Extraordinary work. A conversation w/Samar about the book: arablit.org/2026/03/16/s... A review by our Ibtihal Rida Mahmood: arablit.org/2026/03/17/m...

🇵🇸 YOUR PRESENCE IS A DANGER TO YOUR LIFE: VOICES FROM GAZA by Samar Yazbek, tr. Leri Price, publishes this week Head to the link below to read an excerpt from the book and order a copy. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/your-p...

I'll be in Dublin at the International Literature Festival @ilfdublin.bsky.social this coming Friday 22nd, to talk about Dooneen. 8pm. Tickets available at the link below. Be great to see you there.

Today's Feature: What Sparks Poetry: Mira Rosenthal on "Seasonal Plots (III)" from Mer de Glace published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/seasona...

“It’s only when I get to the end of a book that I’m made aware of what I wanted to say, which is why I almost always write the ending just once, and sometimes don’t even revise it.” —Javier Cercas

Happy to get my hands on a copy of Brian Dillon’s new book, AFFINITIES. I love everything from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social “These appearances catch at my throat; they are the free gifts, the bright coppers at the roots of trees.” —Annie Dillard

Congrats to Sasha Debevec-McKenney, winner of the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize! Sasha was on Monocle Radio recently, while shortlisted, on #MeetTheWriters, to discuss "Joy Is My Middle Name" (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) :))) monocle.com/radio/shows/...

🏆Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize Winner Announced The winner of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize was revealed as American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney for her debut collection Joy Is My Middle Name (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social).

Congratulations to Sasha Debevec-Mckenney, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize! Sasha's book is Joy Is My Middle Name, from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...

We're thrilled that American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney is the winner of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2026, for her poetry collection 'Joy is My Middle Name' (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social)! #SUDTP26

Congratulations to Sasha Debevec-McKenney on winning the Dylan Thomas Prize for JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME…well deserved In an episode of Ask the Host last year, I picked out a couple of my favourites from the collection open.spotify.com/episode/2DkC...

'He said that walking off the ship that afternoon holding his two cases, trying to understand what he had just done, was the most tragic moment of his life.' Read an excerpt of OUTSIDER EVERYWHERE by Mercedes Halfon, tr. Rahul Bery, in Lithub: lithub.com/argentina-th...

"He said ‘do you think there are children in Gaza? There are no children in Gaza! We are born grown-ups'" Syrian journalist Samar Yazbek discusses her collection of testimonials from Gazans living under genocide – out next week via @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social www.theskinny.co.uk/books/featur...

As is customary, a playlist precedes the new book, Dooneen, out in a few weeks. This link here is to Tidal. Spotify and Apple follow below. I hope you enjoy the music. And I hope you'll like the book. June 4th from : @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and @ndbooks.bsky.social

'PLASTIC is a genuine original.' Graeme Richardson reviews PLASTIC by Matthew Rice for @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

"Halfon’s descriptive, collative method allows her to remain slightly askance of Gombrowicz, sketching out his contradictions without ever flattening them." Simon Firth on Mercedes Halfon's OUTSIDER EVERYWHERE (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) review31.co.uk/article/view...

"A good novel tells us about ourselves, scooping out our worst impulses and deepest hopes, and Barton does so with a disarming candour." What Am I, A Deer? by Polly Barton is out now from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social!

📚AMBIVALENCE by Brian Dillon publishes today 📚 To read an extract and order a copy, head to the link below. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/ambiva...

You can pre-order Dooneen direct from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social here. Officially published on June 4th. I'm grateful for the kind words from Ben Pester, Jonathan Lethem, Isabel Waidner, Mary Costello, Richard Beard, So Mayer, Simon Okotie, David Hayden. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/dooneen/

Today's book. 💙 @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

I love Brian Dillon's books, so I am looking forward to Ambivalence.

I’ve been digging into Alice’s FANCY WORK @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social this weekend Alice is exploring embroidery in relation to gender roles, and travelling far and wide to uncover hidden histories See you there!?

Celebrating the bank holiday by dusting off the archives… This is a re-release of a previous episode with Polly Barton, who’s just released her debut novel, WHAT AM I, A DEER? with @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

I cannot wait to read this.

📚 We are pleased to announce our May publications: — AMBIVALENCE by Brian Dillon, out 7 May; — YOUR PRESENCE IS A DANGER TO YOUR LIFE: VOICES FROM GAZA by Samar Yazbek, tr. Leri Price, out 21 May; — MER DE GLACE by Małgorzata Lebda, tr. Mira Rosenthal, out 21 May.

This now exists. Available soon, from all good bookshops. Available now on pre-order, from all good bookshops. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

📣 ANNOUNCING THE 2026 ESSAY PRIZE SHORTLIST We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & LeWitt Studios Essay Prize, an annual competition for unpublished writers. Read more here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/essay...

Always fun to come home to surprise pre-ordered book post

This is proving a remarkable read: thanks to @simonguy.bsky.social from whom I first learnt about it on here 💙📚

Well that isn’t why I went into town. Oops… 👀 💙

'I think the moment I knew that I had to write this book was when I was with someone who made the throwaway comment that ‘translation is karaoke’. Polly Barton writes an exclusive guest post about her debut novel, WHAT AM I, A DEER? for @barnesandnoble.com: www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/polly-b...

'Mercedes Halfon’s vivacious text, ably translated by Rahul Bery, leads its readers on a pleasurable search for clues around Buenos Aires....' - Chris Moss reviews OUTSIDER EVERYWHERE for THE MORNING STAR: www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gomb...

📆Add this to your diaries! I’m going to be in conversation with @alicehattrick.bsky.social at @leedslitfest.bsky.social this summer! We’re going to be talking about Alice’s FANCY WORK @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social a new essay exploring embroidery, textiles and resistance, identity and family

ICYMI: Tonight Phoebe Giannisi and Brian Sneeden discuss GOATSONG with Clare Pollard @burleyfisher.bsky.social: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/con...

Our translator-in-residence Polly Barton, discussing her incredible novel, WHAT AM I, A DEER? 🦌

Book 37 is one I've been looking forward to: Polly Barton's What Am I, A Deer? (from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social).

ICYMI: Phoebe Giannisi and Brian Sneeden have a few events for GOATSONG this week. Details here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2026/04/phoe...

'Scintillating and dreamlike.... [A] bracing and singular state-of-the-nation novel.' @publisherswkly.bsky.social gives DOONEEN by Keith Ridgway a starred review: www.publishersweekly.com/9780811240451

'Scintillating and dreamlike.... [A] bracing and singular state-of-the-nation novel.' @publisherswkly.bsky.social gives DOONEEN by Keith Ridgway a starred review: www.publishersweekly.com/9780811240451

'A lot of romance isn’t very sane, or healthy, and there are aspects of it that are overtly dangerous, but that’s where the fascination lies. That interplay between delusion and the real bits.' Polly Barton talks about WHAT AM I, A DEER? in WORMS: www.wormsmagazine.com/wormhole/pol...

A real treat to spend time with this book by Polly Barton published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social. Highly recommended, especially for karaoke people! My review for @ftweekend.com

Going into town to see some of those exhibitions they have on nowadays and in the meantime very much enjoying this. @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

'We’re in emperor’s new clothes territory, and the negative consequences for US international prestige and reliability will be deep and long-lasting.' Jon Lee Anderson speaks about Afghanistan and American interventions in the @theobserveruk.bsky.social: observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

Just started Janet Frame's The Edge of the Alphabet (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) and wow! A remarkable piece of writing

Thank you to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for sending a proof of "Twenty Minutes of Silence" by Hélène Bessette (tr. Kate Briggs). Very intriguing as I missed the previous one!

'It is an almost-love story and an almost-self-love story – one that celebrates drunken karaoke, violent crushes and the transcendent, fleeting joy of believing you finally understand your own life' Zadie Loft reviews WHAT AM I A DEER? for @litreview.bsky.social: literaryreview.co.uk/sing-your-he...

New episode of Books Up Close with Sasha Debevec-McKenney, talking about her poem “WHAT AM I AFRAID OF?” from her @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social collection Joy is My Middle Name. Listen wherever you get podcasts, and find out more here or IG: booksupclose.substack.com/p/sasha-debe...

Brilliant poetry collection by Matthew Rice from Belfast, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and timestamped from old night shifts in a #plasticsfactory 👏