Archipelago receives 2021 NYSCA Grant!
We're proud to announce that Archipelago Books has been awarded a generous grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. This critical funding will support Mark Polizzotti's translation of Scholastique Mukasonga's new novel, Kibogo. Archipelago Books is grateful to be among the
Scholastique Mukasonga in The New Yorker
"How can you mourn your loved ones when they have no graves? How can you mourn without allowing them to sink into oblivion—a second death, for which you are then responsible?" These are the questions that drive Scholastique Mukasonga's short
Scholastique Mukasonga attends the 2017 International Literary Festival of Paraty
The Brazilian translations of Scholastique Mukasonga's Barefoot Woman (forthcoming English translation by Jordan Stump) and Our Lady of the Nile were ranked among the top five bestselling books at FLIP 2017, the literary festival of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. FLIP 2017
Our Lady of the Nile shortlisted for the 2016 DUBLIN International Literary Award
The 2016 DUBLIN International Literary Award shortlist was announced Tuesday, April 12th. The list includes ten novels and Archipelago's own, Scholastique Muksonga for Our Lady of the Nile, translated by Melanie Mauthner. The Award is presented annually for a novel written or
Scholastique Mukasonga a finalist for FT/OppenheimerFunds’ Emerging Voices Award
We're pleased to announce that Scholastique Mukasonga, author of Our Lady of the Nile, has been named a finalist for FT/OppenheimerFunds' Emerging Voices Award. Read more about the prize and check out the list of other finalists in fiction here. Winners will be announced at
Scholastique Mukasonga receives the 2015 Prix Bernheim
Congratulations to Scholastique Mukasonga, author of Our Lady of the Nile, recipient of Fondation du Judaïsme's 2015 Prix Bernheim! Read more here.
Three Archipelago Titles on Flavorwire’s "50 Best Independent Fiction and Poetry Books of 2014"
We are honored and pleased that My Struggle: Book Three by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga, and The Expedition to the Baobab Tree by Wilma Stockenström have all made it onto Flavorwire's "50 Best
Our Lady of the Nile Named a "Best Book of 2014" by Publishers Weekly
We are honored that Our Lady of the Nile, by Scholastique Mukasonga, has made the Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2014" list! Mukasonga’s debut novel uses the titular girls boarding school, perched on a ridge near the source of the Nile,