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Head to the @skirball_la for a day-long, intergenerational celebration of Indigenous and Jewish languages and cultures featuring insightful panel discussions, activities and games, and poetry, music, and performance.

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We're thrilled to announce that THE BOOK CENSOR'S LIBRARY has been selected as one of @time's 100 must-read books of 2024!

Congratulations to @bothayna_alessa, @ranyarahman, and @sawad18 on the continued success of the book!

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Coming soon: two of our award-winning books on audio!!!

This December, we are excited to welcome the audiobook versions of two dystopian novels that grapple with censorship and extreme right ideologies. These audiobooks are beautifully narrated by C

You can now read David B. Green's interview with Yishai Sarid at Haaretz!

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In a near-future Jerusalem, harrowing omens plague the city: a desecrated altar, an unbearable stench, a rampant famine. Shaken but devout, Jonathan, the royal f

Check out Praveen Herat's (@praveen_herat_) new interview with @worldlittoday (link in bio) where he talks about his debut novel with Michelle Johnson!

BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT is a breathtaking exploration of power, identity, unconditional l

Restless Books wishes you a Happy Halloween!

Don’t forget to pick up your copy of John the Skeleton and check out the interview with author @TriinuLaan and translator Adam Cullen, now available on our website (link in bio)!

“I hope tha

Don’t let the spooky season end without reading Eduardo Sangarcía’s THE TRIAL OF ANNA THALBERG!

“A merciless chronicle of witchcraft trials that is more than a mere testimony of the times: it is also a trial of the violence

Join @sejalshahwrites for a reading of her work at @amherstcollege today at 7 pm!

Location: CHI Think Tank (Lyceum 101), 197 South Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA

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We are thrilled to announce the four finalists for the 2024 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing in Fiction!

🎉 Congratulations to Annesha Mitha (@anneshamitha) 🎉
🎉 Congratulations to Sofi Stambo (@sofistambo) 🎉
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Happy pub day to JOHN THE SKELETON by Triinu Laan, with illustrations from @larjamiisa and translated from the Estonian by @merevesi!

Start spooky season right with this story about a newly retired classroom skeleton whose life is just beginning!

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Announcing the Finalist for the 2024 Restless Books New Immigrant Writing Prize in Fiction

The South Estonian Touch: Translating JOHN THE SKELETON from Estonian and Võro

Jon Cho-Polizzi Wins 2024 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize

THE MAROONS: From Silenced to Revived

by Shanta Lee
The Maroons, a novel silenced 180 years ago, in 1844, has adopted our time—the year 2024—as its new era. The book—and the occasion—calls to mind these oft-quoted words, reiterated by Lucille Clifton: “I come to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.”