Bitter Lemon Press is a small London-based
independent publisher
A small press is a publisher with annual sales below a certain level or below a certain number of titles published. The terms "indie publisher" and "independent press" and others are sometimes used interchangeably. However, when a distinction ...
, set up by
Francois von Hurter in 2003 which specialises in translated literary crime novels and romans noirs from abroad. They currently publish novels by authors such as
Gianrico Carofiglio, the famous Swiss crime-writer
Friedrich Glauser,
Saskia Noort, and the award-winning Cuban writer
Leonardo Padura. Several of the novels published have gone on to win or be shortlisted for awards such as the
Crime Writers' Association
The Crime Writers' Association (CWA) is a specialist authors' organisation in the United Kingdom, most notable for its "Dagger" awards for the best crime writing of the year, and the Diamond Dagger awarded to an author for lifetime achievement. ...
Gold Dagger
The CWA Gold Dagger is an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom since 1960 for the best crime novel of the year.
From 1955 to 1959, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award. ...
and the
Dublin IMPAC Awardbr>
More recently Bitter Lemon has also been publishing books originally in English from such authors as
Iain Levison, Elwood Reid and Garry Disher.
References
External links
Bitter Lemon Press websiteConsortium Publisher Information
Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Small press publishing companies
Publishing companies established in 2003
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