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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/.

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THE QUEEN OF SWORDS is a searching and unconventional biography that attempts to understand the inimitable Elena Garro: writer, dancer, mother, mystic, and above all, an elusive and prolific artist with a complicated life and legacy. 👑⚔️

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📚🖊️ It’s a double feature! Make Sure You’re Around After You’ve Gone, a collection of ghost stories, and Through the Night Like a Snake, a collection of horror stories specifically from Latin America. oldpaper.uglyporcelaincat.com/horror-stori... #Booksky #readingcommunity @twolinespress.com

oldpaper.uglyporcelaincat.comHorror Stories Double Feature – Old Paper & Cats, Reviews by S. HargraveI couldn’t decide which modern short story compilation I wanted to review this year, so it’s going to be a double feature.

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As part of the French Voices at the Boston Book Festival, author Anne Pauly will be in conversation with professor Bruno Perreau (@foucaldian.bsky.social), celebrating the English publication of Pauly's BEFORE I FORGET (out this month from @twolinespress.com). Sat, Oct. 17, 1pm ET: buff.ly/AVJgBGD

buff.lyAnne Pauly and Bruno Perreau: French Voices at the Boston Book Festival - CAT CenterAnne Pauly, visiting Boston from Paris, celebrates the English publication of Before I Forget, her debut novel shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt, Prix Femina,
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Happy happy publication day to Anne Pauly's BEFORE I FORGET, translated from French by Dina Leifer and winner of the 2025 Stevns Prize! Here's Two Lines Press Marketing Manager ill talking about this tragicomic novel about the contradictions and absurdity of family and loss. 📗

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Mark your calendars for a virtual event with Elvira Navarro and Melissa Lozada-Oliva, presented by the International Library on 9/28/26 at 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET! See all the details and register for the free event here: www.catranslation.org/event/the-in...

catranslation.orgThe International Library presents Elvira Navarro with Melissa Lozada-Oliva - CAT CenterThe International Library presents Elvira Navarro and Melissa Lozada-Oliva in conversation to celebrate the publication of Blood Is Dripping Onto the

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Our September roundup features @contramundumpress.bsky.social, @poetose.bsky.social, @graywolfpress.bsky.social, @sfwp.bsky.social, @upittpress.bsky.social, @twolinespress.com, @schaffnerpress.bsky.social, @regalhouse.bsky.social, @antiphonyjournal.bsky.social, and more: www.clmp.org/news/books-l...

clmp.orgBooks Launching in September 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and PressesSupport independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books released by CLMP members in September 2026.   Freely Frayed by Don Mee Choi Wave Books |…
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Congratulations to @jacqlyy.bsky.social and Hon Lai Chu! MENDING BODIES is on the longlist for ALTA's National Translation Award in Prose! 🪡🧵

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🎉 We are excited to announce the longlists for the 2026 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose! Congratulations to the translators, authors, and publishers on these lists. Learn more here: buff.ly/n4OK95d

literarytranslators.orghttps://literarytranslators.org/awards/2026-national-translation-awards/

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This collection is a study in the infinite possibilities of fiction. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/s... @twolinespress.com @alicestephens.bsky.social #swell #sonbomi #booksintranslation #korean #southkorea #shortstories #booksky #bookreview

washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.comSwell: Stories | Washington Independent Review of BooksThe Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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Happy happy publication day to SPLENDOR: Trans Poets! 🪼 “One hundred legs in one hundred slippers. The jellyfish guides you / to a transparent bedroom: Allow me to dream your dream for you. / You shake your head: I can do this myself.”—from Kim Sono’s “Taming Flesh” translated by Eunice Lee 🪼

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📚🖊️ There’s a woman who carries her tiny husband around in a box. There’s a storm that is a metaphor for death and the world beyond and the ghosts stuck in between. These stories all take a strange turn. oldpaper.uglyporcelaincat.com/unusual-frag... #booksky #readingcommunity @twolinespress.com

oldpaper.uglyporcelaincat.comUnusual Fragments – Old Paper & Cats, Reviews by S. HargraveUnusual Fragments features five stories from Japanese writers you may have heard of but are also off the beaten path themselves.
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Join us in celebrating the release of Splendor: Trans Poets, forthcoming on September 1! We invited bookstores across the US and internationally to organize creative readings and events featuring trans and nonbinary poets.

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These events are taking place throughout the months of September and October to uplift trans voices and build international trans solidarity through poetry. See the full tour and event details here: www.catranslation.org/event/read-t... 🪼 Hope to see you there! 👋

catranslation.orgRead Trans Poets: A Community Event Series in Celebration of Splendor - CAT CenterTo celebrate the release of Splendor: Trans Poets on September 1, Two Lines Press invited bookstores across the US and internationally to organize creative

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Finished this last night & loved its style, quirkiness, projection, lonely characters, & empathy for even terrible people (that is, all of us). W/o my @twolinespress.com membership, I wouldn't know this writer. Ordered 2 more of her books from them before I'd even finished this collection.

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🌊 TODAY in San Francisco! Join us and @twolinespress.com at the @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social for a conversation with author of SEA NOW Eva Meijer, translator @anne-t-melo.bsky.social and Gregory Hom at the SFPL Main Library's Koret Auditorium at 6pm: buff.ly/gGR7rLg

buff.lySFPL On the Same Page presents Sea Now - CAT CenterAs part of San Francisco Public Library's Everybody's Climate programming, Sea Now is the July-August selection for their bi-monthly featured book program, On

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@twolinespress.com is hiring a full-time Press Administrator and The Center for the Art of Translation is seeking an experienced and driven customer-service professional to serve as the Bookstore & Visitor Services Manager (BVSM). Applications will be open until Aug 21, 5 pm PST: buff.ly/X4El3FE

catranslation.orgOpportunities at CAT - CAT CenterThe Center for the Art of Translation is currently hiring for two in-person San Francisco Bay Area positions: a Press Administrator for our book publisher Two

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Tuesday August 11: "Downpour" by Son Bo-mi; translated by Janet Hong. "Her husband, a salesperson at an electronics store, collapsed one day while wandering the empty aisles." #WITmonth

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🌊 Tuesday, Aug. 18 in San Francisco! Author of SEA NOW Eva Meijer and translator @anne-t-melo.bsky.social will be in conversation with Gregory Hom, Program Manager of the @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social at SFPL Main Library's Koret Auditorium. Join us & @twolinespress.com at 6pm: buff.ly/gGR7rLg

catranslation.orgSFPL On the Same Page presents Sea Now - CAT CenterAs part of San Francisco Public Library's Everybody's Climate programming, Sea Now is the July-August selection for their bi-monthly featured book program, On

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“I loved the quirkiness of the text–the way it ranges from funny to unsettling and the way it switches between voices”, translator Anne Thompson Melo on translating SEA NOW, 2024 winner of @twolinespress.com’s & Peirene Press’s Stevns Translation Prize. Read the interview here.

catranslation.orgSea Now: An Interview with translator Anne Thompson Melo - CAT CenterSet in a flooded Netherlands, Eva Meijer’s Sea Now follows three women who choose to stay behind as the ocean consumes their cities and memories. Traveling by
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Based in SF? Come work with us! 👋

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📣 We're hiring for two new in-person positions in San Francisco! @twolinespress.com is hiring a full-time Press Administrator to support the administration of the press, including maintaining the submissions management system, customer service & membership coordination, mailing & fulfillment +

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Less than 2 weeks left to submit to @twolinespress.com! Our book publisher is open for both general submissions and for an upcoming Calico featuring translated poetry and flash fiction about sex. The deadline August 2! Read Senior Editor Sarah Coolidge’s interview about Calico's submissions call.

catranslation.orgQ&A: Sarah Coolidge on Calico's latest Call for Submissions - CAT CenterThis week, Calico opened a call for submissions of poems and short pieces of flash fiction on the topic of sex to be featured in its next collection. Sarah

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My @twolinespress.com order arrived Saturday and I've been feeling the endorphins ever since.

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It's the LAST DAY to shop our CAT Days of Summer Sale! All of our books are 30% off (40% off if you're a Two Lines Press member 😎)! You have until midnight PDT to shop, including select books starting at the cool price of $8! 📚 www.twolinespress.com/books