Past Events

Surreal stories for a surreal time. Hong Kong surrealist writer Dorothy Tse and translator Natascha Bruce join Calico editor Sarah Coolidge to talk about That We May Live. 

Join Pilsen Community Books and Two Lines Press for an event with Jazmina Barrera and Eula Biss in celebration of Barrera’s new book On Lighthouses, out this May from Two Lines Press!

This event has been canceled.

An exclusive reading from Elena Ferrante’s new novel will be followed by a conversation between three renowned translators, Jennifer Croft, Sam Bett, and Ann Goldstein, and the Comma Queen, Mary Norris, moderated by Michael Reynolds of Europa Editions.

This event has been canceled.

This event has been canceled.

In March 2020, Two Lines Press will launch a new book series dedicated to capturing vanguard works of translated literature—curated around a particular theme, region, language, historical moment, or style—in vibrant, collectible editions.

We’re calling it Calico. 

Join us for a Calico celebration at Churchill’s The Office!

If you’re getting into translation—whether as a reader, writer, editor, or publisher—this panel will offer suggestions about where to start.

Hey y’all! Two Lines Press is headed to San Antonio for AWP 2020. Here’s where you can find us:

Join us after work to raise a glass to Two Lines latest from Kim Sagwa, b, Book, and Me, translated by Sunhee Jeong.

Philadelphia poet laureate Raquel Salas Rivera and writer and translator Carina del Valle Schorske discuss Latinx poetics and what it means to be a Puerto Rican poet and translator after Hurricane María and the Puerto Rico protests.

Mexican writer Jorge Comensal and translator Charlotte Whittle discuss The Mutations with Julia Sanches.

Join Two Lines Press and readers of all ages for the largest celebration of books and writing in the Pacific Northwest.

For the 4th year in a row we’re sponsoring an entire weekend of international events at the 2019 Litquake literary festival in San Francisco!

Center Founder and translator Olivia Sears moderates a conversation about translation with three leading Bay Area translators.

Five members of Çedilla & Co., a collective of literary translators representing a wide range of writers, languages, and presses, join us to talk about the future of translation and share a little about their current projects.

Join us for our third annual Day of Translation co-presented with the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center. All panels and events will take place on the George Mason University campus in Fairfax, Virginia.

Italian author, journalist, researcher, and activist, Igiaba Scego, talks about her novel Beyond Babylon, translated by Aaron Robertson, at the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Join Two Lines Press at the Brooklyn Book Festival!