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Readings & Events

22
Oct
2026
BLT 2026 · Portland, OR · In Person
Reading at Postcard Bookshop
Thursday, October 22, 2026 · 7:00–8:30 PM · 81 SE Yamhill St, Portland, OR

More than a dozen translators share prose and poetry from Best Literary Translations 2026. Free and open to the public.

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Past Events

26
Apr
2026
BLT 2026
New Orleans Poetry Festival Panel
New Orleans, LA · Watch recording ↗
12
May
2026
BLT 2026 · Virtual
Launch Event with Arthur Sze & Daniel Simon
Zoom · Deep Vellum / World Literature Today · Watch recording ↗
5
May
2025
BLT 2025 · Seattle, WA
Launch Reading at Third Place Books
Third Place Books Ravenna, 6504 20th Ave, Seattle · Wendy Call with Monika Cassel, Gabriela Ramirez-Chavez & Cynthia Steele
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2024
 
BLT 2024 · Virtual
Third Place Books Virtual Launch
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún with Sherod Santos, Edith Adams & Jeanine Legago · Watch recording ↗
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2024
 
BLT 2024 · Chicago, IL
Sant Jordi Festival Chicago Reading
Noh Anothai with local translators · Watch recording ↗
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Sept
2024
BLT 2024 · Virtual
USC Zoom Event
University of Southern California · Jane Hirshfield, Noh Anothai, Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, Kareem James Abu-Zeid & Edith Adams

To invite Best Literary Translations to your venue or festival, write to besttranslations@deepvellum.org