Transit Books
Cart 0
Home Events Donate
Transit Children's Editions
All Books Undelivered Lectures Subscriptions Merch
About Submissions
Authors Translators
Cart 0
Home Books All Books Undelivered Lectures Subscriptions Merch About About Submissions Authors Authors Translators EventsDonate
Transit Books
Transit Children's Editions
Publishers Weekly Features Transit Books
Publishers Weekly Features Transit Books

Publishers Weekly sits down with Adam Z. Levy and Ashley Nelson Levy, founders of Transit Books.

Read More
Transit BooksDecember 3, 2016
Support Transit Books This Season
Support Transit Books This Season

Founding members receive early access to new books, ticketed events, and Transit swag.

Read More
Transit BooksOctober 29, 2016Founding Member, Donate, Transit Books
#ALTA39 Afterparty at E.M. Wolfman
#ALTA39 Afterparty at E.M. Wolfman

Transit Books hosts #ALTA39 afterparty at E.M. Wolfman Books on Saturday, October 8.

Read More
Transit BooksSeptember 19, 2016Transit Books
Guernica Interview with Transit Founders
Guernica Interview with Transit Founders

Adam Z. Levy and Ashley Nelson Levy on the power of literary translation to bridge cultural divides.

Read More
Translated FictionTransit BooksAugust 10, 2016Transit BooksTransit Books, Adam Z. Levy, Ashley Nelson Levy, Liza St. James, Guernica, Translated Literature
Transit Books Partners with Chapter 510
Transit Books Partners with Chapter 510

We're extremely pleased to announce that we'll be partnering with (the amazing!) Chapter 510 to share their space in Uptown Oakland.

Read More
Transit BooksJuly 22, 2016Chapter 510, The Department of Make Believe, Literary Oakland
Play for Voices
Play for Voices

Translated literature is taking the airwaves by storm, with a shiny new podcast from our friends at Play for Voices set to launch this fall.

Read More
Translated FictionTransit BooksFebruary 26, 2016Play for Voices, Words Without Borders, Transit Books, Podcasts
John Freeman Recommends Andrés Barba
John Freeman Recommends Andrés Barba

John Freeman calls Andrés Barba's "gorgeous" August, October one of the best books of 2015.

Read More
Translated Fiction, Spanish LiteratureTransit BooksDecember 5, 2015Andrés Barba, Transit Books, John Freeman, The Boston Globe, August October, Boston Globe, Lisa Dillman
Andrés Barba Interview in The Paris Review
Andrés Barba Interview in The Paris Review

"To my mind, the quintessential territory of literature is the private realm, the intimate world, the incommunicable." 

Read More
Spanish Literature, Translated FictionTransit BooksNovember 4, 2015Andrés Barba, august october, Jonathan Lee, The Paris Review, Transit Books, Lorin Stein, lisa dillman
Newer Older
Transit Books
2301 Telegraph Avenue,
Oakland, CA, 94612

Contact
Catalogs
Opportunities
Rights
Postscript
Press
Submissions
Donate

Transit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Copyright © Transit Books 2025