Archipelago Books
@archipelagobooks
a non-profit press devoted to contemporary and classic international literature
Our sale applies to our children's book imprint, Elsewhere Editions, too!
To celebrate the brilliant women on our list, we're offering a 30% discount on titles by women writers or works translated by women. Use the code WOMENOFARCHIPELAGO today through August 31st. Get buying: archipelagobooks.org/books/.
The desk behind translations of Jean Giono, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Louis Aragon, Antoine Volodine, Éric Chevillard… Alyson Waters has translated over twenty five books from French, including seven with Archipelago. She and her desk live in Brooklyn, New York.
Fall 26 / Spring 27 catalogs are in! New translations of Maylis de Kerangal, Christos Ikonomou, Caio Fernando Abreu, Antonio Tabucchi... Give it a browse: archipelagobooks.org/catalog/
Dike Blair, “Untitled,” 2023, 14 x 18 in, archival ink-jet print on paper
Renee Gladman, “Scores for Houses # 3,” 2026, 22 x 30 in, ink & pastel on paper
Anne Carson, “january 11 am,” 8.25 x 8.25 in (with mat), ink pen, chalk, & acrylic paint
Our annual art auction is live! Browse an incredible array of artwork from Renee Gladman, Anne Carson, Cecilia Vicuña, Dike Blair, and many others. Proceeds support our children's book imprint, Elsewhere Editions. Bidding is open today through July 5th. auction.archipelagobooks.org
Mafalda: Book Two, translated by Frank Wynne, is coming on October 20th. "The expansive, bighearted politics of Quino’s strip feel out of step with this terrifying moment, but, then again, that may be precisely why now is the right time to return to its heroine." —Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker
In case you’re wondering about the desk behind translations of Mukasonga, Echenoz, Duras, Flaubert… here is Mark Polizzotti's desk! This fall we'll publish his translations of Echenoz's Jérôme Lindon and Mukasonga's Murmurs From the Hills. Mark lives in New York.
Today our children's imprint Elsewhere Editions brings out the first of Xiong Liang's new fantasy classic, Little Yu & The Treelings: Lost in Peach Blossom Paradise. "Xiong’s kinetic landscapes crackle with the mythic energy of superabundant spirit forms." —Leonard Marcus, The New York Times
Our books are 40% off, now through May 24th! Build your spring stack with the code SPRINGDISCOUNTS. archipelagobooks.org
We're having the sweetest little gathering to celebrate Xiong Liang's new book this Saturday (May 9th) at Spiral Books in Manhattan. Ideal for ages 6-12, but all are welcome. RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Out now: Last Stops of the Night Journey by Milo De Angelis, translated from the Italian by Patrizio Ceccagnoli and Susan Stewart. A graceful (and bilingual!) collection that feels particularly lucent, insistent, searching and direct.
Minna Zallman Proctor’s translation of Pavese’s The Leucothea Dialogues has been awarded the @penamerica.bsky.social Translation Prize! pen.org/2026-literar...
Hope to see some engrossed commuters in advance of tonight's event... Translator Alyson Waters will join Tess Lewis at @communitybookstore.bsky.social for a conversation around Antoine Volodine's The Monroe Girls (just out last week). 7pm! www.eventbrite.com/e/translator...
Sale time! Enjoy 40% off when you shop Archipelago and Elsewhere titles until December 8th. With each book you purchase, we'll donate a book to a library or prison program on your behalf. Code: "BUYONEGIVEONE." archipelagobooks.org
Today we publish this masterpiece of Italian letters. A revelation, a jolly existentialist nightmare, a comic freakout of the highest order . . . Sean Wilsey’s translation delivers Pirandello’s scary, hilarious delights with a remarkable touch. —Sam Lipsyte archipelagobooks.org/book/one-non...
Yesterday we published Selma Asotić's debut poetry collection, Say Fire, and Pavese's The Leucothea Dialogues. Very different works, but equally arresting. Check them out: archipelagobooks.org/books/
Last chance for 40% off a stack of your own... use the code FALLFLASHSALE until 11pm tonight.
We're having a party! Tonight at Cafe Gitane in Brooklyn, with lots of wine and some glorious platters of South Indian fare. secure.givelively.org/event/archip... Tickets also available at the door.
Are you in New York City with a kid or 2? Come by The New York Public Library's Chatham Square branch in Chinatown today for a storytime and collage activity with the artist Xiong Liang. We'll publish Xiong's marvelous TAKE A WALK WITH THE WIND at the end of the month. 3pm sharp, 33 East Broadway.
Great readings + cold beer in Unnameable Books' garden... come through!
You can now read an extract from Walter Siti's Paradise Overload in @grantamag.bsky.social! We'll publish Brian Robert Moore's translation of this Italian classic in 2026. granta.com/my-poor-pare...
Today marks the beginning of our 2025 auction for Elsewhere Editions! Bidding is open now and will close on Wednesday, June 25th, at 9pm ET. auction.archipelagobooks.org Em Kettner’s “The Comedian” Glazed porcelain tile in oil-sealed cherry frame 13x6x1 in
She is joyful, skeptical, sardonic. She has a passion for equality, and her ragtag crew of friends. Since the mid-60s, readers have been thinking alongside Mafalda, and finally, thanks to Frank Wynne’s translation, her world has been brought to English. Order your copy wherever books are sold!
Our Elsewhere Editions art auction is back again! This year, we’ve gathered a collection of artworks meant for both children and adults that share a spirit of play and wonder. Visit our site for a sneak peek of some of the works we’ll be auctioning. auction.archipelagobooks.org
Quino and Mafalda, 1984. 12 days til Volume I hits shelves.