New Vessel Press

New Vessel Press New Vessel Press is an independent publisher devoted to fiction and narrative nonfiction in translation. And hence our name.

New Vessel Press, founded in New York City in 2012, is an independent publishing house specializing in fiction and narrative nonfiction in translation. In bringing books from other countries to English-speaking readers, we offer captivating, thought-provoking works with beautifully-designed covers and high production values. We scour the globe looking for the best stories, knowing that only a frac

tion of the books published in the United States each year are translations. That leaves a lot of great literature still to be discovered. At New Vessel Press, we believe that knowledge of a multitude of cultures and literatures enriches our lives by offering passageways to understand and embrace the world. We also regard literary translation as both craft and art, enabling us to traverse borders and open minds. We are committed to books that offer erudition and enjoyment, that stimulate and scintillate, that transform and transport. And of course, what matters most is not where the authors hail from, or what language they write in. The most important thing is the quality of the work itself. We publish great books, just in a new vessel. Our books have received a wide array of accolades from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal to The New Yorker and O, The Oprah Magazine. We look forward to bringing the world’s great literature to ever more readers.

THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER is a FINALIST for the National Book Foundation's National Book Award for Translated Literature. C...
10/07/2025

THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER is a FINALIST for the National Book Foundation's National Book Award for Translated Literature. Congratulations to author Anjet Daanje and translator David McKay. This is a monumental novel of European history and the pains of profound love intertwined with the role of photography in forging personal and communal memory.
https://www.nationalbook.org/books/the-remembered-soldier/

10/05/2025
Join author Maya Arad and novelist Tova Mirvis for a discussion this evening of Arad's novel HAPPY NEW YEARS at Newtonvi...
09/30/2025

Join author Maya Arad and novelist Tova Mirvis for a discussion this evening of 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, blind spots, aspirations, and omissions . . . captivating and deeply moving.”

https://www.newtonvillebooks.com/event/maya-arad-happy-new-years-w-tova-mirvis

09/29/2025

Our annual interview series for the National Book Award for Translated Literature is back! We spoke to author Anjet Daanje and translator David McKay about their longlisted book THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER. Translated from the Dutch, the novel follows Amand, a soldier who has lost his memory after the Great War. Upon his return home, he must confront his new reality and figure out if his wife, Julienne, is really who she claims to be.

Daanje and McKay share the motivations for writing this book, the challenges of translation, and the importance of historical accuracy. Check out the full interview at the link here: https://buff.ly/o6Ji8C9

Support Words Without Borders by purchasing this book through Bookshop.org: https://buff.ly/tgCWjY6

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THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, longlisted for the National Book Foundation's National Book Award for Translation, is featured i...
09/29/2025

THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, longlisted for the National Book Foundation's National Book Award for Translation, is featured in Words Without Borders, with interviews of author Anjet Daanje and translator David McKay. When he first read the novel in Dutch, McKay says he "was bowled over by just about every facet of it: the bold, unique style, the complex characters, the compelling storyline, the powerful images and emotions, the thought-provoking themes, and the meticulous historical setting."

https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2025-09/the-national-book-award-interviews-anjet-daanje-and-david-mckay/

Just as the Jewish new year arrives, here's a stirring novel about female friendship, the perils of self-deception, and ...
09/22/2025

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 Jessica Cohen. https://newvesselpress.com/books/happy-new-years/

What a glorious day at the Brooklyn Book Festival, meeting so many New Vessel Press readers face-to-face and hand-sellin...
09/21/2025

What a glorious day at the Brooklyn Book Festival, meeting so many New Vessel Press readers face-to-face and hand-selling hundreds of our books!

Please join HAPPY NEW YEARS author Maya Arad in a free, online event where she talks with Hadassah Magazine Executive Ed...
09/17/2025

Please join HAPPY NEW YEARS author Maya Arad in a free, online event where she talks with Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein about her new novel and the experiences of Israeli expatriates in America today. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. ET. Click below to register.

September 18 | 7 PM ET

Published today: A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls in Brazilian summer an...
09/16/2025

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. Writings by Machado de Assis, Mário de Andrade, Clarice Lispector, Paulo Coelho, Rubem Braga, Victor Heringer, Bruna Dantas Lobato and more. Cover design by Sandra Javera.

https://newvesselpress.com/books/very-brazilian-christmas/

Huge thanks to Atlantic magazine staff writer Gal Beckerman for yesterday's insightful discussion of Maya Arad's novel H...
09/10/2025

Huge thanks to Atlantic magazine staff writer Gal Beckerman for yesterday's insightful discussion of Maya Arad's novel HAPPY NEW YEARS—a book about an Israeli emigrant's heartaches, hopes, and dreams—translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen, at Barnes & Noble on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062190472-0

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