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this is as far as i know the *very first* Kurmancî novel to appear in english — and Sener Ozmen is in my opinion the perfect writer to wear this badge of honor 🫡

reminder!!!!

Just another manic Monday

'As you read this essay [...] I would ask that you hear my voice as though you are on land and I am out at sea.' Today in #PENTransmissions, Sema Kaygusuz on language, water and renewal. Translated by nick glastonbury. pentransmissions.com/2024/08/20/sho…

In the Bay Area? Curious about Turkoslavia Collective & Journal and translation from Turkic and Slavic languages? Then check out this Center for the Art of Translation event tonight in San Francisco. If you ask nicely, we're sure Ena Selimović will tell you all about her translation of Underground Barbie.

My currently reading stack is getting a bit out of control.

Sandorf Passage fiction featured on our #WITMonth list: THE CASE OF CEM, written by Vera Mutafchieva and translated by Angela Rodel, is a "sprawling novel of court intrigue" that is "presented as a series of depositions by historical figures before a court." bookshop.org/a/500/97895335…

"I loved observing the city, the way it is forever irreversibly changing. This soothed me: bedbugs are transient too, aren't they?" Bedbugs by Martina Vidaić won the 2023 European Union Prize for Literature. We're releasing Ellen Elias-Bursać's translation next year. #CoverReveal

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Delighted to be returning to BrooklynBookFestival this year! We can't believe it's only a month away. On September 29, we'll be at booth 221, right next to another #Maine publisher, Alice James Books. brooklynbookfestival.org

From Sandorf Passage & our #WomenInTranslation Month list: Set in 1950s Suriname, Bea Vianen’s MY NAME IS SITA (translated from Dutch by Kristen Gehrman) makes clear "what women have had to, and continue to, sacrifice in the name of claiming their identity.” bookshop.org/a/500/97895335…

Reading status for the US Republic of Consciousness Prize! @usrofc #leafbyleaf #book #books #read #reading #currentlyreading #literature #booktwitter #booktok #booktube #booktuber #coffee #library #homelibrary #news #usrofc #stack #currentlyreading #tbr #prize #list

Our next three titles, fresh off the press in Zagreb: Water, Spiderweb (October); My Home Somewhere Else (November); Underground Barbie (January). Get in touch for review copies.

Dream come true—!

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Intrigued by the former Yugoslavia? Check out Yugoblok and join their first book club read on October 10: Vesna Maric's The President Shop, the first book we ever published, way back in 2021. To celebrate, the book is on sale all month on our site. yugoblok.com/product/book-c…

A good Monday morning: finished copies of our next three books have landed. Like the looks of these? Then preorder now so you can read these novels over the coming months.

Innovative, powerful, important. Mutafchieva, a Bulgarian writer and historian, reanimates a flashpoint between East and West that lingers to this day. An astonishing achievement. So thankful to Angela Rodel for making such literature available to me! Sandorf Passage #usrofc #bookx

Yugo nostalgists and diasporans recently came across this indie press based in Maine and have been blown away by their booklist. Sharing to spread the joy of good reads