Phoenix Yard Books

31/01/2017

'The language is breathtakingly magical' An excellent review of 'The Naming of Tishkin Silk' by Glenda Millard
http://rebeccastonehill.com/childrens-book-reviews/you-have-to-read-this-book/

‘You HAVE to read this book!” These were the words uttered by both my eight and ten year old daughters, independently of one another and approximately six months apart. To quantify: my children never say this to me about books that they read, which is why I really sat up and took notice when they …

30/01/2017

This is an amazing resource produced by the great people at the School Librarian Association http://www.sla.org.uk/publication.php?isbn=9781911222002

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30/01/2017

Listen up everyone it's National Storytelling Week! Celebrate with a good book. We can recommend one or two...http://www.phoenixyardbooks.com/books.php

23/01/2017

'Found in Translation' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/30/literature-in-translation-quiz-international-translation-day

Which US classic appeared in Swedish as A Man Without Scruples? Who described translation as ‘the art of failure’? Interpret these questions to mark International Translation Day

16/01/2017

Join Arthur on an icy adventure at his grandpa's this winter in 'Arthur and the Ice Rink' by Johanne Mercier http://www.phoenixyardbooks.com/view_book.php?id=41

Arthur and the Ice Rink by Johanne Mercier | Books - Phoenix Yard Books are a children's publishing house situated in between wobbled cobbled walls and wooden beams of a converted brewery near King's Cross in London.

16/01/2017

Test your knowledge with Literature in Translation Quiz https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/30/literature-in-translation-quiz-international-translation-day

16/01/2017

Join Arthur on an icy adventure at his grandpa's this winter in'Arthur and the Ice Rink' by Johanne Mercier http://www.phoenixyardbooks.com/view_book.php?id=41

16/12/2016

http://publishingperspectives.com/2016/12/chinese-translation-markets-distribution/ #.WFE5M-nh1uU.twitter

Good translations of Chinese literature are hard to find, and one program is working to help change that with grants for translators.

30/09/2016

It's International Translation Day! Check out what our friends at the Free Word Centre are doing today:
https://www.freewordcentre.com/whats-on/international-translation-day-2016

The International Translation Day symposium is an annual event for the translation community.

26/09/2016

http://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/1424/

26/09/2016

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/sep/05/moomins-tintin-where-are-new-translated-childrens-books-daniel-hahn?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=9fb6514c0a-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-9fb6514c0a-305141497

While we readily pick up books from the Anglosphere, a world of children’s literature in other languages is undiscovered because they have not been translated. Let’s fix that