Avery Udagawa
@averyudagawa.bsky.social
Kansan in Thailand, translator of Japanese children's literature, believer in #worldkidlit www.averyfischerudagawa.com
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Libby & Sora Reads Nov 2025
Libby & Sora Reads is a global ebook club-read the same title with others worldwide, free through your library or school with no holds or wait lists.
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Open access to THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST via Sora and Libby, now through December 2! #SachikoKashiwaba #kidlit #bookclub #booksky pages.libbylife.com/LibbySoraReads
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I so enjoyed the latest SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social podcast with translator Avery Fisher Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social ! So great to hear more about her translation of Temple Alley Summer and her ongoing relationship with its author Sachiko Kashiwaba!
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Thank you for listening! 🎧❤️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
A toast to the new twelfth edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary! www.merriam-webster.com/collegiate-d... @merriam-webster.com youtu.be/atzFr6uA5KE
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November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A toast to the new twelfth edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary! www.merriam-webster.com/collegiate-d... @merriam-webster.com youtu.be/atzFr6uA5KE
Open access to THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST via Sora and Libby, now through December 2! #SachikoKashiwaba #kidlit #bookclub #booksky pages.libbylife.com/LibbySoraReads
Libby & Sora Reads Nov 2025
Libby & Sora Reads is a global ebook club-read the same title with others worldwide, free through your library or school with no holds or wait lists.
pages.libbylife.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Open access to THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST via Sora and Libby, now through December 2! #SachikoKashiwaba #kidlit #bookclub #booksky pages.libbylife.com/LibbySoraReads
Thank you, #TranslatorsAloud!
A mountain town that’s not on any map, a messy bookstore with infinite doors, and a spoiled prince under a forgetful wizard’s curse. Sound interesting? Here's translator @averyudagawa.bsky.social reading from Sachiko Kashiwaba's classic THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST, on sale now! youtu.be/gEwEcM0aKtA
Avery Fischer Udagawa reads from Sachiko Kashiwaba's THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST (Restless Books)
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thank you, #TranslatorsAloud!
Chelsea buns in Obuse, Nagano, remain the stuff of #kidlit! William Yamaguchi Dobson "was able to slip the slenderest of references to the Iwasaki bakery in my debut middle-grade novel. It's called The Fortress of Lost Memories . . ." 1/3
ICYMI: Scholastic UK has signed Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories, a middle-grade fantasy with a focus on Japanese folklore by debut author William Yamaguchi Dobson, accompanied by “breathtaking” art by Japanese artist Sawa 👇 #BookSky
Scholastic scoops Dobson’s ‘Ghibli-esque’ middle-grade fantasy debut
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November 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Chelsea buns in Obuse, Nagano, remain the stuff of #kidlit! William Yamaguchi Dobson "was able to slip the slenderest of references to the Iwasaki bakery in my debut middle-grade novel. It's called The Fortress of Lost Memories . . ." 1/3
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This mystery place in Nagoya is maybe the coolest bookstore I've ever been to. Arrows lead you through the winding path of the store like a museum exhibit, all the shelves are giant books, and there are little sitting rooms/crime scenes throughout the store.
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This mystery place in Nagoya is maybe the coolest bookstore I've ever been to. Arrows lead you through the winding path of the store like a museum exhibit, all the shelves are giant books, and there are little sitting rooms/crime scenes throughout the store.
One daughter and I went out to lunch today, and she happened to snap a pic of my #TranslatorsAloud merch in the wild. Grab yours! 👇
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
One daughter and I went out to lunch today, and she happened to snap a pic of my #TranslatorsAloud merch in the wild. Grab yours! 👇
Kudos, 2025 #SCBWI Pitch-Perfect Translation Grant winners!
⭐️ @patiencehaggin.bsky.social for The Girl with the Green Backpack by Elisa Castiglioni from Italian (Middle Grade)
⭐️ Aerin Park for Mo Story, written and illustrated by Yeonju Choi, from Korean (Picture Book) www.scbwi.org/2025-pitch-p...
⭐️ @patiencehaggin.bsky.social for The Girl with the Green Backpack by Elisa Castiglioni from Italian (Middle Grade)
⭐️ Aerin Park for Mo Story, written and illustrated by Yeonju Choi, from Korean (Picture Book) www.scbwi.org/2025-pitch-p...
2025 Pitch Perfect Translation Grant Winners
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators provides the resources, professional networking, and community-building opportunities that support writers, illustrators, and translators throug...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Kudos, 2025 #SCBWI Pitch-Perfect Translation Grant winners!
⭐️ @patiencehaggin.bsky.social for The Girl with the Green Backpack by Elisa Castiglioni from Italian (Middle Grade)
⭐️ Aerin Park for Mo Story, written and illustrated by Yeonju Choi, from Korean (Picture Book) www.scbwi.org/2025-pitch-p...
⭐️ @patiencehaggin.bsky.social for The Girl with the Green Backpack by Elisa Castiglioni from Italian (Middle Grade)
⭐️ Aerin Park for Mo Story, written and illustrated by Yeonju Choi, from Korean (Picture Book) www.scbwi.org/2025-pitch-p...
Look out world, there's a new #CaoWenxuan title translated from Chinese by @helenwanglondon.bsky.social. A #picturebook this time! Illustrated by Suzy Lee . . . starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. #worldkidlit #kidlit
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Look out world, there's a new #CaoWenxuan title translated from Chinese by @helenwanglondon.bsky.social. A #picturebook this time! Illustrated by Suzy Lee . . . starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. #worldkidlit #kidlit
Book mail! @katemilford.bsky.social's RIALTO is coming in April and is about "anxiety and sibling relationships...to a similar degree to which GREENGLASS HOUSE is about adoption." It's set in #Missouri and involves a theme park town swallowed by forest. I'm in! #kidlit #booksky
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Book mail! @katemilford.bsky.social's RIALTO is coming in April and is about "anxiety and sibling relationships...to a similar degree to which GREENGLASS HOUSE is about adoption." It's set in #Missouri and involves a theme park town swallowed by forest. I'm in! #kidlit #booksky
Good to see the #LiteraryArtsFund established in the wake of cuts to the #NationalEndowmentfortheArts, #NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities, and #IMLS. Those still need funding, *and* and it is heartening to see the private sector step up. #booksky www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
A new fund will route millions to the literary arts
A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Good to see the #LiteraryArtsFund established in the wake of cuts to the #NationalEndowmentfortheArts, #NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities, and #IMLS. Those still need funding, *and* and it is heartening to see the private sector step up. #booksky www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
“Around 60 percent of US consumers wish they read books more.” #booksky
Consulting firm Bain & Company argues that now is the time for the publishing industry to band together to find ways to win back consumers looking to break their obsession with screens.
New Report Urges Publishers to Capitalize on Hidden Strengths
Consulting firm Bain & Company argues that now is the time for the publishing industry to band together to find ways to win back consumers looking to break their obsession with screens.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
“Around 60 percent of US consumers wish they read books more.” #booksky
"The Children’s Booker Prize, which will launch in 2026 and be awarded annually from 2027, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland." #kidlit thebookerprizes.com/the-children...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"The Children’s Booker Prize, which will launch in 2026 and be awarded annually from 2027, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland." #kidlit thebookerprizes.com/the-children...
I am so excited that @usbby.bsky.social will present an Outstanding International Books panel at SCBWI's 2026 New York Conference, 16-18 January! And online in the virtual edition! #scbwiNY26 #worldkidlit
Registration for the SCBWI 2026 New York Conference opens TODAY, October 14 @ 10am PST ! 🎉
View the entire in-person line up on our website here: tinyurl.com/79hkf4ta
(and a special thank you to Merrill Rainey for making our gorgeous conference art www.littlerainey.com)
#scbwiNY26
View the entire in-person line up on our website here: tinyurl.com/79hkf4ta
(and a special thank you to Merrill Rainey for making our gorgeous conference art www.littlerainey.com)
#scbwiNY26
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I am so excited that @usbby.bsky.social will present an Outstanding International Books panel at SCBWI's 2026 New York Conference, 16-18 January! And online in the virtual edition! #scbwiNY26 #worldkidlit
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This free event, featuring our own members, will be of high interest to all here. Register today! www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
October 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This free event, featuring our own members, will be of high interest to all here. Register today! www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
Thank you so much, @proptartmn.bsky.social, for reading and sharing! Honored to be your “work over 50” title!
#9 and absolutely delightful, The Village Beyond the Mist by Sachiko Kashiwaba, translated by @averyudagawa.bsky.social. I can see how this inspired Miyazaki. An absolute delight of a read, with wondrous illustrations by Miho Satake. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #OcTBRChallenge
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you so much, @proptartmn.bsky.social, for reading and sharing! Honored to be your “work over 50” title!
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Grew up with the Biene Maja on TV (in Austria) so would love to see this more widely known
October 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Grew up with the Biene Maja on TV (in Austria) so would love to see this more widely known
Did you know? Karin Redclift translated Maya the Bee (the original story by Waldemar Bonsels from over a century ago, now in the public domain) from German to English *and* illustrated and self-published it. How inspiring! #kidlit #mayathebee #xl8 karinredclift.com/mayathebee
Maya the Bee —Karin-Redclift-German-English-Translator Karin Redclift Translations | German-English
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October 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Did you know? Karin Redclift translated Maya the Bee (the original story by Waldemar Bonsels from over a century ago, now in the public domain) from German to English *and* illustrated and self-published it. How inspiring! #kidlit #mayathebee #xl8 karinredclift.com/mayathebee
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Local activists and organizers were the beating heart of No Kings Day — and they will keep leading the fight on the ground in your community. Use our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local Indivisibles: indivisible.org/groups
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Local activists and organizers were the beating heart of No Kings Day — and they will keep leading the fight on the ground in your community. Use our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local Indivisibles: indivisible.org/groups
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I’m putting together a new baby gift. I love including the board book JUMP! by Tatsuhide Matsuoka tr by Cathy Hirano the illustrations are fun and shouting Boing! as you flip the pages is even better #worldkidlitmonth
September 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’m putting together a new baby gift. I love including the board book JUMP! by Tatsuhide Matsuoka tr by Cathy Hirano the illustrations are fun and shouting Boing! as you flip the pages is even better #worldkidlitmonth
Read "Being Banned is Not an Award," @philnel.bsky.social's incisive piece for #IBBY #Bookbird 63:3, free through 31 Oct 2025: tinyurl.com/3hy62uye #BannedBooksWeek
Project MUSE - "Being Banned Is Not an Award"
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October 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Read "Being Banned is Not an Award," @philnel.bsky.social's incisive piece for #IBBY #Bookbird 63:3, free through 31 Oct 2025: tinyurl.com/3hy62uye #BannedBooksWeek
The Wild Ones by Antonio Ramos Revillas, tr Claire Storey, would not let me go on #InternationalTranslationDay 2025. What a read. #WorldKidLitMonth #YA #xl8
October 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The Wild Ones by Antonio Ramos Revillas, tr Claire Storey, would not let me go on #InternationalTranslationDay 2025. What a read. #WorldKidLitMonth #YA #xl8
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Today is International Translation Day, and we honor the translators responsible for making the rich and wondrous diversity of world literature available to us! #InternationalTranslationDay #💙📚 #Booksky
September 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today is International Translation Day, and we honor the translators responsible for making the rich and wondrous diversity of world literature available to us! #InternationalTranslationDay #💙📚 #Booksky
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It's International Translation Day, also known as the feast of St Jerome, patron saint of translators!
#internationaltranslationday #xl8 #translatorslife
#internationaltranslationday #xl8 #translatorslife
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's International Translation Day, also known as the feast of St Jerome, patron saint of translators!
#internationaltranslationday #xl8 #translatorslife
#internationaltranslationday #xl8 #translatorslife