This month is International Young Adult Literature Month, and our friends over at Global Literature in Libraries Initiative have been sharing daily posts with recommendations of YA books from around the world curated by high school librarian Linda Hoiseth.
This week on World Kid Lit, we are joining in the celebrations! Claire Storey will be speaking to translator David Bowles, Deborah Iwabuchi will be reviewing books by Japanese writer Shion Miura, and Eva Kwatek will be telling us about a German YA novel that has sold over one million copies worldwide.
But today, we’d like to remind you about the huge archive we have here at World Kid Lit. Here are just a few highlights that you might enjoy this International Young Adult Lit Month. For more, you can search the WKL website using the Young Adult category or click this link.
Interviews
International Migrants Day: Interview with Italian author Fabio Geda
Interview with Welsh author and translator Manon Steffan Ros
Translator Larissa Helena in conversation with Lawrence Schimel (literature from Brazil)
Reviews
YA Book Review: Eve out of her ruins
Afro Young Adult Fiction Project– Water Birds on the Lakeshore
‘The Ventriloquist’s Daughter’: An Introduction to New YA by Lin Man-Chiu, Trans. Helen Wang
YA book review: No and Me by Delphine De Vigan
Articles
Why YA? Recommendations and Resources for Young and Not-So-Young Adults
YA in Translation: An Overview
Seeking a Publisher
Sotto il velo / Beneath the Veil by Takoua Ben Mohamed (Italian)
Me, My Friend and the Donkey by critically acclaimed and prolific Palestinian author, Mahmoud Shukair (Arabic)
And don’t forget to check out our latest #SeekingaPublisher compilations which also include recommended YA titles:
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