Lords of Misrule: 20 Years of Saturnalia Books
The Bright Invisible
Michael Robins
This We in the Back of the House
Jacob Sunderlin
Dolore Minimo
Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto
Translated by Gabriella Fee and Dora Malech
Saturnalia Updates and News
We’re thrilled to announce the winner of our 2022 Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize: Cutting the Stems, written by Virginie Lalucq and co-translated from French by Céline Bourhis and Claire McQuerry.
We read many amazing manuscripts and are grateful to everyone who shared their work with us. A special congratulations goes to our finalists: Susan Afterman (work translated by Linda Zisquit), Gabriela Aguirre (work translated by Laura Cesarco Eglin), and Lidija Dimkovska.
Our spring books have arrived! Visit the Bookshop for Michael Robins’ The Bright Invisible, Jacob Sunderlin’s This We in the Back of the House and Giovanna Cristina Vivinetto’s Dolore Minimo, translated by Gabriella Fee and Dora Malech.
We are ecstatic to announce the winners of our 2022 poetry contest!
- Jared Stanley | So Tough | Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, selected by Roberto Tejada
- Andrea Jurjević | In Another Country | Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, selected by Roberto Tejada
- Travis Mossotti | Apocryphal Genesis | Alma Book Award
- Katy Lederer | The Engineers | Alma Book Award
As always, we read countless amazing manuscripts and we are so grateful to everyone who trusted us with their work. A special congratulations goes to our finalists: Christopher Brunt, Brian Clifton, Sara Akant, Nancy Miller Gomez, Gabriel Gudding, Makmak Faunlagui, Michael Chang, Dorothy Chan, Lance Larsen, Philip Schaefer, Stephanie Brown and Aerik Francis.