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#mswl reminder: I am still on the hunt for standout trans/genderqueer voices, particularly in YA but also MG, from speculative to gorgeously written coming-of-age. My partner is trans/nb, I’m genderfluid, and I will never stop championing genderqueer authors

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IN MEMORIAM AFLEVERING JAN TERLOUW Jan Terlouw had nooit gedacht schrijver te worden, maar wordt nu vooral herdacht als de auteur van een rijk kinderboekenoeuvre. In dit In Memoriam staan we stil bij zijn boeken en de betekenis van zijn schrijverschap degrotevriendelijkepodcast.nl/afleveringen...

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An island of strangers? Just imagine British children's books without the work of migrants & their children – all of these & more! www.sfsaid.com/2017/02/one-...

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Small thing but nice...

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Penguin Random House is looking for new queer voices and is currently taking unagented submissions for fiction and nonfiction by LGBTQ+ writers. www.instagram.com/p/DI9PlxCRp38/ #BookSky #QueerBookSky #LGBTQBooks #WritingCommunity 🌈📚

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Reading is a radical act. Every time a child picks up a book, new possibilities open up that were not there before. And it has the biggest positive impact of all factors on children's life chances! Every time you help a kid to read for pleasure, you will change their lives FOREVER. #literacy #books

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On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

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Feit en fictie over mazelen, vaccins, God, bijwerkingen, autisme. Uit kinderboek Viruswereld.

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Hallo beste blauwe lucht liefhebbers! Vanaf nu is @ibby-nl.bsky.social ook op BlueSky te vinden. Wil je weten wat we allemaal bij IBBY NL doen, neem een kijkje op onze website: www.ibby-nederland.nl Alle kinderen hebben het recht om een lezer te worden. #BringingBooksandChildrenTogether

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We zijn er ook: in de Grote Vriendelijke Blauwe Lucht! De Grote Vriendelijke Podcast is een podcast voor volwassenen over jeugdliteratuur. We maakten inmiddels 136 afleveringen en gaan nog héél lang door. Volg ons als je alles over kinderboeken wilt weten of gewoon voor de gezelligheid.

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I love fairytale retellings, especially if they're done like this! Thank you @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social booksofhopeanddreams.wordpress.com/2025/03/01/n...

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Interrail-passen in de uitverkoop:

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Vacature! Querido❤️

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Don't skip this interview with WWB contributors Ahmed Naji and Katharine Halls!

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I've signed up for this. Can't draw but willing to try! ❤️💕

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Mandana Chaffa uses the otherworldly premise of Anton Hur's novel Toward Eternity as a springboard to discuss Hur's path to translation, community, and immortality. Read their conversation: https://buff.ly/3EfPPnP

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Translator friends! Please welcome @sanarch.bsky.social because I just talked her into coming here from the other place 🍀

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At times like these, I wonder what use children's books can be. But maybe they're more important than ever now. However dark things get, we have to help kids imagine a better world. So please: never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop giving them HOPE. www.theguardian.com/childrens-bo...

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Still here. Blue skies smiling at me, nothing but blue skies do I see... 💙☁️😀

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Hanukkah sameach! On the blog, find resources to celebrate and teach children about Hanukkah: readyourworld.org/hanukkah-res... #ReadYourWorld #kidlit

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Children's books are never "just" for children. They are books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are really books for EVERYONE, and you can never, ever, EVER be too old to read them, and to love them!

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Wow! Happened upon this beautiful display of Tonke Dragt books in the window of Antiquariaat Lont on Herenstraat, Amsterdam. Including loads of translated versions. If you're in the area, check it out! #happytranslatormoment ❤️

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Come on, @theguardian.com - a (great) review in the Books in Translation section, with quotes, that fails to #namethetranslator? Please credit Herbert Lomas, who translated Johanna Sinisalo’s TROLL from the Finnish. @john-self.bsky.social, please nudge ‘em. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots. To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

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December begins here. 🍸 Espresso martini? Aw, go on, then. Cantine de Caron, followed by a bit of Sinterklaas Sunday market. Ho ho ho. 😀☃️🎄 Hope everyone's having fun.

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Happy December, everyone! 🥳🎅🎄☃️ I'm planning to spend plenty of time curled up with books and a cat.

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Depictions of frogs in Japanese art

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‘Films die nergens draaien’ (‘Movies showing nowhere’) van Yorick Goldewijk is door de Britse krant de Times uitgeroepen tot Kinderboek van het Jaar 2024. De felicitaties zijn ook voor de vertaalster @laurawat.bsky.social Her boek veroverde vorige week de eerste plek in Grote Vriendelijke 100

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