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September 29, 2026 at 5:49 PM
#ReadJapan #JapaneseKidLit for #WorldKidLitMonth!

Phenomenonal bluesky action from @readjapaneseliterature.com this month! and GLLI (Global Literature in Libraries Initiative) has an entire month of Japan kid lit this September
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#kidlit #kidlitUK #readtheworld #readasia #booksky
September 23, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Oh! Lovely!

My translation of THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & Alejandro Magallanes ( @enchantedlion.bsky.social ) is a finalist for the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize!

😍😍

#worldkidlit #kidlit #xl8 #booksky

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March 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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...
Announcing the Shortlist for the 2026 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize
The 2026 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2026 prize.  This is the eighth year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, which recogniz…
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April 26, 2026 at 9:36 AM
This #WorldKidLitMonth, the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative #GLLI is featuring posts about #Japan #kidlit and #YA titles in English #translation. @hatbooks.bsky.social and I have had the privilege of lining these up. See post #1 here and follow along all month! glli-us.org/2026/09/01/w...
#WorldKidLit Month: Focus on Japan
Welcome to the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Focus on Japan month! We are author Holly Thompson and Japanese-to-English translator Avery Fischer Udagawa. In tandem with #WorldKid…
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September 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I got asked to write for Global Literature in Libraries for their #worldkidlit Month and I wrote on--surprise!!!--Shigeru Mizuki!

@dandq.bsky.social

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#WorldKidLit Month Focus on Japan: Shigeru Mizuki—The Yokai Professor
Today’s post comes to you from Zack Davisson: Every kid in Japan grows up on Shigeru Mizuki. He is the Yokai Hakase—the Yokai Professor—who educates the children of Japan on the folklore that is so…
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September 28, 2026 at 5:08 PM
There's been SO MUCH good stuff from Global Literature in Libraries Initiative this International YA Lit Month, and they're not on Bluesky, so here's a thread with all the awesome posts they've published this May
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#IntlYALitMonth #YAlit #YoungAdult #BookSky #GLLI
Welcome to GLLI’s 2026 #IntlYALitMonth
It’s May – and time for the 6th annual International Young Adult Literature Month (#IntlYALitMonth) here on the Global Literature in Libraries (GLLI) blog. Just in case you missed the previous ones…
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May 27, 2026 at 6:25 PM
SO much good stuff this month from the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI)! They're not on Bluesky yet so here's a thread with their #WorldKidLitMonth book reviews this September. Each year they take a different focus & 2025 at GLLI was European Kid Lit

#kidslit #booksky #readEurope
September 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) is looking for a new Executive Director (as the amazing Karen Van Drie has retired from the position).

See the job description for this voluntary role -- glli-us.org/2025/06/03/g...

#WorldKidLit #tlskychat #skybrarians #edusky #kidlit
GLLI is looking for a new Executive Director
Dear readers, Please feel free to share this job description in your networks! Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Executive Director Job Description The Global Literature in Libraries…
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June 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize goes to “engaging and often unsettling” The Darkness of Colours by Martín Blasco, translated from Spanish (Argentina) by Claire Storey, published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. glli-us.org/2025/04/17/2...
#PublishingIndustryNews #YA
Congratulations to the 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize winner & honor books
The 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the winner and honor books for the 2025 prize.  This is the seventh year…
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April 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The shortlist is up for the 2024 GLLI Translated #YA Book Prize! glli-us.org/2024/03/20/2...
March 20, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Congrats to all those shortlisted! 🙌🥳👏 Take a look at all the amazing YA books in the 2025 Global Literature in Library Initiative’s translated young adult book prize
#kidlit #namethetranslator #ya

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Announcing the Shortlist for the 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize
The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 prize.  This is the seventh year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, which recognizes p…
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March 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Generally recommend everything that's been on the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize shortlists!
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#readtheworld #worldkidlitmonth #IntlYA #YAlit #translation
GLLI Translated YA Book Prize – Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
Posts about GLLI Translated YA Book Prize written by Nanette McGuinness, katieday, and Klem-Marí Cajigas
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September 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative’s 2026 Translated YA Book Prize Winner and Honor Books feature works from Dutch, French, Japanese, and Norwegian. Haven’t checked them out yet? Head on over and find translations for all ages:

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GLLI Translated YA Book Prize – Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
Posts about GLLI Translated YA Book Prize written by katieday and Nanette McGuinness
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July 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
World Kid Lit Month is full steam ahead over on the Global Literature in Libraries blog! Regular book reviews and blog posts throughout September, with a particular focus this #WorldKidLitMonth on books & authors from Europe
GLLI run kid lit reviews every Wednesday too!
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Welcome to #WorldKidLit Month on GLLI!
Welcome to World Kid Lit Month on the Global Literature in Libraries blog! This month, we will hear from librarians all over, with a focus on books and authors from Europe this year. This is the ni…
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September 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Find out more about The Darkness of Colours and the other shortlisted YA books over at the awesome GLLI - the Global Literature In Libraries Initiative
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#YALit #worldkidlit #readtheworld #latinxYALit
Announcing the Shortlist for the 2025 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize
The 2025 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 prize.  This is the seventh year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, which recognizes p…
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April 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Been explaining to some people what light novels are (because pretty much know one knows). Good time to bring this back. Anyone know how many LN have been published in English in 2023 or this year? glli-us.org/2018/05/30/t...
The Vast Light Novel Universe — by translator Emily Balistrieri
May GLLI Blog Series:  Japan in Translation, No. 28 What’s the significance of the numbers 18, 49, 82, and 183? If you answered that those are the numbers of light novels published in English annua…
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October 27, 2024 at 12:34 AM
For #WorldKidLit month over at GLLI (Global Literature in Libraries Initiative), Stephanie Roelling introduces some of her favorite children’s books in Scots and Gaelic!
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#WorldKidLitMonth #kidslit #childrensbooks #scots #gaelic
#WorldKidLit Month 2025: Wee Words and Big Stories – How Scots and Gaelic Are Making a Comeback in Kids’ Books
Welcome to day two of #WorldKidLit month on GLLI. Today, Stephanie Roelling introduces some of her favorite children’s books in Scots and Gaelic. “Dinna fash yersel.”It’s a phrase many Scots …
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September 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Global Literature in Libraries(アメリカの図書館・翻訳文学界で活動する専門的な非営利団体)による
#WORLDKIDLIT MONTH:
「Four Japanese Novels About Relationships Suitable for Teen Readers」

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#WorldKidLit Month: Four Japanese Novels About Relationships Suitable for Teen Readers
Today’s post comes to you from Arthur Reiji Morris: The Forest of Wool and Steel by Natsu Miyashita / Translated by Philip Gabriel (Black Swan Books, 2020)  The protagonist of The Forest of W…
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September 29, 2026 at 1:37 PM