Lawrence Schimel
@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
Reader.
Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
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I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
He/él
I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
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2024 Overview 🧵:
In 2024, I published 42 books:
28 books written by me: 27 children's books, 1 adult book
14 translations: 6 into English, 7 into Spanish & 1 into both English + Spanish (my first translation from French)
#kidlit #amwriting #amtranslating
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In 2024, I published 42 books:
28 books written by me: 27 children's books, 1 adult book
14 translations: 6 into English, 7 into Spanish & 1 into both English + Spanish (my first translation from French)
#kidlit #amwriting #amtranslating
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My latest piece on the Angoulême Crisis is less an update but explaining/covering a key detail that acted as the spark for the wave of protests against the Festival organiser 9e Art+ that began in January, and the human story behind it.
ANGOULÊME: Her name is Élise. Former employee dismissed by 9e Art+ after reporting sexual assault comes forward
ANGOULÊME: Her name is Élise. Former employee dismissed by 9e Art+ after reporting sexual assault comes forward
The person whose allegations against Angoulême Festival operator 9e Art+ shook the French comics industry this year has waived her anonymity and spoken out
www.comicsbeat.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My latest piece on the Angoulême Crisis is less an update but explaining/covering a key detail that acted as the spark for the wave of protests against the Festival organiser 9e Art+ that began in January, and the human story behind it.
ANGOULÊME: Her name is Élise. Former employee dismissed by 9e Art+ after reporting sexual assault comes forward
ANGOULÊME: Her name is Élise. Former employee dismissed by 9e Art+ after reporting sexual assault comes forward
The person whose allegations against Angoulême Festival operator 9e Art+ shook the French comics industry this year has waived her anonymity and spoken out
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards: 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/24/a... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social
And the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards Go To . . .
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards!
100scopenotes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
So many highlights from NCTE this year, but I am especially proud that DREAMS TO ASHES by Livia Blackburne and Nicole Xu is an Orbis Pictus Honor book and THE BLACK MAMBAS by @kellycrull.bsky.social and KAHO'OLAWE by @kamalani3.bsky.social and Harinani Orme are Recommended Books!
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
The second half of 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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If you are wondering about my extensive backlist, and which book/series might best fit your current reading needs/tastes, I wrote this post for you (boy-band style):
imakeupworlds.com/index.php/20...
imakeupworlds.com/index.php/20...
Where Should I Start With Your Novels? | I Make Up Worlds
imakeupworlds.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If you are wondering about my extensive backlist, and which book/series might best fit your current reading needs/tastes, I wrote this post for you (boy-band style):
imakeupworlds.com/index.php/20...
imakeupworlds.com/index.php/20...
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For the past few months, I've been corresponding with the brilliant Elizabeth Bryer about translation, AI, remuneration & the 2025 NSW translation prize, which Bryer won. You can now read our entire conversation at the Sydney Review Of Books:
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/interviews/t... 📚✨️
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/interviews/t... 📚✨️
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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If you rephrase this to say 'someone who has been wrongly accused of stealing a bottle of whisky', you might get a different answer to your rhetorical question.
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If you rephrase this to say 'someone who has been wrongly accused of stealing a bottle of whisky', you might get a different answer to your rhetorical question.
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ANNOUNCING: PUBLISHER NOT FOUND - our final book and the 404 Ink Bursary, coming 2026.
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
We will be launching the bursary with an initial £3,000 pledged from us towards small press projects. We are also publishing PUBLISHER NOT FOUND, a behind the scenes look at 404.
www.404ink.com/blog/publish...
404 Ink co-founders launch new book and industry fundraiser for small presses — 404 Ink
404 Ink to publish one final book as part of small press fundraiser, launching in 2026.
www.404ink.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Literary translators! Our publisher, @twolinespress.com, is currently open for submissions for animal stories in translation (from any language) & the Stevns Translation Prize (for Vietnamese translators). As always, no submissions fees.
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Literary translators! Our publisher, @twolinespress.com, is currently open for submissions for animal stories in translation (from any language) & the Stevns Translation Prize (for Vietnamese translators). As always, no submissions fees.
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
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Our conversation about Jacqueline Harpman's I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN is now available for your listening pleasure!
onebrightbook.com/2025/11/18/e...
onebrightbook.com/2025/11/18/e...
Episode 40: I Who Have Never Known Men
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz, and chat a…
onebrightbook.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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“What is Reading Rainbow?” 📚🌈
Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹
💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
💚 @pbs.org
Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹
💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
💚 @pbs.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
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First proofs exist…
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
First proofs exist…
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Whenever I get to see a good light show I like to try to get my brain to forget all the science I know and just let myself be awed by the unknown.
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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First review is in for Shrinking Violet, and it's a ⭐ from Kirkus.
So very happy!
So very happy!
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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PayPal has rolled out a new "feature" that prompts you to leave feedback about an artist that you've commissioned via invoice.
Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
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Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
(continue...)
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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📑 NEW Resource! 📑
Check out NEMO – Network of European Museum Organisations’ resource ‘LGBTQIA+ inclusion in European museums: An incomplete guideline’ to learn about policies, scenarios & practical tips to make museums more inclusive and welcoming for LGBTQIA+ individuals, cultures & histories 🌈
Check out NEMO – Network of European Museum Organisations’ resource ‘LGBTQIA+ inclusion in European museums: An incomplete guideline’ to learn about policies, scenarios & practical tips to make museums more inclusive and welcoming for LGBTQIA+ individuals, cultures & histories 🌈
NEMO guideline supports LGBTQIA+ inclusion in museums
At the recent NEMO European Museum Conference, NEMO launched its new resource ‘LGBTQIA+ inclusion in European museums: An incomplete guideline’. Next to an overview of relevant policies, the guide pre...
www.ne-mo.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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