EVENT DETAILS
Join us in NYC on October 30th for a star-studded celebration of the power of global literature! WWB's annual gala is the literary event of the season, featuring a lively cocktail hour, stirring bilingual readings by WWB authors, and a delicious dinner in the company of our brilliant literary hosts. This year’s honorary chair is Elif Batuman, and the gala chair is David Drake, president of Crown Publishing Group. The event will be hosted by writer and translator Jeremy Tiang.
Presenting the 2024 WWB Gala Literary Hosts:
Mateo Askaripour
Anna Badkhen
Sean Gasper Bye
Vanessa Chan
Alexander Chee
Pol Guasch
Isabella Hammad
Wang Jiaxin
Raghu Karnad
Aruni Kashyap
Crystal Hana Kim
Eugene Lim
Daniel Loedel
Valeria Luiselli
Megan McDowell
Iman Mersal
Idra Novey
Allison Markin Powell
Emma Ramadan
Aaron Robertson
Yasmine Seale
Damion Searls
Yasmin Zaher
Jeffrey Zuckerman
With special thanks to our 2024 WWB Gala Champions:
Apple Books
Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation
The Cheney Agency
Hachette Book Group
HarperCollins
Ingram Content Group
Library of Arabic Literature
London Literary Scouting
Macmillan Publishers
Maria B. Campbell Associates
McNally Jackson Books
Penguin Random House
The Politics of Sexual Violence Initiative
The Santa Maddalena Foundation
Sheikh Zayed Book Award
Simon & Schuster
Susanna Lea Associates
United Talent Agency
And the 2024 WWB Gala Host Committee:
David Drake, Chair
Alessandro d'Ansembourg
Mina Hamedi
Jenny Staff Johnson
Alane Salierno Mason
Maaza Mengiste
Tara Parsons
Kalpana Raina
Chantal Restivo-Alessi
Samantha Schnee
Rebecca Servadio
Agnes Ahlander Turner
Anthony & Margo Viscusi
Stay tuned for more details about our featured readers. If you will be attending the gala and require accessibility accommodations, please let us know as soon as possible at [email protected].
If you'd like to make a donation to the gala, you can use the "Make a Donation" field below or mail a check made out to Words Without Borders to the WWB office:
Words Without Borders
147 Prince Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
For any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].