Round-up of Archipelago events 2014
May 13 Harlequinʼs Millions launch party, reading, and celebration of Bohumil Hrabal with translator Stacey Knecht, New Directions, and NYRB Classics. We also projected the film adaptation of Hrabalʼs I Served the King of England. June 2 Karl Ove Knausgaard, author
Three Archipelago Titles on Flavorwire’s "50 Best Independent Fiction and Poetry Books of 2014"
We are honored and pleased that My Struggle: Book Three by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga, and The Expedition to the Baobab Tree by Wilma Stockenström have all made it onto Flavorwire's "50 Best
A Tribute to Allan Kornblum
Allan Kornblum, the founder of Coffee House Press, has recently passed away. Allan was a dear friend and mentor. He will be deeply missed. See the Star Tribune for a tribute to Allan's life and work.
My Struggle: Book Three is a New York Times Notable Book of the Year!
We are pleased to announce that The New York Times Book Review named Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle: Book Three a New York Times Notable Book of the Year! Visit The New York Times website to see the full line-up of the 100 Notable
My Struggle: Book Two nominated for the 2015 International Dublin Literary Award
We are proud to announce that Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle: Book Two - A Man in Love, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett, is nominated for the 2015 International Impac Dublin Literary Award! "Book 2 of the six-volume literary masterwork My Struggle flows with
Our Lady of the Nile Named a "Best Book of 2014" by Publishers Weekly
We are honored that Our Lady of the Nile, by Scholastique Mukasonga, has made the Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2014" list! Mukasonga’s debut novel uses the titular girls boarding school, perched on a ridge near the source of the Nile,
Thank You for Celebrating With Us!
Dear Friends, Our warmest thanks for attending Archipelago Books’ Tenth Anniversary Gala. It was a magical evening, and we were so moved to see all of you—the community that surrounds and supports this press—come together to celebrate our translators and authors,
A Love Letter to Archipelago Books
Monica Carter has just published a love letter to Archipelago Books on the Three Percent blog! "What sets Archipelago apart from most publishers is not only their impeccable taste, their faith in their writers and their translators, but it is this magical
Listen: Breyten Breytenbach reads VOICE OVER: a nomadic conversation with Mahmoud Darwish
In honor of Breyten Breytenbach's birthday (September 16), hear the complete audio version of Voice Over: A Nomadic Conversation with Mahmoud Darwish:
Interview with Jill in BOMB!
BOMB Magazine has just published an interview between our own Jill Schoolman and Bibi Dietz: BD Every translation is a delicate dance between writer and translator. What must be in place for that dance to be graceful? JS There’s a third dancer involved as well, one