World Kid Lit

World Kid Lit

global literature for young people

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Author: Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Literary translator (from Arabic, German and Russian into English), language teacher, director of World Kid Lit CIC, and non-stop reader
April 9, 2020June 13, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

GLLI Translated YA Prize 2020 winners and honor titles

April 2, 2020 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Child’s Play: International Children’s Literature in Translation at Words Without Borders

March 4, 2020February 28, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Putting the World into World Book Day

February 26, 2020February 25, 2020 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Kid lit & YA from Latvia … in translation

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

The 2020 Mildred L. Batchelder Award

December 12, 2019March 1, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

German YA in translation: NBG’s Emerging Translators Programme

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Translating children’s literature at the BCLT Summer School

October 24, 2019March 1, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

2019 Shortlists for Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Norwegian children’s books to look out for

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Tbilisi World Book Capital 2021 … more translations of Georgian children’s books?

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