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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]