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

Monday, October 5:

The Lady of the Mine: A Reading and Conversation with Sergei Lebedev and Antonina Bouis | Joined by his English translator Antonina Bouis, Sergei Lebedev, celebrated author of The Lady of the Mine and five other books translated into English, discusses the suppression of Russia's authoritarian past and the current censorship machine being built by state officials. In-person. Hosted by the Russian and East European Cultures at Hunter College CUNY. More info here. Starts at 7:00 p.m.(ET)

Tuesday, October 6:

The 2026 Icelandic Translator Triptych | Join us for a celebration of Icelandic literature in translation with authors Steinunn G. Helgadóttir in conversation with translator Larissa Kyzer. Now out from Open Letter, the 2026 Translator Triptych (Iceland) features three novels—including Steinunn G. Helgadóttir’s The Strongest Woman in the World and Sigrún Pálsdóttir’s Boudoir—that have been acclaimed since their publication in Icelandic, and are now available in English translation. In-person. Hosted by Scandinavia House. More info here. Starts at 7:00 p.m. (ET)

Wednesday, October 7:

Emily Wilson presents Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea, in conversation with Dana Stevens | Emily Wilson will discuss her new book, Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature, with Dana Stevens. This event is part of the Community in Translation series. In-person. Hosted by Community Bookstore. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (ET)

Saturday, October 10:

Translation Reading and Conversation with Ainsley Morse | Please join us for a conversation with and a reading by Ainsley Morse, professor of Slavic literatures at the University of California San Diego and the driving force behind Tamizdat Project’s English-language titles, including Abram Tertz’s Pkhentz (2024), Linor Goralik’s Exodus-22 (2025) and others. In-person. Hosted by Tamizdat Project at White Rabbit Books. More info here. Starts at 7:00 p.m. (ET)

Tuesday, October 13:

TBR Series: A reading with Stine An | TBR Series celebrates Stine An's new collection of experimental and bilingual poetry, B-Dragon Suite. B-Dragon Suite is a hybrid poetry collection that remixes K-pop, experimental translation, sound art, and emoji poetics to explore Korean diasporic identity. In-person. Hosted by Community Bookstore. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)

Saturday, October 17:

Scandinavia House presents Translating Scandinavia | Please join Scandinavia House and World Poetry Books to hear readings from and discussions of recent Scandinavian literature appearing in English! Translators Martin Aitken, Larissa Kyzer, Damion Searls, and Kira Josefsson will present their translations of celebrated Nordic writers Karl Ove Knausgaard, Jon Fosse, Judish Kiros, and Steinunn G. Helgadóttir, among others. This program takes place as part of Colloquy: Translators in Conversation, a live event and radio series hosted by World Poetry Books in New York City. In-person. Hosted by Scandiniavia House. More info here and here. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (ET)

Monday, October 19:

That Summer's End: A discussion of poetry and translation in English and Korean | Lee Seong-bok and Anton Hur in conversation with Sneha Khaund. That Summer's End gathers 106 poems of self-reflection and exquisite beauty, blending Seon Buddhism with French Symbolism in the work of one of South Korea's most celebrated and influential poets. This English-language edition is translated by Anton Hur, one of the most acclaimed literary translators working today. In-person. Hosted by Fordham University at Lincoln Center. More info here. 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (ET)

Tuesday, October 20:

Meet the World: Who Represents the Translator? | Over the past decade, translators have become more visible than ever before. Increasingly, they are expected not only to translate books, but also to discover projects, build relationships with authors and publishers, pitch titles, and advocate for and promote their work. Yet unlike authors, translators rarely have access to professional representation. Could literary agents play a larger role in supporting translators? What would that look like in practice — and what might be lost? Join translators Anton Hur and Sawad Hussain in conversation with Ecre Karadag for a deep-dive into representation and the many kinds of labour that surround literary translation. Virtual. Hosted by the National Centre for Writing. More info here. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (ET)

Wednesday, October 21:

Colette: Pure, Impure, and in Translation | Colette’s writing has long had a reputation for being difficult to translate. Rachel Careau, translator of Chéri and La Fin de Chéri, recently completed the first new translation of Le Pur et l’impur in nearly sixty years, and only the second since its definitive 1941 publication. Of all Colette’s works, The Pure and the Impure—a wide-ranging, uncategorizable first-person exploration of sex and sexualities, the book that she considered her best and most autobiographical—is perhaps the most challenging. Why? Acclaimed translator Rachel Careau and Columbia French professor Elisabeth Ladenson will discuss Le Pur et l’impur, Chéri, and La Fin de Chéri, as well as Colette’s writing in general and what makes it, and Le Pur in particular, so difficult to translate. In-person. Hosted by The Maison Française at Columbia University. More info here. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (ET)

Friday, October 23:

The Cavalier: an Evening with Nathalie Quintane and Jonathan Larson | Join us Friday, October 23 at BISR Central as Winter Editions and Barricade: A Journal of Antifascism & Translation welcome Nathalie Quintane and Jonathan Larson for a bilingual reading of excerpts from The Cavalier, followed by a discussion with BISR faculty Lauren K. Wolfe, Rebecca Ariel Porte, and Sonia Werner. In-person. Hosted by the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (ET)

Monday, October 26:

Festival Neue Literatur 2026: “Intimate Thresholds: Identity and Longing” | The Festival Neue Literatur partners present "Intimate Thresholds: Identity and Longing,"  a conversation between the authors Julia Franck and Nicole Krauss about their novels Worlds Apart and To Be a Man. The conversation will be moderated by the author and literary translator Tess Lewis. In-person. Hosted by Deutsches Haus at NYU. More info here and here. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (ET)

Tuesday, October 27:

Festival Neue Literatur 2026: “Guests and Ghosts” | The Festival Neue Literatur partners present the 2026 Friedrich Ulfers Prize and the Festival Neue Literatur event, "Guests and Ghosts.” This year’s Friedrich Ulfers Prize will be awarded to the author and literary translator Peter Wortsman. Priska Juschka (Director, Lichtundfire) will deliver the laudation. "Guests and Ghosts” will feature readings by and a conversation among the German-language authors Michael Lentz, Tanja Paar, and Laura Vogt, and the U.S. author Jonas Hassen Khemiri. The conversation will be moderated by literary translator Alta Price, who curated this year's festival. In-person. Hosted by Goethe Institut New York. More info here and here. 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET)

Wednesday, October 28:

Poet As Witness: Ukrainian Poets in Defense of Their Country | Poet as Witness brings together acclaimed Ukrainian poets and the English translators of their works to share readings and discussion on how poetry bears witness to a nation at war. Yaryna Chornohuz and Lesyk Panasiuk—two of the most vital voices in contemporary Ukrainian poetry—will read from their work, followed by English-language translations by Amelia Glaser, Ilya Kaminsky, and Katie Farris, offering audiences a rare opportunity to hear these poems both in the original Ukrainian and in translation. This event will be moderated by Amelia Glaser. The evening will also honor the poetry of Maksym Kryvtsov, the poet and soldier killed in action in January 2024, whose work has come to stand as one of the defining testimonies of this war: poems written in the trenches that speak with extraordinary clarity about loss, brotherhood, and what it means to fight for one’s homeland. Translated by Larissa Babij, his work will be published in 2027 by Jantar Press. In-person. Hosted by Poets House. More info here. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (ET).

European Literature Night 2026 | Polish Cultural Institute New York together with EUNIC New York, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Institute of America, Czech Center New York and PEN America, are proud to co-present the 7th edition of the European Literature Night. European Literature Night is an annual celebration of contemporary European literature, bringing together acclaimed authors, translators, publishers, and readers for an evening devoted to the power of storytelling across languages and borders. Through literature in translation, the program invites audiences to discover remarkable new works, encounter diverse perspectives, and experience the richness of Europe’s literary landscape. Poland will be represented by Mikołaj Łoziński with My Name Is Stramer. The translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones will also be present. The evening features live author readings, thought-provoking panel discussions moderated by PEN America, and conversations exploring how literature fosters dialogue across cultures. Guests will also have the opportunity to meet participating authors during book signings, browse a curated selection of featured titles, and conclude the evening with a reception celebrating European literature and cultural exchange. In-person. Hosted by the Ukrainian Institute of America. More info here. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (ET). 

Thursday, October 29:

Book Talk: My Name is Stramer | Please join the East Central European Center, the Harriman Institute, Literary Translation at Columbia, the Polish Cultural Institute New York, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, and the Polish Ministry of Culture for a book talk by author Mikołaj Łoziński and translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Susan Bernofsky and Ronald Meyer will serve as discussants. The event will be moderated by Małgorzata Mazurek. In-person. Hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. More info here. 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (ET)

Without Betrayals: Translation Workshop with Ezequiel Zaidenwerg | Translating isn’t betraying: it’s writing. In this two-hour translation workshop, with technical and improvisational activities, we’ll learn the foundations of a craft that is, above all, a way to read the world and rewrite it. Please note that this workshop will be facilitated in Spanish in the Kunitz Conference Room at Poets House. In-person. Hosted by Poets House. More info here. 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (ET).

Friday, October 31:

Us&Them: A Writer/Translator Reading Series | A reading featuring Madeline Jones, Jonathan Woollen, Lin King, and Mark Wunderlich. Each reader will read both original work and their translation work. In-person. Hosted by Molasses Books. More info here. Starts at 8:00 p.m. (ET)

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