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September 2026: World Kid Lit Month (opens the original)
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September is World Kid Lit Month (you can find out more at worldkidlit.org). Children are often neglected when it comes to literary translation. Literature in translation — at least on the English-language landscape — is often thought of as Very Serious and Adult. And young people (the wisdom goes) need to be enticed into reading, not saddled with Difficult Stuff.This gets things sideways not just because literature in translation is also fun, but also because young readers also need to chew on
Women Recommending Women (opens the original)
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Curated by Meriem EssaoudyThanks to Meriem for conducting these interviews with leading women writers across the Maghreb and Mashreq and putting together this month’s recommendations, where women recommend their favorite books by women (contemporary and classic), their favorite women in publishing, and their favorite women-run book spaces.For more on Arabic literature by women writers (in and for translation) visit arablit.org. If you’re interested in translated excerpts of any of these works fo
July 2026: Football & Beach Reads (opens the original)
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We’re on summer break, so this will be a quick one. But while you’re here, we do want to recommend that back issues of ArabLit Quarterly magazine are an excellent way to discover a range of Arab writers in translation. The best back-issue beach reads are THE CAT, THE KITCHEN, SONG, THE JOKE, and <a href="https://arablit.gumroad.com/l/A
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