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29 Sep
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5 National Book Award Honorees in 5 Years!

  • September 29, 2023
  • By author-avatar Christine Swedowsky
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Pilar Quintana's Abyss, translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman and published by World Editions, has been longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award in...

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08 Sep
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World Editions US is Turning 5!

  • September 8, 2023
  • By author-avatar Christine Swedowsky
World Editions is turning 5 and we are celebrating! World Editions launched in the US in 2018. Our first two books, Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang and You Have Me to Love by Jaap Robben ...

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01 Jul
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World Editions is now a fully independent publisher

  • July 1, 2023
  • By author-avatar Christine Swedowsky
After five years of being part of the Libella Publishing Group, international literature publisher World Editions announces a new structure as a fully independent publishing house. The company, whi...

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09 Jun
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Special London event with Lucie Rico and her translator Daria Chernysheva, 30 June!

  • June 9, 2023
  • By author-avatar Ruth Killick
Don’t miss this London event to launch Rico’s novel Fowl Eulogies, published in English translation by World Editions at UCL on 30 June! In this ‘dazzling first novel of malice and feathers’ (Elle)...

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09 Jun
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Ian McEwan praises Marijke Schermer’s Breakwater, just published in English translation

  • June 9, 2023
  • By author-avatar Ruth Killick
This spring saw publication of acclaimed Dutch author Marijke Schermer’s Breakwater, translated into English by Liz Waters Ian McEwan has called it an ‘excellent novel.’ He describes it as  ‘Packed...

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30 May
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Second London event with Pilar Quintana in conversation with Julianne Pachico at Burley Fisher books

  • May 30, 2023
  • By author-avatar Ruth Killick
We’re excited to announce a second London event with National-Book Award nominated author Pilar Quintana.  She’ll be in conversation with Julianne Pachico talking about her new novel, Abyss, at Burley...

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02 May
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Chinese author Zhang Yueran to visit UK in May 2023 with her translator Jeremy Tiang

  • May 2, 2023
  • By author-avatar Ruth Killick
Described by Ian McEwan as ‘ a triumph’ , this story of friendship, trauma, family secrets and the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution caught the imagination of reviewers and readers everywhere. Y...

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02 May
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Pilar Quintana, author of Abyss, visits the UK, June 2023

  • May 2, 2023
  • By author-avatar Ruth Killick
Colombian author Pilar Quintana, shortlisted for the National Book Award for her novel The Bitch, will be in the UK in May and June to launch her new novel, Abyss, translated from the Spanish by Lisa ...

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14 Mar
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Maryse Condé’s The Gospel According to the New World longlisted for Booker International

  • March 16, 2023
  • By author-avatar Lydia Unsworth
We are delighted to announce that award-winning author Maryse Condé has been longlisted for the International Booker Prize for the first time. Her new novel, The Gospel According to the New World, ...

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25 Jan
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Maryse Condé travels to Sarcelles, Paris to celebrate a school named in her honour: Lycée Maryse Condé

  • January 25, 2023
  • By author-avatar Ruth Killick
The Lycée in Sarcelles, a suburb of northern Paris, has honoured World Editions author Maryse Condé by renaming the school after her.  Maryse travelled to France on 20 January to take part in the open...

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