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Sex with robots and love pills

Book by Roanne van Voorst
Translation Dutch into Spanish

Deusto, 2024

What will love be like thirty years from now? Will it exist as we know it?  As technology advances, the human experience of love is changing at the speed of light.

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The Empty Sky

Book by Marjan Bouwmeester
Translation Dutch into Spanish

Ediciones Siruela, 2022

Marjan Bouwmeester proves that loneliness is part of being human and sheds light on the ways in which this feeling can surface throughout our lives.

Under occupation but protected. Belgium and the Marquis de Villalobar during the First World War

Book by Truus Van Boosstraeten
Translation Dutch into Spanish
Ediciones El Viso, 2019

'Under occupation but protected' offers a new perspective on the situation in Belgium during the First World War. Ten million people suffered under German occupation: ten million mouths to feed in a country devastated by war. The crucial role played by a disabled Spanish diplomat was hitherto unknown.

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I am Poleke!

By Guus Kuijer
Translation Dutch into Spnish
Ediciones Castillo, 2021

Poleke is sad because her grandfather died and she misses him very much. One day, Consuelo -a Mexican girl- accompanies her to the cemetery and shares with her the Day of the Dead tradition. Soon after, Poleke discovers that bonds of affection manifest themselves in unexpected and luminous ways, even after death. 

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Confused Colours

Written by Štěpánka Sekaninová
Illustrated by Alexandra Hockicková

Translation from English into Spanish

Albatros Media, 2022

Every novice witch sometimes utters a wrong spell. Be honest, kids—have you ever heard of a Little Blue Riding Hood, three green pigs or a grey-haired Goldilocks? Help the witch and make the fairy-tale characters their original colour again!

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How Do Animals See?

Written by Marie Kotasová Adámková
Illustrated by Tomáš Kopecký

Translation from English in Spanish

Albatros Media, 2022

Have you ever wondered how animals perceive the world around us? Whether they can see the same colours as we do, whether the vision of a fish is blurry underwater like ours? Or whether dogs like to watch TV, or cats really can see in the dark?

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Always Nearby

By Mark Janssen
Translation from Dutch into Spanish
Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2021

The little boy Babu looks for signs from his grandmother, who has passed away. She told him that she would always be near to him, even after her death. Is Grandma in that cool breeze, in the river or in a tree?

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White

Written by Paul de Moor 
Illustrated by Kaatje Vermeire
Ediciones Castillo, 2022

This poetic tale that reads like a dream about a dream, and the repeating, sober lines by Paul De Moor, take you by the hand and lead you through the delightful, subtly white but at the same time colourful dream landscape of a sleeping girl.

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The Four Seasons

Written by Joli Hannah

Illustrated by Amanda Gulliver
Albatros Media, 2023

In this story we learn all about the seasons with Talia and her two pets, Coco the cat and Moon the dog. Children will find out about the joys and differences of each season. For the more curious, there is also some basic planetary science and simple explanation as to why we have seasons. Make learning fun!

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Fruit and Vegetables

Written by Joli Hannah

Illustrated by Malgorzata Detner
Albatros Media, 2023

In this story Bella shows her friend Sam around her home farm, where they grow lots of fruit and vegetables. Children will learn with Sam all about where our fruit and vegetables come from and how to grow them, and about all the other animals that like to eat them! Plus how tasty they are when you grow your own! Make learning fun!

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Paddenstoel & Co.

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Translation from Dutch into Spanish for Siruela

Publications

Carmen: 'Working closely with the author was one my best experiences ever; how fear and doubt gradually gave way to happiness, pride and joy....

Interview by Andrea Kluitmann

Projects, talks, workshops and others

Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA)

Translator Dutch > Spanish

CELA is a talent development program that offers a European context to a new generation of literary creators across 10 different countries.

Binnenlandse vogels, buitenlandse nesten

Spanish research group

Domestic Birds, Foreign Nests is a consortium of 13 research groups from different countries studying the international distribution of Dutch literature. 

Symposium 'Binnenlandse vogels, buitenlandse nesten'

Brussels, 2022

Presentation of the preliminary findings of the Spanish case study, together with Goedele de Sterck.

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