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Europa Editions UK is an independent British publishing house.[1] [2] It was founded in 2011 by Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola Ferri, who are also the owners and publishers of the Italian press, Edizioni E/O.[3] In a 2013 interview, Sandro Ferri said the company was "born with the intention to create bridges between cultures."[4]

Europa is managed and directed by Eva Ferri[5] and Christopher Potter.[6]

Notable Success

Europa published Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels in 2012-2015. The series was adapted into a two-part play by April De Angelis at the Rose Theatre, Kingston in March 2017.[7] The first book in the series has also been adapted into an HBO television series entitled My Brilliant Friend.[8] Writers published by Europa include Andrea Camilleri[9], Négar Djavadi[10], Deborah Eisenberg[11], Dario Fo[12], Saleem Haddad[13], Jean-Claude Izzo[14], Amelie Nothomb[15], Pier Paolo Pasolini,[16] and Eric Emmanuel Schmitt.[17]

Europa entered the YA landscape with the publication of A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos, translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle.[18]

Imprints

Tonga books was an innovative editorial enterprise undertaken by Europa Editions in collaboration with American author Alice Sebold, who acquired and edited four works of fiction published by Europa under the series name Tonga Books.[19][20]

In 2013, Europa launched its series of international crime fiction, Europa World Noir. Publishers Weekly wrote that the series signaled Europa's “reaffirmed enthusiasm for noir.”[17] Notable titles in the series include Gene Kerrigan's Gold Dagger Award-winning The Rage, Jean-Claude Izzo’s Total Chaos, which launched the Mediterranean Noir movement, and the reissue of groundbreaking Scottish crime writer William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw books. Karin Brynard’s Weeping Waters was published by Europa's imprint World Noir in 2018. It has been shortlisted for 2019 prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) International Dagger. [21][22]

Europa launched Europa Compass, a new nonfiction imprint featuring titles on travel, contemporary culture, popular science, history, philosophy, and politics.[23]

Distribution

In 2019 the company moved its sales operation to become part of the Alliance, a global group of 15 publishers and their international partners who share a common vision of editorial excellence and original, diverse publishing alongside innovation in marketing and commercial success. [24] The sales service and administrative backup to the Alliance is provided by Faber & Faber.

Europa UK titles are distributed in the UK and Ireland by Grantham Book Services (GBS)

References

  1. ^ Rich, Motoko (2009-02-25). "Europa Editions Finds Success Translating Literary Novels". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  2. ^ "6 Europa Editions Books, Beautiful Inside And Out". Bustle. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  3. ^ "Family Affair: PW Talks with Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola Ferri". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ "Editori oltre la crisi. Intervista a Sandro Ferri e Sandra Ozzola, editori di E/O | Leggere:tutti". web.archive.org. 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  5. ^ "Book Deals: Week of March 25, 2019". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  6. ^ "Christopher Potter returns to lead Europa Editions' London base | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  7. ^ Vincent, Alice (October 3, 2016). "First stage adaptation of Elena Ferrante's novels announced in wake of identity scandal". The Telegraph.
  8. ^ "My Brilliant Friend". HBO. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  9. ^ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-06-27. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  10. ^ Yassin-Kassab, Robin (2018-07-25). "Disoriental by Négar Djavadi review – Iranian life in exile". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  11. ^ "Potter lands Eisenberg short stories in first Europa buy | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  12. ^ Fo, Dario (2015-08-04). The Pope's Daughter: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia. Penguin. ISBN 9781609452841.
  13. ^ Cain, Sian (2016-12-15). "Saleem Haddad: 'I put everything into this novel and it was a relief'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  14. ^ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-06-28. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  15. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Life Form by Amelie Nothomb. Europa Editions, $15.00 (144p) ISBN 978-1-60945-088-5". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  16. ^ The Street Kids.
  17. ^ "6 Europa Editions Books, Beautiful Inside And Out". Bustle. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  18. ^ "Europa Crosses into YA Territory with 'A Winter's Promise'". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-08-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  19. ^ Strauss, Elissa. "How A Teacher's Alleged Student Affair Became His Acclaimed 'Novel'". Jezebel. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  20. ^ "Penguin Group (Canada) Imprints and Agency Publishers - Tonga Books". web.archive.org. 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  21. ^ Mulgrew, Nick. "Karin Brynard's 'Weeping Waters' longlisted for International Dagger Award | PEN South Africa". Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  22. ^ "The Crime Writers' Association". thecwa.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
  23. ^ "Europa Launches Compass, a New Nonfiction Imprint". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-08-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  24. ^ "Europa Editions to join Independent Alliance | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
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