Thank you @wearealsc.bsky.social for new updates to #BatchelderAward Criterion 4 about #TranslatorsOnTheCover, and the committee manual. The manual now links to @authorsguild.org and @penamerica.bsky.social model contracts for literary #translation. Criteria, manual here: www.ala.org/alsc/awardsg...

Delighted to see THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST shortlisted for this year's Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Translated YA Book Prize! glli-us.org/2026/04/02/a...

When asked how she feels about cleaning up AI translations, @marianallanos.bsky.social said she gets hives. 😂 And no wonder! Such a creative translator and author! #SCBWI

To celebrate my 30th year editing books for young readers, I'm giving away a FREE edit of a picture book manuscript (up to 900 words) or the first 20 pages of a chapter book, MG, YA, New Adult, or graphic novel (text only) manuscript. Go to DearEditor.com to enter! www.deareditor.com/2026/04/free...

Thank you, Avery!! Sorry to make you miss your stop, but you know I understand what a high compliment that is. 💚

Happy #bookbirthday to RIALTO by @katemilford.bsky.social! I rode the wrong train for a very long time while absorbed in this book—its music and magic, its #Missouri setting, its celebrations of community and mental health, its lexicon... millefiori! runnels! Read it! bookshop.org/p/books/rial...

This week! Recording available for 30 days to all who register. #kidlit #translation

What does a children’s book translator actually do? Sylvia Notini takes us behind the scenes 👀 #namethetranslator #translation #worldkidlit worldkidlit.org/2026/04/13/m...

Just announced at the Bologna Children's Book Fair: Michael Rosen and Cai Gao have won the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Awards for author and illustrator, respectively!

Don't miss amazing author Núria Figueras & talented translator @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social sharing their stunning and gentle picture book - The Visit. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... Anna Font @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #interview #kidlit #silence #quiet 📚👍

A great thing about being a book nerd is that other book nerds will gravitate toward you (and you to them), and then you can give each other the books you're finished reading and talk about them over delicious food and beverages. It is a pretty good life to live.

books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.

On April 16, #SCBWI's Southwest Texas region will feature @marianallanos.bsky.social in the webinar Children's Books in Translation - Behind the Scenes! Check it out and register here! 👇 #kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8 www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...

Dublin has so many fantastic bookstores, but this might be my favorite! Books Upstairs has a great selection of books and a wonderful cafe. (Ironically the books are downstairs and the cafe upstairs.) I recommend the carrot cake--and love the no laptops policy. They ask you to read a book instead.📚

I always look forward to the Kirkus Reviews International Issue. This year's features THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST in a piece by @mahnazdar.bsky.social! 🙏 www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

The 2026 Outstanding International Books List from @usbby.bsky.social, first presented last month at the New York conference of @scbwi.bsky.social, is now in School Library Journal and available at @slj.com: www.slj.com/story/usbby-... #kidlit #worldkidlit #BookIndustryNews

Representatives of @usbby.bsky.social read and released the 2026 Outstanding International Books (OIB) List at #scbwiNY26. Amazing to see this live! A map showed the selected books' countries of origin. #kidlit #worldkidlit www.usbby.org/2026oib.html

A shout-out to the regional team leaders who volunteer their services throughout SCBWI. The global leadership sessions behind-the-scenes at #scbwiNY26 were a privilege to join.

I met @patiencehaggin.bsky.social, one of two winners of the 2025 #SCBWI Pitch-Perfect #Translation Grant! A translator from Italian knows where to go for espresso in New York! Patience's sample, together with fellow winner Aerin Park's, was on showcase for industry professionals at #scbwiNY26.

Mandarin, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, songs, ideas, and encouragement were in the air at the #scbwiNY26 Translators Meet-Up! #SCBWITranslation

Here we go! #scbwiNY26 Translators, see you at our meet-up at 6 p.m. on Saturday! #scbwiTranslation

Think this cover looks good? Vote for it (General Fiction #22) and check out the book itself, River of Dolls by Suzanne Kamata! www.bedsidereading.com/vote.html?fb...

"So relaxing that I feared getting bored by it at first." I actually love how this review captures the cozy, comforting side of THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST. And snowflakes fall as you scroll! ❄️ #kidlit #translation #xl8 #SachikoKashiwaba zezeewithbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/t...

Day #13: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Translated Children's Books. So many incredible books hit our shores in a given year, that it only makes sense to write an entire post about them today. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/13/3...

Hold the phone. @mlynxqualey.bsky.social has been authoring in addition to her amazing translating. I need to get last winter's issue of Prairie Schooner stat!

“You know what’s faster than mopping? Not spilling in the first place.” 👏

I have listened and re-listened to Suzanne Kamata’s recent talk for #SCBWI #Japan, about #writing while teaching and parenting in a situation where all three pursuits have been very intense at times. Suzanne keeps going! 💪 Excited to read her latest: River of Dolls and Other Stories.

Thank you for pointing up all the wonderful #translations recognized thos year by @nytimes.com in their #BestIllustrated awards worldkidlit.org/2025/11/24/n...

Katherine Paterson's #kidsbook about Jella Lepman earns a #Star "Paterson portrays her as a woman whose boundless energy, practicality, and persistence enabled her to achieve her goals...in this well-researched, insightful, and consistently engaging story" www.booklistonline.com/products/979...

The lesser prairie chicken was once a common sight in the southern Great Plains, but its numbers are dwindling. Even so, it lost federal protections earlier this year for a second time. Now states and landowners are overseeing conservation efforts. www.kmuw.org/2025-12-01/l...

Pick up a book from our collection or download one from @libbyapp.com and @hoopladigital.bsky.social ! #AuthorQuotes #MondayMotivations

@wydobson.bsky.social The next will very definitely involve 🧙‍♀️🐉!

Sachiko Kashiwaba joined me for this video about THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST on Libby & Sora Reads. Look for Kashiwaba-san 40 seconds in! ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JuG...

OverDrive has updated the Libby & Sora Reads landing page to include a translator credit. Grateful for another move to #namethetranslator. #xl8 #translation pages.libbylife.com/LibbySoraReads

Excited that The Village Beyond the Mist is among NPR’s Books We Love for 2025! 📚❤️ apps.npr.org/best-books/?...

Thank you for listening! 🎧❤️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

A toast to the new twelfth edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary! www.merriam-webster.com/collegiate-d... @merriam-webster.com youtu.be/atzFr6uA5KE

Open access to THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST via Sora and Libby, now through December 2! #SachikoKashiwaba #kidlit #bookclub #booksky pages.libbylife.com/LibbySoraReads

Thank you, #TranslatorsAloud!

Chelsea buns in Obuse, Nagano, remain the stuff of #kidlit! William Yamaguchi Dobson "was able to slip the slenderest of references to the Iwasaki bakery in my debut middle-grade novel. It's called The Fortress of Lost Memories . . ." 1/3

This mystery place in Nagoya is maybe the coolest bookstore I've ever been to. Arrows lead you through the winding path of the store like a museum exhibit, all the shelves are giant books, and there are little sitting rooms/crime scenes throughout the store.

One daughter and I went out to lunch today, and she happened to snap a pic of my #TranslatorsAloud merch in the wild. Grab yours! 👇

Kudos, 2025 #SCBWI Pitch-Perfect Translation Grant winners! ⭐️ @patiencehaggin.bsky.social for The Girl with the Green Backpack by Elisa Castiglioni from Italian (Middle Grade) ⭐️ Aerin Park for Mo Story, written and illustrated by Yeonju Choi, from Korean (Picture Book) www.scbwi.org/2025-pitch-p...

Look out world, there's a new #CaoWenxuan title translated from Chinese by @helenwanglondon.bsky.social. A #picturebook this time! Illustrated by Suzy Lee . . . starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. #worldkidlit #kidlit

Book mail! @katemilford.bsky.social's RIALTO is coming in April and is about "anxiety and sibling relationships...to a similar degree to which GREENGLASS HOUSE is about adoption." It's set in #Missouri and involves a theme park town swallowed by forest. I'm in! #kidlit #booksky

Good to see the #LiteraryArtsFund established in the wake of cuts to the #NationalEndowmentfortheArts, #NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities, and #IMLS. Those still need funding, *and* and it is heartening to see the private sector step up. #booksky www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

“Around 60 percent of US consumers wish they read books more.” #booksky

"The Children’s Booker Prize, which will launch in 2026 and be awarded annually from 2027, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland." #kidlit thebookerprizes.com/the-children...

I am so excited that @usbby.bsky.social will present an Outstanding International Books panel at SCBWI's 2026 New York Conference, 16-18 January! And online in the virtual edition! #scbwiNY26 #worldkidlit

This free event, featuring our own members, will be of high interest to all here. Register today! www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...