And Other Stories is an independent
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book publisher founded in 2009, notable for being the first UK publisher of literary fiction to make direct, advance subscriptions a major part of its business model as well as for its use of foreign language reading groups to choose the books that it publishes. The company originally operated from
High Wycombe
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,
Buckinghamshire
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, but is now based in
Sheffield
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,
South Yorkshire
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. In 2012, it was nominated for the Newcomer of the Year award by the
Independent Publishers Guild
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(IPG).
History
And Other Stories was founded in 2009 by Stefan Tobler.
And Other Stories first came to the public's attention when its first book, ''Down the Rabbit Hole'' by
Juan Pablo Villalobos (translated by Rosalind Harvey), was chosen by the public to be one of the 10 titles longlisted for the 2011
Guardian First Book Award
The Guardian First Book Award was a literary award presented by ''The Guardian'' newspaper. It annually recognised one book by a new writer. It was established in 1999, replacing the Guardian Fiction Award or Guardian Fiction Prize that the newspa ...
. It went on to make the shortlist and has also been shortlisted for the
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
The Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize is an annual literary prize for any book-length translation into English from any other living European language. The first prize was awarded in 1999. The prize is funded by and named in honour of Lord Wei ...
.
Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy (born 6 August 1959) is a South African novelist, playwright and poet. She initially concentrated on writing for the theatre – her plays were staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company – before focusing on prose fiction. Her ear ...
's ''
Swimming Home'' was shortlisted for the
Man Booker Prize 2012, as well as UK Author of the Year at the
Specsavers National Book Awards
The British Book Awards or Nibbies are literary awards for the best UK writers and their works, administered by ''The Bookseller''. The awards have had several previous names, owners and sponsors since being launched in 1990, including the Na ...
2012. and the
Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize
The Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Literary Prize is an annual British literary prize inaugurated in 1977. It is named after the host ''Jewish Quarterly'' and the prize's founder Harold Hyam Wingate. The award recognises Jewish and non-Jewish writers ...
2013.
And Other Stories was nominated for and subsequently won Publisher of the Year in the 2011 ''
3:AM Magazine'' Awards.
List of books
* ''All the Lights'' by
Clemens Meyer
* ''Down the Rabbit Hole'' by
Juan Pablo Villalobos
* ''
Swimming Home'' by
Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy (born 6 August 1959) is a South African novelist, playwright and poet. She initially concentrated on writing for the theatre – her plays were staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company – before focusing on prose fiction. Her ear ...
* ''Open Door'' by
Iosi Havilio
Iosi Havilio (born 1974 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine author. He's the son of Yugoslav-Argentine actor Harry Havilio.
Life and career
His first novel, ''Open Door'' was published in Buenos Aires in 2006. The novel tells the story of a young w ...
* ''Happiness is Possible'' by
Oleg Zaionchkovsky
* ''The Islands'' by
Carlos Gamerro
* ''Zbinden's Progress'' by
Christoph Simon
* ''Lightning Rods'' by
Helen DeWitt
Helen DeWitt (born 1957) is an American novelist. She is the author of the novels ''The Last Samurai'' (2000) and '' Lightning Rods'' (2011) and the short story collection ''Some Trick'' (2018) and, in collaboration with the Australian journalis ...
* ''Black Vodka'' by Deborah Levy
* ''Captain of the Steppe'' by
Oleg Pavlov
* ''All Dogs are Blue'' by Rodrigo de Souza Leão
* ''Quesadillas'' by Juan Pablo Villalobos
* ''Paradises'' by Iosi Havilio
* ''Double Negative'' by
Ivan Vladislavić
* ''
Heart Lamp
''Heart Lamp: Selected Stories'' is a collection of short stories by Indian writer Banu Mushtaq, originally written in Kannada between 1990 and 2023 and translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi. Published by And Other Stories in the UK on 10 Se ...
'' by
Banu Mushtaq
Banu Mushtaq (born 3 April 1948) is an Indian Kannada-language writer, activist, and lawyer from Karnataka. She is best known for ''Heart Lamp'', a selection of her short stories translated by Deepa Bhasthi, which won the International Booker ...
– awarded 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, as the Boo ...
2025
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