Orenda Books
| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Distribution | Turnaround Publisher Services (UK) Trafalgar Square Publishing (US) Affirm Press (Australia)[1] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | literary and crime fiction |
| Official website | orendabooks |
Orenda Books is a British-based publishing house that publishes literary and crime fiction. The London-based publisher was established in 2014 and publishes debut and existing authors including Ragnar Jónasson, Thomas Enger, Michael Grothaus, Gunnar Staalesen, and Kati Hiekkapelto.
History
Orenda Books was founded in 2014 by Karen Sullivan, the former managing editor at Arcadia Books. Sullivan left Arcadia following a strategic review of the company, which led to Arcadia's publishing list being reduced from fifteen books to only three.[2] In its first year of operations Orenda published six titles, increasing that to sixteen titles in its second year. Sullivan has stated the name Orenda Books was inspired by the title of the Joseph Boyden novel The Orenda and Sullivan's Canadian heritage: "The word itself – which loosely translates as 'the mystical power that drives human accomplishment' – is a nod to my Canadian heritage and a First Nations word whose provenance is a tribe that settled in a part of Ontario where I've spent every summer of my life."[3]
Titles
- A Death in the Family by Michael Stanley
- Deadly Harvest by Michael Stanley
- In Her Wake by Amanda Jennings
- Epiphany Jones by Michael Grothaus
- The Evolution of Fear by Paul E. Hardisty
- Wicked Game, 'Deadly Game and 'End Game by Matt Johnson
- The Rise & Fall of the Miraculous Vespas by David F. Ross
- Jihadi: A Love Story by Yusuf Toropov
- Where Roses Never Die by Gunnar Staalesen
- Nightblind by Ragnar Jónasson
- How To Be Brave by Louise Beech
- The Defenseless by Kati Hiekkapelto
- We Shall Inherit the Wind by Gunnar Staalesen
- Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson
- The Last Days of Disco by David F. Ross
- The Abrupt Physics of Dying by Paul E. Hardisty
References
- ^ "Publishers Representatives | Publishers Distributors". Turnaround Publisher Services. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ^ Campbell, Lisa. "Arcadia's Sullivan launches new indie publisher Orenda". The Bookseller.
- ^ "Karen Sullivan, Former Managing Editor Of Arcadia Books, Has Set Up Her Own Independent Publishing Company, Orenda Books". Book Trade.