Europa Editions UK explained

Europa Editions UK
Status:Active
Founded:2011
Founder:Sandro Ferri
Sandra Ozzola Ferri
Country:United Kingdom
Headquarters:City of Westminster, London, England
Distribution:United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
Keypeople:Eva Ferri[1]
Christopher Potter[2]
Daniela Petracco[3]
Publications:Books
Genre:Literary fiction, general fiction, non-fiction, crime
Imprints:Tonga Books,[4] [5] World Noir[17], Europa Compass[6]

Europa Editions UK is an independent British publishing house.[7] [8] It was founded in 2011 by Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola Ferri, the owners and publishers of the Italian press company Edizioni E/O.[9] In a 2013 interview, Sandro Ferri said the company was "born with the intention to create bridges between cultures."[10]

Europa is directed by Eva Ferri[11] and Christopher Potter[12] while Daniela Petracco manages publicity, marketing and sales.[13]

Notable publications

Europa published Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels from 2012 to 2015. The series was adapted into a two-part play by April De Angelis at the Rose Theatre, Kingston in March 2017.[14] The first book in the series has also been adapted into an HBO television series entitled My Brilliant Friend.[15] Writers published by Europa include Andrea Camilleri,[16] Négar Djavadi,[17] Deborah Eisenberg,[18] Dario Fo,[19] Saleem Haddad,[20] Jean-Claude Izzo,[21] Amelie Nothomb,[22] Pier Paolo Pasolini,[23] and Eric Emmanuel Schmitt.[24]

Europa entered the YA landscape with the publication of A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos, translated from the French by Hildegarde Serle.[25]

Imprints

Tonga books was an 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.[26] [27]

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 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.[28] [29]

Europa launched Europa Compass, a new nonfiction imprint featuring titles on travel, contemporary culture, popular science, history, philosophy, and politics.[30]

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.[31] 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).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Book Deals: Week of March 25, 2019. Publishers Weekly. 4 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Christopher Potter returns to lead Europa Editions' London base The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 27 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Europa Editions appoints Daniela Petracco The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 14 October 2019.
  4. Web site: How A Teacher's Alleged Student Affair Became His Acclaimed 'Novel'. Strauss. Elissa. Jezebel. 29 November 2011 . 12 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Penguin Group (Canada) Imprints and Agency Publishers – Tonga Books. https://web.archive.org/web/20130818011623/http://www.penguin.ca/static/pages/aboutpenguin/publishers/tonga.html. dead. 18 August 2013. 18 August 2013. 12 August 2019.
  6. Web site: Europa Launches Compass, a New Nonfiction Imprint. Publishers Weekly. 12 August 2019.
  7. News: Europa Editions Finds Success Translating Literary Novels. Rich. Motoko. 25 February 2009. The New York Times. 12 August 2019. 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: 6 Europa Editions Books, Beautiful Inside And Out. Bustle. 12 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Family Affair: PW Talks with Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola Ferri. Publishers Weekly. 28 June 2019.
  10. Web site: Editori oltre la crisi. Intervista a Sandro Ferri e Sandra Ozzola, editori di E/O Leggere:tutti. https://web.archive.org/web/20130630140641/http://www.leggeretutti.net/site/editori-oltre-la-crisi-intervista-a-sandro-ferri-e-sandra-ozzola-editori-si-eo/. dead. 30 June 2013. 30 June 2013. 12 August 2019.
  11. Web site: Book Deals: Week of March 25, 2019. Publishers Weekly. 4 July 2019.
  12. Web site: Christopher Potter returns to lead Europa Editions' London base The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 27 June 2019.
  13. Web site: Europa Editions appoints Daniela Petracco The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 14 October 2019.
  14. Web site: First stage adaptation of Elena Ferrante's novels announced in wake of identity scandal. Vincent. Alice. 3 October 2016. The Telegraph.
  15. Web site: My Brilliant Friend. HBO. 22 August 2019.
  16. Web site: Parks . Tim . 2017-07-07 . The Revolution of the Moon by Andrea Camilleri — men in high places . subscription . 28 June 2019 . Financial Times.
  17. News: Disoriental by Négar Djavadi review – Iranian life in exile. Yassin-Kassab. Robin. 25 July 2018. The Guardian. 27 June 2019. 0261-3077.
  18. Web site: Potter lands Eisenberg short stories in first Europa buy The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 27 June 2019.
  19. Book: Fo, Dario. The Pope's Daughter: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia. 4 August 2015. Penguin. 9781609452841. en.
  20. News: Saleem Haddad: 'I put everything into this novel and it was a relief'. Cain. Sian. 15 December 2016. The Guardian. 28 June 2019. 0261-3077.
  21. News: Whittle . Natalie . 7 July 2017 . A Sun for the Dying . . subscription . 27 June 2019.
  22. Web site: Fiction Book Review: Life Form by Amelie Nothomb. Europa Editions, $15.00 (144p) ISBN 978-1-60945-088-5. Publishers Weekly. 28 June 2019.
  23. Book: The Street Kids.
  24. Web site: 6 Europa Editions Books, Beautiful Inside And Out. Bustle. 20 August 2015 . 28 June 2019.
  25. Web site: Europa Crosses into YA Territory with 'A Winter's Promise'. Publishers Weekly. 12 August 2019.
  26. Web site: How A Teacher's Alleged Student Affair Became His Acclaimed 'Novel'. Strauss. Elissa. Jezebel. 29 November 2011 . 12 August 2019.
  27. Web site: Penguin Group (Canada) Imprints and Agency Publishers – Tonga Books. https://web.archive.org/web/20130818011623/http://www.penguin.ca/static/pages/aboutpenguin/publishers/tonga.html. dead. 18 August 2013. 18 August 2013. 12 August 2019.
  28. Web site: Karin Brynard's 'Weeping Waters' longlisted for International Dagger Award PEN South Africa. Mulgrew. Nick. 4 July 2019.
  29. Web site: The Crime Writers' Association. thecwa.co.uk. 12 August 2019.
  30. Web site: Europa Launches Compass, a New Nonfiction Imprint. Publishers Weekly. 12 August 2019.
  31. Web site: Europa Editions to join Independent Alliance The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 27 June 2019.

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