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This September, Pilar Adón—author of Of Beasts and Fowls (translated by Katie Whittemore), winner of Spain's Premio Nacional de Narrativa last year—will embark on a five-city, six-stop tour hitting several of the best indie bookshops in America, and sharing this incredibly beautiful, compelling novel of a woman who, while trying to clear her mind, finds herself trapped in a gothic estate populated by a cultish group of women . . . More info on that below, but here's the important part—the scheduled public events:

If you're reading this before September 1st, please be aware that Of Beasts and Fowls is currently 40% off thanks to our Women in Translation Month sale!

Join us in celebrating the publication of Not Even the Dead by Juan Goméz Bárcena, translated from the Spanish by Katie Whittemore at these events:

Women in Translation Month is always an exciting time to discover, read, discuss, and celebrate books by women from around the world. It was created by Meytal Radzinski back in 2014, and has since spawned numerous articles, events, and even the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.

We've decided to offer a 40% discount on all Open Letter titles written by women, along with any book translated by a woman, for the whole month of August. Discount applied AUTOMATICALLY at checkout.

Our 2019 Fall/Winter books are now available for perusal and preorder! Featuring new work from Open Letter favorites Quim Monzó, Mercè Rodoreda, and Sergio Chejfec, the second part of Rodrigo Fresán's barn-busting trilogy, Israeli novelist and translator Michal Ben-Naftali, and brand spanking new translations of Rainer Maria Rilke.

As part of the Open Letter community, we know that you're passionate about experiencing great works of world literature.

You can help us to expand our mission with a donation to Open Letter. Your support will allow us to reach even more readers with new, incredible works of literature.

Your support is what has made the last ten years possible. It's thanks to readers like you that we've been able to publish almost 100 works of international literature, launch the Three Percent website, create the Best Translated Book Award, the Translation Database, and the Reading the World Conversation Series, and offer internships to dozens of young translators. All of which has played a significant role in raising the awareness and appreciation of the art and craft of translation. 

We are equally proud and thrilled to share that our Bardo or Not Bardo by Antoine Volodine, trans. from the French by J. T. Mahany, was announced the winner of the inaugural Albertine Prize!

We are proud and thrilled to share that Open Letter's Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lúcio Cardoso, trans. from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson, was named the 2017 Best Translated Book Award winner for the fiction category! The winners were announced on May 4th, simultaneously at a live event at The Folly in NYC, and online at The Millions.

Bae Suah is about to embark on a U.S. book tour, and two of her stops will be on May 1, 2015, right here in Rochester, NY, as part of our Reading the Wold Conversation Series. Click through for all the info!

Click here to check out the four fantastic new works of international lit in English translation in our brand new 2017 Spring/Summer catalog. Or, if you'd like to look at a PDF of the print version, just click here and enjoy. 

We've got a late addition to our fall "Reading the World" events! Renowned poet/translator/actor Hélène Cardona and poet/publisher Dennis Maloney are coming to Rochester on Nov. 7. Click through for all the info . . .