Tilted Axis Press is a

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British

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specializing in the publication of contemporary

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. Founded by Deborah Smith in 2015 following the success of her translation of Han Kang's '' The Vegetarian'', the organization has gone on to publish 26 books and several

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s. Tilted Axis became known as the original translator and English language publisher of '' Tokyo Ueno Station'' by Miri Yu, which went on to receive critical acclaim as both a book and translation. Their profile rose higher in 2022, when ''

Tomb of Sand '' Tomb of Sand'' (originally titled ''Ret Samadhi'', hi, रेत समाधि) is a 2018 Hindi-language novel by Indian author Geetanjali Shree. It was translated into English by U.S. translator Daisy Rockwell. In 2022, the book became ...

'', written by

Geetanjali Shree Geetanjali Shree ( hi, गीतांजलि श्री; born 12 June 1957), also known as Geetanjali Pandey, is an Indian Hindi-language novelist and short-story writer based in New Delhi, India. She is the author of several short stories ...

and translated by Daisy Rockwell, won the

International Booker Prize The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize was announce ...

, marking the first novel written in Hindi to take the award.

History

As of 2017, Tilted Axis Press made the largest share of their sales through traditional brick-and-mortar retail (35.1%), with the second largest channel being direct local and international sales through their website. Although the press has only received limited distribution outside of the United Kingdom, some books have been co-published internationally. For example, in 2018

The Lifted Brow The Lifted Brow is both the name of an Australian not-for-profit literary organisation (also less well known as the TLB Society Inc.), and the quarterly print literary magazine/journal it publishes. It also publishes its books through its Brow B ...

, under their Brow Books imprint, co-published their translation of "The Impossible Fairytale" in Australia. In 2021 Tilted Axis launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the translation and publication of several chapbooks covering feminist literature, raising over in total. One of the collections in the series, Pa-Liwanag, received a positive review from CNN Philippines, who stated the book "proves that writings by farmers and peasants are overdue". In July 2022, following Tilted Axis's victory at The Booker International Prize, Deborah Smith announced that she was stepping down as Publisher and Managing Director. At the same time, Kristen Vida Alfaro was announced as her successor in these roles.

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