A Program Within Iska Press
Works in Translation
Iska Press publishes African writing carried into English by translators who work as closely with the text as the authors who wrote it. Translation here is not a side category — it is how some of our strongest titles reach readers at all.
Books in translation
The translators
Paul Roochnik
translator
Translator of Arabic and French literature. Translated Moussa Ould Ebnou’s The New Eve for Iska Press.
Marybeth Timmermann
translator
Literary translator from the French. Translated Moussa Ould Ebnou’s Barzakh: The Land In-Between for Iska Press.
Within the Iska Press family
Works in Translation is one of three editorial programs at Iska Press, alongside the African Folktales series and the New African Library imprint. Each carries its own editorial identity within a single, consistent house style.
Every translated title also appears in the Catalogue, where the Works in Translation filter gathers them, and its translator on the Authors page.
More translations are in development
French is the first language in active translation at Iska Press, with further languages under consideration as the list grows. For translation and territory rights enquiries, contact our rights team.
Translation rights enquiries