An independent, nonprofit publisher of international literature—fiction, nonfiction, and books for young readers. Home of the Prize for New Immigrant Writing.
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14 Oct 2024
We are thrilled to announce the four finalists chosen for the 2024 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing in Fiction!
Read excerpts from all finalists over at @commonmag: thecommononline.org/read-exc….
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17 Sep 2024
Join us at @ptknitwear for an electrifying evening at the 2024 @BKBF!
Get ready for a spine-tingling journey into The Dark Heart: Thrillers, Killers, and the Art of Obsession. Featuring authors @flynnberry_, Praveen Herat, Sam Bett , and moderated by Ed Lin.
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17 Sep 2024
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts
Friday, September 27 · 6:30 - 8pm EDT
180 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002
This event is an official 2024 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event.
Purchase tickets via the link in bio! #BKBF
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12 Sep 2024
Our friends @WasafiriMag are hosting the first workshop with their 2024/25 Translator-in-Residence
@sawadhussain.
‘Writing Your Translation Memoir' is taking place online on Tuesday, 8 October, 7-9pm (BT).
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10 Sep 2024
Exciting day as we celebrate the publication of THE TRIAL OF ANNA THALBERG by Eduardo Sangarcía, translated from the Spanish by Elizabeth Bryer! 🧙♀️
Does evil lurk in the shadows of the forest or within the human heart?
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27 Aug 2024
Happy U.S. Pub Day to FROM SAVAGERY!
In this English PEN Award-winning translation by Katie Brown (@DrKatieBrown), FROM SAVAGERY announces Alejandra Banca (@AlejBanca) as a resplendent and masterful new voice in Latin American literature—one that will take readers by storm.
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19 Aug 2024
Indie Presses Make Welcoming Homes for Immigrant Writing! publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t… via @publisherswkly
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30 Jul 2024
Don't miss the chance to listen along to Praveen Herat's debut novel "Between This World and the Next." Head to Largehearted Boy for the playlist! bit.ly/3WIrrSp
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1 Jul 2024
Huge congrats to Sachiko Kashiwaba and translator Avery Fischer Udagawa!
TEMPLE ALLEY SUMMER was featured on the IBBY's (@IBBYINT) 2024 Honours List for its translation into English! To check out the entire list, click here: ibby.org/awards-activities/a…!
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1 Jul 2024
TEMPLE ALLEY SUMMER is a fantastical and mysterious adventure featuring the living dead, a magical pearl, and a suspiciously nosy black cat named Kiriko. 🔥 The paperback is out now!
Order from us, and you'll receive free shipping! Link: restlessbooks.org/bookstore/…! #books #tbr
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28 Jun 2024
You can now read an excerpt of the highly-anticipated FROM SAVAGERY (@AlejBanca, @drkatiebrown) in the new issue of @LatAmLitToday!
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To pre-order FROM SAVAGERY in the US, go to: restlessbooks.org/bookstore/…
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27 Jun 2024
❤️🔥!
Don’t miss all the new books out from @RedHenPress, @RestlessBooks, @TwoLinesPress, @longdaypress, @BullCityPress, @trouserpress, @AliceJamesBooks, @transitbooks & more indie presses this month! clmp.org/news/books-launchin…
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22 May 2024
We're thrilled for this beautiful book with quite possibly the best cover of the decade. Congrats Patrícia Melo and @sophietimes !!
Congratulations to THE SIMPLE ART OF KILLING A WOMAN by Patrícia Melo, translated from the Portuguese by Sophie Lewis and published by @RestlessBooks, a finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Fiction! restlessbooks.org/bookstore/…
ALT A bright blue graphic with fireworks, the cover of The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patrícia Melo, and text reading "Finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Fiction" and "The winner will be announced in a virtual ceremony on June 27 at 6 PM ET!"
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22 Apr 2024
“What separates humans from nonhuman animals, Sorman suggests, is not our thumbs or our mental gymnastics, but our lack of insides, or maybe, rather, our shame about them, or their uselessness”—Ania Szremski reviews Joy Sorman’s “Tenderloin” @RestlessBooks 4columns.org/szremski-ania/t…
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22 Apr 2024
An insightful conversation with Kim Hye-jin, author of COUNSEL CULTURE, a "near-weightless tale of the heaviness of living" — now available at your favorite indie bookstore or our website (link in bio)! We could not love this book more. Thank you @worldlittoday for your support!
22 Apr 2024
Kim Hye-jin’s novel Counsel Culture is out, translated by Jamie Chang, and Kim answered 7 questions for us. Read her answers about this novel, including how a stray cat was a big source of inspiration, in this short Q&A up on the WLT Weekly!
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1 Mar 2024
Check out author @ShantaLeeG's powerful new review of the 1844 novel THE MAROONS by Louis Timagène Houat, translated from the French by Aqiil Gopee @aquallogy and Jeffrey Diteman @ichthyopig — now in English for the first time in 180 years! bit.ly/3ImAGje
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5 Jan 2024
Thinking about vampires yet? This brilliant bite-sized interview with Silvia Moreno Garcia will rouse you. ❤️🔥 @worldlittoday @silviamg Get your copy at bit.ly/46zAyH8
4 Jan 2024
“One thing I haven’t seen, which would be interesting, would be to see vampires clash with modern technology.” 𝑀𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐 author Silvia Moreno Garcia on vampires and more in this short Q&A in our January issue.
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3 Jan 2024
If you're lucky enough to find yourself in Washington, D.C., tonight, head straight to @PoliticsProse to hear the inimitable @Ani_Gjika read from her gorgeous poet's memoir, #AnUnruledBody. She is not to be missed!
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