Two Lines Press
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Two Lines Press is a book publisher committed to daring and original literature in translation. We're part of @catranslation.org. Browse our books at www.catranslation.org/books/.
"But her body of work—spanning fiction, drama, poetry, and more—was, until recently, mostly out of print in Spanish and untranslated into English." Great piece on the publication of THE QUEEN OF SWORDS and THE WEEK OF COLORS in @publisherswkly.bsky.social ⚔️🌈
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Two Lines’ Twinned Releases Revive a Mexican Literary Icon
Jazmina Barrera’s The Queen of Swords (tr. Christina MacSweeney) and Elena Garro’s The Week of Colors (Megan McDowell), both released on November 11, introduce different sides of a pioneering Mexican ...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM
"But her body of work—spanning fiction, drama, poetry, and more—was, until recently, mostly out of print in Spanish and untranslated into English." Great piece on the publication of THE QUEEN OF SWORDS and THE WEEK OF COLORS in @publisherswkly.bsky.social ⚔️🌈
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Last day of our year-end fundraiser. So far we’ve raised $35.2K, unlocked a $25K match, and welcomed 25 new donors. Will you help us reach our $40K stretch goal before midnight? Your support allows us to continue building audiences for literary translation. Join here www.catranslation.org/donate/!
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Last day of our year-end fundraiser. So far we’ve raised $35.2K, unlocked a $25K match, and welcomed 25 new donors. Will you help us reach our $40K stretch goal before midnight? Your support allows us to continue building audiences for literary translation. Join here www.catranslation.org/donate/!
Need a last-minute present? Give the gift of literature in translation with a Two Lines Press membership--it includes every book we publish plus exclusive member gifts and perks, like totebags, chapbooks, and more! 📚 🎁 www.catranslation.org/shop/members...
December 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Need a last-minute present? Give the gift of literature in translation with a Two Lines Press membership--it includes every book we publish plus exclusive member gifts and perks, like totebags, chapbooks, and more! 📚 🎁 www.catranslation.org/shop/members...
If you love literary translation and haven't made a tax-deductible donation to support the work of the Center for the Art of Translation/Two Lines Press before, now is the time! Donate today in any amount to help us reach our goal of 10 new supporters. www.catranslation.org/donate/
😻 $24,075 raised in Dec! $925 away from unlocking a $25,000 donor match by our 12/31 deadline! Our goal is to get 10 donations from NEW supporters TODAY. All donors receive a "I ❤️ Translators" sticker as a 🎁 . Help secure CAT & Two Lines Press's future 🔮.
Donate here: www.catranslation.org/donate/
Donate here: www.catranslation.org/donate/
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you love literary translation and haven't made a tax-deductible donation to support the work of the Center for the Art of Translation/Two Lines Press before, now is the time! Donate today in any amount to help us reach our goal of 10 new supporters. www.catranslation.org/donate/
Attn: emerging translators from Vietnamese to English! The Stevns Translation Prize, run by Peirene Press (UK) and Two Lines Press (US) is open for entries until 2/1/26! Learn more about this year's title, Bảo tàng lông [Museum of Hair] by Maik Cây here: www.stevnstranslationprize.com/2026-prize
2026 Prize
The Stevns Translation Prize 2026 is now open. This year’s prize focuses on Vietnamese, and the selected title is Bảo Tàng Lông [Museum of Hair] by Maik Cây, a daring and intimate novel told in eight…
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December 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Attn: emerging translators from Vietnamese to English! The Stevns Translation Prize, run by Peirene Press (UK) and Two Lines Press (US) is open for entries until 2/1/26! Learn more about this year's title, Bảo tàng lông [Museum of Hair] by Maik Cây here: www.stevnstranslationprize.com/2026-prize
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📣 Literary translators! Our publisher, @twolinespress.com, is open for submissions for animal stories in translation (from any language) & the Stevns Translation Prize (for Vietnamese translators). As always, no submissions fees.
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
📣 Literary translators! Our publisher, @twolinespress.com, is open for submissions for animal stories in translation (from any language) & the Stevns Translation Prize (for Vietnamese translators). As always, no submissions fees.
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
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Buy yourself a book. Even if you don’t need another book.
Want to give the gift of literature in translation? Today's the last day to order books for arrival by December 25th! Use the coupon code BYAWHISKER for 30% off all our books! 🎁 🐈 📚
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The Center’s publications, events, and educational programming enrich the library of vital literary works, nurture and promote the work of translators, build
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December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Buy yourself a book. Even if you don’t need another book.
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I’ve been sitting on this news for so long I can hardly believe it’s finally ‘out the bag’…
If you’ve read the trade press you may already have spotted that @twolinespress.com will be launching in the UK next April! In case you missed it, read here: www.thebookseller.com/news/two-lin...
If you’ve read the trade press you may already have spotted that @twolinespress.com will be launching in the UK next April! In case you missed it, read here: www.thebookseller.com/news/two-lin...
Two Lines Press brings translated fiction list to UK and Europe
Two Lines Press has announced that its books are now available in the UK and Europe, distributed by Turnaround Publishing Services.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ve been sitting on this news for so long I can hardly believe it’s finally ‘out the bag’…
If you’ve read the trade press you may already have spotted that @twolinespress.com will be launching in the UK next April! In case you missed it, read here: www.thebookseller.com/news/two-lin...
If you’ve read the trade press you may already have spotted that @twolinespress.com will be launching in the UK next April! In case you missed it, read here: www.thebookseller.com/news/two-lin...
Want to give the gift of literature in translation? Today's the last day to order books for arrival by December 25th! Use the coupon code BYAWHISKER for 30% off all our books! 🎁 🐈 📚
Books | Center for the Art of Translation | Two Lines Press
The Center’s publications, events, and educational programming enrich the library of vital literary works, nurture and promote the work of translators, build
www.catranslation.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Want to give the gift of literature in translation? Today's the last day to order books for arrival by December 25th! Use the coupon code BYAWHISKER for 30% off all our books! 🎁 🐈 📚
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Education Program Manager Maggie Vlietstra loved MENDING BODIES by Hon Lai Chu (tr. @jacqlyy.bsky.social ) published by @twolinespress.com :
December 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Education Program Manager Maggie Vlietstra loved MENDING BODIES by Hon Lai Chu (tr. @jacqlyy.bsky.social ) published by @twolinespress.com :
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"Her writing seems to see into this future, playing with the in-between, ambiguous, and fog."
Leah von Essen's review of “The Week of Colors” by Elena Garro, translated by Megan McDowell (@twolinespress.com) is out now.
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Leah von Essen's review of “The Week of Colors” by Elena Garro, translated by Megan McDowell (@twolinespress.com) is out now.
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Traitorous Magic in Garro's "The Week of Colors" - Chicago Review of Books
Elena Garro wrote among the milieu of Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Gabriel García Márquez. An early crucial figure in the then-burgeoning genre of magical realism, her works have gone u...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Her writing seems to see into this future, playing with the in-between, ambiguous, and fog."
Leah von Essen's review of “The Week of Colors” by Elena Garro, translated by Megan McDowell (@twolinespress.com) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/12/10/t...
Leah von Essen's review of “The Week of Colors” by Elena Garro, translated by Megan McDowell (@twolinespress.com) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/12/10/t...
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Don't miss today's conversation with Jazmina Barrera. Full of cats & revolution, Tarot & the CIA, conspiracy & embroidery, her anti-biographical love letter to another writer, Elena Garro, also becomes a portrait of Jazmina as well
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/jazm...
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Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/jazm...
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Jazmina Barrera : The Queen of Swords - Tin House
Jorge Luis Borges called her the “Tolstoy of Mexico” and César Aira the “greatest novelist of the 20th century,” so why is it likely that you haven’t read or even heard of Elena Garro before now? And ...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Don't miss today's conversation with Jazmina Barrera. Full of cats & revolution, Tarot & the CIA, conspiracy & embroidery, her anti-biographical love letter to another writer, Elena Garro, also becomes a portrait of Jazmina as well
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/jazm...
@twolinespress.com
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/jazm...
@twolinespress.com
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"But of course, I should say about Pirkko Saisio: people call her a living legend."
Jordan Barger interviews Mia Spangenberg, translator from the Finnish of Pirkko Saisio's "Helsinki Trilogy." @twolinespress.com
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Jordan Barger interviews Mia Spangenberg, translator from the Finnish of Pirkko Saisio's "Helsinki Trilogy." @twolinespress.com
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She Has That Kind of Stature: Two Translators Talk Pirkko Saisio’s "The Helsinki Trilogy" - Cleveland Review of Books
You absolutely cannot do Finnish word for word. It would be garbage.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"But of course, I should say about Pirkko Saisio: people call her a living legend."
Jordan Barger interviews Mia Spangenberg, translator from the Finnish of Pirkko Saisio's "Helsinki Trilogy." @twolinespress.com
clereviewofbooks.com/mia-spangenb...
Jordan Barger interviews Mia Spangenberg, translator from the Finnish of Pirkko Saisio's "Helsinki Trilogy." @twolinespress.com
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This #GivingTuesday we’d love to send you a thank you gift! Our CAT tote, designed by Lan Truong, is available to supporters who make a tax-deductible donation of $100 or more. This tote is not for sale, so now is your chance to show your love for literary translators!
www.catranslation.org/donate/
www.catranslation.org/donate/
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This #GivingTuesday we’d love to send you a thank you gift! Our CAT tote, designed by Lan Truong, is available to supporters who make a tax-deductible donation of $100 or more. This tote is not for sale, so now is your chance to show your love for literary translators!
www.catranslation.org/donate/
www.catranslation.org/donate/
It's the LAST DAY of our holiday sale--don't miss 30% off all our books (40% off for Two Lines Press members, select $12 hardcovers, and free shipping for U.S. orders over $50!📚 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It's the LAST DAY of our holiday sale--don't miss 30% off all our books (40% off for Two Lines Press members, select $12 hardcovers, and free shipping for U.S. orders over $50!📚 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...
Psst! Our one-week-only holiday sale goes until December 1. Now's a great time to give the gift of translated literature with 30% off all of our books (40% off for Two Lines Press members), special $12 hardcovers, and free shipping for U.S. orders over $50!
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November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Psst! Our one-week-only holiday sale goes until December 1. Now's a great time to give the gift of translated literature with 30% off all of our books (40% off for Two Lines Press members), special $12 hardcovers, and free shipping for U.S. orders over $50!
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Excellent recent book mail from @twolinespress.com Ghost Stories: I was Alive Here Once coming in early 2026 from their Calico imprint. A collection of ghost stories from around the world.
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Excellent recent book mail from @twolinespress.com Ghost Stories: I was Alive Here Once coming in early 2026 from their Calico imprint. A collection of ghost stories from around the world.
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Today's Featured Poem:
"Shadow" by Mariam Meetra, translated by Samantha Cosentino & Sabrina Nouri from Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets published by @twolinespress.com
Read here:
poems.com/poem/shadow/
"Shadow" by Mariam Meetra, translated by Samantha Cosentino & Sabrina Nouri from Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets published by @twolinespress.com
Read here:
poems.com/poem/shadow/
Shadow
Every morning
life spills across
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"Shadow" by Mariam Meetra, translated by Samantha Cosentino & Sabrina Nouri from Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets published by @twolinespress.com
Read here:
poems.com/poem/shadow/
"Shadow" by Mariam Meetra, translated by Samantha Cosentino & Sabrina Nouri from Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets published by @twolinespress.com
Read here:
poems.com/poem/shadow/
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bookish friends: two lines press publishes *so* much great stuff! don't miss this sale!! 💙📚
Give the gift of literary translation with our 1 week Holiday Sale! 🎁 For one-week-only we're offering 30% off all our books (40% off for Two Lines Press members), special $12 hardcovers, and free shipping on U.S. orders over $50! 📚 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
bookish friends: two lines press publishes *so* much great stuff! don't miss this sale!! 💙📚
Give the gift of literary translation with our 1 week Holiday Sale! 🎁 For one-week-only we're offering 30% off all our books (40% off for Two Lines Press members), special $12 hardcovers, and free shipping on U.S. orders over $50! 📚 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Give the gift of literary translation with our 1 week Holiday Sale! 🎁 For one-week-only we're offering 30% off all our books (40% off for Two Lines Press members), special $12 hardcovers, and free shipping on U.S. orders over $50! 📚 www.catranslation.org/books/#displ...
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As of today, the publishers with the most #SFinTranslation in 2025 are:
@ndbooks.bsky.social (6)
@twolinespress.com (4)
@honfordstar.bsky.social (4)
Thanks for all the great books!!! 🎉
@ndbooks.bsky.social (6)
@twolinespress.com (4)
@honfordstar.bsky.social (4)
Thanks for all the great books!!! 🎉
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As of today, the publishers with the most #SFinTranslation in 2025 are:
@ndbooks.bsky.social (6)
@twolinespress.com (4)
@honfordstar.bsky.social (4)
Thanks for all the great books!!! 🎉
@ndbooks.bsky.social (6)
@twolinespress.com (4)
@honfordstar.bsky.social (4)
Thanks for all the great books!!! 🎉
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Literary translators! Our publisher, @twolinespress.com, is currently open for submissions for animal stories in translation (from any language) & the Stevns Translation Prize (for Vietnamese translators). As always, no submissions fees.
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Literary translators! Our publisher, @twolinespress.com, is currently open for submissions for animal stories in translation (from any language) & the Stevns Translation Prize (for Vietnamese translators). As always, no submissions fees.
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
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🎉 The committee for the Cercador Prize confers this year’s prize to Christina MacSweeney for her translation of ‘The Queen of Swords’ by Jazmina Barrera (Two Lines Press). Congratulations to Christina, Jazmina, and @twolinespress.com!
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🎉 The committee for the Cercador Prize confers this year’s prize to Christina MacSweeney for her translation of ‘The Queen of Swords’ by Jazmina Barrera (Two Lines Press). Congratulations to Christina, Jazmina, and @twolinespress.com!
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I love this prize (the only one run by booksellers! or at least the only translation prize run by booksellers!) and this is a very very good decision by this year's jury.
🎉 Congratulations to Christina MacSweeney and Jazmina Barrera! THE QUEEN OF SWORDS is the winner of the 2025 Cercador Prize! ⚔️ www.cercadorprize.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I love this prize (the only one run by booksellers! or at least the only translation prize run by booksellers!) and this is a very very good decision by this year's jury.
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Congratulations to the always excellent Christina MacSweeney winner of the 2025 Cercador Prize for her translation of The Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera! The Queen of Swords is one of my favorite books of 2025.
🎉 Congratulations to Christina MacSweeney and Jazmina Barrera! THE QUEEN OF SWORDS is the winner of the 2025 Cercador Prize! ⚔️ www.cercadorprize.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Congratulations to the always excellent Christina MacSweeney winner of the 2025 Cercador Prize for her translation of The Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera! The Queen of Swords is one of my favorite books of 2025.