My Valley Storytimes in Brooklyn!
Join us in June at two different Greenlight locations for storytimes with Claude Ponti's MY VALLEY! Read by translator Alyson Waters. Saturday, June 10 11:30 AM Fort Greene 1:30 PM Prospect Lefferts Gardens Story Time: Alyson Waters presents My Valley From award-winning translator Alyson Waters
Looking Elsewhere for Imports, an interview with Kirkus Reviews
By Julie Danielson on April 27, 2017 https://www.kirkusreviews.com/features/looking-elsewhere-imports/ If, as I am, you are interested in reading picture book imports, you know precisely which publishers will take chances here in the U.S. on stories from other countries. Get out your pencil, and add
Starred review of You Can’t Be Too Careful! in Kirkus Reviews
"Elegant linework mixes with torn paper and soft, textured colors as a parade of luminous, exotic caricatures and their accouterments unfold against a white backdrop; the effect is magical."
Holiday greetings from Mauri Kunnas
An electronic Christmas card from Finland's favorite children's book author.
Starred review of My Valley in Kirkus Reviews
"Like Poochie-Blue, visitors to the valley will be in no hurry to leave."
Publishers Weekly introduces Elsewhere Editions
"A new venture is in the works for Archipelago – Elsewhere Editions, a children’s imprint – with its first titles to be released in spring 2017. Publishers Weekly recently paid a visit to the home of Archipelago and Elsewhere Editions
Geoffrey Brock Awarded Joseph Tusiani Italian Translation Prize
We're excited to share that Archipelago translator Geoffrey Brock has been recognized with the inaugural Joseph Tusiani Translation Prize for his rendering of Giuseppe Ungaretti's Allegria. Established by the Journal of Italian Translation, the prize honors English-language translations of Italian
Archipelago Books featured on Mookse and Gripes podcast!
Archipelago Books is enormously pleased to have been featured on The Mookse and The Gripes podcast! On each episode of the show, co-hosts Trevor Berrett and Paul Wilson have a pleasant conversation about books and reading. On this week's episode,
Kjell Askildsen Recognized by National Magazine Award
We're honored to share that Stranger's Guide was recently named a 2022 Fiction finalist for the prestigious National Magazine Award for three stories published last year, including "A Sudden Liberating Thought" written by Archipelago author Kjell Askildsen and translated by
Tribute to Lee Fahnestock
Please join us in celebrating the life and achievements of Lee Fahnestock, who passed away earlier this year. Lee Fahnestock's first published translation, The Making of the Pré by Francis Ponge, was published by Indiana University Press in 1979. Since then,