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I‘m case you need to know, The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist has been announced. Loads here I haven‘t heard of. Any thoughts?

I‘ve read Tomb of Sand ❤️, Books of Jacob 📚, and Planet of Clay 😱😭 (worthy of being on the list but I can‘t say I enjoyed it). I think I have the Book of Mother on my Kobo somewhere. Any others I should dive into?

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/longlist2022/

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“ A person with good luck would be able to play something just by stroking the strings.“

This is a great story for students to think about what they are grateful for and appreciative for as well. They can use their imagination to tell their own story as well.

Fiona's Luck displays beautiful portraits and illustrations that bring the characters and fantasy elements come to live. This story uses a lot of imagination and shows how Fiona is so appreciative for the things that she has in life.

Sunday Reads, October 16: audiobook nonfiction; French language ecofeminism; plus early 20th century feminist fiction from Norway
https://youtu.be/gHRU9rpAtgI

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I was blown away by this autobiographical novel set in Paris in the early 20th century. The writing is so strong, so evocative, and Alberta is a singular character. She‘s clear about what she rejects, which is pretty much everything expected of her gender & class. What she doesn‘t know is exactly how to move forward creatively, but she‘s determined to figure that out. A beautiful translation from Norwegian by Elizabeth Rokken. #WIT

Book 2 of the Alberta trilogy is a heartbreaker. Alberta, her parents now dead, has moved to Paris. She leads an aimless life, fraternizing with artists, staying in seedy lodgings, scribbling on scraps of paper but unable to write in a dedicated way. But what does freedom mean? Is not doing a kind of freedom, especially for a woman? Frustrating and yet powerful too.

Hey #foodandlit friends! The August buddy read for Japan is on sale now! This sounds super cute and will also work for Women in Translation month if you like to double up on those challenges.

@Butterfinger @Texreader @Catsandbooks #Japan
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