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Swallowing Mercury Longlisted for National Translation Award
Swallowing Mercury Longlisted for National Translation Award

Wioletta Greg’s Swallowing Mercury, translated from the Polish by Eliza Marciniak, is longlisted for the National Translation Award.

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AwardsTransit BooksJuly 16, 2018Wioletta Greg, Eliza Marciniak, Swallowing Mercury, Polish Literature, National Translation Award, NTA 2018
Such Small Hands Wins Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize
Such Small Hands Wins Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize

Andrés Barba's Such Small Hands, translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman was named the winner of the 2018 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. Dillman's translation "pushes language to a near-breaking point."

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Spanish Literature, Translated Fiction, AwardsTransit BooksJune 17, 2018Lisa Dillman, Such Small Hands, Andrés Barba, Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize, Translation
Makumbi Wins $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize
Makumbi Wins $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize

"This prize for me is like having been working without pay for a long time and then someone comes a long and says, 'Will a salary for the past ten years do?' Then you're left speechless," Makumbi said.

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AwardsTransit BooksFebruary 15, 2018Jennifer Makumbi, Windham Campbell Prize, African Literature, Kintu
Kintu Named a PW Best Summer Book 2017
Kintu Named a PW Best Summer Book 2017

Kintu named one of the Best Summer Books 2017. 

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Transit BooksApril 22, 2017
Such Small Hands Excerpted in Bomb
Such Small Hands Excerpted in Bomb

"It was once a happy city; we were once happy girls . . ."

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Spanish Literature, Translated FictionTransit BooksApril 22, 2017Andrés Barba, Lisa Dillman, BOMB Magazine, Such Small Hands
Swallowing Mercury on Man Booker Longlist
Swallowing Mercury on Man Booker Longlist

Wioletta Greg's Swallowing Mercury is longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.

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Translated FictionTransit BooksApril 22, 2017wioletta greg, Swallowing Mercury, Man Booker, Man Booker International Prize, Eliza Marciniak, Polish Literature
Publishers Weekly Features Transit Books
Publishers Weekly Features Transit Books

Publishers Weekly sits down with Adam Z. Levy and Ashley Nelson Levy, founders of Transit Books.

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Transit BooksDecember 3, 2016
Support Transit Books This Season
Support Transit Books This Season

Founding members receive early access to new books, ticketed events, and Transit swag.

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