Past Events

Writers Alexandra Kleeman, Giada Scodellaro, and Jennifer Wilson talk about the influential work of the French author with her primary English translator, Jordan Stump.

P&T Knitwear welcomes Jeremy Tiang for a benefit event in support of Yu & Me Books, to discuss their translation of Xu Zechen’s book Beijing Sprawl with YZ Chin.

This event has been canceled. 

Third Place Books Ravenna welcomes translator Eric Abrahamsen to their Seattle store. Abrahamsen will be discussing renowned Chinese author Xu Zechen’s Beijing Sprawl, which he co-translated with Jeremy Tiang.

Join the American Library in Paris, The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, and the Center for the Art of Translation for conversations across time, place, culture, and literary tradition, with live audiences in Paris, Brooklyn, and San Francisco.

Join author Carmen Boullosa and translator Samantha Schnee for a conversation about The Book of Eve, a feminist retelling of the Book of Genesis and a striking example of multi-layered translation.

Swiss author Dorothee Elmiger talks about Out of the Sugar Factory, translated by Megan Ewing, with Jessi Jezewska Stevens, author of The Exhibition of Persephone Q and The Visitors.

Join the American Library in Paris, The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, and the Center for the Art of Translation for conversations across time, place, culture, and literary tradition, with live audiences in Paris, Brooklyn, and San Francisco.

Join celebrated Swiss author Dorothee Elmiger and American writer Kate Zambreno for a conversation about Megan Ewing’s new English translation of Elmiger’s Out of the Sugar Factory at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY.

One of the most distinctive voices in Japanese poetry, Hiromi Itō, and translator Jeffrey Angles join Bay Area poet Mia Ayumi Malhotra to present The Thorn Puller, by Hiromi Itō and translated by Jeffrey Angles at The Ruby SF.

Swiss author Dorothee Elmiger and translator Megan Ewing talk about Out of the Sugar Factory at Ann Arbor’s Literati Bookstore.

Translators Olivia Sears and Forrest Gander talk about the unique challenges and rewards of translating poetry with CJ Evans at the Bay Area Book Festival.

Swiss author Dorothee Elmiger and Whiting Award-winning journalist Jori Lewis in conversation at the Bay Area Book Festival.

Third Place Books Ravenna hosts translator Mia Spangenberg in Seattle. Mia will discuss her translation of Finnish author Pirkko Saisio’s The Red Book of Farewells with Dr. Elizabeth DeNoma.

Mia Spangenberg talks about her translation of Pirkko Saisio’s The Red Book of Farewell with author and poet Trisha Low. This virtual event is hosted by Pilsen Community Books in Chicago.

Yuri Herrera joins the Center for the Art of Translation at Green Apple Books on the Park to talk about his latest book, Ten Planets: Stories, translated by Lisa Dillman, with Román Luján.

Join the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith and Brazos Bookstore for a virtual event with author Astrid Roemer to discuss and celebrate the release of her new book On a Woman’s Madness. She will be in conversation with Megan Giddings, author of The Women Could Fly and Lakewood.

Three translators and one editor discuss their contributions to contemporary translated Swahili literature, including the new collection No Edges: Swahili Stories from Two Lines Press, and efforts to make it more widely available with the director of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize.

Third Place Books Ravenna hosts a celebration of independent publishers, weird and meaningful literature, and the long future of publishing. The evening will include presentations from 11 indie publishers from across the country about new books, old books, and what makes these publishers unique.

Join the Alliance Française de Seattle, in partnership with Elliott Bay Book Company, for an online discussion with Days Come and Go author, Hemley Boum and translator Nchanji Njamnsi. They will be in conversation with Nkiacha Atemnkeng.