April 2023
Third Thursdays & Transnational Series Live: On Poetry and Translation at Brookline Booksmith
On Thursday April 21st at 7pm EDT, Nandana Dev Sen will be reading alongside Jennifer Jean and Alex Braslavsky. Nandana will read from the book Acrobat, by her mother Nabaneeta Dev Sen. The three writers will also engage in a conversation on poetry and translation. You can get a ticket to the event here. The event will also be livestreamed on the Brookline Booksmith YouTube channel. NABANEETA DEV SEN (1938-2019) remains one of the most beloved and versatile Bengali writers of all time.…
Find out more »Jacob Rogers and Samuel Rutter at Molasses Books
On Tuesday, April 25th at Molasses Books in Brooklyn, Jacob Rogers will read from his translation of The Last Days of Terranova by Manuel Rivas and speak with translator, writer, and editor Samuel Rutter, as part of the Sant Jordi festival (a traditional Catalan celebration with books, roses, wine and more roses). The event will begin a little after 7:30, and Molasses is open till midnight for post-reading toasts & bites. JACOB ROGERS is a translator of Galician prose and…
Find out more »The New York Sant Jordi Festival at Unnameable Books
"In Barcelona, St. Valentine’s seat is occupied by Jordi, a knight who, according to medieval legend, slew a dragon and saved a village, including the daughter of a king; the dragon’s blood produced a rosebush where it dripped. Catalans celebrate St. Jordi each April by exchanging roses and books with their loved ones." (The New Yorker) Come celebrate New York's Sant Jordi festival at Unnameable Books with two readings from Archipelago and Open Letter! 7pm Natasha Wimmer & Jennifer Shyue…
Find out more »May 2023
A Conversation with Maureen Freely and Ari Banias at Pilsen Community Books
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…
Find out more »A Conversation with Maureen Freely and Zain Khalid at the McNally Jackson Seaport bookstore
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.…
Find out more »June 2023
A Celebration of WHALE with Cheon Myeong-kwan and Adam Levy at Clio’s
Join us for a celebration of Whale at Clio's in Oakland! Cheon Myeong-kwan will be reading from his International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Whale, translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim, and speaking with Adam Levy of Transit Books about the novel. Whale is a sprawling adventure-satire following the lives of three women, set in a remote village in South Korea. The event will take place at Clio's on the corner of Perkins Street and Grand Avenue, in Oakland, California on…
Find out more »A Reading and Discussion with Cheon Myeong-kwan and Heekyoung Cho at the Seattle Public Library
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…
Find out more »A Reading and Conversation with Cheon Myeong-kwan and Chi-Young Kim at Second Home Hollywood
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…
Find out more »A Reading and Signing with Cheon Myeong-kwan at North Figueroa Books
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…
Find out more »A Reading and Signing with Cheon Myeong-kwan at Dallas Contemporary
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…
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