New Vessel Press

I'm excited to see that my translation of Egana Djabbarova's "My Dreadful Body," on the way from New Vessel Press in spring 2026, is on display at the Frankfurt Book Fair!
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We’re ready for this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair @buchmesse.de, meeting with publishers and literary agents from around the world. Visit the New Vessel Press display in Hall 6.0, B45.

‘A Fictional Enquiry’ by Daniele Del Giudice (Review) While I tend to move in rather familiar reading circles, it’s nice to try something a little different once in a while, and that was certainly the case with my latest read, one sent my way by…

An intriguing journey in search of information about a very special man, in Trieste and... Wimbledon? My look at Daniele Del Giuidice's 'A Fictional Enquiry' (translated by Anne Milano Appel, courtesy of New Vessel Press):
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‘A Fictional Enquiry’ by Daniele Del Giudice (Review) While I tend to move in rather familiar reading circles, it’s nice to try something a little different once in a while, and that was certainly the case with my latest read, one sent my way by…

"It's a delight to read," says @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social of A FICTIONAL INQUIRY by Daniele Del Giudice, translated by Anne Milano Appel. "It's one to read slowly, to savour, as we ponder the life of a writer." tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/a...

Finalist National Book Awards Nieuws van en rond Uitgeverij Passage, Groningen

Finalist van de National Book Awards:
The Remembered Soldier van Anjet Daanje (met update van het bericht)
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THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, Flemish writer explores the Great War's breakage in intimate detail THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER ANJET DAANJE (tr. David McKay) New Vessel Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $22.95 all editions, avail...

THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, Flemish writer explores the Great War's breakage in intimate detail via @newvesselpress.bsky.social #Booksky
FINALIST FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE! Winner announced 19 November 2025.
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THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER is a FINALIST for the National Book Award @nationalbook.bsky.social for Translated Literature! Congratulations author Anjet Daanje+translator David McKay. "Superb...an unforgettable picture of marital love." @ssacks.bsky.social in @wsj.com.
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Cannot stop reading this, a little outside of our area of focus, but good literature is good literature. Will have to at least stock this translation for the shop. @newvesselpress.bsky.social Amazing book! #booksworthreading #translations

Author Anjet Daanje and translator David McKay discuss The Remembered Soldier, longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. Read the interview here, as well as all our interviews in this series @newvesselpress.bsky.social :

Join Maya Arad and Tova Mirvis this evening to discuss Arad's novel HAPPY NEW YEARS at Newtonville Books in Newton, MA. Mirvis calls the book "a magical feat of storytelling that brilliantly lays bare a woman’s dreams, disappointments . . . deeply moving.” www.newtonvillebooks.com/event/maya-a...

Black background, white text, circular author photos of Anjet Daanje and David McKay, and a green book cover for THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER at the top right. At the top is the NBF logo reading “76th National Book Awards,” and below it is “Words Without Borders.” The text reads as follows: National Book Award Interviews: Anjet Daanje and David McKay on The Remembered Soldier “The desperation of these women, who were willing to ignore facts and harsh reality so they could believe they had found their lost husband, inspired me to write The Remembered Soldier.” — Anjet Daanje Words Without Border

Our annual interview series for the NBA longlist for Translated Literature has arrived! Head to our website to learn about the origins of Anjet Daanje’s THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, and its translation process with David McKay @newvesselpress.bsky.social : wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

The Remembered Soldier Longlisted for the 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for TRANSLATED LITERATURE An extraordinary love story and a captivating novel about the power of memory and

"Never before had I felt as enthusiastic about a contemporary Dutch novel, or as confident that other discerning readers would share my opinion," translator David McKay tells @wwborders.bsky.social.

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THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, longlisted @nationalbook.bsky.social's Natl Book Award for Translation, featured @wwborders.bsky.social. Translator
David McKay "was bowled over by just about every facet" of Anjet Daanje's novel: "the bold, unique style, the complex characters..the thought-provoking themes."

It's the last Sunday of the month...time for a few short #BookReviews! Each month I do @nancypearl.bsky.social -inspired explanations of unenjoyed books; @nathanburgoine.bsky.social -inspired quick takes on enjoyed ones. This month's crop is here:
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The Words That Remain Exploring Brazil’s little-known hinterland as well its urban haunts, this is a sweeping novel of repression, violence, and shame, along with their flip side: survival, endurance, and the ultimate…

Stênio Gardel’s THE WORDS THAT REMAIN “reminds its readers of an uncomfortable truth: that even a life of regret can be a beautiful one.” —Patrick Nathan

A @newvesselpress.bsky.social novel (transl. by Bruna Dantas Lobato) from our #TranslationMonth reading list: newvesselpress.com/books/the-wo...

Just as the Jewish new year arrives, here's a stirring novel about female friendship, the perils of self-deception, and the importance of resilience by Maya Arad, one of the finest authors currently writing in Hebrew. Superbly translated by @jesscohen.bsky.social. newvesselpress.com/books/happy-...

What a glorious day at the Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bksy.social meeting so many New Vessel Press readers face-to-face and selling hundreds of our books!

THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, Flemish writer explores the Great War's breakage in intimate detail THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER ANJET DAANJE (tr. David McKay) New Vessel Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $22.95 all editions, avail...

THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, Flemish writer explores the Great War's breakage in intimate detail via @newvesselpress.bsky.social #Booksky
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE! Winner announced 7 October 2025.
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We're ready for today’s Brooklyn Book Festival. Visit the New Vessel Press booth #419 near the fountain at the center of the fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m for discounts on all our books.

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We're getting ready for the Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social this Sunday, September 21. Visit the New Vessel Press booth #419 at the center of the fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m for discounts on all our books.

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'Happy New Years' from Master of Israeli Fiction Maya Arad September 18 | 7 PM ET

Please join HAPPY NEW YEARS author Maya Arad in a free, online event with @hadassahorg.bsky.social magazine editor Lisa Hostein about her novel and the experiences of Israeli expatriates in America today. Wed., Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. ET. Click to register.

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Published today: A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls in Brazilian summer and festivities are punctuated by rhythms of surf and samba. It's the tenth volume in the New Vessel Press holiday anthology series.

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Thrilled to see @newvesselpress.bsky.social's THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER on the Translated Literature longlist. Meanwhile, titles from @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social, and @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social account for 50% (!!) of the Poetry longlist!

Huge thanks to Atlantic magazine staff writer @galbeckerman.bsky.social for yesterday's insightful discussion of Maya Arad's novel HAPPY NEW YEARS—about an Israeli emigrant's heartaches, hopes,+ dreams—translated from the Hebrew by @jesscohen.bsky.social.

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THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, Flemish writer explores the Great War's breakage in intimate detail THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER ANJET DAANJE (tr. David McKay) New Vessel Press ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $22.95 all editions, avail...

THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, Flemish writer explores the Great War's breakage in intimate detail via @newvesselpress.bsky.social #Booksky
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE! Winner announced 7 October 2025.
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THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER on longlist for National Book Award in Translated Literature! A monumental novel of European history and pleasures + pains of profound love in Anjet Daanje's stunning prose + David McKay's crystalline translation.@nationalbook.bsky.social
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Book review: Novel tells the story of an Israeli expat’s life through Rosh Hashanah letters 'Against the backdrop of events like the Yom Kippur War, Rabin’s assassination, and 9/11, Leah’s yearly updates capture the quiet persistence of life lived in history’s shadow.'

Maya Arad's "Happy New Years"—her first full-length novel to be translated into English (trans. Jessica Cohen)—is not just timely read as we near Rosh Hashanah, but also excellent and moving. Read my review in @thecjn.bsky.social

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Join author Maya Arad, translator @jesscohen.bsky.social, and @galbeckerman.bsky.social, staff writer at The Atlantic, TOMORROW, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. in discussing HAPPY NEW YEARS at Barnes & Noble on Manhattan's Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway, New York City.
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Book review: Novel tells the story of an Israeli expat’s life through Rosh Hashanah letters 'Against the backdrop of events like the Yom Kippur War, Rabin’s assassination, and 9/11, Leah’s yearly updates capture the quiet persistence of life lived in history’s shadow.'

"Reading HAPPY NEW YEARS gave me the same rush I felt when I first tore through Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels: the female voices feel real and familiar...nothing short of extraordinary." @thecjn.bsky.social on novel by Maya Arad, translated by @jesscohen.bsky.social.

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CC'ing Julie Schaper - Consortium Book Sales & Distribution Welcome to Consortium Corner, a Q&A series with staff and reps to celebrate Consortium's 40 years of independent book distribution. To kick off the

We’re celebrating Consortium’s 40th anniversary this year, and to mark the milestone, we're talking with staff about their favorite titles and memorable moments. 📚🎉

Kicking off the series is Julie Schaper, VP and president of Consortium. Read the interview: www.cbsd.com/blog/2025/09...