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Events

The Center for the Art of Translation’s public programs offer diverse experiences with translation, broadly conceived, through both intimate gatherings and large-scale events in San Francisco and beyond.

Apr 6, 2026|7:00pm
Max Lawton on Antonio Moresco’s The Beginnings

Max Lawton and Sean Thor Conroe discuss the life and work of Antonio Moresco

City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA
Fiction
Apr 15, 2026|12:00pm
Contemporary Translated Works Book Group: THE AGE OF GOODBYES

Join us in person or online to read and discuss The Age of Goodbyes by Li Zi Shu, translated from the Chinese by YZ Chin.

Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., San Francisco, CA
Book Group
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Apr 15, 2026|4:00pm
The International Library Presents Olga Ravn on The Wax Child

Booker Prize Finalist Olga Ravn introduces her novel, The Wax Child, translated by Martin Aitken.

The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY

In-person and on-site at The Center for Fiction and online, with a viewing party at Center for the Art of Translation

The International Library
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Apr 18, 2026|7:00pm
Kanako Nishi and Allison Markin Powell on Sakura with Marie Mutsuki Mockett

Japanese writer and artist Kanako Nishi and translator Allison Markin Powell discuss the English release of Sakura with Marie Mutsuki Mockett.

Black Bird Bookstore and Cafe, 4541 Irving St., San Francisco, CA
Fiction
Apr 20, 2026|7:00pm
Mats Söderlund on Eskatos & The Stretched Necks of Stillness with Forrest Gander

Mats Söderlund to celebrates Eskatos & the Stretched Necks of Stillness, a sweeping blend of ecopoetry, mythology, and political verse translated by Olivia Olsen, with Forrest Gander.

Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Ave., San Francisco, CA
Poetry
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Apr 21–24, 2026
Exemplary Humans Book Tour

Juliana Leite, on tour from Brazil, is joined by translator Zoë Perry to celebrate the release of Exemplary Humans, a novel about one woman’s past and all of our futures.

Multiple Cities

San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC | Brooklyn, NY

Two Lines Press
Apr 29, 2026|6:00–8:00 pm
If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation with Daniel Hahn

Writer, editor, and translator Daniel Hahn talks with Michael Holtmann about Shakespeare in translation across languages and cultures.

The Drawing Room Annex, 599 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA
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