Transit Books

Happy #WITMonth ! First up: @transitbooks.bsky.social

What an honor to be included in this phenomenal roundup! Thank you @karlajstrand.com & Violet! @transitbooks.bsky.social

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Front cover: ALTERATIONS by Cori Winrock

Back cover: ALTERATIONS by Cori Winrock

Book mail!! 🎉🎉🎉 @transitbooks.bsky.social

Pausing to read A Sleepless Night from @transitbooks.bsky.social at #alaac25 Booth 715

Spool of Thought, by Jon Fosse We've recently updated our website to make signing in easier and more secure

“I had to get back home to Vaim, I thought, and why did I always take these boat trips to Bjørgvin anyway, they never really had any point, these excursions”

From Vaim, by Jon Fosse, which will be published in October by @transitbooks.bsky.social‬

33 new books you’ll want to read this summer from independent publishers Looking for something new or a fresh take on a favorite genre? Check out these small-press titles.

Celebrate your independents with @michaelschaub.bsky.social’s list of small-press #books out now or coming this summer. #booksky

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Adapted from Alterations out from Transit Books next month! Could not be more excited to have part of the book out in this dream publication today! Please pre-order here: www.transitbooks.org/books/altera... @parisreview.bsky.social + @transitbooks.bsky.social

Look Up by Azul López López’s impressionistic paintings emphasize human smallness against nature’s vastness in this ruminative story about a man “alwa...

LOOK UP from @transitbooks.bsky.social gets a look from
@publisherswkly.bsky.social “Against a primarily earth-toned palette, the birds scatter across pages like multicolored confetti in this soaring celebration of the virtues of looking up” www.publishersweekly.com/9798893380286

Madeleine Watts's intro to Antigone Kefala's THE ISLAND, up today in The Nation:

"The plot is not really the point; the writing is most interested in the process of 'becoming' trying to find a new kind of form in which the experience of being alive will crystalize."

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2025 Summer Reading List From the April 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book: Summer Reading.

From @thehornbook.bsky.social a Recommended Summer Reading List! And it includes DOWNPOUR from @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social and A SLEEPLESS NIGHT from @transitbooks.bsky.social both #picturebooks in #translation www.hbook.com/story/newsle...

Attending to Our Own Archive in “Motherhood and Its Ghosts” - Chicago Review of Books Our review of Iman Mersal's new book, "Motherhood and Its Ghosts"

"Our duty is to tend, to lend ongoing, active attention instead of static remembrance."

Clancey D'Isa's review of “Motherhood and Its Ghosts” by Iman Mersal (@transitbooks.bsky.social) is out now.
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📆 Then, next Saturday, May 31, we'll be teaming up with the Los Angeles Review of Books for a little bash and a conversation between R.O. Kwon and @laurenmarkham.bsky.social at our offices in Berkeley. We'd love to see you there.

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📆 This Saturday, join us for a fundraiser, pop-up, and party, hosted by KQED's ‪@alexis-madrigal.bsky.social‬ and ‪@laurenmarkham.bsky.social‬ at Womb House Books. Bring your friends, your kids, yourselves for an evening of books, wine, and more in the alley.

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Over the last few weeks, we've seen devastating cuts to federal arts funding. This funding has been critical to organizations like ours. To support our mission and 🎉 celebrate our literary community in the Bay, come out for one (or both!) upcoming Transit events:

A picture of three books on a wooden table: upper left is an ARC of Kate Zambreno's ANIMAL STORIES, forthcoming from Transit Books; on the right is I WAS WORKING by Ariel Yelen, out from Princeton UP; and on the bottom left is Caitlin Lorraine Johnson's IO, a booklet out from The Economy Press.

Exciting mail day!

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Publisher Preview: Transit Editions (Winter 2025/26) Though their list is small, their books are mighty. Transit specializes in small books that you wouldn't notice at all, were it not for their concentrated efforts. Take a gander at three they have com...

Thanks to @fuse8.bsky.social for taking note of how special #kidsbooks from @transitbooks.bsky.social are! "Though your list each season is small...your books are mighty” afuse8production.slj.com/2025/05/08/p...

Two new arrivals from Transit Books: THE ISLAND by Antigone Kefala and MOTHERHOOD AND ITS GHOSTS by Iman Mersal

Thank you, @transitbooks.bsky.social!!!

GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING IN SPACE AND IN TIME TODAY that is oakland review of books' recommendation THE WEATHER IS GOOD www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/oakland-revi...

Publisher Preview: Transit Editions (Winter 2025/26) Though their list is small, their books are mighty. Transit specializes in small books that you wouldn't notice at all, were it not for their concentrated efforts. Take a gander at three they have com...

Though their list is small, their books are mighty. @transitbooks.bsky.social specializes in small books that you wouldn't notice at all, were it not for their concentrated efforts. Take a gander at three they have coming up. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/05/08/p...

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We need indie presses. Certainly more than we need government funds to be spent “foster[ing] AI competency” or “empower[ing] houses of worship to serve communities,” whatever that means.

Thanks, Clare, for all you do! 🙏🙏

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We remain as committed as ever to promoting voices and perspectives that represent all facets of the human experience, in one's country, in one's language, and in one's body. If you're able to support our work with a donation, now is a critical time.

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Along with many other nonprofit arts organizations, we learned last night that our grant from the National Endowment for the Arts—$40,000 toward the publication of our books in 2025—has been terminated. While this news was not unexpected, its message was chilling.

I cannot wait for this!!! Which is often how I feel about this series, but especially with Kate Zambreno!

All the summer bulbs are in. And I served as a feast of sorts for many swarming insects. I’ve left the bugs to celebrate their victory against me and am stretched out on my favorite sofa reading Immemorial by Lauren Markham. A good Saturday. @transitbooks.bsky.social

Coming in September! Kate Zambreno’s ANIMAL STORIES, an exploration of mortality, alienation, boredom, surveillance, and how we regard ourselves among the animals, part of our Undelivered Lecture series, is now available for preorder ✨

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Book cover of “Astro” by Manuel Marsol shows a six legged rock & water creature walking across stones.

In this Spanish import (translated into English), an astronaut lands on a strange planet and is befriended by a creature, who is the narrator of the story. The creature is accidentally killed, and Astro mourns. Push kids to think a little deeper with this unique book & its ethereal vibe.
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Picture book ‘Astro’ written and illustrated by Manuel Marsol, translated by Lizzie Davis. A large multilimbed creature with mountain- and river-like features spans the cover with a tiny human figure hanging from its chin.

Out today: One of the most beautiful and affecting picture books I have ever seen. Astro tells an existential story about friendship, loss, and grief. The mixed media illustrations are absolutely phenomenal.

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