed the previous events, below are links to the end-of-month summary list of each year’s offerings. 2021 – … Continue reading Wrap-up to GLLI’s 2025 #IntlYALitMonth

Welcome to GLLI’s 2025 #IntlYALitMonth

It’s May – and time for the 5th annual International Young Adult Literature Month (#IntlYALitMonth) here on the Global Literature in Libraries (GLLI) blog. (Thank you, Karen Van Drie, for starting this tradition!) Just in case you missed the previous ones, below are links to the end-of-month summary list of each year’s offerings. 2021 – … Continue reading Welcome to GLLI’s 2025 #IntlYALitMonth

Congratulations to the 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books

The 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the winner and honor books for the 2025 prize.  This is the seventh year of the prize and twenty-five books in fourteen languages, published within the past three years, were submitted by publishers. Winner The 2025 winner … Continue reading Congratulations to the 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books

Announcing the Shortlist for the 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize

The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 prize.  This is the seventh 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 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize

#TranslationThurs: Thank you

A final word from me. I am so grateful to have been given the chance to share my love of books in translation and some prize-winning books over the last month. I want to thank everyone involved with The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative for letting me take over this month. I will finish with … Continue reading #TranslationThurs: Thank you

#Translationthurs: Seven houses in France, by Bernardo Atxaga

Well, I'm over to 2012 and the second Shadow independent foreign fiction prize. I have chosen one of my all-time favourite writers, Bernardo Atxaga. I chose this because he has also written some children's literature that has been translated into English. I'd been looking forward to this novel as I had enjoyed his other books … Continue reading #Translationthurs: Seven houses in France, by Bernardo Atxaga

#translationthurs: Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras

I have chosen to revisit a number of my favorite books from the years of shadowing, and here we go back to 2011 and Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras. I picked this book because it is a book whose young character I connected with as I was a similar age to him. Also, it was a … Continue reading #translationthurs: Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras

Congratulations to the 2024 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books!

The 2024 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the winner and honor books for the 2024 prize.  This is the sixth year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize and it has been an outstanding one for graphic novels, as evidenced below. The Winner for the … Continue reading Congratulations to the 2024 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books!

Announcing the 2024 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize Shortlist

The 2024 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is very pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2024 prize.  This is the sixth 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 … Continue reading Announcing the 2024 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize Shortlist

A Summary of Titles to Inspire Your #Veganuary

It may be the end of Veganuary but that doesn't mean your vegan journey needs to end here! I hope everyone that has followed along has enjoyed the posts and perhaps found some time to start reading some of these recommendations. Veganism is a social justice movement focused on achieving total liberation for non-human animals … Continue reading A Summary of Titles to Inspire Your #Veganuary