April Newsletter

Our April newsletter, featuring new fiction from Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Transit at the Bay Area Book Festival, Esther Kinsky’s River shortlisted for the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize, and more.

Transit NewsTransit BooksApril 30, 2019Mariana Dimópulos, All My Goodbyes, Let's Tell This Story Properly, The Paris Review, Jennifer Makumbi, Ugandan Literature, Manchester Happened, Lit Hub, Bay Area Book Festival

February Newsletter

Our February newsletter, featuring our Spring Books Preview, Mariana Dimópulos in The Paris Review, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi in the US, and more.

Transit NewsTransit BooksFebruary 28, 2019Mariana Dimópulos, All My Goodbyes, Alice Whitmore, The New York Times, Writers and Company, Let's Tell This Story Properly, George Mason, Cheuse Center, The Paris Review

Spring Books Preview

A preview of spring releases from Transit Books, featuring books by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Gabriela Ybarra, and Wioletta Greg.

Transit NewsTransit BooksFebruary 27, 2019Wioletta Greg, Jennifer Croft, Accommodations, Polish Literature, Gabriela Ybarra, The Dinner Guest, Spanish Literature, Natasha Wimmer, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Let's Tell This Story Properly, Ugandan Literature

January Newsletter

Our January newsletter is here, featuring Mariana Dimópulos's debut, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi in The New York Times, Esther Kinsky on the radio, and more.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJanuary 31, 2019Mariana Dimópulos, All My Goodbyes, Alice Whitmore, The New York Times, Kintu, Julian Lucas, Esther Kinsky, River, CBC, Writers and Company

Best of 2018: Kirkus Names The Right Intention

Kirkus Reviews names Andrés Barba’s The Right Intention one of the Best Books of 2018.

Transit News, Spanish LiteratureTransit BooksNovember 18, 2018Andrés Barba, The Right Intention, Such Small Hands, Kirkus Reviews, Best Books of 2018, Lisa Dillman, Spanish Literature, Translated Literature

Transit's Half-Birthday Party / River Launch

We're turning three and a half or one and a half (depending on how you count!) and are throwing a party to celebrate and launch Esther Kinsky's award-winning novel River, translated from the German by Iain Galbraith.

Transit News, EventsTransit BooksAugust 25, 2018Esther Kinsky, River, Transit events, E.M. Wolfman

Summer Staff Picks

A selection of what our editors have been reading and recommending this summer, featuring titles from New Directions, Fitzcarraldo, Open Letter, and more.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJuly 25, 2018International Literature, Translated Fiction, This Little Art, Kate Briggs, The Museum of Unconditional Surrender, Dubravka Ugrešić, Daša Drndić, Ivo Andrić, Vi Khi Nao, Kc2, Gramma, Jennifer Hayashida, A Machine Wrote This Song