Center for the Art of Translation
@catranslation.org
CAT champions literature in translation. We publish books @twolinespress.com, run an education program (Poetry Inside Out), and program events with authors and translators in the Bay Area and beyond. More at www.catranslation.org.
Bay Area: SEA NOW by Eva Meijer is the Black Bird x Same Page Book Club pick for Nov. On Sun. 11/16, join @twolinespress.com Publisher, CJ Evans (@categoryofoutcast.bsky.social) to take part in the book club discussion and hear how the book was acquired and edited.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Bay Area: SEA NOW by Eva Meijer is the Black Bird x Same Page Book Club pick for Nov. On Sun. 11/16, join @twolinespress.com Publisher, CJ Evans (@categoryofoutcast.bsky.social) to take part in the book club discussion and hear how the book was acquired and edited.
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At ALTA this week? CAT staff are on 3 panels we hope you'll check out. Including:
11/7, 9 am: Translating Afghan Women Poets w/ CJ Evans
11/8, 9 am: Envisioning the Future of Literary Translation w/ Michael Holtmann
11/8, 10:45 am: Collaboration Makes a Patchwork Quilt w/ Olivia Sears
11/7, 9 am: Translating Afghan Women Poets w/ CJ Evans
11/8, 9 am: Envisioning the Future of Literary Translation w/ Michael Holtmann
11/8, 10:45 am: Collaboration Makes a Patchwork Quilt w/ Olivia Sears
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
At ALTA this week? CAT staff are on 3 panels we hope you'll check out. Including:
11/7, 9 am: Translating Afghan Women Poets w/ CJ Evans
11/8, 9 am: Envisioning the Future of Literary Translation w/ Michael Holtmann
11/8, 10:45 am: Collaboration Makes a Patchwork Quilt w/ Olivia Sears
11/7, 9 am: Translating Afghan Women Poets w/ CJ Evans
11/8, 9 am: Envisioning the Future of Literary Translation w/ Michael Holtmann
11/8, 10:45 am: Collaboration Makes a Patchwork Quilt w/ Olivia Sears
Headed to the ALTA Conference Nov. 5-8? We invite you to share your ideas on the future of literary translation with us. Stop by a CAT-sponsored 10:15-10:45 am beverage break in the Foyers any day of the conference & ask us about our lunchtime roundtables for translators. DM us here with questions!
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Headed to the ALTA Conference Nov. 5-8? We invite you to share your ideas on the future of literary translation with us. Stop by a CAT-sponsored 10:15-10:45 am beverage break in the Foyers any day of the conference & ask us about our lunchtime roundtables for translators. DM us here with questions!
Bay Area, So You Think You Can('t) Translate! Join us & @litquake.org TONIGHT 10/25 @ 6:30 pm at 826 Valencia. Guided by JiaJing Liu, show off your skills & maybe learn some new ones while translating poems from around the world. No 2nd language required. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/lit-cr...
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Bay Area, So You Think You Can('t) Translate! Join us & @litquake.org TONIGHT 10/25 @ 6:30 pm at 826 Valencia. Guided by JiaJing Liu, show off your skills & maybe learn some new ones while translating poems from around the world. No 2nd language required. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/lit-cr...
Bay Area, So You Think You Can('t) Translate! Join us & @litquake.org on Oct. 25 @ 6:30 pm at 826 Valencia. Guided by JiaJing Liu, show off your skills & maybe learn some new ones while translating poems from around the world. No 2nd language required. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/lit-cr...
October 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Bay Area, So You Think You Can('t) Translate! Join us & @litquake.org on Oct. 25 @ 6:30 pm at 826 Valencia. Guided by JiaJing Liu, show off your skills & maybe learn some new ones while translating poems from around the world. No 2nd language required. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/lit-cr...
Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org TONIGHT 10/17 @ 6:30 pm at CounterPulse for a listening party debuting 3 audio lit in translation adaptations.This guided event features Camilo Garzón, Noelle de la Paz, Monica Cure, and Amanda Nazareno. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...
October 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org TONIGHT 10/17 @ 6:30 pm at CounterPulse for a listening party debuting 3 audio lit in translation adaptations.This guided event features Camilo Garzón, Noelle de la Paz, Monica Cure, and Amanda Nazareno. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...
Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org on Oct. 17 @ 6:30 pm at CounterPulse for a listening party debuting 3 audio lit in translation adaptations.This guided event features Camilo Garzón and special guests, Noelle de la Paz, Monica Cure, and Amanda Nazareno. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org on Oct. 17 @ 6:30 pm at CounterPulse for a listening party debuting 3 audio lit in translation adaptations.This guided event features Camilo Garzón and special guests, Noelle de la Paz, Monica Cure, and Amanda Nazareno. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...
We're hiring a full-time Engagement Editor—a new full time staff position in CAT's Communications Department. For more information, visit our site and apply by Oct. 31. www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
October 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We're hiring a full-time Engagement Editor—a new full time staff position in CAT's Communications Department. For more information, visit our site and apply by Oct. 31. www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org on Oct. 11 @ 7 pm at Telegraph Hill Books to celebrate the release of HAIR ON FIRE. This collection of 5 female Afghan Poets is a blazing tribute and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...
October 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org on Oct. 11 @ 7 pm at Telegraph Hill Books to celebrate the release of HAIR ON FIRE. This collection of 5 female Afghan Poets is a blazing tribute and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...
If you missed the event, sign up for our newsletter and we'll share links to watch the panel recordings in next week's newsletter! www.catranslation.org/about/stay-c...
September 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If you missed the event, sign up for our newsletter and we'll share links to watch the panel recordings in next week's newsletter! www.catranslation.org/about/stay-c...
Day of Translation 2025 was a smashing success! Thank you to our 14 incredible speakers and to the 500+ readers, translators, and educators who signed up to attend. We had a wonderful day full of insightful conversations.
Thank you to the Center for Fiction for hosting us at your beautiful space.
Thank you to the Center for Fiction for hosting us at your beautiful space.
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Day of Translation 2025 was a smashing success! Thank you to our 14 incredible speakers and to the 500+ readers, translators, and educators who signed up to attend. We had a wonderful day full of insightful conversations.
Thank you to the Center for Fiction for hosting us at your beautiful space.
Thank you to the Center for Fiction for hosting us at your beautiful space.
NYC! Come visit CAT and @twolinespress.bsky.social staff at the Two Lines booth (#626) Sunday, 9/21 from 10 am - 6 pm. We'll have book deals and stickers for you you! And if you sign up in person for a Two Lines Membership, you'll get a FREE CAT tote right away! brooklynbookfestival.org
September 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NYC! Come visit CAT and @twolinespress.bsky.social staff at the Two Lines booth (#626) Sunday, 9/21 from 10 am - 6 pm. We'll have book deals and stickers for you you! And if you sign up in person for a Two Lines Membership, you'll get a FREE CAT tote right away! brooklynbookfestival.org
Announcing the Center for the Art of Translation's DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025! Join us on 9/18 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Registration open now for our 12-5 pm panels & tickets available for Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura's 6 pm keynote.
Full announcement ➡️ mailchi.mp/catranslatio...
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August 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Announcing the Center for the Art of Translation's DAY OF TRANSLATION 2025! Join us on 9/18 at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY. Registration open now for our 12-5 pm panels & tickets available for Jhumpa Lahiri and Katie Kitamura's 6 pm keynote.
Full announcement ➡️ mailchi.mp/catranslatio...
Full announcement ➡️ mailchi.mp/catranslatio...
✏️ Educators LAST DAY to apply for CAT's Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellowship. A 2-year funded program that supports U.S.-based educators in grades 3–12 interested in expanding their teaching practice through poetry, translation, & inquiry-based learning. ➡️ www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
July 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
✏️ Educators LAST DAY to apply for CAT's Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellowship. A 2-year funded program that supports U.S.-based educators in grades 3–12 interested in expanding their teaching practice through poetry, translation, & inquiry-based learning. ➡️ www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
5 DAYS LEFT! Submit by JULY 6: Open call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. Our publisher, @twolinespress.bsky.social, is looking for samples of novels, story collections, and literary non-fiction. More information here ➡️ www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
July 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
5 DAYS LEFT! Submit by JULY 6: Open call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. Our publisher, @twolinespress.bsky.social, is looking for samples of novels, story collections, and literary non-fiction. More information here ➡️ www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
✏️ Educators apply by 7/18: CAT's Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellowship is a 2-year funded program that supports U.S.-based educators in grades 3–12 interested in expanding their teaching practice through poetry, translation, & inquiry-based learning. Info ➡️ www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
July 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
✏️ Educators apply by 7/18: CAT's Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellowship is a 2-year funded program that supports U.S.-based educators in grades 3–12 interested in expanding their teaching practice through poetry, translation, & inquiry-based learning. Info ➡️ www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
💥Congratulations to @twolinespress.bsky.social author Astrid Roemer! Her novel ON A WOMAN'S MADNESS translated by Lucy Scott is a finalist for the Inside Literary Prize. This incredible award is selected by a jury of 300 incarcerated individuals across the U.S. freedomreads.org/showing-up/i...
July 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
💥Congratulations to @twolinespress.bsky.social author Astrid Roemer! Her novel ON A WOMAN'S MADNESS translated by Lucy Scott is a finalist for the Inside Literary Prize. This incredible award is selected by a jury of 300 incarcerated individuals across the U.S. freedomreads.org/showing-up/i...
1 week left! Submit by JULY 6: Open call for contemporary trans writers working in hybrid for our new Calico/Two Lines Press collection. www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
June 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
1 week left! Submit by JULY 6: Open call for contemporary trans writers working in hybrid for our new Calico/Two Lines Press collection. www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
✏️ Opportunity for educators: CAT's Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellowship is a 2-year funded program that supports U.S.-based educators in grades 3–12 interested in expanding their teaching practice through poetry, translation, & inquiry-based learning. Apply ➡️ www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
June 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
✏️ Opportunity for educators: CAT's Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellowship is a 2-year funded program that supports U.S.-based educators in grades 3–12 interested in expanding their teaching practice through poetry, translation, & inquiry-based learning. Apply ➡️ www.catranslation.org/about/opport...
Tuesday, June 10 @ Third Place Books (Ravenna / Seattle) join BACKLIGHT translator Mia Spangenberg in conversation with Elizabeth DeNoma to celebrate the U.S. release of Pirkko Saiso's novel (out tomorrow from @twolinespress.bsky.social).
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/mia-sp...
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/mia-sp...
June 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Tuesday, June 10 @ Third Place Books (Ravenna / Seattle) join BACKLIGHT translator Mia Spangenberg in conversation with Elizabeth DeNoma to celebrate the U.S. release of Pirkko Saiso's novel (out tomorrow from @twolinespress.bsky.social).
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/mia-sp...
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/mia-sp...
Submit by JULY 6: Open call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. Our publisher, @twolinespress.bsky.social, is looking for samples of novels, story collections, and literary non-fiction. More information here ➡️ www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
June 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Submit by JULY 6: Open call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. Our publisher, @twolinespress.bsky.social, is looking for samples of novels, story collections, and literary non-fiction. More information here ➡️ www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
One month left! Submit by JULY 6: Open call for contemporary trans writers working in hybrid for our new Calico/Two Lines Press collection. www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
June 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
One month left! Submit by JULY 6: Open call for contemporary trans writers working in hybrid for our new Calico/Two Lines Press collection. www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
Check out CAT’s 2024 Impact Report!
In this era of growing division, when freedom of expression is under attack and when working toward diversity is seen as discrimination, your support in 2024 helped CAT bring people together around translated literature.
www.catranslation.org/impact/
In this era of growing division, when freedom of expression is under attack and when working toward diversity is seen as discrimination, your support in 2024 helped CAT bring people together around translated literature.
www.catranslation.org/impact/
June 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Check out CAT’s 2024 Impact Report!
In this era of growing division, when freedom of expression is under attack and when working toward diversity is seen as discrimination, your support in 2024 helped CAT bring people together around translated literature.
www.catranslation.org/impact/
In this era of growing division, when freedom of expression is under attack and when working toward diversity is seen as discrimination, your support in 2024 helped CAT bring people together around translated literature.
www.catranslation.org/impact/
Become a Member (or gift a membership) to show your support for the Center for the Art of Translation & Two Lines. You'll receive EVERY book we publish (at least 8/year) for $14/month or $150/year. We also send members occasional bonus perks: totes, prints, etc!
www.catranslation.org/books/member...
www.catranslation.org/books/member...
June 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Become a Member (or gift a membership) to show your support for the Center for the Art of Translation & Two Lines. You'll receive EVERY book we publish (at least 8/year) for $14/month or $150/year. We also send members occasional bonus perks: totes, prints, etc!
www.catranslation.org/books/member...
www.catranslation.org/books/member...
SF: TONIGHT, JUNE 5 at 7PM at @booksonthepark.bsky.social the Center for the Art of Translation co-presents "That’s All I Know: Elisa Levi with Susan Steinberg" with @graywolfpress.bsky.social. RSVP to this free event: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...
June 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
SF: TONIGHT, JUNE 5 at 7PM at @booksonthepark.bsky.social the Center for the Art of Translation co-presents "That’s All I Know: Elisa Levi with Susan Steinberg" with @graywolfpress.bsky.social. RSVP to this free event: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...