Loading…
Venue: Telegraph Hill Books clear filter
arrow_back View All Dates
Friday, October 23
 

7:00pm PDT

Carolina Pihelgas: The Cut Line
Friday October 23, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Telegraph Hill Books
Buy Tickets/RSVP
FREE, $10–15 suggested donation

Part of Words Around the World
Sponsored by Center for the Art of Translation

Poet, author, translator, and editor Carolina Pihelgas is a leading literary figure in her home country of Estonia. Now, with The Cut Line, translated by Darcy Hurford, Pihelgas’s “extraordinary” (Estonian Literary Magazine) prose writing is available to English readers for the first time. In fewer than 100 pages, Pihelgas takes readers to a near-future Estonian countryside, plagued by the effects of climate change and poised for an impending conflict. These hints of future violence recall the protagonist’s own troubled history, even as she attempts to find serenity and order in the rhythms of nature and simple work. Joining Pihelgas in conversation is Sasha Vasilyuk, award-winning author of the novel Your Presence Is Mandatory. Doors at 6:30pm.


Moderators
avatar for Sasha Vasilyuk

Sasha Vasilyuk

Sasha Vasilyuk is a journalist and author of a debut novel, Your Presence Is Mandatory (Bloomsbury), winner of the California Book Award and the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. It has been translated into seven languages. Her nonfiction has been published in the New York T... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Carolina Pihelgas

Carolina Pihelgas

Carolina Pihelgas is an Estonian writer, poet, translator, and editor. Her collection of prose poems Valgus kivi sees ('The Light Within the Stone', 2019) received the Estonian Cultural Endowment Award for the best poetry book of the year. In 2020, she was appointed Tartu’s Cit... Read More →
Friday October 23, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Telegraph Hill Books 1501 Grant Ave, San Francisco
  Words Around the World, FREE
 

Get help with the event

Contact event planner Event login
View support guides Find upcoming events
Create an event you'd love to attend!
Explore why organizers choose Sched • Success stories
Event App • Event scheduling • Event registration • Event ticketing • Sched forms • Call for papers • Badges • Conferences
© 2026. SCHED LLC - All rights reserved - Helping events since 2008
Conference Scheduling App • Privacy • Terms
Share Modal

Share this link via

Or copy link

Filter sessions
Apply filters to sessions.
Filtered by Date - 
Clear filter
Thursday, September 10
Saturday, September 12
Thursday, September 17
Wednesday, September 23
Sunday, September 27
Sunday, October 4
Tuesday, October 6
Thursday, October 8
Friday, October 9
Saturday, October 10
Sunday, October 11
Tuesday, October 13
Wednesday, October 14
Thursday, October 15
Friday, October 16
Saturday, October 17
Sunday, October 18
Monday, October 19
Tuesday, October 20
Wednesday, October 21
Thursday, October 22
Friday, October 23
Saturday, October 24
Sunday, November 8
Monday, November 9
Tuesday, November 10
Thursday, November 12
Wednesday, November 18
Tuesday, December 1
Thursday, December 10
Wednesday, January 6
447 Minna
524 Union
American Bookbinders Museum
Arc Gallery
BATS Improv Theatre
Book Club of California
Book Society
Calvary Presbyterian
Chapter 510
City Lights
Clio’s
Decentered Arts
Et al.
First Presbyterian Church of Oakland Fellowship Hall
Galeria de la Raza
Gilman Brewing
GLBT Historical Society
Grace Cathedral
Gray Area Theater
Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens
Green Apple Books on the Park
JCC East Bay Community Campus
JCCSF Kanbar Hall
KALW
Kerouac Alley
KQED Commons
La Reyna Bakery
Make-Out Room
Marcus Books
Mechanics’ Institute
Medicine for Nightmares
Mrs. Dalloway's
Multiple Locations
Museum of the African Diaspora
Nosh Box
Oakstop California Ballroom
Omnivore Books on Food
Page Street Co-Writing
Pegasus Books
Roxie Theater
San Francisco Maritime Museum
Sausalito Books by the Bay
SFPL Haight Branch
SFPL Main Branch
SFPL Main Branch, Koret Auditorium
St. Joseph’s Art Society
Sydney Goldstein Theater
Telegraph Hill Books
The Community Room, Sports Basement Berkeley
The Crown
The Drawing Room: Annex
The Lost Church
The Stud
The Treeline, Sports Basement Bryant
Vintage Berkeley Wine Shop
Vogue Theater
Warfield Commons
YBCA Screening Room
  • Comics/Graphic Novels
  • Fiction
  • Film Screening
  • Food
  • Kidquake
  • Litquake Out Loud
  • Music
  • Nonfiction
  • Party
  • Performance
  • Poetry
  • Sci-fi / Fantasy / Horror
  • Storytelling/Memoir
  • Words Around the World
  • Writers Weekend
  • Age Limit
  • 21+
  • City
  • Berkeley
  • Marin
  • Oakland
  • San Francisco