British Publishers who Publish Work in Translation

Updated December 2008

English Pen has made every attempt to ensure that the information in the list is complete and up to date: English Pen bears no responsibility for any omissions or inaccuracies. Please note that the list is neither exhaustive nor prescriptive. Inclusion in the list is by way of information only and does not necessarily constitute an endorsement by English Pen.

Aflame Books

Aflame Books is a new publisher focusing on fiction from Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

Aflame Books

Kelsey Cottage

2 The Green

Laverstock

Wiltshire SP1 1QS

Tel: 44 1722 421522

Richard@aflamebooks.com

Alma Books

Publishing between twenty to thirty titles a year, mainly in the field of contemporary literary fiction, Alma takes sixty per cent of its titles from English-language originals, while the rest are translations from other European languages. Alma is in the process of acquiring the Calder list.

Alma Books Ltd
London House
243-253 Lower Mortlake Road
Richmond

Surrey TW9 2LL
Tel: 44 20 8948 9550
Fax: 44 20 8948 5599
info@almabooks.com

http://www.almabooks.co.uk

Anvil Press

Founded in 1968 by Peter Jay and now based in Greenwich, south-east London, Anvil Press is England's longest-standing independent poetry publisher. Anvil specialises in contemporary English poets, with a leavening of Irish and American, and in a range of translated poetry, from ancient classics to modern and contemporary poets.

Anvil Press Poetry Ltd
Neptune House
70 Royal Hill
London SE10 8RF
Tel: 44 20 8469 3033
Fax: 44 20 8469 3363
info@anvilpresspoetry.com

http://www.anvilpresspoetry.com/

Arc Publications

For over 30 years, Arc has been publishing contemporary poetry from new and established writers from the UK and abroad, specialising in the work of world poets writing in English and the work of overseas poets in translation.

Arc Publications

Nanholme Mill,
Shaw Wood Road
Todmorden
Lancs OL14 6DA
Tel: 44 1706 812338

Fax: 44 1706 818948

Email: info@arcpublications.co.uk

http://www.arcpublications.co.uk/home.htm

Arcadia Books

Arcadia Books is an independent publisher founded in 1996. Arcadia publishes literary fiction, translated fiction, EuroCrime, biography, travel, gay and gender studies. Arcadia imprint BlackAmber focuses on Black and Asian writing. Arcadia and Haus publishers have set up a venture called Arabia Books for contemporary fiction from the Arabic world.

Arcadia Books Ltd
Malvern House
15-16 Nassau Street
London W1W 7AB

Tel: 44 20 7436 9898

gary@arcadiabooks.co.uk

http://www.arcadiabooks.co.uk/

Atlantic Books

Atlantic Books publishes a vibrant range of fiction and non-fiction, including in translation. Atlantic Books is the trading name of the British division of Grove Atlantic Inc.

Atlantic Books

Ormond House

26-27 Boswell Street

London WC1N 3JZ

Tel: 44 20 7269 1610

Fax: 44 20 7430 0916

Email: enquiries@groveatlantic.co.uk

http://www.groveatlantic.co.uk/

Atlas Press

Atlas Press specialises in extremist and avant-garde prose writing from the 1890s to the present day. Atlas is the largest publisher in English of books on Surrealism and has an extensive list relating to Dada, Expressionism, the Oulipo, the College of 'Pataphysics, among others.

Atlas Press
BCM Atlas Press
London WC1N 3XX

enquiries@atlaspress.co.uk

www.atlaspress.co.uk

Aurora Metro Press

Aurora Metro Press was set up in 1989 by a group of writers involved in creative writing workshops at the Drill Hall Arts Centre in central London. With the aim of promoting new writing, the press has specialised in anthologising new drama, fiction and work in translation.

Aurora Metro Press
4 Osier Mews

Chiswick
London W4 2NT
Tel: 44 20 8747 1953

ampress@netcomuk.co.uk

http://www.aurorametro.com

Bitter Lemon Press

Bitter Lemon Press is a London-based independent publisher, which aims to bring readers high quality literary thrillers and other contemporary fiction from abroad. Their list includes talented authors from Europe, North Africa and Latin America who, up to now, have been little known in the English-speaking world.

Bitter Lemon Press

37 Arundel Gardens

London W11 2LW
books@bitterlemonpress.com

http://www.bitterlemonpress.com

Bloodaxe Books

Bloodaxe Books is Britain's premier poetry publisher, with an international reputation for quality in literature and excellence in design. With its bold and diverse stable of new and established British, Irish, American, European and Commonwealth writers, Bloodaxe has revolutionised poetry publishing in Britain.

Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Highgreen
Tarset
Northumberland NE48 1RP

Tel: 44 1434 240500
Fax: 44 1434 240505

editor@bloodaxebooks.demon.co.uk

http://www.bloodaxebooks.com

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publisher and winner of the 1999 and 2000 Publisher of the Year awards. Bloomsbury publishes a number of titles in translation.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
38 Soho Square
London W1D 3HB
Tel: 44 20 7494 2111
Fax: 44 20 7434 0151

csm@bloomsbury.com

http://www.bloomsbury.com/

Calder Publications

Since 1949, Calder Publications have published many books on all the arts: on musical subjects, especially opera (a particular interest of its founder), as well as on painting, the theatre and critical and philosophical theory. The Calder list is in the process of being acquired by Alma books.

Calder Publications Limited
51 The Cut
London SE1 8LF

Tel: 44 20 7633 0599

info@calderpublications.com

http://www.calderpublications.com

Canongate

Canongate Books has emerged as one of the most dynamic publishing houses in Britain. Based in Edinburgh but with a distinctly international outlook, Canongate continues to nurture and publish new talent from around the world, whilst retaining the essence of the Scottish Canon. Canongate has no specific agenda other than to promote and publish challenging, quality work from a broad perspective.

Canongate Books Ltd

14 High Street

Edinburgh EH1 1TE

Tel: 44 131 557 5111

Fax: 44 131 557 5211

info@canongate.co.ukl

www.canongate.net

Carcanet Press

Now in its fourth decade, Carcanet Press provides the most comprehensive and diverse lists of modern and classic poetry in English and in translation. Carcanet Press also publishes a range of inventive fiction, lives and letters and literary criticism.

Carcanet Press

4th Floor, Alliance House
30 Cross Street
Manchester M2 7AQ

tel: 44 161 834 8730

fax: 44 161 832 0084

info@carcanet.co.uk

http://www.carcanet.co.uk/

Chatto & Windus

Chatto & Windus is an imprint of the Random House group. The imprint's areas of specialism are: art, belles-lettres, biography and memoirs, current affairs, essays, fiction, history, poetry, politics, philosophy, translations and travel.

Chatto & Windus

Random House

20 Vauxhall Bridge Road

London SW1V 2SA

Tel: 44 20 7840 8522

Fax: 44 20 7233 6117

www.randomhouse.co.uk

The Chicken House

The Chicken House is a children's publisher founded in 2000. It publishes books 'that are aimed at real children' - fiction, original picture books, gift books and fun non-fiction.

The Chicken House

2 Palmer Street

Frome

Somerset BA11 1DS

Tel: 44 1373 454488

chickenhouse@doublecluck.com

http://www.doublecluck.com/

Comma Press

Comma Press is dedicated to promoting new fiction and poetry, with an emphasis on the short story. It is launching a new translation imprint also specialising in short fiction.

Comma Press

3rd Floor, 24 Lever Street
Northern Quarter
Manchester M1 1DW.

Ra.Page@commapress.co.uk

http://www.commapress.co.uk

Dalkey Archive Press

Dalkey Archive Press publishes modern and contemporary innovative literature from around the world. The Press specialises in translations of experimental works of fiction, along with reprints of classic works that have gone out of print.

Dalkey Archive Press

4 Bardolph Road

London N7 0NJ

Tel: 44 20 7502 7606

sophie@dalkeyarchive.com

http://www.dalkeyarchive.com

Dedalus Books

The Dedalus list includes contemporary English language fiction, translated European fiction in the Decadence from Dedalus, Dedalus European Classics, Dedalus Europe 1992 -2002 series, Dedalus anthologies and concept books.

Dedalus has invented its own distinctive genre, which they term distorted reality, where the bizarre, the unusual and the grotesque and the surreal meld in a kind of intellectual fiction which is very European.

Dedalus Ltd
Langford Lodge
St Judith's Lane
Sawtry

Cambs PE28 5XE
Tel: 44 1487 832382
Fax: 44 1487 832382

info@dedalusbooks.com

http://www.dedalusbooks.com

Dionysia Press

Dionysia Press publishes poetry collections, novels and translations.

Dionysia Press

127 Milton Road West

7 Duddingston House Courtyard

Edinburgh EH15 1JG

Tel: 44 131 661 1156
Fax: 44 131 661 1156

Duckworth Publishers

Duckworth is an independent press publishing literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction.

Duckworth Publishers

1^st floor

Greenhill House

90-93 Cowcross Street

London EC1M 6BF

Tel: 44 20 7490 7300

Fax: 44 20 7490 0080

Email: info@duckworth-publishers.co.uk

http://www.ducknet.co.uk

Enitharmon Press

Enitharmon is one of Britain's leading literary publishers, specialising in poetry and in high-quality artists' books and original prints. It is divided into two companies: Enitharmon Press, which publishes poetry and general literature in small-format volumes and anthologies, and Enitharmon Editions Ltd, which produces de luxe artists' books in the tradition of the livre d'artiste.

Enitharmon Press
26B Caversham Road
London NW5 2DU

Tel: 44 20 7482 5967

Fax: 44 20 7284 1787

books@enitharmon.co.uk
www.enitharmon.co.uk

Europa Editions

Europa Editions publishes literary fiction, high-end crime and noir, children's books and memoir. Europa Editions has a critically and commercially successful backlist and a fresh selection of English language originals and translations.

Europa Editions

23a Colville Terrace

London W11 2BU
Tel: 44 20 8881 0323
Email: jane@powiscircle.com

Faber and Faber

Faber and Faber is an independent publisher with an impeccable reputation for literary excellence. They aim to publish the best fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, music, film and children's books.

Faber and Faber Ltd
3 Queen Square
London WC1N 3AU
Tel: 44 20 7465 7500
Fax: 44 20 7465 0034

Email: mail@faber.co.uk

www.faber.co.uk

Five Leaves Publications

Five Leaves Publications, founded in 1996 by Ross Bradshaw (editor), publishes an eclectic mix of poetry, novels, social and cultural history, literary and cultural criticism. These include works translated from foreign tongues: of particular interest to the publisher are Catalan, Jewish and Roma literatures.

Five Leaves Publications

PO Box 8786

Nottingham NG1 9AW

info@fiveleaves.co.uk

www.fiveleaves.co.uk

Flambard

Flambard is an independent press publishing poetry and fiction. Established in 1990, Flambard has a history of nurturing new and neglected writers from Britain and beyond. Its contemporary list continues to grow in innovative and challenging directions, while the Flambard Modern Classics series rediscovers books that have been overlooked by the mainstream.

Stable Cottage
East Fourstones, Hexham
Northumberland NE47 5DX

Tel: 44 1434 674360

Fax: 44 1434 674178

Email: enquiries@flambardpress.co.uk

http://www.flambardpress.co.uk

Fourth Estate

Fourth Estate is one of the most innovative imprints in the industry with a reputation for selecting critically acclaimed titles. Acquired by HarperCollins in July 2000, it publishes a handpicked eclectic range of genres including energetic new fiction, controversial non-fiction, timely biography, up-to-the-minute current affairs and cutting-edge books in science, humour and popular culture.

Fourth Estate Ltd

77-85 Fulham Palace Road

London W6 8JB

Tel: 44 20 8741 4414

Fax: 44 20 8307 4466

general@4thestate.co.uk

www.4thestate.co.uk

Garnet Publishing

Garnet Publishing is an independent publishing company specializing in publications about the Arab world.

Garnet Publishing

8 Southern Court

South Street

Reading RG1 4QS

Tel: 44 118 959 7847

Fax: 44 118 959 7356

Email: dan@garnetpublishing.co.uk

http://www.garnetpublishing.co.uk/

Granta

Granta publishes writing of the highest quality: fiction - both original and in translation - and non-fiction which stimulates, inspires, addresses difficult questions, and examines intriguing periods of history.

Granta

12 Addison Avenue
London W11 4QR

Tel: 44 20 7605 1360
Fax: 44 20 7605 1361
Email: info@granta.com

http://www.granta.com

Halban Publishers

Halban Publishers is an independent, London-based publishing company, established in 1986. They publish fiction, memoirs, history, biography and books of Jewish interest.

Halban Publishers Limited
22 Golden Square
London W1F 9JW
Tel: 44 20 7437 9300
Fax: 44 20 7437 9512
Email: books@halbanpublishers.com

http://www.halbanpublishers.com/

Harvill Secker

About 50% of Harvill Secker's titles are literature in translation (especially Russian, Italian and French), English Literature, quality thrillers, illustrated books and Africana, plus an occasional literature anthology. It also publishes non-fiction, including biography, books on music and politics, and some travel-related works.

Harvill Secker

Random House

20 Vauxhall Bridge Road

London SW1V 2SA

Tel: 44 20 7840 8522

Fax: 44 20 7233 6117

www.randomhouse.co.uk

Haus Publishing

Haus Publishing was launched with a pan-European commissioning and publishing programme, including a mixture of new commissions plus translations (with new introductions) of key Rowohlt titles. Life and Times, as the series is called, is subtitled 'the modern library of biography'.

Haus Publishing Ltd

26 Cadogan Court, Draycott Avenue
London SW3 3BX

Tel: 44 20 7584 6738
Fax: 44 20 7584 9501

haus@dircon.co.uk
http://www.life-and-times.co.uk/

Hesperus Press Ltd

Independent publisher of literary fiction specialising in the re-discovery of lesson known works by seminal authors, and new translations of European classics.

Hesperus Press

4 Rickett Street

London SW6 1RU

Tel: 44 20 7610 3331

Fax: 44 20 7610 3217

Email: info@hesperuspress.com

http://www.hesperuspress.com

Little, Brown Book Group

Part of Hachette Livre UK, Little, Brown publishes fiction and non-fiction from the UK and in translation.

Little, Brown Book Group
100 Victoria Embankment
London EC4Y 0DY
Tel: 44 20 7911 8000
Fax: 44 20 7911 8100
Email: info@littlebrown.co.uk

http://www.littlebrown.co.uk

Maia Press

The Maia Press is a publishing house dedicated to bringing out high-quality original fiction by both new and established authors. Maia publish works by writers from diverse backgrounds, including works in translation, giving priority to writers whose work is censored in their country of origin, and a limited number of titles which are out of print.

Maia Press

82 Forest Road

London E8 3BH

Tel: 44 20 7249 3718

http://www.maiapress.com

Mare's Nest Publishing

Mare's Nest brings the best in international contemporary fiction to an English-language readership, together with associated non-fiction works. As yet, it has concentrated on the flourishing literature of Iceland, which appears under the Shad Thames imprint. The list includes the three Icelandic Nordic Prize-winning novels.

Mare's Nest

41 Addison Gardens

London W14 0DP

Tel: 44 20 7603 3969

maresnest@ndirect.co.uk

http://www.maresnest.co.uk/

Marion Boyars Publishers

Marion Boyars Publishers are a literary, independent publishing house, renowned for being brave, and publishing new fiction as well as non-fiction in the fields of film, music, social theory, philosophy and feminism.

Marion Boyars Publishers,

24 Lacy Road

London SW15 1NL

Tel: 44 20 8788 9522

Fax: 44 20 8789 8122

catheryn@marionboyars.com

http://www.marionboyars.co.uk

Milet Publishing Limited

Milet publishes the leading list of bilingual children's books, featuring hundreds of popular and original titles in English with over 20 languages. It also publishes a celebrated range of artistic, innovative and award-winning children's books in English, and a growing World Literature list, featuring works translated from Turkish. Milet is dedicated to introducing the work of innovative, international authors and artists - their children's books match fresh and bold artistic styles with meaningful and entertaining stories, celebrating multiculturalism and multilingualism.

Milet Publishing Ltd
6 North End Parade
London W14 0SJ
Tel: 44 20 7603 5477
Fax: 44 20 7610 5475

info@milet.com

www.milet.com

Modern Poetry In Translation

Modern Poetry in Translation is an international magazine for translation of poetry into English.

Modern Poetry in Translation
The Queen's College
Oxford OX1 4AW

administrator@mptmagazine.com
http://www.mptmagazine.com/

Old Street Publishing

Founded in 2006, Old Street Publishing is a new general trade book publisher with an eclectic list ranging from literary fiction to erotic memoir, from weighty historical biography to humour.

Old Street Publishing

14 Bowling Green Lane

London EC1R 0BD

Tel: 44 20 7253 3360

Email: ben.illis@oldstreetpublishing.co.uk

http://oldstreetpublishing.co.uk/

Picador (Pan Macmillan)

An imprint of Pan MacMillan, Picador publishes outstanding international writing, fiction and non-fiction, in both hardback and paperback, and has numerous prize winners on its list.

Picador

Pan Macmillan
20 New Wharf Road
London N1 9RR
Tel: 44 20 7014 6000
Fax: 44 20 7014 6001

http://www.picador.co.uk

Parthian

Parthian is committed to producing an innovative range of new Welsh fiction, poetry and drama, reflecting a unique world of styles and stories from some of the best writers and dramatists working today. An avowedly independent publisher, its principal aim of quality writing produced to the highest standards has enabled it to develop a national profile within Wales.

Parthian Books

The Old Surgery, Napier Street

Cardigan

Wales SA43 1ED

Tel: 44 1239 612 059

Fax: 44 1239 612 059

parthianbooks@yahoo.co.uk
http://www.parthianbooks.co.uk

Peter Owen

Peter Owen established this publishing house in 1951 and was able to bring some of the very best international literature to what was a very insular British market.
Today, Peter Owen Publishers continues the tradition of producing new and interesting writing. The company has published seven Nobel Prize winners and boasts a backlist that includes some of the most talented and important writers from all over the world.

Peter Owen Publishers
73 Kenway Road
London SW5 0RE
Tel: 44 20 7373 5628
or 44 20 7370 6093
Fax: 44 20 7373 6760

www.peterowen.com

Piatkus

Piatkus Books, founded in 1979, is a customer-led company committed to publishing fiction, both commercial and literary, and non-fiction. It also publishes biography and autobiography, health, mind, body and spirit, popular psychology, self-help, history, science, cookery, and business and management. Piatkus publishes about 175 titles a year, approximately 70 of which are works of fiction.

Piatkus Books
5 Windmill Street
London W1T 2JA

Tel: 44 20 7631 0710
Fax: 44 20 7436 7137

http://www.piatkus.com

Portobello Books

Portobello publishes writing of the highest quality: fiction - both original and in translation - and non-fiction which stimulates, inspires, addresses difficult questions, and examines intriguing periods of history.

Portobello Books

12 Addison Avenue

London W11 4QR

Tel: 44 20 7605 1380

Fax: 44 20 7605 1361

Email: mail@portobellobooks.com

http://www.portobellobooks.com

Pushkin Press

Pushkin Press publishes novels and essays in translation drawn from the best of classic and contemporary European Literature. It specialises in little-known and rediscovered works, giving British readers the opportunity to enjoy books by authors who are often celebrated in their countries of origin but have had less exposure in the UK.

Pushkin Press

12 Chester Terrace

Regent's Park

London NW1 4ND

Tel: 44 1474 533 424

Fax: 44 1474 533 424

info@pushkinpress.com

www.pushkinpress.com

Quercus

Quercus is a small independent publisher of fiction and non-fiction. The MacLehose Press imprint specialises in translation.

Quercus

21 Bloomsbury Square

London WC1A 2NS

Tel: 44 20 7291 7200

rights@quercusbooks.co.uk

christopher@maclehose.net

http://www.quercusbooks.co.uk

Reaktion

Reaktion Books was founded in Edinburgh in 1985, moving to London in 1987. Reaktion publishes around 30 titles a year on a wide range of subjects: art history, architecture, Asian studies, cultural studies, design, film, geography, history, photography and travel writing.

Reaktion Books

79 Farringdon Road

London EC1M 3JU

Tel: 44 20 7404 9930

Fax: 44 20 7404 9931

info@reaktionbooks.co.uk

www.reaktionbooks.co.uk

Reportage Press
26 Richmond Way
London W12 8LY
Tel: 44(0)20 8749 2731
Mob: 44(0)75 1511 5021
www.reportagepress.com

Salt Publishing

The translation series presents leading international poets in new bilingual editions.

Salt Publishing Ltd
PO Box 937
Great Wilbraham
Cambridge CB21 5JX
Tel: 44 1223 882220
Fax: 44 1223 882260

chris@saltpublishing.com

http://www.saltpublishing.com

Saqi

Founded in 1981, Saqi initially specialised in publishing books on the Middle East and the Arab world but now includes Central Asia, South Asia and European fiction. It publishes fiction and non-fiction, academic works and illustrated books.

Saqi Books

26 Westbourne Grove

London W2 5RH

Tel: 44 20 7221 9347

Fax: 44 20 7229 7492

www.saqibooks.com

Seren Books

Seren is an independent literary publishing, specialising in English-language writing from Wales, and has recently diversified into translation.

Seren Books
57 Nolton Street
Bridgend
CF31 3AE
Wales
Tel: 44 1656 663018

www.seren-books.com

Serpent's Tail

Serpent's Tail is a renowned independent book publisher of international fiction and non-fiction, owned by Profile Books Ltd. Now twenty years old, the company was founded with a commitment to publishing voices neglected by the mainstream. Serpent's Tail has a reputation for successfully publishing contemporary fiction (including debut novelists), crime fiction, high quality literature in translation, and informed non-fiction works focussing on popular culture: music, film, biography.

Serpent's Tail

3a Exmouth Market

Pine Street

London EC1R 0JH

Tel: 44 20 7841 6300

Fax: 44 20 7833 3969

Email: info@serpentstail.com

www.serpentstail.com

Shoestring Press

Shoestring Press, founded in 1994 by John Lucas (editor), is predominantly a publisher of English language poetry, but is also very committed to contemporary Greek poetry in translation. Other books of poetry in translation have been published regularly.

Shoestring Press

19 Devonshire Avenue

Besston

Nottingham NG9 1BS

Tel: 44 115 9251627

www.shoestringpress.co.uk

Telegram

Telegram has a choice list of international fiction. An imprint of Saqi books, Telegram publishes the finest literary fiction and memoir from around the world.

26 Westbourne Grove

London W2 5RH

Tel: 44 20 7229 2911

The Toby Press

The Toby Press was founded in 1999, with the purpose of publishing fine literary and commercial fiction. It has a number of special interests: discovering new writing; bringing outstanding writers into English; publishing crime fiction; producing new editions of works by well-loved authors and enduring classics.

The Toby Press
PO Box 2455
London W1A 5WY

Tel: 44 20 7580 5440
Fax: 44 20 7580 5442

toby@tobypress.com

www.tobypress.com

Viking/Penguin

Penguin books range from Booker-prize winning contemporary authors to mass-market bestsellers, and include Penguin Classics and Penguin Modern Classics. The Viking imprint publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. The fiction list spans from the highly literary and sometimes experimental to the more commercial.

The Penguin Group

80 Strand

London WC2R 0RL

Tel: 44 20 7010 3000

Fax: 44 20 7010 6060

editor@penguin.co.uk

www.penguin.co.uk

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Now an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, Weidenfeld & Nicolson first started publishing in 1949. It publishes literary fiction and general non-fiction, with an emphasis on history and biography. It has a distinguished contemporary fiction list and is a leader in the field of diaries and letters. It has published the writings of more world leaders than any other publisher to date.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Orion Publishing Group

Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane
London WC2H 9EA

Tel: 44 20 7240 3444
Fax: 44 20 7240 4822

info@orionbooks.co.uk

www.orionbooks.co.uk

William Heinemann

William Heinemann is an imprint of Random House that publishes fiction, including some titles in translation.

Random House
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London SW1V 2SA
Tel: 44 20 7840 8548
Fax: 44 20 7233 6127

Email: heinemanneditorial@randomhouse.co.uk

http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/

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