Upcoming Translation Events (Virtual & In-Person): January 2026

From L-R: WHITE MOSS by Anna Nerkagi, tr. Irina Sadovina; PEDRO THE VAST by Simón López Trujillo, tr. Robin Myers

Tuesday, January 13:

Simón López Trujillo and Robin Myers | Join the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith for a virtual event with Simón López Trujillo, a Chilean author and translator, and Robin Myers, a Mexico City-based Spanish-to-English translator and poet, to discuss and honor the release of Pedro the Vast. The event is ticketed. Virtual. Hosted by Brookline Booksmith. More info here. Starts at 7:00 p.m. (ET)

 

Thursday, January 15:

White Moss Translated: From Mentorship to Publication | Join Irina Sadovina, translator of White Moss and alumna of NCW’s Emerging Translator Mentorships Programme (2021), as she discusses her journey in bringing Anna Nerkagi’s novel to English-language readers. She will be joined by her translator-mentor Oliver Ready and Rory Williamson, editor at Pushkin Press, who will share further insight into Sadovina’s translation process and how an initial pitch became a forthcoming publication. Virtual. Hosted by the National Centre for Writing. More info here. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (ET)

 

Friday, January 23:

Us & Them: A Writer-Translator Reading Series | Join Us & Them for the Winter 2026 reading series. Us & Them gives literary translators with parallel careers as writers a place to showcase both sides of their work. Hosted four times a year at Molasses Books in Bushwick, Brooklyn, this session will feature Sebastián Andrés Grandas, Sabrina Helen Li, Soje, and Alexa Frank. In-person. Hosted by Molasses Books. More info here. Starts at 8:00 p.m. (ET)

 

Friday, January 30:

Kalpana Raina at The World’s Borough Bookshop | Join us on Friday, January 30th for an evening with Kalpana Raina, translator of Hari Krishna Kaul’s resonant story collection For Now, It Is Night, and Radha Vatsal at The World’s Borough Bookshop in Queens. The two will talk about this collaborative translation from Kashmiri and the art of translation—with wine and nibbles to follow. In-person. Hosted by The World's Borough Bookshop. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)

 

 

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