Tens
of millions of kids will never see a a book in the language they speak, so
NGO Room to Read has published 850 titles in Lao, Hindi, Tamil, Kiswahili,
and 25 other languages.
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Discussion:
Even
the most modest publishing efforts, when done in the right context, can
change the world. Nowhere is this better demonstrated than by Imagine Asia's
work in Afghanistan.
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More News from PP:
The final
day of AWP in Boston finds the 11,000 writers in attendance, zombified and
roaming the halls looking for free swag, as everyone vows "never
again."
"I'm
just here to soak up the desperation," says one AWP attendee who managed
to remain aloof from from the fray, but our correspondent David Duhr hasn't
fared as well.
A pocket edition FLIP Paraty will
be held in the UK this October, Machado magazine #2 is out now, and Brazil's
Bologna catalog available for download.
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From the Archives:
Walter Dean Myers, the new US
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, wants to communicate that
reading is a matter of life and death.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Most Influential Children’s Publisher You’ve Never Heard Of
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