Between Projects
On finishing a novel manuscript I’ve been working on for a year and a half, and having no idea what to write next.
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Weird Little Movies
Hollywood blockbusters based on YA novels vs. quirky indie films, many of them from other countries with English subtitles: Why we need the latter, too.
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A Book Fair!
My day at the 86th Lisbon Book Fair, where I checked out Portugal’s publishers and bought more books than I can carry home.
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Meeting the Illustrators
I meet all three illustrators of books I’ve translated at the opening of an exhibit of works by the Brazilian-Portuguese artist Yara Kono.
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Contracts: The Third Bridge Series Panel on Translation
My report on the third panel of the Bridge Series on Translation, which discussed contracts, copyright, fees and royalties, and relations with agents.
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Where Do You Want to Go Today? Reading Global Literature in Translation
I recently joined with other translators and advocates for translation to start a group called Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. According to the mission...
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
