⏰ Don't forget to join us this Sunday for IALA Off-the-Clock 2026! ⏰ Our annual virtual meet & greet is your chance to let us know what more you want to see from IALA and to make connections with other writers, translators, and readers within our global community. 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4gBUgdh

In Dana Mashoian Walrath's forthcoming haunting graphic narrative, The Book of Genocides, an award-winning writer, artist, and descendant of genocide survivors brings history’s darkest horrors to life, calling on us to remember, repair, and resist. 📖 Learn more and pre-order: bit.ly/4x9peiR

At IALA, we’re committed to building a global community of Armenian writers and translators, so on August 23, join us for IALA Off-the-Clock, our annual Members Meet & Greet! Register: bit.ly/4gBUgdh

IALA’s Yerevan Chapter, led by Angela Hassassian and Nazareth Seferian, is pleased to introduce Work-in-Progress Sessions—a dedicated space for creative writers and literary translators to develop and discuss projects. 🗓️ August 29, 2026 🕔 3:00 PM 📍 Impact Hub Yerevan 🔗 Register: tally.so/r/zxBZAE

A vivid portrait of trying to find home when two places are calling. 🧭 In Decoding the Hill of Dead Kings, Alex Vartan Gubbins paints a stunning portrait of a life lived between his two homelands: Michigan and Armenia. 📖 Learn more: bit.ly/3RPysS7

"My country’s fine. / The world is fine. / Yes, everything / ...it’s fine." Read IALA member @jeffire.bsky.social's latest poem, "Protocols" published in the 2026 Issue of the Sandy River Review. ✍ Check it out: bit.ly/3TVLdLw

⏰ TOMORROW! ⏰ Join IALA’s NYC Chapter and @hangingloosepress.bsky.social at 7 pm ET for an evening celebrating Armenian voices and literature at @bookculture.com LIC. 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4hGG17W

Congratulations to Tina Demirdjian on her new appointment as the 2026 Glendale Poet Laureate! ✨ When she’s not writing or serving as a IALA mentor, Tina is sharing her love of poetry and teaching with communities across Los Angeles.

You Must Become Field by Perla Kantarjian is a debut that moves with astonishing fluidity between English, Armenian, and Arabic to braid the 1915 Armenian Genocide with contemporary catastrophe. Learn more: bit.ly/4bIolVN

Join us on August 23 for IALA Off the Clock—our annual virtual Meet & Greet! 🕔 Wherever you are in the world, this is your chance to connect with fellow IALA community members, share what you're working on, and learn about our upcoming programming. Register: armenianliterary.org/off-the-cloc...

If you're in Massachusetts, stop by the Armenian Museum of America, where New York Times best-selling author @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social will discuss his novel, The Amateur, with IALA advisory board member @nancykric.bsky.social! 📚 The event takes place on August 11. Learn more: bit.ly/4xkAo3M

Celebrating The Amateur: Chris Bohjalian in Conversation with Nancy Kricorian — Armenian Museum of America

We pleased to announce we are hosting an evening of conversation with acclaimed novelist Chris Bohjalian and author Nancy Kricorian in celebration of the launch of Bohjalian's latest novel, The…

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"It’s been so long I can only half remember / the pain that lived in some strange world behind their eyes. // How the morning sun felt warmer on Sixth Avenue Beach." 🏖️ ☀️ Step back into time by reading Arman Kaymakcian's poem, "Bone and Sinew," published in AGBU magazine. Read here: bit.ly/4gd2iZP

Bone and Sinew

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📢 Are you a writer or translator with an interest in Armenian Literature? Then our grants might be what you’re looking for! IALA offers awards of up to $3,500 for creative writing and literary translation. Applications open on September 1! 📚 📍 Learn more: armenianliterary.org/grants/

Arakel dreams of traveling the Silk Road with his two best friends—until the Armenian Genocide tears his world apart. The Kaleidoscope of Destiny by Sarah Ignatius is a moving story of survival and the unexpected humanity that can emerge in history's darkest moments. 📚 Learn more: bit.ly/4fPOL9j

IALA’s New York City Chapter is pleased to invite you to a reading in celebration of Armenian voices, in collaboration with @hangingloosepress.bsky.social, at @bookculture.com. 🍎 🗓️ August 13, 2026 🕛 7:00 PM ET 📍 26-09 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY. Register here: bit.ly/4hGG17W

Meet @loriyeg.bsky.social, IALA mentee turned mentor and recipient of the 2024 IALA Creative Writing Grant! In addition to the incredible work Lori has done, she has several exciting publications on the horizon (mentioned in her bio). 🌟 Follow Lori to stay up to date on her work!

"What stays with me is the image of my father and this man, far from home and on opposite sides of history, sharing a cup of tea amid faded carpets and tarnished brass lamps." ☕ Read IALA 2025 Mentee E.C. Salibian's essay, "Rugs-N-Junk," published in MicroLit magazine. Check it out: bit.ly/3S4LECx

“Rugs-N-Junk” by E.C. Salibian — BIRCH BARK EDITING

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Congratulations to IALA advisory board member Jennifer Manoukian on the publication of her new book, Purist Pursuits: Language, Global Ideas, and the Creation of Western Armenian in the Ottoman Empire! Learn more: www.sup.org/books/middle...

Compelling and heartfelt, First Rule of Fire by Rebecca Gopoian follows three generations of the Gazarian family—from the Armenian Genocide to the 1980s—as they search for safety, love, and belonging across decades and continents. 📚 Learn more: bit.ly/4vJhSkA

"We’ve made it through dire circumstances by sticking together. But for this reason, we are also not very good at saying goodbye—even to fruit." 🍒 🫙 Read IALA 2025 mentee Mariam Vahradyan's latest essay in @saveur.com, "Sour Cherries and the Trouble With Letting Go." Check it out: bit.ly/4w5yELL

Sour Cherries and the Trouble With Letting Go

In this personal essay, one writer’s Armenian family has a hard time saying goodbye—even to summer’s ripe sour cherries.

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Check out this interview with IALA founder @okatrandjian.bsky.social and Alice Jolly for Oxford Review of Books. Katrandjian speaks with Jolly about her novel The Matchbox Girl. Read here: bit.ly/4fcxxCy

We Were None of Us Heroes

Olivia Katrandjian interviews Alice Jolly about her recent book, 'The Matchbox Girl'.

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Meet the 14 incredible authors serving as mentors in IALA’s 2026 Mentorship Program, donating their time to guide our new cohort of mentees! 💫 Learn more about them here: armenianliterary.org/mentors-2026

We are excited to welcome the class of mentees for IALA's sixth annual Mentorship Program—which will run until August 31st, 2026—working on poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and literary translation! ✍️ Learn more: armenianliterary.org/mentees-2026/

In an effort to support our members enduring violence, loss and trauma, we present 4 voices of Lebanon: Nayiri Baboudjian, @leilaboukarim.bsky.social, Perla Kantarjian, & Hovsep Markarian. Read here: bit.ly/44hDsS4 📸: © Ara Oshagan, Nor Marash, Bourdj Hammoud, Beirut, from ‘displaced’ series, 2018

Pride Month is ending, but our commitment to celebrating queer Armenian literature continues year-round. 🌈 Watch recordings of our queer lit events—from panels and readings to workshops—on our YouTube, and stay tuned for another queer lit event this fall! 🏳️‍🌈🇦🇲 Watch here: tinyurl.com/mps2pysr

Check out IALA member Nyree Abrahamian's latest two poems published in The Seventh Wave, "When to Eat a Persimmon" and "Catching up after Pashinyan announces the removal of Ararat from Armenia’s entry stamp." 🇦🇲 Read here: bit.ly/4akaVi2

When to Eat a Persimmon • Catching up - Seventh Wave

Earth pocked by shrapnel / and fallen fruit. Heavy trees, intent / on still giving.

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Missed our Literary Lights 2026 event featuring Naira Kuzmich's posthumous novel Fearcatcher? 🎬 You can catch up by watching the full recording of the event on our YouTube channel! Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnQL...

Literary Lights 2026: Featuring Naira Kuzmich’s Fearcatcher

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🌟 Member Spotlight: Melineh Yemenidjian 🌟 From publishing her debut poetry collection, The Split Pomegranate (available on our Bookshop.org storefront 😉), to becoming nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Melineh shines from every angle. Check out her book: bit.ly/4b2mLh1

Mountains on Fire by Aram Yardumian is a noir thriller grounded in the historical facts of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, when a journalist starts questioning the supposed high treason and execution of two decorated war heroes. Learn more: bit.ly/4uJfMAH

📣 Call for Submissions! A new initiative founded by IALA advisory board member Raffi Wartanian, Quarter Tone Poets is seeking submissions for its forthcoming poetry anthology and contest! 🗓️ Deadline: July 1, 2026 🔗 Learn more: quartertonepoets.org/anthologycontest