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Past Events

Oct 24, 2026|6:30–7:30 pm
Lit Crawl: So You Think You Can(‘t) Translate—Youth Edition!

Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellows host this fun workshop and spontaneous performance for youth writers.

826 Valencia, 826 Valencia St, San Francisco
Festivals
Oct 17, 2026|1:00–2:00 pm
Anne Pauly and Bruno Perreau: French Voices at the Boston Book Festival

Anne Pauly presents Before I Forget at the Boston Book Festival with Bruno Perreau.

The French Library, 53 Marlborough St, Boston, MA
Oct 15, 2026|6:00pm
Jon Cho-Polizzi and Lin Hierse in Conversation

Author and journalist Lin Hierse and translator-scholar Jon Cho-Polizzi on language, place, and belonging.

Goethe-Institut San Francisco, 657 Howard St, San Francisco
Lecture
Oct 14, 2026
The International Library: Mathias Énard on Perfecting the Shot with Nicole Krauss

Prix Goncourt-winning author Mathias Énard discusses his new novel, Perfecting the Shot, with Nicole Krauss.

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

Online & In-Person

The International Library
Oct 14, 2026|6:30–8:00 pm
Passages of Babel: Translation and the Book Arts of Servane Briand

Center for the Art of Translation and San Francisco Center for the Book join Litquake to present an evening showcasing the sculptural artists’ books of Bay Area artist Servane Briand.

San Francisco Center for the Book, 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco
Festivals
Oct 8, 2026|7:00pm
Translator to Translator: Translating Diaspora

Aaron Coleman and Jon Cho-Polizzi discuss the challenges and revelations of translating the Black diaspora: examining continuities and ruptures across languages, geographies, and time.

KALW Studio Events and Gallery, 220 Montgomery St, San Francisco
Oct 6–8, 2026|3:30–5:00 pm
Poetry Inside Out Teacher Workshop: October 2026

Sign up for a teacher workshop to bring Poetry Inside Out poetry and translation lessons to your classroom.

Online
Poetry Inside Out
Oct 4, 2026|11:00 am–4:00 pm
Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard St, San Francisco
Festivals
Sep 28, 2026|12:00pm
The International Library presents Elvira Navarro with Melissa Lozada-Oliva

The International Library presents Elvira Navarro and Melissa Lozada-Oliva in conversation to celebrate the publication of Blood Is Dripping Onto the Courtyard.

Online
Two Lines Press
Sep 27, 2026|10:00 am–6:00 pm
Two Lines Press @ Brooklyn Book Festival 2026

Stop by Booth 515 to check out the latest Two Lines Press titles and chat with staff.

Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY
Festivals
Sep 25, 2026|3:00pm
Villa Albertine presents The New Landscape of Literary Translation
with Allison Markin Powell, Katrine Øgaard Jensen, and Han Zhang
Villa Albertine, 972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Festivals
Sep 24, 2026
Day of Translation 2026

Join the Center for the Art of Translation at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY (or via livestream) for the 7th annual Day of Translation with featured keynote Emily Wilson.

The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Festivals
Sep 17, 2026|7:00pm
Splendor: Trans Poets Book Launch
with Jana Vourgourakis, Andrew Wilson, Alexis N. Garcia, and Mukethe Kawinzi
Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Two Lines Press
Sep 1–Oct 25, 2026
Read Trans Poets: A Community Event Series in Celebration of Splendor

Bookstores in Belmont, Bozeman, Brooklyn, Decatur, Denver, London, Missoula, Pittsburgh, Quebec City, and San Francisco celebrate the release of Splendor: Trans Poets.

Multiple Cities
Two Lines Press
Aug 18, 2026|6:00pm
SFPL On the Same Page presents Sea Now

Author Eva Meijer and translator Anne Thompson-Melo visit the San Francisco Public Library to discuss Sea Now, the July-August On the Same Page book selection.

San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street

Koret Auditorium, Main Library

Two Lines Press
Aug 4–6, 2026|3:30–5:00 pm
Poetry Inside Out Teacher Workshop: August 2026

Sign up for a teacher workshop to bring Poetry Inside Out poetry and translation lessons to your classroom.

Online
Poetry Inside Out
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–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 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