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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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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
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The legendary translator Juliet Winters Carpenter has passed away. Among her incredibly varied projects were works appropriate for YA/YA+. Here is an interview with her about two of them. May they keep reaching readers this #IntlYALitMonth: ihatov.wordpress.com/2022/07/10/t...
The Easy Life in Kamusari and Kamusari Tales Told at Night: A Conversation with Translator Juliet Winters Carpenter
By Deborah Iwabuchi, Maebashi, Japan Juliet Winters Carpenter is well-known for her brilliant translations, and despite her “retirement” to Whidbey Island in the state of Washington, is apparently …
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May 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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Day 2 of #IntlYALitMonth: the fabulous Gianni Rodari and His Grammars of Fantasy
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#IntlYALitMonth: Gianni Rodari and His Grammars of Fantasy
Giovanni (Gianni) Rodari’s importance to Italian children’s literature is hard to overstate, though English translations of his books have been scarce until the last few years. Born in 1920, he was…
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May 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Head Librarian @kimtyodickerson.bsky.social is contributing to Global Literature in Libraries Initiative's 2025 #IntYALitMonth edited by @librarianedge.bsky.social. Follow along in May to discover new books, authors in translation.
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Welcome to GLLI’s 2025 #IntlYALitMonth
It’s May – and time for the 5th annual International Young Adult Literature Month (#IntlYALitMonth) here on the Global Literature in Libraries (GLLI) blog. (Thank you, Karen Van Drie, for starting …
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May 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Day 6 of #IntlYALitMonth took us to Armenia, Turkey and the Armenian-American diaspora with the incredible graphic novel Armaveni by Nadine Takvorian, pub. @levinequerido.bsky.social (which we also recently reviewed at @wwborders.bsky.social!)

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#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Armaveni
A genocide almost a hundred years earlier echoes in the life of 16-year-old Nadine and her brother, who convince their parents to let them go on a family heritage tour to Armenia with their classma…
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May 27, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Day 10 of #IntlYALitMonth was a fascinating feature by Yue (Cathy) Wang on China’s Missing Genre: The Struggle for YA Literature

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#IntYALitMonth: Chinese YA Literature
Today’s post comes to you from Yue (Cathy) Wang China’s Missing Genre: The Struggle for YA Literature In today’s Chinese children’s book market, the YA category is relatively underdeveloped. …
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May 27, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Day 8 of #IntlYALitMonth: Linda Hoiseth's review of Nothing by Janne Teller, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken, pub. Atheneum Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster

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#IntYALitMonth: Nothing
Today’s post comes to you from Linda Hoiseth Nothing. Something. Everything. Nothing matters.I have known that for a long time.So nothing is worth doing.I just realized that. That’s what Pierr…
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May 27, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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The Italian theme continued on day 5 with a review of White as Silence, Red as Song by Alessandro D’Avenia, translated by Tabitha Sowden

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#IntYALitMonth: White as Silence, Red as Song
Today’s post comes to you from Nadine Bailey The Colour of Tears Alessandro D’Avenia is an Italian high school teacher with a PhD in Classical Literature. Both his love of classical literatur…
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May 27, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Day 4 of #IntlYALitMonth at GLLI: more Italian fantasy with Alkrem by Marta Palazzesi, translated by Christopher Turner, pub. @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social

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#IntYALitMonth: Alkrem
Today’s post comes to you from Kim Tyo-Dickerson Alkrem: Magic wasn’t just his birthright, it was his destiny. Theo, the adopted son of the powerful Archemist Brennock Chimius, is turning thirteen.…
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May 27, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Day 3 of #IntlYALitMonth at GLLI: Alchemy and Identity: How "Rebis: Born and Reborn" Reimagines the European Witch Trials in Medieval Italy, by librarian @kimtyodickerson.bsky.social
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#IntYALitMonth: Rebis: Born and Reborn
Today’s post comes to you from Kim Tyo-Dickerson Alchemy and Identity: How Rebis: Born and Reborn Reimagines the European Witch Trials in Medieval Italy Rebis: Born and Reborn — written…
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May 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM