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Revisiting Those New Year’s Resolutions
My husband and I had dinner with our son, Derrick, and his girlfriend, Lindsey, and on the way to Russ & Daughters’ highly recommended new cafe, Derrick and Lindsey discussed their New Year’s...
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A Star for Translation
I’ve been busy these past few days writing a panel proposal for the USBBY regional meeting of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People), which will take place this fall, October 16-18, in...
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Publication Day for The World in a Second
If it’s Tuesday, that means it’s Publication Day for most U.S.-published books. (In the UK, by the way, that magic day is Thursday, and for some reason unknown to me, Rogue came out on a Thursday as...
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A Journey to the Ruins
Last week’s report on the Lego Fan Event in Lisbon promised additional photos of a ruined country home. This scene caught my eye because I recently read a middle grade novel titled Irmão Lobo (Brother...
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Talking About Translation at the 2015 Brooklyn Book Festival
Beginning this weekend, my events schedule is picking up, and I will be quite busy until Thanksgiving. I have three books in the mix. The World in a Second and Surviving Santiago came out in the...
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Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?
Charlie, our little bichon frise, is now 11 years old. Depending on whether you use the 7 dog years for every human years, or the more complicated formula of 24 years for the first two years and 4 for...
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A Book Fair!
In my famous “Trendsetter and Hipster’s Guide to Enjoying Lisbon” blog post, one of the pieces of advice I offered was to look in metro stations for entertainment opportunities. This advice has served...
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Where to Invade Next and What to Translate Next
I saw Michael Moore’s film Where to Invade Next the week of its release in the United States, and I’ve noticed that it’s playing pretty widely in Europe too. I’m not surprised; the film features Moore...
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A Fable for Our Time: The Queen of the Frogs
Last month another one of my translations launched, The Queen of the Frogs, written by Davide Cali, illustrated by Marco Somà, and published in English by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Although...
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Lisbon’s Book Fair Expands
Yesterday I returned from a month in Portugal, and my shorter trip — we usually stay closer to two months and take side trips within Europe — meant that I only had one day at the Feira do Livro this...
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