Women in Translation Month

In celebration of Women in Translation Month, we highlight a few works by women in translation we’ve published over the years.

July Newsletter

Our July newsletter, featuring Wioletta Greg’s Accommodations (tr. Jennifer Croft), our summer staff picks, news, reviews, and more.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJuly 25, 2019The Dinner Guest, Gabriela Ybarra, Natasha Wimmer, Wioletta Greg, Accommodations, Jennifer Croft, Asymptote, Axiomatic, Maria Tumarkin

Summer Staff Picks

Find out what our staff has been reading and recommending this summer, including a few recent (and not so recent) books from semiotext(e), Pushkin Press, New Directions, Rescue Press, Solid Objects, and maybe something from our very own list.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJuly 24, 2019David Hayden, Darker With the Lights On, Isaac Babel, Odessa Stories, Red Cavalry Stories, Kate Zambreno, Appendix Project, Semiotext(e), Pushkin Press

June Newsletter

Our June newsletter, featuring new fiction from Wioletta Greg, an interview with The Dinner Guest author Gabriela Ybarra, news, reviews, and more.

Transit NewsTransit BooksJune 30, 2019The Dinner Guest, Gabriela Ybarra, Natasha Wimmer, Wioletta Greg, Accommodations, Jennifer Croft, Asymptote

May Newsletter

Our May newsletter, featuring new fiction from Gabriela Ybarra, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi in the Los Angeles Times, and María Sonia Cristoff’s False Calm is a finalist for the Firecracker Awards for creative nonfiction.

Transit NewsTransit BooksMay 31, 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, The Dinner Guest, Gabriela Ybarra, Natasha Wimmer

Transit Receives Amazon Literary Partnership Grant

Amazon Literary Partnership announced its 2019 grantees, which included Transit Books.

Transit NewsTransit BooksMay 20, 2019Amazon Literary Partnership Grant, Nonprofit Publishing, Transit Books

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