Avery Udagawa
@averyudagawa.bsky.social
Kansan in Thailand, translator of Japanese children's literature, believer in #worldkidlit www.averyfischerudagawa.com
"I will not let people push me into a too-early deadline, because I know it's not going to be good, and my name is going to be on there." Sage advice from Eva Apelqvist at the #scbwiSummer26 Translators' Social! #SCBWITranslation #kidlit #xl8
Does translating about sports count as exercise?? Asking for a friend... #AmTranslating #xl8
I commented for a Japan Times piece that highlights literary influences on Hayao Miyazaki, including Sachiko Kashiwaba's THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST. www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026...
How Hayao Miyazaki’s love of books influenced Studio Ghibli’s stories
Hayao Miyazaki lists books as direct sources for a number of his films including his latest, “The Boy and the Heron.”
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I'm crying over a translation again. I'm unlikely ever to forget why I do this job (it's not a job, it's a calling!), but if I ever did... this is why. #xl8 #amtranslating #amediting
Why can I never have enough chocolate? #amtranslating
As we approach 10 years of #WorldKidLitMonth this September, we're fundraising to keep the #WorldKidLit ship sailing into the next decade, and for two projects aimed at promoting international reading among young people. Please donate & share widely! Thank you! worldkidlit.org/2026/07/21/w...
World Kid Lit: 10th Anniversary Fundraiser
It’s the 10th year of World Kid Lit: an international reading project with a global impact! As we approach World Kid Lit Month this September – our 10th anniversary – we are fundr…
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Translators, register here to join a social featuring Eva Apelqvist, translator of FIRE FROM THE SKY by Moa Backe Åstot—only the second title in #translation to be named a Printz Honor book! Thurs, July 30, 7-8pm Central scbwi.zoom.us/meeting/regi... A free part of #scbwiSummer26 ⭐️ #ya #xl8 #kidlit
Submissions welcome through July 31 for the #SCBWI Pitch-Perfect Translation Grant! Assists children’s book translators in the development of a specific #translation project into English, which is not currently under contract. Up to 2 winners selected annually: www.scbwi.org/pitch-perfec... #kidlit
Pitch-Perfect Translation Grant
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators provides the resources, professional networking, and community-building opportunities that support writers, illustrators, and translators throug...
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Translation is "making choice after thoughtful choice so that a child reading in another language laughs at the same joke, feels the same sense of comfort or the same sense of wonder." Editor and translator María Camila Correa at @scbwisf.bsky.social webinar on July 10. 📚 #SCBWITranslation #kidlit
ALTA49 will feature a panel on translation of children's literature moderated by @jasmine-hongyu.bsky.social and including Riya Parikh, @nanettemcg.bsky.social, Lena Traer, and @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social! 📚 #kidlit #worldkidlit #translation #xl8 #ALTA49
American Literary Translators Association@littranslate.bsky.social · 4w ago🥳 The accepted ALTA49: Give and Take conference panels and workshops have been announced! Check out the lineup here: buff.ly/RrY9iXf Some of these panels and workshops are seeking participants (read through the lineup to see which ones are open). Interested? Email the organizer by July 27!
A new #IBBY Honour List! 🎉 "Selected for the 2026 list are 76 entries in the category of Writing; 58 in the category of Illustration; and 57 in the category of Translation, making it the largest list ever compiled since the creation of the programme seventy years ago." www.ibby.org/awards-activ...
IBBY Honour List 2026: IBBY International Board on Books for Young People
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Some more information about #MARC041 and making #translation visible from Minjie Chen of the Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton, on LinkedIn
“The decision to pursue the sale of picture books and other children’s books [in selected post offices] was driven by their steady sales amid an overall slump in publishing.” #Japan #BookIndustryNews HT @helenwanglondon.bsky.social asianews.network/japan-post-t...
Japan Post to launch initiative selling kids’ books at post offices, beginning in areas affected by 2011 quake
Amid a nationwide decline in local bookshops, the company will leverage the strength of its extensive network of post offices to provide local residents with a space to discover books.
asianews.network
Minjie Chen of the Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton, has requested that a library database field called #MARC041 about #translation be made visible. Please consider sharing this with your local library team, especially those working in #metadata: www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...
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Our campaign to improve the visibility of #translation in #library catalogues is making progress. If you are a librarian, please support Minjie Chen's new request for OCLC to index #marc041, a field i...
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I look forward to moderating SWET Talk Shop: Catching Up with Writer Holly Thompson @hatbooks.bsky.social on Saturday, July 11 at 9 a.m. Japan Standard Time. Holly's #bicultural writing for young people has inspired me for years. #kidlit #pb #mg #ya #ListeningToTrees swet.jp/events/event...
before breakfast meeting Mika in book three The Moonwind Mysteries are so good! 🥰📚✨️
Happening July 10 at noon PT In Other Words with María Camila Correa A deep dive into translating & uplifting children’s books across cultures with submission opportunity. 📖 Picture‑book & translator folks, this one’s for you.
Highlight of the evening #alaac26 seeing ODDS AND ENDS by Maija Hurme tr Mia Spangenberg from @enchantedlion.bsky.social with so many stars 🤩⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇫🇮 #worldkidlit
Spending time with NOBODY BUT ME by Sara Lundberg tr by @bjwoodstein.bsky.social at #alaac26 #worldkidlit Booth 2234-c Triangle Square
THE WILD BOOK is *such* a great summer read for #middlegrade bibliophiles. First crush, flummoxing (but dear) family, a Pirate Book—all the things!
Lawrence Schimel@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · last mo.Nice to see the paperback of my translation of Mexican author Juan Villoro's lovely bibliofantasy THE WILD BOOK prominently displayed at #alaac26: restlessbooks.org/bookstore/th... 🥰 #booksky #worldkidlit #kidlit #xl8
Thank you, @qsprite.bsky.social!! 😍This shout-out energizes me so much! ⚡️ #amtranslating
Paula Holmes@qsprite.bsky.social · last mo.Stopped by #restlessbook booth 4148 #alaac26 love seeing some of my favorite books and translators #worldkidlit can’t wait for @averyudagawa.bsky.social next translation
Editor/translator María Camila Correa talks #picturebooks! July 10! 😀 #SCBWITranslation Register: scbwi.org/events/ca-sfsouth-in-other-words-translating-and-championing-childrens-books-across-cultures-with-maria-camila-correa-random-house-studio Meet María: www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/03/24/e...
SCBWI San Francisco South@scbwisf.bsky.social · last mo.Join us for a look at translating children’s books with editor/translator @mariaccorreaedits.bsky.social from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social ! 🐧 Register today! ✨📣 #kidlitcommunity #languagetranslator #childrensbookauthor #scbwisfsouth
💬SCBWI CA SanFrancisco South @scbwisf.bsky.social is hosting a webinar for authors & translators: Kidlit across cultures w/ editor María Correa @penguinkids.bsky.social⚡July 10 signup www.scbwi.org/events/ca-sf... #bilingualkidsbooks #authortranslator #scbwievent #picturebookwebinar #booktranslator
Thinking of everyone heading to #alaac26 in Chicago! Instead of a signing-with-the-author-I-translated year, this is a hunkering-down-to-translate-her-high-fantasy-series year. #alaac, I/we will be back! 📚💞
Peter Musser@petermusser.com · last mo.See you in a few hours, Chicago! #alaac26
I just preordered the next book THE ONES WHO REMAIN coming out in November - can’t wait!!!
This morning’s coffee & KidLit THE LADY OF SHADOWS the Moonwind Mysteries by Johan Rundberg tr by A.A. Prime 🇸🇪this is the fourth in this MG Swedish historical mystery ❤️ I am counting on Mika’s adventures to have me on the edge of my seat like the last 3 #worldkidlit
