Past Events
Inspired by a short cellphone video of a raft of refugees, shot by a tourist from the deck of a cruise ship, Merle Kröger and Philip Scheffner created both a feature film and a novel, Havarie (Collision).
Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission | 2550 Mission Street | San Francisco, California
The Center for the Art of Translation is partnering with Litquake to bring world-class authors and translators to the Litquake festival for an unparalleled five nights of world literature.
Multiple venues | San Francisco, California
Polish author Wioletta Greg discusses her new novel from Transit Books, Swallowing Mercury, with Molly Parent.
Green Apple Books on the Park | 1231 9th Avenue | San Francisco, California
Translator Jordan Stump discusses My Heart Hemmed In by Marie NDiaye.
Magers & Quinn Booksellers | 3038 Hennepin Avenue S | Minneapolis, Minnesota
David Larsen discusses his translation of 10th-century Arabic lexicographer Ibn Khālawayh’s Names of the Lion with Stephen Sparks.
DIESEL, A Bookstore | 5433 College Avenue | Oakland, CA
Jordan Stump talks about translating Marie NDiaye’s My Heart Hemmed In.
Seminary Co-op Bookstore | Chicago, Illinois
In celebration of Women in Translation month, Jordan Stump, translator of Marie NDiaye’s My Heart Hemmed In, will be in Chicago and Minneapolis for three back-to-back events.
Chicago | Minneapolis
Jordan Stump talks about translating Marie NDiaye with Jennifer Solheim.
Unabridged Bookstore | 3251 North Broadway | Chicago, Illinois
Join us for happy hour to celebrate the release of our third book by Marie NDiaye, My Heart Hemmed In, translated from the French by Jordan Stump.
Center for the Art of Translation | 582 Market Street, Suite 700 | San Francisco, CA
Celebrated Mexican novelist Yuri Herrera discusses his new book, Kingdom Cons, with Bay Area writer Caille Millner.
Green Apple Books on the Park | 1231 9th Avenue | San Francisco, CA
Build and strengthen the community of progressive educators in the Bay Area!
Presidio Hill School | 2829 Washington Street | San Francisco, CA
We’re sponsoring a panel at the Bay Area Book Fest.
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life| 2121 Allston Way | Berkeley, California
Join the Center for the Art of Translation at the 2017 Bay Area Book Festival!
Downtown Berkeley, CA
Join the Center for the Art of Translation at the 2017 San Francisco Silent Film Festival!
Castro Theatre | San Francisco, CA
Join us to celebrate the release of the follow-up to Quiet Creature, Noll’s career-defining novel Atlantic Hotel.
City Lights Booksellers | 261 Columbus Avenue | San Francisco
A discussion of Mongolian poet Tseveedorjin Oidov’s The End of the Dark Era with translator Simon Wickhamsmith.
Center for the Art of Translation | 582 Market Street, Suite 700 | San Francisco, CA
The Center for the Art of Translation and Graywolf Press present acclaimed Korean author Han Yujoo in conversation with Two Lines Press’s Scott Esposito.
The Lab | 2948 16th Street | San Francisco, CA
Join us to celebrate the release of Filip Springer’s History of a Disappearance, translated from Polish by Sean Gasper Bye.
The Booksmith |1644 Haight Street | San Francisco, CA
The Center for the Art of Translation is pleased to present our inaugural “Day of Translation” with the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center.
George Mason University | 4400 University Drive | Merten Hall, Room 1203 | Fairfax, VA
A conversation about the latest book in translation from Chinese writer Can Xue.
Center for the Art of Translation | 582 Market Street, Suite 700 | San Francisco, CA