🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

& remember, the end of #WorldKidLitMonth is really a chance to start (re)considering how global kid lit can create inclusive reading experiences/opportunities for young people. World Kid Lit is here to help you do that, at whatever level, all year round: worldkidlit.org/contact/

Some beautiful books for thinking about making/writing/crafting a space in the world, thanks to Birmingham Lit Fest Guillemot Press Voce Books @ninamingya & of course The Emma Press 💜

Happy Publication Day to BOUND 🎉 We can't wait for you all to read Maddie's gorgeous memoir about sewing & knowing who you are! 💜 Buy it here: buff.ly/4bReoUb Attend the ONLINE LAUNCH: buff.ly/4dww9YI

It's time to #Take10ToRead...today with Kate Rafiq's BIRMINGHAM BOY 📖💡National Literacy Trust

in case you were still in any doubt about the deficit perspectives designed into what Ofsted think about working-class families, then this report includes the following line: "For children with fewer opportunities and experiences in their home lives, there is little to tell" 😶

Demystifying submissions! At 6pm on 22 October, literary journal editors (including us) from across Ireland will host an online event, discussing the writing they are looking to publish, and how their submissions processes work. All welcome. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ea7378d9…

“Do it! Library fanzine.” We’re in Birmingham Dispatch today. It’s a story of zine love, library love and why action is essential exactly when we feel most powerless ❤️‍🔥 birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/where-are-we…

Library lovers of Birmingham, you're amazing! We've written a note about BCC's revised proposals for our libraries: they still represent a 40% cut to the service. We have until Nov 3rd to speak up! birminghamloveslibraries.org/post/one-more-…

'I feel like Korean translators don’t get enough credit for changing the face of Korean literature. Everyone is like, ‘Oh, literature is so great!’ Yes, it's been great the whole time. It’s the translators who've learned to make daring choices' Anton Hur koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20…

Less than 24 hours left to support our crowdfunder. Help us reach at least 15k so we can keep publishing translated literature from the global majority. Hear from Dr. Anandi Rao, lecturer in South Asian studies at SOAS on why she loves TAP.

ANNOUNCING: Our first ever novel for adults, Wild Boar, from Finland-Swedish author Hannah Lutz, coming April 2025. Translated by former National Centre for Writing Emerging Translator mentee Andy Turner (Andy Turner 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺)

DEADLINE SOON - SUNDAY NOV 3! Check out birminghamloveslibraries.org/how-to-help

Writers and translators of non-fiction! Are you formally promiscuous? Would really recommend the beautiful Tolka & they are accepting submissions until 17 November! (no submission fee)💡

Still one of my favourite poems ever 💙

"We need more libraries, open for longer hours at times convenient to the public with qualified and paid staff that will support our children and young people in their educational attainment." An Open Letter to the Education Minister: birminghamloveslibraries.org/post/a-recogni…