COMPANY: CORPUS Books
NAME: Gayane Arutyunyan
POSITION: Foreign rights director
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WEB: https://www.corpus.ru/
PROFILE: Corpus Books was established in December 2008 by a professional editorial team headed by Varya Gornostaeva and Serguei Parkhomenko whom the Russian publishing market knows well for their longterm and fruitful work as founding editors of Inostranka and Colibri Publishers. Being one of the imprints of AST Publishing Group, a major book publishing company in Russia and CIS countries, Corpus Books has an independent publishing programme focused on translated fiction and various non-fiction genres, both translated and originals in Russian. Among book series and stand-alone projects of Corpus Books the following are worth mentioning:
· contemporary literary fiction representing a variety of genres from up-market novels to detective stories, from thrillers to women’s prose;
· classics of the world literature in best translations performed by outstanding professionals in the traditions of the deservedly famous Russian school of translation.
The interests of Corpus Books extend over various non-fiction categories as well, including biography, history, documentaries, science and technology, politics, social anthropology, life style, cookery, popular psychology, medicine, current affairs. Corpus Books are planning to invest much effort into finding and promoting new contemporary authors working in a large spectrum of literary and journalistic genres. Each year CORPUS books issues 90-100 books.
TRANSLATED BOOKS: Most of our titles are translated. Corpus Books is the publisher of Jonathan Franzen, Umberto Eco, Michael Cunningham, Michel Houellbecq, Salman Rushdie, Roberto Bolano, Martin Amis, Philip Roth, Richard Dawkins, Eric Kandel and many other brilliant authors.
CATALAN AUTHORS PUBLISHED: Albert Sánchez Piñol
FOCUS: We are highly interested in publishing translated fiction and non-fiction, widening of our contacts with the foreign publishers and literary agents, establishing long-term business realtionships.
COMPANY: Daunt Books Publishing
NAME: Željka Marosevic
POSITION: Co-Publisher: responsible for acquiring and editing titles, as well as running the company and overseeing sales, publicity and marketing.
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WEB: http://www.dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/
PROFILE: Founded in 2010 Daunt Books Publishing is an independent publisher dedicated to publishing brilliant works by exceptional authors from around the world. Whether reissuing beautiful new editions of lost classics, or introducing fresh literary voices, we’re drawn to writing that evokes a strong sense of place – novels, short stories, memoirs, travel accounts in English and in translation. Our authors include classic writers such as Virginia Woolf, Merce Rodoreda and Mark Twain, contemporary writers such as Patrick Modiano, Vivian Gornick and Laura Van Den Berg, and we are well-known for bringing new attention and audiences to undervalued authors in translation, such as Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Jiri Weil and Christa Wolf. Our authors have won prizes including the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize and BBC National Short Story Award. We publish 10-12 titles a year and our publisher is part of Daunt Bookshops, which is the leading and most influential chain of independent bookshops in the country. We are part of the Independent Alliance, a network of independent publishers that includes Faber & Faber, Granta and Profile Books.
TRANSLATED BOOKS: Jiri Weil, Stefan Heym, Christa Wolf, Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Machado de Assis, Merce Rodoreda, Patrick Modiano and Junichiro Tanizaki (forthcoming)
CATALAN AUTHORS PUBLISHED: Merce Rodoreda
FOCUS: My focus of interest is literary fiction and non-fiction in English and in translation. In translation, I look for books which evoke the atmosphere of place, written by strong and fresh literary voices. I am looking for new and emerging authors for our list who we can publish over their careers and make a name for in the UK. As well as this, I’m interested in lost classics that can be revived in the UK, so readers can rediscover significant but forgotten authors. In particular, I’m very keen to discover and publish female authors who were not celebrated enough in their lifetimes or were never read by English readers. We have had great success in championing authors such as Madeleine Bourdouxhe, or bringing a classic Catalan author like Merce Rodoreda to a British audience. At present, we are hoping to grow our number of original translations and I am looking for books that we could match with a translator, to bring into English for the first time.
COMPANY: HarperCollins Holland
NAME: Lisanne Mathijssen
POSITION: I am commissioning editor fiction and non-fiction. I am responsible for bringing in new books and authors, evaluation and negotiation of foreign and local manuscripts, for author management, positioning of authors, development of new publishing plans, all communication with scouts, agents and foreign publishing houses, the full editing process and overseeing title budgets.
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WEB: www.harpercollins.nl
PROFILE: HarperCollins Publishers is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 18 countries and in over 30 languages. With nearly two hundred years of history and more than 65 unique imprints around the world, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. HarperCollins Holland is the Dutch branch office of HarperCollins Publishers. The HC offices have very different profiles all over the world, because they are shaped by what their local editors acquire. I was recruited with the purpose of extending the focus of HarperCollins Holland to upmarket and literary fiction, which has quickly granted us a prominent place in the Dutch literary world. At HarperCollins Holland we publish a broad mix of genres and authors in the areas of general, literary and commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction. With this focus we are now the fastest-growing and most successful HarperCollins branch outside of the UK and US. The Dutch offices have 32 employees and we publish around 130 titles a year.
TRANSLATED BOOKS: Among many others: Alicia Kopf - Germà de Gel (new Catalan acquisition), Dörte Hansen - Altes Land (5000 copies sold, chosen as bookclub book by biggest national book club), Pierre Jarawan - Am Ende Bleiben die Zedern (24.000 copies sold, 10 weeks and counting in bestseller lists), Jeroen Windmeijer - Het Pauluslabyrint (12.000 copies sold, 5 weeks and counting in bestseller lists), Andrea C. Hoffmann - Das Mädchen das den IS besiegte (21.000 copies sold), Andrea C. Hoffmann - Die Hölle von Innen Marieke Nijkamp - 54 Minuten (10.000 copies sold, almost a year in YA bestseller lists), Federico Axat - La Ultima Salida (sold in 35 countries, great reviews), Deborah Lipstadt - History on Trial (great reviews), Petra Hülsmann - Hummeln Im Herzen Keith Stuart, A Boy Made of Blocks by Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays by Wendy Walker, All Is Not Forgotten by Winnie Li, Dark Chapter by Jess Kidd, Himself by Marina Heib, Drei Meter Unter Null by Christine Féret-Fleury, La Fille Qui Lisait Dans le Metro by Clare Fisher, All the Good Things by Arun Gandhi, The Gift of Anger by Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things by Maude Julien, Derriere la grille by Ludwig Benjamin - Ginny Moon
CATALAN AUTHORS PUBLISHED: Alicia Kopf - Germà de Gel. Two collaborations with Pontas Agency: Federico Axat - La Ultima Salida and Winnie Li - Dark Chapter
FOCUS: My focus in fiction is quite broad, ranging from literary and upmarket to commercial. The reason for that is twofold. Traditionally, the greater part of HarperCollins Holland publishing was general and commercial fiction. On the contrary, my background has a strong literary focus: I studied Literature and Editorship and worked at literary publishing house Prometheus. I was recruited with the purpose of extending the focus of HarperCollins Holland to more upmarket and literary fiction.
My focus in non-fiction is quite specific: narrative non-fiction with a personal touch. We decided to launch a non-fiction list, as we saw many opportunities in this genre in Holland. We are therefore the only HarperCollins branch outside of the US and the UK that is building a non-fiction list. Moreover, I write in this genre myself, so I know the market and the needs of the authors I acquire. (http:// www.atlascontact.nl/auteur/lisanne-mathijssen/)
My heart warms for debutants that show literary competence, who write as if they have always done it, with a fresh voice and a good story. But I never lose sight of the commercial aspect of publishing: stories need to be told, but they also need to be sold. Therefore, I am always looking for well written, smart stories with commercial appeal. I don't shy away from clever psychological suspense either and I like a good time-slip story now and then.
COMPANY: HENA COM
NAME: Ana Hadžić
POSITION: Editor of foreign literature
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WEB: www.hena-com.hr
PROFILE: Hena com publishing house has been active since 1991. In the past two decades we have published more than 600 titles mainly of prominent Croatian and international fiction authors, but also non-fiction, co-productions and childeren's literature. Careful author and title selection have earned us recognizability on the local market, along with reader loyalty. In the last few years we have been focused exclusively on literary fiction; publishing about 35 titles per year: 20 translations (mainy from smaller european languages and Spanish, Italian and Turkish) and 15 Croatian and regional titles. Our list of authors includes some of the most significant Croatian and foreign contemporary writers and modern classics such as M. Murgia, H. Kang, A. Neuman, E. Kishon, B. Hrabal, U. Eco, A. Oz, and Tena Stivicic, Ante Tomic. Hena com has also been a pioneer in popularisation and publishing of Turkish novels in Croatia (E. Shafak, A. Tunç, L. Ebril, A. Ağaoğlu, O. Kemal).
TRANSLATED BOOKS: Hena com has translated over 300 authors through 20 years in publishing. Recent translated authors can be viewed on: http://hena-com.hr/knjige/prodaja-knjiga/beletristika-strana
CATALAN AUTHORS PUBLISHED: Carme Riera, La meitat de l'ànima (Polovica duše, 2016), Nuria Amat, Amor i guerra (Ljubav i rat, 2016), Maria Àngels Anglada, El violi d'Auschwitz (Violina iz Auschwitza, 2017), Rafel Nadal, La maledicció dels Palmisano (Prokletstvo Palmisanovih, to be published in 2017), Toni Sala, Els nois (Dječaci, to be published in 2018), All of them translated by Boris Dumancic.
FOCUS: My main professional focus of interest is contemporary literature, building a quality literary fiction programe as an editor, which totals about 25-30 foreign titles per year, within Hena com publishing house. I collaborate with agents, translators and fundations in order to secure an imprint focused on mainly European, not yet translated authors, but also some acclaimed African, Canadian and Asian writers. The importance of the circulation of culture is why I have organized many visits of foreign authors to Zagreb. Croatia is currently at an all time low regarding book sales and it is a challenging task to find subsidies and funding for each and every foriegn title we publish. I have sucessfully been allocating funds for our publications and this is also how I started collaborating with Ramon Llull.
COMPANY: Éditions Jacqueline Chambon
NAME: David Gressot
POSITION: Publisher at Éditions Jacqueline Chambon (Actes Sud)
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WEB: http://www.actes-sud.fr/departement/jacqueline-chambon
PROFILE: 2017 marks the celebration of Éditions Jacqueline Chambon's 30th anniversary. 30 years of foreign literature of fiction, with a focus on German and Catalan authors. Our guideline is the publication of original voices. We publish both general fiction, crime fiction, mystery novels as well as historical crime fiction. Our policy is to follow authors and publish all their books as far as we can. We publish between 15 to 18 books per year.
TRANSLATED BOOKS: Elfriede Jelinek; Alain Claude Sulzer; Michael Köhlmeier; Eduard von Keyserling; Alex Berg; José Carlos Llop; Ricardo Menéndez Salmón; Matéi Visniec; Andréï Biely; Ivan A. Bounine; Anatoli Kim; Lily Tuck; Kathryn Stockett; Nicola Barker; Martha Baillie, and many more…
CATALAN AUTHORS PUBLISHED: Sergi Pámies; Quim Monzó; Ramon Solsona; Miquel Llor; Gabriel Galmès; Juan Perucho; Josep Pla; Mercè Rodoreda; Ferran Torrent; Francesc Trabal…
FOCUS: Foreign Literature of fiction.
COMPANY: Modan - Keter
NAME: Cohen Barak Diana Ornit
POSITION: Editorial Director and Modan's Literary Series Editor
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WEB: WWW.modan.co.il www.keter-books.co.il
PROFILE: Modan Publishing House, established in 1970, is among Israel’s three largest publishing houses. Our catalog is comprised of 7,000 titles spanning all main genres, and every year 300 new titles are added. On August 2016 Modan Publishing House bought 100% shares of Keter Books and by that major acquisition became Israel’s biggest publishing house. Under the new construction Modan and Keter will continue to operate as two independent publishers that will share the same facilities, marketing and production departments. Few key management people will act on behalf of both publishers. Modan and Keter are long established and successful publishes, home to many distinguished authors from Israel and the world. The Modan Group Modan Publishing House is part of the Modan Group of Companies, a well established family business spanning the fields of Publishing, Technology and Retail. It is among the three owners of Tzomet – the second largest bookstore chain in Israel, with 95 stores nationwide. In addition, the Modan Group wholly owns the largest Computer and IT retail network in Israel – BUG MultiSystem (www.bug.co.il) with 76 stores in prime locations nationwide. Modan is considered a leading house in the fields of translated fiction, YA children books and cook books. Keter is known for its prestigious list of prominent Israeli and international authors for adults and children. Associated Publishing Houses Modan owns 50% of the following publishing houses: Xargol Books (publishers of Mo Yan, Federico Garcia Lorca, Amitav Ghosh, Wislawa Szymborska, Maya Arad); Arie Nir Publishing House (publishers of Scott Turow, Thomas Friedman and others); Ocean Publishing House (who specializes in new translations of children’s classics); Armchair Publishing House; Karpad Publishing House and Agur Books. Literary Fiction Modan and Keter are known for their quality of original and translated fiction and non-fiction
TRANSLATED BOOKS: Modan Donna Tartt, Cormac McCarthy, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Javier Marias, Louise Erdrich, Garth Risk Hallberg, Anthony Doerr, Milena Busquets, Kristin Hannah, Joël Dicker, Jeffrey Eugenides, Julian Barnes, Philip Meyer, Georges Simenon, Stefan Zweig, Zadie Smith, and Rachel Cusk Keter Original fiction: Amos Oz, Zeruya Shalev, Sayed Kashua, Tom Segev, D.A Mishani, Uri Orlev Translated fiction: Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, Truman Capote, W.G Sebald, Banana Yoshimoto, Herman Koch, Raymond Chandler, Nathan Englander, Per Petterson, Howard Jacobson, Paolo Giordano, Hisham Matar, Ismail Kadare, George Saunders Nonfiction Modan Peter Thiel, Chris Anderson, Alexandra Fuller, Michael Pollan ,Walter Isaacson, Max Hastings, Laura Hillenbrand, Deepak Chopra. Keter Ken Robinson, Robin Sharma, Carlo Rovelli, Claude Lanzman and Eva Illouz Commercial Fiction Modan Stephanie Meyer, Ken Follett, John Irving, Jeffery Archer, Lisa See, Paullina Simons, Jennifer Weiner and Kim Edwards. Crime: Stieg Larsson, Dan Brown, Stephen King, John Grisham, Michael Connelly, Camilla Lackberg, Joel Dicker, Tom Clancy, David Baldacci, James Patterson, James Rollins, Giorgio Faletti, Ruth Ware and Clive Cussler. Keter- Judy Blume, Jonas Jonasson, Paula Hawkins, S. J. Watson, John Verdon, Tom Rob Smith, Debbie Macomber, David Foankinos and Muriel Barbery Children and Young Adults Modan Maurice Sendak, Arnold Lobel, Anthony Browne, Eric Carle, Lewis Caroll, and Gregory Maguire Keter Dr. Seuss, Tove Jansson, Lemony Snicket, Lois Lowry, Ransom Riggs, Brian Selznick, Robert Muchamore, Sabaa Tahir, Rick Yancey and Kazu Kibuishi