Transit Books

Transit Books Transit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature, based in Oakland, California.

Join us for our biggest party of the year! We’re throwing an Edward Gorey–themed soirée on Friday, October 24, from 7 p....
07/15/2025

Join us for our biggest party of the year! We’re throwing an Edward Gorey–themed soirée on Friday, October 24, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at .berkeley in Berkeley to celebrate Transit’s 10th anniversary.

We’re drawing our party theme from 🕰️ The Very Fine Clock 🕰️ , written by Muriel Spark and illustrated by Gorey himself, coming from this fall. Gorey-inspired dresswear is encouraged: Edwardian costume, fur coats, top hats, fascinators, or something that’s been calling in your closet. 

Help us secure our next 10 years as a Bay Area literary institution, eat and drink among friends, and enjoy Gorey tarot readings, a book apothecary, special edition merch (only available for one night), a prize for best costume, and more. Your support will allow us to publish 25 new books in the next 18 months and put more international literature in our libraries, bookstores, and classrooms. ⛵ 📚 🌎

Space is limited—reserve your tickets now using the link in our bio. We can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🦇 🔮 🍻

☀️An excerpt from Jon Fosse’s VAIM (tr. Damion Searls) in the July issue of ☀️“So, I said, well here we are, I said, and...
07/10/2025

☀️An excerpt from Jon Fosse’s VAIM (tr. Damion Searls) in the July issue of ☀️

“So, I said, well here we are, I said, and I ran my fingers through my beard, my graying beard, I wasn’t young anymore, no, but I wasn’t an old man either, it would probably be fair to say aging, yes, an aging man, neither more nor less, and it was about time I stopped taking these little sprees to Bjørgvin…”

Links to the full excerpt in Harper’s and to preorder your copy of VAIM in bio 🔗

Bay Area Book Festival! 👋
06/01/2025

Bay Area Book Festival! 👋

Thank you to this rockstar crew, , .kwon, Dodie Bellamy, and our own , and to everyone who came out for our Bay Area Boo...
06/01/2025

Thank you to this rockstar crew, , .kwon, Dodie Bellamy, and our own , and to everyone who came out for our Bay Area Book Fest bash with at Transit HQ! 🎉🎉🎉 See you Sunday at the festival!

AWP, we’re at Booth 908! Come say 👋
03/27/2025

AWP, we’re at Booth 908! Come say 👋

A packed house for and Rebecca Solnit at ! 💚 Thank you to everyone who came out and to our dear friends for hosting a w...
02/09/2025

A packed house for and Rebecca Solnit at ! 💚 Thank you to everyone who came out and to our dear friends for hosting a wonderful conversation✨

Our guy Stanley Tucci repping Fosse in the NYT’s By the Book, talking Aliss at the Fire with Septology on deck✨✨✨“The st...
11/02/2024

Our guy Stanley Tucci repping Fosse in the NYT’s By the Book, talking Aliss at the Fire with Septology on deck✨✨✨

“The stream of consciousness that doubles back on itself again and again yet keeps moving forward; the brilliant repetition that never becomes redundant, creating a rhythm all its own; the melding of characters, time and place are poetic.”

What a lovely evening with and ! 💐💐💐 Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of THE WILDERNESS, Ayşe...
10/23/2024

What a lovely evening with and ! 💐💐💐 Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of THE WILDERNESS, Ayşegül’s deeply felt chronicle into the wilderness of the first forty days of new motherhood.

✨ Ayşegül Savaş in the Bay! ✨ First stop , signing books at Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s desk, with legendary book buyer Paul...
10/22/2024

✨ Ayşegül Savaş in the Bay! ✨ First stop , signing books at Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s desk, with legendary book buyer Paul Yamazaki ❤️

Join us Tuesday (10/22) @ 7pm to launch THE WILDERNESS at Transit HQ, with and . We’ve opened up a few more tickets, if you still haven’t registered!

Repping rain or shine at the Brooklyn Book Festival ☔️⛵️We’re at Booth 422 with new books in ziplock bags, old favorites...
09/29/2024

Repping rain or shine at the Brooklyn Book Festival ☔️⛵️We’re at Booth 422 with new books in ziplock bags, old favorites in ziplock bags, and some limited edition hats just braving the weather—come say hi!

🏅✨Yesterday Transit received the NCBA Groundbreaker Award at the Northern California Book Awards🏅✨We’re so honored to be...
09/08/2024

🏅✨Yesterday Transit received the NCBA Groundbreaker Award at the Northern California Book Awards🏅✨We’re so honored to be recognized by our amazing community. Thank you to the for hosting such a lovely celebration and to the Northern California Book Reviewers for recognizing the vitality of international literature in the Bay and beyond ⛵️📚♥️

The New York Times includes Jon Fosse’s SEPTOLOGY (tr. Damion Searls) in its Best 100 Books of the 21st Century! ✨“This ...
07/09/2024

The New York Times includes Jon Fosse’s SEPTOLOGY (tr. Damion Searls) in its Best 100 Books of the 21st Century! ✨

“This Norwegian masterpiece, by the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, is the kind of soul-cleansing work that seems to silence the cacophony of the modern world — a pair of noise-canceling headphones in book form.”

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