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Apr 6, 2026|7:00pm
Max Lawton on Antonio Moresco’s The Beginnings

Max Lawton and Sean Thor Conroe discuss the life and work of Antonio Moresco

City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA
Fiction
Mar 19–21, 2026
The Loose-Haired Women: A Haunted Reading Room at KALW

Bat Witch Ghost, Cuentero Productions, and Center for the Art of Translation team up to create an artist-made haunted reading room built into the lobby of the KALW studio.

KALW Studio, 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA
Two Lines Press
Mar 18, 2026|7:00pm
Brenda Navarro and Megan McDowell on Eating Ashes

Author Brenda Navarrro, on tour from Madrid, joins translator Megan McDowell to discuss Eating Ashes, Navarro’s award-winning novel about sibling love, migration, and grief.

Medicine for Nightmares, 3036 24th St., San Francisco, CA
Fiction
Mar 18, 2026|12:00pm
Contemporary Translated Works Book Group: The Week of Colors

Join us in person or online to read and discuss The Week of Colors by Elena Garro, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.

Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., San Francisco, CA
Book Group
Mar 11, 2026|4:00pm
The International Library and BAM Present Clarice Lispector from Page to Screen

Join us for an event devoted to the work and life of Clarice Lispector in collaboration with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and The Center for Fiction.

The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY
The International Library
Mar 4–8, 2026
Two Lines Press @ AWP 2026

Visit the Two Lines Press booth at AWP and join us for Indie Press Happy Hour

Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD
Conferences
Feb 18, 2026|12:00pm
Contemporary Translated Works Book Group: Tomb of Sand

Join us in person or online to read and discuss Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell.

Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., San Francisco, CA

On-site at Mechanics’ Institute and online via Zoom

Book Group
Feb 10, 2026|4:00pm
The International Library Presents Cristina Rivera Garza on Autobiography of Cotton with Rita Indiana

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cristina Rivera Garza discusses her new novel, Autobiography of Cotton, translated by Christina MacSweeney, with Rita Indiana.

The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY

In-person and on-site at The Center for Fiction and online, with a viewing party at Center for the Art of Translation

The International Library
Nov 5–22, 2025
The Queen of Swords Tour: Jazmina Barrera and Megan McDowell on Elena Garro

Author Jazmina Barrera, on tour from Mexico City, and translator Megan McDowell join forces to discuss the life and work of Elena Garro through Barrera’s biography, The Queen of Swords, and McDowell’s translation of her short stories, The Week of Colors.

REGISTER HERE

Multiple Cities

Princeton, NJ | Brooklyn, NY | Washington DC | Dallas, TX | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA

Two Lines Press
Oct 29, 2025|6:00pm
Gabriela Alemán on Smoke with Dick Cluster

City Lights and the Center for the Art of Translation present Gabriela Alemán, author of the new novel Smoke, published by City Lights, in conversation with her translator Dick Cluster. 

Online Event

Fiction
Oct 25, 2025|6:30pm
Lit Crawl – So You Think You Can(‘t) Translate?

Dismantle and reassemble a poem in a new language in this casual translation workshop hosted by local translator JiaJing Liu during Phase 2 of Lit Crawl 2025.

826 Valencia | San Francisco, CA

Oct 17, 2025|6:30pm
Litquake – Unbound Translations: A listening party with Cuentero Productions & Two Lines Press

How does blending translation, sound, and performance push the boundaries of understanding? Camilo Garzón and special guests, Noelle de la PazMonica Cure, and Amanda Nazareno, guide a listening party through three immersive audio adaptations.

CounterPulse | 80 Turk Street | San Francisco, CA

Oct 11, 2025|7:00pm
Litquake – Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets

Diana ArterianSamantha CosentinoArmen DavoudianSabrina Nouri, and Marina Omar read from their translations in Hair on Fire, an anthology that serves as a blazing tribute to a group of exceptional poetesses and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced.

Telegraph Hill Books | 1501 Grant Avenue | San Francisco, CA

Sep 29, 2025|7:00pm
Jay Boss Rubin on Rosa Mistika with Annmarie Drury

Jay Boss Rubin, translator of Rosa Mistika, celebrates the legacy of Tanzanian writer Euphrase Kezilahabi with Annmarie Drury.

City Lights Bookstore | 261 Columbus Ave | San Francisco, CA

Lecture
Sep 28, 2025
Two Lines Press @ Litquake Small Press Book Fair 2025

Visit Two Lines Press at the Litquake Small Press Book Fair!

Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA

Sep 25, 2025|7:00pm
Mary Jo Bang on Dante’s Paradiso with Tess Taylor

Green Apple Books on the Park welcomes Mary Jo Bang to present her new translation of Dante’s Paradiso in conversation with Tess Taylor.

Green Apple Books on the Park | 1231 9th Ave | San Francisco, CA

Sep 21, 2025
Two Lines Press @ Brooklyn Book Festival 2025

Visit Two Lines Press at Booth 626 at the Brooklyn Book Festival 2025!

Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY

Festivals
Sep 19–Oct 17, 2025
Works in Progress: 2025 NEA Translation Fellows Conversation Series
Join the Center for the Art of Translation to celebrate the 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellows in a series of conversations about their award-winning projects, which span 17 different languages across 21 countries. Across five weekly virtual conversations, each Fellow will present and read from their book, and discuss the special pleasures and complexities of bringing it into English.

Online Event

Virtual Event
Sep 18, 2025|12:00–7:00 pm
Day of Translation 2025

Featuring Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura, Day of Translation returns September 18, 2025 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY.

The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 18, 2025|12:00–7:00 pm
Day of Translation 2025

Featuring Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura, Day of Translation returns September 18, 2025 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY

The Center for Fiction | 15 Lafayette Avenue | Brooklyn, NY

Conferences