Restless Books is an

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located in

Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

. Restless publishes "international works of fiction, journalism, memoirs, travel writing, and illustrated books." The press published 15-20 titles a year, including authors

Ruth Ozeki Ruth Ozeki is an American-Canadian author, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. Her books and films, including the novels '' My Year of Meats'' (1998), '' All Over Creation'' (2003), '' A Tale for the Time Being'' (2013), and '' The Book of Form ...

, Lana Bastašić, Yishai Sarid, Andrea Chapela, Sachiko Kashiwaba,

Tash Aw Tash Aw, whose full name is Aw Ta-Shi (; born 4 October 1971) is a Malaysian writer living in London. Biography Born in 1971 in Taipei, Taiwan, to Malaysian parents, Tash Aw returned to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the age of two, and grew up t ...

, Chris Abani, Gabriela Wiener, and Giacomo Sartori. It includes the Yonder imprint for younger readers.

History

Restless Books was founded in 2013 by

Ilan Stavans Ilan Stavans (born Ilan Stavchansky on April 7, 1961) is a Mexican-American author and academic. He writes and speaks on American, Hispanic, and Jewish cultures. He is the author of ''Quixote'' (2015) and a contributor to the ''Norton Anthology ...

, Annette Hochstein, and Joshua Ellison as an international press.

Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing

Restless inaugurated the annual $10,000 Prize for New Immigrant Writing in 2016. The prize comes with a publication deal.

Winners of the New Immigrant Writing Prize

* 2016: Deepak Unnikrishnan for ''Temporary People'' * 2017: Grace Talusan for ''The Body Papers'' *2018: Priyanka A. Champaneri for ''The City of Good Death'' *2019: Rajiv Mohabir for ''Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir'' *2020:

Meron Hadero Meron Hadero is an Ethiopian-American writer. She was born in Addis Ababa. Career An immigrant to Germany residing in United States, she earned her degree in history from Princeton University, MFA from University of Michigan and JD from Yale ...

for ''A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times'' *2021: Ani Gjika for ''By Its Right Name''

References

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