tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post5351984109670557236..comments2024-03-17T03:19:46.208-04:00Comments on Color Online: Women Writers of Color at the Asian Festival of Children's ContentColor Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-3355668861522607262010-05-17T00:39:56.254-04:002010-05-17T00:39:56.254-04:00Thank you, Susan!Thank you, Susan!Tarie Sabidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105469967850020791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-68222396482473258272010-05-16T19:23:17.719-04:002010-05-16T19:23:17.719-04:00Love the photos and your New Crayon post.Love the photos and your New Crayon post.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924982664582970754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-8456788237905305802010-05-15T13:38:08.199-04:002010-05-15T13:38:08.199-04:00That's great, Nathalie! Thanks. =DThat's great, Nathalie! Thanks. =DTarie Sabidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105469967850020791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-11230892679474194482010-05-15T12:20:23.517-04:002010-05-15T12:20:23.517-04:00Hi Tarie,
I'm sending the link to my writers&...Hi Tarie,<br /><br />I'm sending the link to my writers' association mailing list...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-72929889606215117872010-05-15T10:28:37.685-04:002010-05-15T10:28:37.685-04:00Hi, Doret!
There were around 600 people from cou...Hi, Doret! <br /><br />There were around 600 people from countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, the US, France, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Myanmar, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Thailand, Japan, and many more. :o)<br /><br />No, there aren't a lot of Asian books being sold in the US. And yes, this was discussed. The main reason is because publishers are afraid American children cannot relate with Asian children. * hollow laughter * <br /><br />But there are some Asian books that made it to the US market. Their US rights were bought and then they were translated to English. Examples include picture books published originally in Korea, then published in English by Kane/Miller in the US. Another example is the Moribito series. It was from Japan and snapped up by Arthur A. Levine in the US and translated to English.Tarie Sabidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105469967850020791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-37813996451021224492010-05-15T10:17:16.676-04:002010-05-15T10:17:16.676-04:00What was the turn out like?
Tarie - After readin...What was the turn out like? <br /><br />Tarie - After reading for post about the event. I releazied there aren't many books by Asian author's from Asian countries are sold in the U.S. Was this discussed? <br /><br />I checked out the slideshare. My favorite line - "language is not seperate from culture. <br /><br />Thanks so much for bringing this to us. Though, next time less pictures of food.Dorethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676911030014718403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-45021983429938849062010-05-15T06:04:50.265-04:002010-05-15T06:04:50.265-04:00And oh oh oh! Check out the link below. It's a...And oh oh oh! Check out the link below. It's a presentation on multilingual picture books from the Asian Festival of Children's Content.<br /><br />http://www.slideshare.net/tulikabooks/multilingual-publishing-walking-the-tightropeTarie Sabidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105469967850020791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-89536246766390941782010-05-15T05:04:42.955-04:002010-05-15T05:04:42.955-04:00Hi, Tanita!
Yes, they discussed their creative pr...Hi, Tanita!<br /><br />Yes, they discussed their creative process. And I got to attend THREE of Ms. Krishnaswami's talks. =D She was amaaazing. <br /><br />One thing from her talks that really struck me was how writers should not put "gee whiz" moments in their stories - those authorial intrusions explaining customs and traditions. Customs and traditions should be treated like something normal in the story so that young readers will treat customs and traditions different from their own as something normal!<br /><br />A good writer will be able to set up context in ways that will make sure the customs and traditions are not confusing. Also, we should TRUST that young readers will GET IT. Otherwise, we really risk exoticizing cultures.Tarie Sabidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105469967850020791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-37926140851957981272010-05-15T04:53:33.824-04:002010-05-15T04:53:33.824-04:00Hi, Ari!
I learned at the festival that it reall...Hi, Ari! <br /><br />I learned at the festival that it really isn't common for Asian countries to sell their children's and YA books to other Asian countries - because of language barriers and because they are trying to break into the US market instead. Also, books from the US are cheaper because they have larger print runs. So there are price wars.<br /><br />Part of the goal of the festival was to get Asian publishers to trade with each other. There are one billion children in Asia! Trade within the region would be a gold mine! This is especially possible now that more and more Asian writers are writing in English and there are more and more translators available. <br /><br />I also learned that many Asian markets for children's and YA books still prefer didactic (even religious) or educational books, but there is a strong and growing market for fiction that is not didactic. :o)<br /><br />Keep the questions coming! Hahaha. I also learned about specific markets within Asia. :o)Tarie Sabidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105469967850020791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-24505458744105268272010-05-15T04:41:43.862-04:002010-05-15T04:41:43.862-04:00Tarie! WOW. This would have been incredible just f...Tarie! WOW. This would have been incredible just for the speakers -- I would love, love, love to hear Ms. Krishnaswami in person. Lots of fangirling moments, for sure. (Also: really cute shirt on Shamini Flint.)<br /><br />Did they talk about the creative process any? How they deal with the ideas they get, and what kind of research they do? Because they discuss cultural issues in their books, this is especially interesting to me.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199038920161794698.post-56325965808922002892010-05-14T21:11:27.068-04:002010-05-14T21:11:27.068-04:00The Asian Festival of Children's Content looks...The Asian Festival of Children's Content looks/sounds like it was amazing! I'm so glad you got to go :)<br /><br />Sadly I haven't read any books by the authors featured here, but I have heard of most of them.<br /><br />Can you share with us two things you learned from the conference? I don't even know what to ask except in a general way.MissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.com