ten contemporary children\u2019s picture books<\/a><\/strong> from non-German-speaking EU countries neighbouring Austria. These countries include the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The books we are choosing are all embracing diverse characters and societal themes, addressing topics like inclusion, gender equality, and the environment.<\/p>\nOur project goes beyond translating books \u2013 it’s about connecting people and encouraging collaboration across diverse backgrounds and cultures. We aim to establish a strong network of book professionals through personal meetings and events in each country, creating a sense of community and collaboration.<\/p>\n
CREATING NEIGHBOURHOOD will enhance the reach and diversity of European children’s books, supporting cultural understanding among literary neighbours.<\/p>\n
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The mission of ACHSE Verlag<\/strong><\/p>\nACHSE consists of Le\u00f3n Schellhaas and Teresa Mossbauer, and together we run ACHSE Verlag, an independent picture and children\u2019s book publisher from Vienna, Austria. We are committed to contributing to a more just and inclusive world. Edgy topics, beautiful books, and an innovative approach to publishing sum up our mission.<\/p>\n
While our own productions are a big part of the ACHSE program, we started translating remarkable children\u2019s books from Europe in 2022. And what an astonishing ride this was! We discovered many great books from our neighbours which were not available in the German market. That’s why we decided to launch our project, CREATING NEIGHBOURHOOD and bring those European books to Austria\u2019s bookshops, kindergartens, and schools.<\/p>\n
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Language diversity, translators, and visibility<\/strong><\/p>\nOf course, Austria\u2019s book market has access to translations, but one can buy dozens of books from far-away countries, but few from our neighbours. What a pity, no? By publishing books originally written in Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Slovakian, and Slovenian, we bring visibility to underrepresented languages in the German book market.<\/p>\n
We are weaving a network of skilled translators to ensure the best quality of our translated books and reach young readers. We will work together with Anne Brauner (Italian), Mirko Kraetsch (Czech, Slovak), \u00c9va Z\u00e1dor (Hungarian) and Alexandra Natalie Zaleznik (Slovenian). Giving visibility to translators is a top-priority for CREATING NEIGHBOURHOOD, and we invite all our translators to become ambassadors for the translated title \u2013 organizing joint events, presentations, or workshops.<\/p>\n
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The NEIGHBOURHOOD network<\/strong><\/p>\nThe process of publishing translated books involves the contact with different amazing people: foreign publishers, agents, translators, authors, and illustrators from different countries and cultural backgrounds. Even though we might come from different countries, we have a lot in common and our working conditions, challenges, and experiences are similar. CREATING NEIGHBOURHOOD wants to use our joint forces and create the NEIGHBOURHOOD network for book professionals in all participating countries. We envision a friendly, helpful community for book creators, going beyond just making books and opening a space for innovation and shared learning. The creation of this network will help publishers and literary institutions to collaborate all year long and strengthen the competitiveness of cross-border projects.<\/p>\n
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Social impact<\/strong><\/p>\nGetting children to read is crucial for our society. But buying books is expensive and not affordable for everyone. We want our books to be read by as many kids as possible and ensure low-threshold access. That\u2019s why we will donate free copies of every CREATING NEIGHBOURHOOD-title to schools, libraries, and educational\/social institutions in Austria. We hope to reach readers who might not have had the opportunity to read those books otherwise and generate knowledge about European books, languages, and translations.<\/p>\n
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Hi! Are you a publisher, translator or literary institution and want to become part of our NEIGHBOURHOOD NETWORK? We are looking for exchange, network and joint business opportunities with people from Austria\u2019s neighbouring countries. Reach out to us by e-mail: office@achseverlag.com! We are ACHSE Verlag, a small publishing house for children\u2019s books, based in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67595","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achseverlag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achseverlag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achseverlag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achseverlag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achseverlag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67595"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.achseverlag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68322,"href":"https:\/\/www.achseverlag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67595\/revisions\/68322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achseverlag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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