Ayò Oyeku in conversation with Edwige Renée Dro, Cédric Christian Elongue Ngnanoussi & Sandra Tamele.

A new kid on the literary festival block this year is BILA HUDOOD: Arabic Literature Everywhere.

What is children’s literature? Where do you start when you begin to translate a book for children? Dr BJ Epstein shares examples.

How do children’s books make their way into French from other cultures and languages? That was the topic of a fascinating panel at SLPJ.

France may have been placed under lockdown at the end of October, but that didn’t stop the annual Montreuil Children’s Book Fair (SLPJ).

One of the most exciting opportunities I’ve had this year has been the chance to write more for the WorldKidLit blog. I’m grateful to the...

This post first appeared at WorldKidtLit on December 9, 2020 What if we got readers, publishers, librarians, authors, and everyone who...

YA in Translation Panel - 3 November 2020 Reham Almutairi, Marcia Lynx Qualey, Nanette McGuinness, Lawrence Schimel and Claire Storey in...

Reflections on the representation of Africans, people of African descent and Africa Brussels, Librairie Le Wolf, 18 December 2019...

Abuja Literary and Arts Festival 12-15 August 2020 This year the Abuja Literary and Arts Festival threw its doors open online. As I wrote...

Water Birds on the Lake Shore An Afro Young Adult Anthology Edited by Zukiswa Wanner Contributors: Asiedu Benneh, Chinelo J. Enemuo,...

This 300-page YA novel introduces us to Aoyama, a studious fourth grader who, in his own confident words, is extremely intelligent.

I felt like I needed a laugh and a bit of colour this week, so I headed to North America with Elise Gravel’s extremely eye-catching Olga and

Illustration credits: Pablo Gallo and Thiago Lopes. Font courtesy of Elīna Brasliņa You don't have to have known me for long before you...

After recently sorting through a pile of notebooks full of quotes, thoughts, and other musings quickly jotted down at countless literary...