August 10, 2013

Good Summer Reading!

Writing and Discussion about Japanese Children’s Literature in English 

The SCBWI Tokyo Translation Group blog spotlights Japanese children’s literature in English translation. Summer 2013 posts include:

Translating Culture to Kids by Sako Ikegami and Juliet Winters Carpenter. A report on a July talk by Paul Evans at Doshisha Women’s College regarding books for young people about Japan.

Little Keys and the Red Piano--A Translation for Ebook by Deborah Iwabuchi. A three-part series about translating a Japanese novel as an ebook for middle grade readers.

An Interview with Laura Watkinson by Avery Fischer Udagawa. An interview with the translator of Batchelder Award-winning novel Soldier Bear, regarding how to promote children’s and teen literature in translation.

--thanks to Avery Fischer Udagawa