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Past Events

Jun 17, 2026|12:00–1:00 pm
Contemporary Translated Works Book Group: Slipping

Join us in person or online to read and discuss Slipping by Mohamed Kheir, translated by Robin Moger.

Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., San Francisco, CA
Book Group
Jun 6–7, 2026
Two Lines Press & CAT @ LITLIT

Visit us at LITLIT: The Little Literary Fair on June 6-7 in Los Angeles

SCI-Arc, 960 East 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA
Festivals
May 31, 2026
Two Lines Press & CAT at Bay Area Book Festival 2026

See Two Lines Press translator Jeremy Tiang and visit the Two Lines Press booth at Bay Area Book Festival!

Downtown Berkeley

Allston Way & Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park

Festivals
May 31–Jun 6, 2026
Night Train Book Tour

Jeremy Tiang presents his translation of Night Train by Xu Zechen on tour.

Multiple Cities

Berkeley | New York | Boston

Two Lines Press
May 20, 2026|12:00pm
Contemporary Translated Works Book Group: Celestial Bodies

Join us in person or online to read and discuss Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth.

Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., San Francisco, CA
Book Group
May 5, 2026|4:00pm
The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY
The International Library
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
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 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
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
Apr 15, 2026|4:00pm
The International Library Presents Olga Ravn on The Wax Child

Booker Prize Finalist Olga Ravn introduces her novel, The Wax Child, translated by Martin Aitken.

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
Apr 15, 2026|12:00pm
Contemporary Translated Works Book Group: The Age of Goodbyes

Join us in person or online to read and discuss The Age of Goodbyes by Li Zi Shu, translated from the Chinese by YZ Chin.

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