Upcoming Translation Events (Virtual & In-Person): August 2025

From L-R: THE SUGAR KREMLIN by VLADIMIR SOROKIN, tr. Max Lawton; WOMEN SEATED by Zhang Yueran, tr. Jeremy Tiang; SOLITARIA by Eliana Alves Cruz, tr. Benjamin Brooks

Tuesday, August 5:

Solitaria by Eliana Alves Cruz, translated by Benjamin Brooks at the Community Bookstore| Translator Benjamin Brooks presents Solitaria by Eliana Alves Cruz, in conversation with Tyriek White. In-person. Hosted by Community Bookstore. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)

Nordic Socialism: Book talk with Pelle Dragsted, William Banks, Eric Blanc, and Bhaskar Sunkara | On August 5, join Scandinavia House for a talk on Nordic Socialism with Pelle Dragsted. The leader of the Enhedslisten party in Denmark and representative in the Folketing will discuss his acclaimed book, now out in translation from Wisconsin Press, with the translator William Banks as well as Bhaskar Sunkara (President, The Nation; Founding Editor, Jacobin), and writer and professor Eric Blanc (Assistant Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University). In-person. Hosted by Scandinavia House. More info here. Starts at 7:00 p.m. (ET)

Unnameable Books presents Best Literary Translations 2025 | Join Unnameable Books for a night of readings from Stine An, Eirill Alvilde Falck, Alex Scvartsman, and Emna Zghal from Best Literary Translations 2025, organized by Öykü Tekten and Eirill Alvilde Falck. In-person. Hosted by Unnameable Books. More info here. Starts at 7:00 p.m.

 

Tuesday, August 12:

Book Talk: Women, Seated translated by Jeremy Tiang | Yu & Me Books Presents: Jeremy Tiang with Han Zhang and Weike Wang for the book launch for Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran, translated by Jeremy Tiang. In-person. Hosted by Yu & Me Books. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)

 

Tuesday, August 19:

Difficult Literature: Max Lawton with Joshua Cohen and Christian Lorentzen | Translator and writer Max Lawton is joined by the novelist Joshua Cohen and critic Christian Lorentzen for a conversation about “difficult” literature, celebrating the English publication of The Sugar Kremlin by Vladimir Sorokin, translated by Lawton. They’ll discuss Sorokin, Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz, big books, weird books, and the art of translating them. In-person. Hosted by Rizzoli Bookstore. More info here. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)

 

 

If you have an upcoming literary translation event and you'd like us to feature it on our website, please fill out this form.