Translation and Writing Historical Fiction: #WorldKidLit Month
How my work as a translator has helped me address some of the challenges of writing a novel set in a very different place and time.
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The Story of a Publisher: #WorldKidLit Month
The origin story of publisher Levine Querido and a memoir of the Querido family, Dutch Jews of Portuguese descent persecuted in the Holocaust.
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Despite Challenges, the 2021 We Are Kid Lit Summer Reading List is Here!
Highlights and discussion of the 2021 We Are Kid Lit Summer Reading List, which features books by and about Indigenous & people of color.
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The “Translating the Future” Conference: Activist Translation
Thoughts on the different ways that translators can be activists, from a panel in the just-concluded “Translating the Future” conference.
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A Journey Through Time with Deaf Author Ann Clare LeZotte
Interview with Ann Clare LeZotte, author of Show Me a Sign, a middle grade novel set in the Deaf community of Martha’s Vineyard in 1809.
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Translators of Children’s Books Take Center Stage
The “Translating for the Future” panel that argues for a kidlit presence in translation and more translated books for kids.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
