Posted on November 17, 2024
Looking for Latin American reading beyond the usual favorites? A panel of children's translators has identified fifteen great new books, spanning the Caribbean and Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and more:
Posted on October 20, 2024
In a new blog post series, “Off-Campus,” Words Without Borders Campus talks to some of the most interesting people in world kid lit, global education, and international publishing.
Posted on October 10, 2024
We couldn't be more excited that South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature! Han received the award “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
Posted on September 25, 2024
This past spring, Quechua-Peruvian author Marco Avilés joined us here in New York City to lead writing workshops for high school students at three local schools. Students read his thought-provoking essay "I Am Not Your Cholo" (translated by Sophie Hughes) and excerpts from the collection De dónde venimos los cholos, then enjoyed an interactive presentation by Marco featuring childhood memories of eating street food in Lima and coming to the United States for the first time.
Posted on September 12, 2024
(Content warning: This story and blog post include mentions of death that may be disturbing to some readers.)