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The home for international literature since 2003. Winners of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.

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Read “Another April, Too Cruel,” a poem of grief and mourning by José Mármol (tr.Eileen O’Connor): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Come hear this poem live on 1/31 at 11am ET! World in Verse, a free virtual reading. RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Another April, Too Cruel by José Mármol - Words Without Borders
A poem of grief and mourning by Dominican writer José Mármol, translated from the Spanish by Eileen O’Connor.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language. Read “The Cornish Alphabet,” translated by Elizabeth Ellis, here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Cornish Alphabet - Words Without Borders
Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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What's everyone reading this weekend?
January 23, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Spirited and wide ranging review of the @wwnorton.com book Breakneck & Jack Hargreaves's translation of Hu Anyan's I Deliver Parcels in Beijing (cc @wwborders.bsky.social ), in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
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Learn to Love Engineers | Los Angeles Review of Books
New books by Dan Wang and Hu Anyan depict ‘both the achievements and the costs of China’s technological rise,’ and why Americans should take note.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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At @wwborders.bsky.social, I wrote about six recent books in translation. wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Watchlist: January 2026 - Words Without Borders
Tobias Carroll recommends novels from Cameroon, Colombia, Russia, and more, plus the newest from Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language. Read “The Cornish Alphabet,” translated by Elizabeth Ellis, here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Cornish Alphabet - Words Without Borders
Cornish writer Pol Hodge's praise poem celebrates his homeland and its language.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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It’s really worth reading Beckomberga. I read it in Icelandic translation and it was wonderful. The storyworld and the characters stayed with me for a long time afterwards. It’s not so much about life in a psychiatric hospital, as it is about having a connection to it.
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Last but not least is BECKOMBERGA by Sara Stridsberg, translated from Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner. Set in a prominent Swedish psychiatric hospital, BECKOMBERGA is “...a haunting, sobering literary work.”https://bookshop.org/a/169/9780374619916
Beckomberga: A Novel
A Novel
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January 22, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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We’re kicking off a new year of Watchlists with an all-fiction January list from Tobias Carroll! This month he’s chosen novels translated from Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, and French, including a new novel from WWB contributor and Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk.
An image of 6 book covers, to the right it reads The January Watchlist by Tobias Carroll. Fiction translated from Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, and French.
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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“There Are No Fossils Left in This Land” by Taran Spalding-Jenkin (tr. Elizabeth Ellis) documents the passage of time, considering what gets left behind and what endures.
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A drawing of fossilized fishes above a white background with black text that reads: I wonder am I not rust growing on its bones? Why did we labor so hard for dirt and stones? There Are No Fossils Left in This Land By Taran Spalding-Jenkin, translated from Cornish by Elizabeth Ellis The Beating Heart: New CELTIC Writing.
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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A great review of UNDER THE EYE OF THE BIG BIRD. Check out Hiromi Kawakami's work on our website!
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January 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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For our followers who are interested in Thomas Mann!
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Don't miss the Books Across Borders New Year in Translation Book Buzz, tonight! Feat. @europaeditions.bsky.social @northsouthbooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social @archipelagobooks.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social and Other Press.

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Books Across Borders A New Year in Translation Book Buzz for Booksellers & Librarians Wed., January 21 8:00pm EST / 5:00pm PST featuring new titles from: EUROPA EDITIONS OTHER PRESS NORTHSOUTH BOOKS PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS DEEP VELLUM NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ARCHIPELAGO BOOKS Thanks to our promotional partners Brooklyn Public Library Every Library Live! Words Without Borders Rise Bookselling NAIBA ABA MPIBA PNBA CALIBA SIBA GLIBA MIBA NEIBA The Independent Bookseller
January 22, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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2025 Longlist for the US/Canada Republic of Consciousness Small Press Prize @usrofc.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚 #books #smallpresses #literature
Image of the 10 books longlisted for the The Republic of Consciousness Prize, United States and Canada, which just announced its fourth annual longlist of 10 titles from independent presses, celebrating the commitment of small presses to exceptional works of literary merit. The 10 longlisted titles for 2025 are: Dreaming of Dead People, by Rosalind Belben (And Other Stories) Little Lazarus, by Michael Bible (CLASH Books) The Remembered Soldier, by Anjet Daanje, translated by David McKay (New Vessel Press) On Earth As It Is Beneath, by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Padma Viswanathan (Charco Press) Little World, by Josephine Rowe (Transit Books) Iris and the Dead, by Miranda Schreiber (Book*hug Press) Small Scale Sinners, by Mahreen Sohail (A Public Space Books) The Endless Week, by Laura Vazquez, translated by Alex Niemi (Dorothy, a publishing project) Hothouse Bloom, by Austyn Wohlers (Hub City Press) Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation, by Sarah Yahm (Dzanc Books) The Prize will distribute a total of $35,000 USD to 2025 finalists as follows: each press with a longlisted book will receive $2,000; the five shortlisted books will be rewarded an additional $3,000 each, split equally between publisher and author, or publisher, author, and translator where applicable.
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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Cornish writer Pol Hodge’s praise poem “The Cornish Alphabet” (tr. Elizabeth Ellis), part of our latest issue of new Celtic writing,” illuminates the inherent poetics of the Cornish vocabulary.

Read it here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
An image of cliffs on a sea coast above a black background with white text that reads: Ust—west Ust, south Gwynnek, east Aled, north Morwenn, Vertu—virtuous land of these saints, strong as iron. War-barth—together with Brittany and Wales we rejoice, Yeth—our language in head, heart, and mouth, our voice. The Cornish Alphabet By Pol Hodge, translated from Cornish by Elizabeth Ellis New CELTIC Writing
January 20, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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Spain's Yolanda Castaño considers multiple monthly cycles in her poem “Wheel of Fortune” (tr. Samantha Schnee): wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

You can hear this poem in Spanish and English on 1/31 during World in Verse, a free virtual reading. RSVP here: wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Wheel of Fortune by Yolanda Castaño - Words Without Borders
Spain's Yolanda Castaño considers monthly cycles in this second selection in the 2025 Words Without Borders–Academy of American Poets National Translation Month series.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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📣 Opportunity for early-career translators: @wwborders.bsky.social's Momentum Grant is open for submissions. The contest will be judged by @jeremytiang.bsky.social and the editors of Words Without Borders. 

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Words Without Borders Announces Fourth Annual Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders
This grant aims to support early-career translators seeking to bring international work into the English-language marketplace.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Translating a book into English? You might be eligible for our Momentum Grant, funded by the Malecha Family Foundation.

Read more about the grant here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Submissions are due by February 28, 2026.
Image of the right corner of an office building against a purple sky. Overlaid on the top right of the image in black lettering it reads: for Early-Career Translators Apply by February 28, 2026 Words Without Borders announces the fourth annual MOMENTUM GRANT.
January 18, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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“Omission matters, Hanišová suggests, because the loss of language, and the inability to articulate an experience, stem from greater losses.”
In @wwborders.bsky.social‬‬, Katy Dycus reviews Viktorie Hanišová’s newly translated novel, “The Mushroom Gatherer” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
“In Every Drawer, Memories Lurk”: Revisiting the Past in Viktorie Hanišová’s The Mushroom Gatherer - Words Without Borders
“Hanišová’s novel deals with the complicated space between one’s making and one’s own survival,” writes critic Katy Dycus.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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“Hanišová’s novel deals with the complicated space between one’s making and one’s own survival,” writes critic Katy Dycus. Read “‘In Every Drawer, Memories Lurk’: Revisiting the Past in Viktorie Hanišová’s THE MUSHROOM GATHERER” here: wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
“In Every Drawer, Memories Lurk”: Revisiting the Past in Viktorie Hanišová’s The Mushroom Gatherer - Words Without Borders
“Hanišová’s novel deals with the complicated space between one’s making and one’s own survival,” writes critic Katy Dycus.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Books Across Borders invites booksellers and librarians to a New Year in Translation Book Buzz! @europaeditions.bsky.social @northsouthbooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social @archipelagobooks.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social and Other Press.

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Books Across Borders A New Year in Translation Book Buzz for Booksellers & Librarians Wed., January 21 8:00pm EST / 5:00pm PST featuring new titles from: EUROPA EDITIONS OTHER PRESS NORTHSOUTH BOOKS PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS DEEP VELLUM NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ARCHIPELAGO BOOKS Thanks to our promotional partners Brooklyn Public Library Every Library Live! Words Without Borders Rise Bookselling NAIBA ABA MPIBA PNBA CALIBA SIBA GLIBA MIBA NEIBA The Independent Bookseller
January 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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@tpleitezvela.bsky.social traces a family’s search for a loved one killed during the Salvadoran Civil War in this genre-blending prose poem. Read “Hammering the Iron,” translated from Spanish by @jessrainey.bsky.social, here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Hammering the Iron - Words Without Borders
Tania Pleitez Vela traces a family’s search for a loved one killed during the Salvadoran Civil War in this genre-blending prose poem.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Read “Cape Tenaron” by Katerina Iliopoulou (tr. Jackson Watson) where the Tenaron coastline inscribes a new language onto the horizon: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Hear this poem live on 1/31, 11am ET during “World in Verse,” a free virtual reading. wwborders.live/WorldInVerse2026
Cape Tenaron - Words Without Borders
Katerina Iliopoulou's "Cape Tenaron," translated by Jackson Watson, opens the 2025 WWB–Academy of American Poets partnership.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Translating a book into English? You might be eligible for our Momentum Grant, funded by the Malecha Family Foundation.

Read more about the grant here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Submissions are due by February 28, 2026.
Image of the right corner of an office building against a purple sky. Overlaid on the top right of the image in black lettering it reads: for Early-Career Translators Apply by February 28, 2026 Words Without Borders announces the fourth annual MOMENTUM GRANT.
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Fabulous picks on this list, including translated titles and many of our contributors!
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Ah, the passage of time…

Is it speeding up or are we just too busy getting lost in our books to notice? Tap the link below to discover 11 novels that explore shifting identities, changing worlds and entire lifetimes unfolding in just a few hundred pages.
11 Booker Prize-nominated novels that explore the passage of time | The Booker Prizes
This selection of books offers a profound meditation on the human experience, with characters that are guaranteed to stay with you long after each story ends
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January 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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We are so delighted to share this beautiful translation by Oumayma Oueghlani, from Fares Al Anwar's "A story of the trees", a single moment under a microscope: trees, a river, streets, and a hospital blurring into one field of perception; a confrontation with mortality and origin. buff.ly/zd8lImh
Oumayma Oueghlani reads from Fares Al Anwar's "A story of the trees"
The text captures a single moment under a microscope: trees, a river, streets, and a hospital blur into one field of perception. A man dissolves into an inner drift of memory and vision; reality…
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January 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM