World Kid Lit LIVE

World Kid Lit LIVE is a series of online panel discussions involving authors, translators, publishers, editors, academics and literary professionals who work in the field of literature for young people in languages that are less represented in English translation.

Hosted by Marcia Lynx Qualey (ArabLit) and managed by Mohini Gupta (Mother Tongue Twisters), the World Kid Lit LIVE series facilitates language and region-specific discussion between different people working with children’s literature.

All of our World Kid Lit LIVE past events are available to watch on our Facebook page, on our YouTube channel, or here on this page.

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Central European Literature for Young Readers

Anna Bentley, translator from Hungarian
Antonia Lloyd-Jones, translator from Polish
Julia Sherwood, translator of Czech, Slovak, Polish and Russian, editor-at-large for Slovakia for Asymptote
Moderator Alexandra Büchler, Literature Across Frontiers, translator from Czech

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Arabic Literature and Young Readers

Taghreed Najjar – Author
Fatima Sharafeddine – Writer and translator
Hadil Ghoneim – Author
Susanne Abou Ghaida – Academic
Moderator Marcia Lynx Qualey – Founding Editor of ArabLit

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African Kid Lit and Africa’s Many Languages

Sandra Tamele – Translator / Interpreter; Founder Editora Trinta Nove, Mozambique
Founder of Muna Kalati, Cameroon
Edwige-Renée Dro, Writer, translator, literary activist, Côte d’Ivoire
Ayo Oyeku – Writer, Founder Eleventh House, Nigeria