The Birthday Party Shortlisted for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada

The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier (tr. Daniel Levin Becker) has been shortlisted for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada.

Transit NewsTransit BooksMarch 5, 2024Translated Literature, Small Presses, Republic of Consciousness Prize, The Birthday Party, Laurent Mauvignier, Daniel Levin Becker

Transit Receives $30,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Transit Books has been approved for a $30,000 grant to support the publication and promotion of books of fiction and nonfiction, including works in translation.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJanuary 24, 2024National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Translated Literature, Adam Z. Levy

Transit Receives $15,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Transit Books has been approved for a $15,000 grant to support the publication and promotion of books of fiction and nonfiction, including works in translation.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJanuary 10, 2023National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Translated Literature, Adam Z. Levy

Transit Receives $20,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Transit Books has been approved for a $20,000 grant to support the publication and promotion of books of fiction and nonfiction, including works in translation.

Transit NewsTransit BooksFebruary 4, 2021National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Translated Literature, Adam Z. Levy

Stranger Faces a Finalist for NBCC Award

Stranger Faces by Namwali Serpell is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.

Awards, Transit NewsTransit BooksFebruary 3, 2021National Book Critics Circle Award, NBCC Award, NBCC Finalist, Maria Tumarkin, Namwali, Stranger

Dola de Jong in The New York Times

The New York Times reviews Dola de Jong’s midcentury queer classic, The Tree and the Vine (tr. Kristen Gehrman).

Transit NewsTransit BooksJune 3, 2020Dola de Jong, Kristen Gehrman, The New York Times, Lidija Haas

May Newsletter

Our May newsletter, featuring a reviews of Dola de Jong’s The Tree and the Vine in The New York Times and Harper’s, and introducing Grove by Esther Kinsky.

Transit NewsTransit BooksMay 31, 2020The Tree and the Vine, Dola de Jong, Kristen Gehrman, The New York Times, Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, Grove, Esther Kinsky, Financial Times, Lucy Scholes, Jon Fosse

Fosse's The Other Name Longlisted for International Booker Prize

Jon Fosse’s The Other Name (tr. Damion Searls) is longlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize—the first book in Fosse’s three-volume magnum opus, Septology.

Awards, Transit NewsTransit BooksFebruary 27, 2020Jon Fosse, Damion Searls, 2020 International Booker Prize, 2020 International Booker Prize Longlist, The Other Name, Septology, Norwegian Literature