This September is the tenth anniversary of World Kid Lit Month: the month to discover international and translated children’s and YA books. Our latest picks span the full age ran
Polish children’s publishing is growing and has a strong focus on striking artistic illustrations, detailed non-fiction, and sensitive real-world topics. Children’s publish
They had offered me refuge in this best of all worlds and the thankless foreigner was ridiculing their philosophy of life. Ridiculing? Tearing it to shreds in an extended – thoug
How does a principled young police detective go about conducting a murder inquiry in early 1930s Leningrad, when his CID boss is a recruit from the notorious OGPU secret police (pr
Where do you go when you need to avert the world’s worst disaster? When your best friend Lottie moves away because her parents are no longer talking to each other? When you r
A drawing pinned to the wall of eleven-year-old Leila’s attic bedroom shows a tiny dark spot in the midst of a vast expanse of blue. The blue is the Mediterranean; the dark spot,
Literary translator and children’s book researcher Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp gives us a potted history of thirty years of German children’s books in English translation. Our journey s
If you’re fan of translated fiction and you’re not on Twitter, then you might want to know what book conversations you’re missing out on. Last month, August, saw the phen
INSIDE THE VILLAINS by Clotilde Perrin Recommended for confident readers aged 6+ or for the junior school (key stage 2) classroom. In a large, tactile format, this guide to the vil
An all-female line-up; Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Rosalind Harvey, Sophie Hughes and Deborah Smith have been shortlisted for the £10,000 Arts Foundation Award for Literary Translation.
