They are called by the names of godsor ancestors,or heroes of comics and soap,actors or singers footballers or poets.She looks like Kalì,a necklace of skulls around her neck,dark complexion,oil eyes all dark green with reflections when turningand golden, very longand knotted her hair,because wind a

Following my previous blog post, which featured a cloth book for babies from one of Germany’s foremost publishers of literature for children and young adults, Arena Verlag, this post is dedicated to an Arena title for children aged 12+. Author Thomas Thiemeyer specialises in exciting action-advent

When I first read Zyta Rudzka last year it was a revelation. And Zyta Rudzka remains a revelation. From the moment I looked at the first pages of her (multi award-winning) novel Kto się śmieje, ten ma zęby (Only Those with Teeth Can Smile, published in Polish in 2022), I couldn’t stop. I couldn

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