Join the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith for an in-store event with Scholastique Mukasonga and translator Mark Polizzotti to celebrate the release of Kibogo. Longlisted for 2022 National Book Award, it's a masterwork of satire, lore, and living memory from the leading voice of French-Rwandan literature. The conversation will take place on September 29th, at 7pm ET. You can register here. Scholastique Mukasonga was born in Rwanda in 1956. She settled in France in 1992, only two years before…

We're delighted to be at the Brooklyn Book Festival again this year— we invite you to visit us at our booth, and to join in for a conversation  between Scholastique Mukasonga, author of Kibogo, and Russian writer-in-exile Vladimir Sorokin, who will talk about time, myths and legends that shape communities, and changes they have to undertake. The event will take place in the Center for Brooklyn History on October 2nd, at 12pm EST. Born in Rwanda in 1956, Scholastique Mukasonga…

We’re delighted to invite you to join a conversation between Tess Lewis and Hanne Ørstavik, author of Ti Amo, as they discuss the novel and it's translation into English by Martin Aitken. The event will take place in person at the Norwich Bookstore in Vermont on November 1st, at 7pm EST. In Ti Amo, an unnamed narrator tends to her husband, stricken with cancer, in the final months of his life. She examines the elements of their life together: their Vietnamese rose-colored folding table…

Join Hanne Ørstavik and writer Nina MacLaughlin in conversation about Ørstavik's latest novel, Ti Amo. Hosted by the Brookline Booksmith, the event will take place at the bookshop on November 3rd, at 7pm EST. Hanne Ørstavik published the novel Cut in 1994 and embarked on a career that would make her one of the most remarkable and admired authors in Norwegian contemporary literature. Her literary breakthrough came three years later with the publication of Love (Kjærlighet), which in 2006 was voted the 6th best…

Join us for a virtual discussion about our new release - Sevgi Soysal's stunning 1975 novel Dawn. The book will be presented by the translator Maureen Freely, in conversation with Merve Emre. The event is hosted by Community Bookstore, in partnership with the Third Place Books and the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith. It will take place on November 17th at 6pm EST via Zoom. You can register here. Maureen Freely is a writer, translator, senior lecturer at Warwick University,…

We're delighted to invite you to a reading and discussion by brilliant translators Karen Emmerich, Mark Polizzotti, and Jacob Rogers. This event is a part of Another Way to Say reading series, dedicated to translations, multilingual writing and polyglot experience. All three translators will read excerpts from the titles they have translated for Archipelago Books from Greek, French, and Galician respectively. This in-person reading will take place at Molasses Bookshop on December 9th, 8pm EST.   Karen Emmerich's translations from…

Join us for a conversation on the practice of translation and often-intertwining literary and political history with translator Jacob Rogers and Eric Banks. They will discuss the translation of Manuel Rivas's novel The Last Days of Terranova. The event will take place at McNally Jackson Seaport on January 24th at 7:00 pm. You can register for the event here -- RSVPs are required. Jacob Rogers is a translator of Galician and Spanish poetry and prose. He has received grants from…

Join Mark Polizzotti in person at the Alliance Française in Washington, DC, where he'll discuss his most recent translations, including Scholastique Mukasonga's Kibogo, Arthur Rimbaud's The Drunken Boat: Selected Writings, and Patrick Modiano's Scene of the Crime. Mark Polizzotti will be in conversation with Alliance's Executive Director Sarah Diligenti in English. Copies of the books will be available for signing and purchase during the event. You can purchase your tickets here. Doors open at 6:30pm, a glass of wine will…