We are thrilled to announce that This Radiant Life by Chantal Neveu, translated by Erín Moure, and Nought by Julie Joosten have both been shortlisted for the second-ever Nelson Ball Prize. This prize […]
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Happy Book Birthday to The Absence of Zero by R. Kolewe 🎉
Today, we celebrate the much-anticipated final release of our Fall 2021 season, The Absence of Zero by R. Kolewe! Fiercely attentive to detail, alive with echoes and repetitions, The Absence […]
Continue readingCo-translation Roundtable: Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin
And Martha? She was a muttonhead. So reads a quote from Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born by Mona Høvring— “muttonhead” a triumphant […]
Continue reading“Something hopeful. Something profound”: In Conversation with Team Venus
Next up In Conversation is a roundtable discussion between the affectionately titled “Team Venus”: author Mona Høvring and translators Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin of Because Venus Crossed an Alpine […]
Continue readingHalloween 2021 Reading List 👻
There are only two days left until Halloween! Embrace the season with this handpicked selection of gory, haunted, uncanny, weird, and downright spooky reads. Ranging from horror to the horror-inspired, […]
Continue reading“The narrative of heroism is continually bent”: In Conversation with Gail Scott
Gail Scott’s Permanent Revolution, a collection of new essays gathered alongside a recreation of her groundbreaking text, Spaces Like Stairs, was recently named a finalist for Le Grand Prix du livre […]
Continue readingHappy Book Birthday to Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language 💬 🎉
Today we celebrate the release of a Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language, edited by Eufemia Fantetti, Leonarda Carranza and Ayelet Tsabari, with contributions from twenty-six writers. This moving and […]
Continue reading“It is OK to Grieve”: In Conversation with Talya Rubin
Today, we pick up our In Conversation series with the endlessly thoughtful Talya Rubin, author of the poetry collection Iceland Is Melting and So Are You. Read on to learn […]
Continue readingLiterary Awards Roundup! 🎉
The fall literary awards season is upon us! Read on to learn all about the authors who have become finalists over the past week and the wonderful, transfiguring reads that […]
Continue readingThe Soundtrack Behind the Book: Suture!
Next up in our Active Listening series is Suture, Nic Brewer’s inspiring debut novel which blends body horror with incisive meditations on love, pain, and the creative process. “I read […]
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