Monthly Archives: November 2012

Cooking, Recipe Books and Foody Kids Thursday

Posted on November 29, 2012 by forwardtranslations

I haven’t done a linky post before, but Kate at Crafts on Sea has set up Foody Kids Thursday as part of her challenge to gather recipes for feeding a fussy toddler at the same time as raising money for … Continue reading →

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The Marsh Award Shortlist – Children’s Books in Translation

Posted on November 18, 2012 by forwardtranslations

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the shortlist for next year’s Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation was announced recently, and here it is: The Shortlist Howard Curtis for In the Sea there are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda, … Continue reading →

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Translation projects are like buses…

Posted on November 14, 2012 by forwardtranslations

… nothing for ages and then three come along at once. This rather trite observation is by way of explaining why the blog’s gone a bit quiet lately. The feast-famine pendulum has swung right over in the opposite direction at … Continue reading →

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So that’s all right, Best Beloved. Do you see?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by forwardtranslations

So, the other night, I finally got to read a couple of Kipling’s Just So Stories to fils aîné. I’d been suggesting it for a while without much success, but by dint of just getting the book down and starting … Continue reading →

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