July 2023
Asian American Writers’ Workshop w/ Jennifer Shyue & Michelle Har Kim
Join Jennifer Shyue, translator of Augusto Higa Oshiro's novella The Enlightenment of Katzuo Nakamatsu as she speaks with fellow translator Michelle Har Kim in a virtual conversation coordinated by the Asian American Writers' Workshop. Jennifer and Michelle will be joined by moderator Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda to discuss their recent translations of two Peruvian writers. RSVP Jennifer Shyue is a translator from Spanish. Her work has appeared most recently in Lit Hub, Oversound, and Poetry Daily and has received support from Cornell University’s Institute…
Find out more »September 2023
Archipelago’s 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner
Please join us in honoring Archipelago’s writers, translators, booksellers, and the generous community that has kept the press going for its first twenty years!
Find out more »Alphabet City Kids: Story Hour with Marika Maijala
Featuring quarterly visits from authors writing books for elementary-aged children, the Alphabet City Kids series continues this month with Marika Maijala. These family-friendly programs include a reading, followed by a Q&A and an engagement activity with the author to help further bring the book to life for children and their families. You can reserve your free ticket on City of Asylum's website. Marika Maijala lives and works in Helsinki as an illustrator and children’s book writer. Her debut writing project,…
Find out more »Bachtyar Ali at the Toronto International Festival of Authors with Jalamuddin Aram
Bachtyar Ali, author of The Last Pomegranate Tree, will speak with documentary filmmaker and writer Jamaluddin Aram in a conversation moderated by Ann Yu-Kying Choi this September at the Toronto International Festival of Authors. Translator Kareem Abdulrahman will serve as interpreter during this conversation. Ali’s The Last Pomegranate Tree follows one man’s desperate quest to reconnect with his only son in the wake of Saddam Hussein’s rule; in Aram’s Nothing Good Happens in Wazirabad on Wednesday, a cast of memorable characters struggle to…
Find out more »Reading and Signing with Marika Maijala at The New York Botanical Garden
Join Marika Maijala at the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden for a special story time event in the Oak Swamp Story Spot. After the reading there will be a book signing in The New York Botanical Garden Giftshop. Marika Maijala lives and works in Helsinki as an illustrator and children’s book writer. Her debut writing project, Rosie Runs, was nominated for the Nordic Council Children’s and Young People’s Literature Prize, and selected for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition. In 2020, Marika was…
Find out more »Bachtyar Ali and Kareem Abdulrahman at University of Toronto
Bachtyar Ali & Kareem Abdulrahman are joined by Firat Bozçali & Jeannie Miller in a conversation that will probe questions such as: Where do the politics of publishing and those of the Middle East collide? Is literary translation a means to put the Kurds, the largest minority group without their own nation state, on the world’s cultural map? What unique challenges do translators of Kurdish texts face? Fırat Bozçali focus on smuggling economies, human rights advocacy, and Kurdish politics in Turkey. Jeannie Miller is…
Find out more »Bachtyar Ali with Kareem Abdulrahman at Bard College
Iraqi Kurdish novelist Bachtyar Ali, author of The Last Pomegranate Tree, will speak with translator Kareem Abdulrahman this September as a part of Bard College's guest lecture series. Ali and Abdulrahman will reflect on the politics of translating Kurdish literature in the contemporary world, and their relationship as novelist and translator. Bachtyar Ali was born in 1966 in Sulaimaniya in northern Iraq. In 1983, he was injured during a student protest against Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party, and the experience inspired him…
Find out more »The Art of Making Picture Books: Mia Spangbenberg, Jenni Erkintalo, and Marika Mijala at Scandinavia House
Join author and artist Marika Mijala, translator Mia Spangbenberg, and Etana Editions children’s book publisher Jenni Erkintalo, in celebrating the release of Rosie Runs! They’ll discuss how Nordic children’s picture books are made, how authors and illustrators work together, the meaning and the work of translators, and trends and challenges in the Nordic children’s picture book world. You can register for the event at the Scandinavia House website. Marika Maijala lives and works in Helsinki as an illustrator and children’s…
Find out more »Book Talk: Bachtyar Ali and Kareem Abdulrahman hosted by the NY Kurdish Cultural Center
From NYKCC: The NYKCC is pleased to present an evening with the acclaimed Kurdish author Bachtyar Ali, who will be appearing in person along with his translator Kareem Abdulrahman. They will be talking about Ali’s novel The Last Pomegranate Tree.
Find out more »Marika Maijala: Artist Talk and Demo with Gary Lichtenstein Editions
Celebrate the launch of Marika Maijala's Rosie Runs at MASS MoCA with an artist talk culminating in a hands-on demo and studio tour with Gary Lichtenstein Editions. You can register for the event at the MASS MoCA website. Marika Maijala lives and works in Helsinki as an illustrator and children’s book writer. Her debut writing project, Rosie Runs, was nominated for the Nordic Council Children’s and Young People’s Literature Prize, and selected for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition. In 2020, Marika…
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