And Other Stories

And Other Stories is an independent British book publisher founded in 2009, notable for being the first UK publisher of literary fiction to make direct, advance subscriptions a major part of its business model as well as for its use of foreign language reading groups to choose the books that it publishes.[1][2] The company operates from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.[3][4] In 2012, it was nominated for the Newcomer of the Year award by the Independent Publishers Guild.[5]

History

And Other Stories was founded in 2009 by Stefan Tobler.

And Other Stories first came to the public's attention when its first book, Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos (translated by Rosalind Harvey), was chosen by the public to be one of the ten titles longlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award.[6] It went on to make the shortlist and has also been shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.[7]

Deborah Levy's Swimming Home was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012,[8] as well as UK Author of the Year at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2012[9] and the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2013.[10]

And Other Stories was nominated for and subsequently won Publisher of the Year in the 2011 3:AM Magazine Awards.[11]

List of Books

References

  1. ↑ Brock, Ollie (2 February 2012). "Fiction in translation's future?". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Mansfield, Catherine. "A 21st century labour of love". BookTrust. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Carter, Helen (10 October 2012). "Independents' day? Small presses make up 50% of Booker shortlist" The Guardian. Accessed 2 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Womersley, Maggie (3 September 2012). "And Other Stories: An Interview with Stefan Tobler" Writers' Hub. Accessed 2 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Shine, Bridget (March 2012). "The IPG Independent Publishing Awards 2012". Independent Publishers Guild. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2013. Also shortlisted for the IPG Newcomer of the Year Award were And Other Stories and How 2 Become.
  6. ↑ Villalobos, Juan Pablo (11 November 2011). "Guardian First Book Award Shortlist: Juan Pablo Villalobos". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "The Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize". St Anne's College Oxford. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  8. ↑ Man Booker Prize 2012 shortlist Retrieved 23 January 2013
  9. ↑ Waterstones UK Author of the Year announcement Retrieved 23 January 2013
  10. ↑ Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2013 shortlist Retrieved 23 January 2013
  11. ↑ "3:AM Awards 2011". 3:AM Magazine. Retrieved 22 May 2012.

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