September 2022
Scholastique Mukasonga and Mark Polizzotti in celebration of Kibogo
Join the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith for an in-store event with Scholastique Mukasonga and translator Mark Polizzotti to celebrate the release of Kibogo. Longlisted for 2022 National Book Award, it's a masterwork of satire, lore, and living memory from the leading voice of French-Rwandan literature. The conversation will take place on September 29th, at 7pm ET. You can register here. Scholastique Mukasonga was born in Rwanda in 1956. She settled in France in 1992, only two years before…
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Hanne Ørstavik and Nina MacLaughlin discuss Ti Amo at Brookline Booksmith
Join Hanne Ørstavik and writer Nina MacLaughlin in conversation about Ørstavik's latest novel, Ti Amo. Hosted by the Brookline Booksmith, the event will take place at the bookshop on November 3rd, at 7pm EST. Hanne Ørstavik published the novel Cut in 1994 and embarked on a career that would make her one of the most remarkable and admired authors in Norwegian contemporary literature. Her literary breakthrough came three years later with the publication of Love (Kjærlighet), which in 2006 was voted the 6th best…
Find out more »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.…
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