Bronze and Sunflower shortlisted for the Marsh Award

The Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation is awarded biennially. Last week, on 20 October, the shortlist for the 2017 award was announced (see press release).

I am a tiger!

I am a tiger, who am I scared of? 《我是老虎我怕谁》 is the name of this lovely picture book by Wang Zumin 王祖民 and Wang Ying 王莺. Tiger isn’t a very nice animal. He’s big and strong and as the king of the animals (well, in his own opinion, at least) he doesn’t need to be considerate or nice to anyone.

Crossing Cultures: Belle Yang, A Story of Immigration

Writer and painter Belle Yang 楊萱 has published several books for children. A touring exhibition of her paintings opened recently at the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University, 30 Sept to 4 Dec 2016.

Literature: Another Form of Housebuilding – Cao Wenxuan’s acceptance speech

The winners of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016 were announced in Bologna, Italy, on 4 April 2016.  CAO Wenxuan 曹文轩 was awarded the writer’s award, and Rotraut Susanne Berner the illustrator’s award.The presentations of the awards took place in Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 August 2016.

Happy Double Ninth (Chongyang) Festival!

Today’s another festival! This one takes place on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month – it’s usually in October, and this year it’s on 9th October.

Poems for Children – selected by Bei Dao

One of the world’s great poets, Bei Dao 北岛, was shocked when his son, then in first grade, brought home a poem he was to learn by heart for a Hong Kong schools competition.

The “Warring States” world of picture books … in a big Hangzhou bookshop

The title of this blog is borrowed from Minjie’s last post. The “Warring States” refers to the group of states (usually between six and eight, but the number varies over time according to mergers and acquisitions) that were vying for land and power during the 250-year period between 475-221 BC.

A Brief History of Chinese Literature for Children, What Sells Now, and More

My last post focused on a single question posed by Marcia Lynx Qualey, initiator of #WorldKidLit Month (September). In fact, during our conversation, she asked more questions, and these went into a second blogpost on 30 September, a timely coincidence as 30 September is International Translation Day! Again, many thanks to Marcia for allowing me to cross-post the second piece here.