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I love these chap books. So much temptation...

https://www.strangers.press/product-page/kanata-full-set
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International Translation Day today! Who's reading a book in translation?
I started the tagged book, translated from Bulgarian, last night.
Very grateful to the translators who open windows to other cultures and literatures.
#InternationalTranslationDay #InTranslation

Painting of St Jerome, patron saint of translators, by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

For my friends on Litsy who like a reminder when I post a new video about my reading, here‘s a link: Friday Reads 03/14: 10 books from 9 countries

https://youtu.be/M_NYB1phWlQ

#booktube #CanLit #poetry #LGBTQ #InTranslation

My latest booktube episode includes a dozen recent reads:
https://youtu.be/pLq4BZFeuIY

#LGBTQ #kidlit #picturebook #audiobook #classic #inTranslation #Canadian #essays #science

This is a beautiful, subtle story of queer teenage love set in small town Portugal, told alternately in graphic novel and prose poem format. The art is gorgeous, dynamic, and expressive. The words are poetic yet simple, and authentic in a way that brought me right back to being 16 and having a crush.I loved this! Definitely read this if you're a fan of Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki's graphic novels.

Coordinated my cup to my book today, without even meaning to! 😂 This was recommended by my honorary cousin (well, she asked if I would read it for her for her class 😂), and I‘m enjoying it so far…even though there is definitely an eerie vibe that‘s unsettling about the concept… #thememorypolice #yokoogawa #intranslation

Dutch journalist looks back at 100 years of Russian history. Some memoir, his own history in Russia, from the slow collapse of the USSR to the rise of the oligarchs. Some much older histories, narratives from those who witnessed the revolution in 1917, and saw the new communist order establish itself. I could have done without quite so much self-involved reflection in places. However many of those on Putin seemed prescient (original pub 2017).

[Her father] saves sand from his seaside trips and stores it in the garage....Sometimes he'll give me a starfish in a cellophane bag as a present, but it's always painted some tacky, fluorescent color. In a back room, he has bins of mineral chunks and shells, in the sort of box used for screws in hardware stores. I once picked up a can full of white pumice stone chips that was labeled 'Moon.'

#BorderlessBookclub
#InTranslation

The new Borderless Bookclub programme is out!
I am looking forward to discovering some new books in translation.

Open membership (online) - more info https://borderlessbookclub.com/programme

#InTranslation #ReadHarder #Brazil #Italy #Iceland

This book appears minimalist, but the story is as big as the cosmos. “Grampa is gone.“ Gone where? There's a double foldout of possibility. https://vimeo.com/617222905 #Picturebooks #InTranslation