As July rolls on and many of us are making travel plans once again, it’s time to consider that perennially delightful question of what to read over summer vacation. We are sharing some of our top picks—books that chart journeys big and small; hosting characters whose migrations across cities, countries, and emotional terrains are variously […]
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The next instalment of our Literary Matchmakers series is dedicated to readers of Literature in Translation. It features two unforgettable authors, Fleur Jaeggy and Mona Høvring, whose slim novels are like two slices from the same pie—equally tart, equally delicious. If you liked Fleur Jaeggy’s Sweet Days of Discipline, we are positive that you’ll love […]
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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 translation of the Norwegian word “fe,” which literally means “cattle” but has other connotations in Norwegian which demand a more creative use of English vocabulary. […]
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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 Violet on the Day that I Was Born. Set in a hotel, high up in a mountain village, Because Venus follows two sisters as they […]
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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, creepy to the creepy-adjacent, this list touches on a diverse array of subjects from disability, to the creative process, to sisterhood, to the pitfalls of […]
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We’re excited to join the American Literary Translators Association for the debut of #ReadTheWorld, an online bookfair celebrating translators and their publishers ahead of and during the virtual portion of the ALTA44 conference (October 15-17). Use the discount code readtheworld at checkout and save 20% off of all titles in our Literature In Translation Series […]
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Please join us in celebrating the release of Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born by Mona Høvring, translated by Kari Dickson and Rachel Rankin! Read on to learn all about this award-winning title, the latest in our much-loved Literature in Translation Series. Happy Book Birthday to Because Venus […]
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It’s the last day of Women in Translation Month! For our third and final roundtable discussion featuring Aleshia Jensen, Cristina Sandu, Erin Moure, Kari Dickson, Rachel Rankin, and Kristen Renee Miller, we’re discussing translation and gender! The translators also share what they are currently working on and what books you can look forward to seeing […]
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August may be coming to an end, but we are still celebrating Women in Translation Month! As promised, we’re pleased to share part two of our three-part roundtable interview with our lovely translators. Today we’re discussing the idea of translatability—words and phrases that are lost but also gained in translation, phrases we love in specific […]
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Women in Translation Month is in full swing! To continue our month-long celebration we are pleased to bring you a three-part roundtable interview series featuring several women working in translation. Over the next few weeks, we will share their collective responses to a few questions we asked about their reading habits and all things translation. […]
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