Translation on Tap in NYC, Nov. 1 – 30, 2018

November looks like a busy month for the translation set. Check it out!

Thursday, Nov. 1:

Convenience Store Woman: launch event with translator Ginny Tapley Takemori joined by the book’s author, Sayaka Murata, and John Freeman. More information here. McNally Jackson Williamsburg, 76 N. 4th St., Brooklyn, 7:00 p.m.

Also Thursday, Nov. 1:

Anniversaries by Uwe Johnson, launch event featuring translator Damion Searls joined by Renata Adler and Liesl Schillinger. More information here. Goethe-Institut New York, 30 Irving Place, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 3:

Convenience Store Woman: translator Ginny Tapley Takemori joins the book’s author, Sayaka Murata for a public conversation. Ticketed event, more information here. Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., 2:00 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 5:

Another Way to Say: translator David Colmer in conversation with translator Sean Gasper Bye and Ken Kalfus. More information here. Sisters Bar, 900 Fulton St., Brooklyn, 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 6:

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Wednesday, Nov. 7:

Homer’s Odyssey: Translator Emily Wilson speaks about her work. More information here. School of the Arts, Columbia University, 2960 Broadway, Dodge Hall Rm. 501, 7:00 p.m.

Also Wednesday, Nov. 7:

An Untouched House: Translator David Colmer in conversation with Joseph O’Neill on Colmer’s translation of the novel by Willem Frederik Hermans. Ticketed event, more information here. Netherlands Club, Warwick Hotel, 65 W. 54th St., 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 14:

A Reading by Marilyn Chin: translator/poet Marilyn Chin reads and speaks about her work. More information here. Queens College (CUNY), Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 16:

Play for Voices: translators Barbora Růžičková and Elena Mancini participate in a panel discussion of the Play for Voices project that produces high-quality radio plays in English translation. They’ll be joined by Tereza Semotamová, Jocelyn Kuritsky, Carol Monda, and Matt Fidler, moderated by Sarah Montague. This panel will be followed by a live presentation of the radio play Illegal Voices. Part of the Freedom and Movement Festival. RSVP requested, more information here. Czech Center, 321 E. 73rd St., 3rd Fl., BBLA Room, 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 27:

A celebration of two new Surrealist publications: The Milk Bowl of Feathers: Essential Surrealist Writings, edited by Mary Ann Caws, and Remedios Varo’s Letters, Dreams & Other Writings, translated and introduced by Margaret Carson. More information here. Book Culture, 536 W. 112th St. 7:00 p.m.

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