Parrésia Publishers Explained

Parrésia, also Parrésia Publishers Ltd, is a publishing company in Nigeria founded by Azafi Omoluabi and Richard Ali in 2012 with the aim of selling books to the Nigerian reading audience^{[1] [2] [3]} and promote the freedom of the imagination and the free press. It was described in 2017 by The New York Times as one of "a handful of influential new publishing houses" in Africa in the last decade.^[4]

Character

Parrésia publishes its fiction and creative non-fiction works under three imprints: Regium, Origami, and Omode Meta.

Regium Named after Royalty, Regium is our traditional publishing imprint focused exclusively on fiction. We aim to release five fiction titles each year, including literary fiction, exceptional popular fiction, and collections of short stories that demonstrate outstanding craftsmanship and innovation.

Origami Books Inspired by the Japanese art of paper folding, Origami Books is our specialised imprint catering to clients interested in self-publishing or vanity publishing. We welcome submissions from authors across all genres and offer a personalised publishing experience that grants them complete control over the publishing process.

Ọmọde Mẹta is a traditional publishing imprint that publishes children’s books for all children ages and in all genres.

Authors

• Helon Habila, winner of the Caine Prize and Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Fiction. His novel Oil on Water was shortlisted for the Orion Environmental Book Award and Pen/Opera Book Award in 2012. Oil on Water was also nominated for the Best Novel Commonwealth Writers' Prize Africa Region in 2011.
• Chika Unigwe (winner of NLNG Prize 2012)
• Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (winner of LNG Prize 2016 for Season of Crimson Blossoms, published by Parrésia Books in 2015).
• Ogaga Ifowodo, whose poetry collection A Good Mourning was shortlisted for NLNG Prize in 2017^{[5] [6]}
• Pius Adesanmi, a Nigerian columnist and professor at Carleton University in Canada.

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Book industry reels in debt as publishers, booksellers bicker. Anote . Ajeluorou . The Guardian. Nigeria. 2017-04-02. 2017-11-27. en-US.
2. News: Why we set up Parresia—Azafi Omoluabi-Ogosi. Ibrahiim. Abubakar Adam. Daily Trust. AllAfrica. 2012-08-04.
3. News: Azafi Omoluabi-Ogosi on Handshake deals, Her love for books and Parresia. 2015-10-16. 9jafeminista. 2017-11-27. en-US.
4. News: A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres. Alter. Alexandra. 2017-11-23. The New York Times. 2017-11-27. en-US. 0362-4331.
5. Web site: Finalists for 2017 NLNG-sponsored $100,000 Literature prize emerge -. theeagleonline.com.ng. en-US. 2017-08-27. 2017-11-27.
6. News: THREE BARDS IN SEARCH OF A PRIZE. Editor. Online. 2017-10-08. THISDAYLIVE. 2017-11-27. en-US.