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Events

The Center for the Art of Translation’s public programs offer diverse experiences with translation, broadly conceived, through both intimate gatherings and large-scale events in San Francisco and beyond.

Apr 18, 2026|7:00pm
Kanako Nishi and Allison Markin Powell on Sakura with Marie Mutsuki Mockett

Japanese writer and artist Kanako Nishi and translator Allison Markin Powell discuss the English release of Sakura with Marie Mutsuki Mockett.

Black Bird Bookstore and Cafe, 4541 Irving St., San Francisco, CA
Fiction
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Apr 20, 2026|7:00pm
Mats Söderlund on Eskatos & The Stretched Necks of Stillness with Forrest Gander

Mats Söderlund to celebrates Eskatos & the Stretched Necks of Stillness, a sweeping blend of ecopoetry, mythology, and political verse translated by Olivia Olsen, with Forrest Gander.

Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., San Francisco, CA
Poetry
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Apr 21–24, 2026
Exemplary Humans Book Tour

Juliana Leite, on tour from Brazil, is joined by translator Zoë Perry to celebrate the release of Exemplary Humans, a novel about one woman’s past and all of our futures.

Multiple Cities

San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC | Brooklyn, NY

Two Lines Press
Apr 29, 2026|6:00–8:00 pm
If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation with Daniel Hahn

Writer, editor, and translator Daniel Hahn talks with Michael Holtmann about Shakespeare in translation across languages and cultures, with performances by Carla Pantoja.

The Drawing Room Annex, 599 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA
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