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A brief despatch in place of my regular wind up<\/h4>\n

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\u201cI love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know<\/em>.\u201d
\u2013 Tove Jansson<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa9\ud83d\udc5c<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t let this weekend pass without noting that it marks the start of Tove Jansson and Moomin Month<\/strong> at Book Jotter<\/strong>. Tove\u2019s birthday<\/a> falls on the 9th<\/sup> August \u2013 a date celebrated as both Finnish Art Day<\/strong><\/a> and Tove Jansson Day<\/strong><\/a> in her native Finland. I simply enjoy keeping the revelries going throughout the rest of summer (winter for some of you, of course) and invite you to do the same.<\/p>\n

As mentioned in WUTW #478<\/em><\/a>, I have just returned from a refreshing break in Middle\u2013<\/strong>earth<\/span> Mid Wales but, since I\u2019m posting, I may as well share a few things that are happening over the next couple of days and weeks.<\/p>\n

Today, keen stationery enthusiasts around the globe can embrace National Planner Day<\/strong>; it is also Food Canada Day<\/strong>, National Raspberry Cream Pie Day<\/strong> (celebrated everywhere), World Wide Web Day<\/strong> and, in my corner of the world, the National Eisteddfod of Wales<\/strong><\/a> continues to honour Welsh culture until 8th<\/sup> August. Tomorrow brings Friendship Day in India<\/strong> and National Friendship Day<\/strong> in the USA \u2013 while all nations get to enjoy National Ice Cream Sandwich Day<\/strong> and National Colouring Book Day<\/strong>. \ud83d\udd8d\ufe0f<\/p>\n

\"\"Every August, the blogosphere marks Women in Translation Month<\/strong>, a celebration dedicated to women whose writing reaches English\u2011language readers through translation. Launched in 2014 by Meytal Radzinski<\/strong> of Biblibio<\/strong><\/a> (who, regrettably, no longer hosts the event but is still involved<\/a>), the initiative aims to challenge the long\u2011standing imbalance between the sexes in translated literature and to champion women\u2019s voices across languages and cultures. In 2026<\/strong>, the tradition continues throughout the month, encouraging lovers of literature to read, discuss, review and share books by women in translation \u2013 all in support of the broader mission to amplify writers who too often go unheard. And naturally, it offers the perfect excuse (if one were needed) to reach for something by Tove Jansson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among those having a \ud83d\udc33of a birthday today are writer of the American Renaissance period Herman Melville<\/strong> (1819), English medievalist scholar and author M.R. James<\/strong> (1862), English writer Rose Macaulay<\/strong> (1881), American novelist and journalist Edward Streeter<\/strong> (1891), Canadian poet F.R. Scott<\/strong> (1899), British writer Vivien Greene<\/strong> (1904), Pakistani poet of modern Urdu poetry Noon Meem Rashid<\/strong> (1910), Canadian author and poet Anne Hebert<\/strong> (1916), American author Robert James Waller<\/strong> (1939) and British author of heroic fantasy David Gemmell<\/strong> (1948). \ud83c\udf82 On Sunday, it is the turn of English poet, novelist and short-story writer Ernest Dowson<\/strong> (1867), American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin<\/strong> (1924), Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende<\/strong> (1942), English novelist and short story writer Rose Tremain<\/strong> (1943), English SFF novelist Robert Holdstock<\/strong> (1948) and Chinese-American poet and writer Bei Dao<\/strong> (1949).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all for now, folks. Normal service should be resumed next week with my usual wind up<\/a> appearing on Saturday. \ud83d\udcf0<\/p>\n

>> See my monthly digest at the Book Jotter Journal<\/em><\/a> on Substack. >><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2039 Winding Up the Week #478<\/a><\/div>\n

Categories: Tove Jansson<\/a>, Translated Literature<\/a>, Winding Up the Week<\/a><\/p>\n

Tags: #ToveTrove<\/a>, Finland<\/a>, Finnish Art Day<\/a>, Literary Anniversaries<\/a>, Moomins<\/a>, Tove Jansson Day<\/a>, Women in Translation Month<\/a>, Women in Translation Month 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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