Past Events
Max Lawton and Sean Thor Conroe discuss the life and work of Antonio Moresco
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.
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.
Join us in person or online to read and discuss The Week of Colors by Elena Garro, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.
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.
Visit the Two Lines Press booth at AWP and join us for Indie Press Happy Hour
Join us in person or online to read and discuss Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell.
On-site at Mechanics’ Institute and online via Zoom
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cristina Rivera Garza discusses her new novel, Autobiography of Cotton, translated by Christina MacSweeney, with Rita Indiana.
In-person and on-site at The Center for Fiction and online, with a viewing party at Center for the Art of Translation
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.
Princeton, NJ | Brooklyn, NY | Washington DC | Dallas, TX | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA
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
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
How does blending translation, sound, and performance push the boundaries of understanding? Camilo Garzón and special guests, Noelle de la Paz, Monica Cure, and Amanda Nazareno, guide a listening party through three immersive audio adaptations.
CounterPulse | 80 Turk Street | San Francisco, CA
Diana Arterian, Samantha Cosentino, Armen Davoudian, Sabrina 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
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
Visit Two Lines Press at the Litquake Small Press Book Fair!
Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
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
Visit Two Lines Press at Booth 626 at the Brooklyn Book Festival 2025!
Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Online Event
Featuring Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura, Day of Translation returns September 18, 2025 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY.
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