Join Maureen Freely and Ari Banias for an in-person discussion of Maureen's translation of Sevgi Soysal’s Dawn at Pilsen Community Books in Chicago on May 3rd at 7 pm CST. Dawn is a fiercely lucid examination of voices of protest in Turkey amid political turmoil.    Maureen Freely is a writer, translator, senior lecturer at Warwick University, and the President of English PEN. Her seventh novel, Sailing through Byzantium, was chosen as one of the best novels of 2014 by The Sunday Times. She…

Join Maureen Freely and Zain Khalid for an in-person discussion of Maureen's translation of Sevgi Soysal’s Dawn at the McNally Jackson Seaport bookstore. Dawn is a fiercely lucid examination of voices of protest in Turkey amid political turmoil. The conversation will take place on May 24th at 7 pm EST.    Maureen Freely was born in the US, raised in Turkey, and educated at Harvard. A professor at the University of Warwick, she is currently the president of English PEN.…

Join Cheon Myeong-kwan for a reading from his International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Whale. Translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim, Whale is a sprawling adventure-satire about three interconnected women, set in a remote village in South Korea. Following the reading, Cheon will be joined in discussion by University of Washington Professor Heekyoung Cho. Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions following the discussion and Cheon will be available to sign copies of his book. The event will be held…

Join International Book Prize-shortlisted duo Cheon Myeong-kwan, the author of Whale, a sprawling adventure-satire about three interconnected women, and Chi-Young Kim, the novel's translator from the Korean, for a reading and discussion. The event, jointly hosted by PEN America and the Korean Cultural Center, will take place at Second Home Hollywood in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 8th. The event will begin at 7 pm PST and be followed by a Q&A and book signing. Copies of Whale will be available…

Join International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Cheon Myeong-kwan for a reading from his novel Whale. Translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim, Whale is a sprawling adventure-satire about three interconnected women, set in a remote village in South Korea. Cheon will be joined in conversation by author Naomi Hirahara and will sign books following the discussion. The event will take place on Friday, June 9th at 7 pm PST at North Figueroa Books in Los Angeles.   Cheon Myeong-kwan is a South Korean…

Join PEN America, Deep Vellum, and Archipelago Books in welcoming Cheon Myeong-kwan to Dallas for a reading from his International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Whale. Translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim, Whale is a sprawling adventure-satire about three interconnected women, set in a remote village in South Korea. Cheon will appear in conversation to discuss his book with writer and translator Jenny Bhatt and will be signing copies of Whale. The reading and discussion will take place at Dallas Contemporary…