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Award-winning publisher of outstanding Latin American literature. Edinburgh. charcopress.com
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It's here. Our 2026 Bundle. Nine incredible titles - including new novels from faves Claudia Piñeiro and Ana Paula Maia, sci-fi from Puerto Rico, short stories and Oscar-winning inspirations. Direct to your door, throughout the year, ahead of publication.
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Translating Women
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"With her characteristic edge-of-the-seat storytelling, Piñeiro exposes not only the monsters we live among, but also the society that produces them". My review for
@uk.theconversation.com
of Claudia Piñeiro's CATHEDRALS, tr. Frances Riddle and out this month from
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Tonight is the night! All fingers crossed for On Earth As It Is Beneath but what a wonderful shortlist all round. You can watch the winner of this year's International Booker Prize be announced live tonight:
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The International Booker Prize 2026 ceremony livestream
Join us on Tuesday 19 May as we announce the winner of the International Booker Prize 2026. Tune in live to hear the news as it's announced at our ceremony in London. --- The Booker Prize and the In...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxCXqnpOsRY
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Ian Curtin
5 days ago
Hope many read her novels thanks to the prize. Both pack a punch, and kudos to Charco for championing her work in translation.
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Had a great mini London bookshop tour with author Ana Paula Maia yesterday! Such lovely folks at every single stop. A big shout out to the teams at @dauntbooks , @bookbaruk, @pritchardandure, @wearebardbooks and @stanfordstravel.
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John Self
7 days ago
Books lists? You want book lists? Here’s the only one you need today: my rundown of the International Booker Prize shortlist in today’s Guardian, ahead of Tuesday’s winner announcement. Accept no substitutes. In print (in abbreviated form) today, online soon.
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@thebookerprizes.com
's recent event celebrating 10 years of the International prize looked amazing, including Dua Lipa doing an excellent opening speech, seen here with this year's shortlist including our own On Earth As It Is Beneath 💙
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Radz Pandit
15 days ago
Through the mail today, books from my
@charcopress.com
subscription. They all look great, but I'm really excited about the new Piñeiro.
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coopahcetic
14 days ago
Book 34: Cathedrals This is part of the 2026
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box, that I got a little early, it comes out on the 28th of May. And I UGLY CRIED in public finishing this book, it’s probably as close to 5 star as you’ll ever get 😭 Where do I go from there?
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Cait_onthe_luce
16 days ago
Today's galley mail! Bury Your Dead by Ana Paula Maia; translated by Padma Viswanathan and One Hundred Guinea Pigs by Gustavo Rodríguez; translated by Daniel Hahn. Thanks to the always excellent
@charcopress.com
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"Piñen is a profound and harsh book, a narrative that at times strikes like a whip, yet threaded with moments of strange and haunting beauty." —Selva Almada, author of NOT A RIVER Piñen is out now!
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Piñen — Charco Press
Daniela Catrileo Translated by Jacob Edelstein A fierce, tender collection of stories about the lives, traumas, and dreams of Mapuche youth in modern-day Chile. Jesús, Valeska, ...
https://charcopress.com/bookstore/pinen
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Daniel G. Wilson
18 days ago
Highly reccomend for anyone who is in that part of the world to check this out Ana Paula Maia is one of the best writers working today and it's not often that she does interviews in the anglosphere/anglophone press
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Dave C
21 days ago
2021 #85 Missed yesterday so this is the first of two for this thread today. A father and daughter confine themselves to their apartment in a city in Uruguay with only the rooftop above to give them respite. Claustrophobic and dark, another excellent novel from
@charcopress.com
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖋️📚
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Lucy Popescu
19 days ago
I'm looking forward to interviewing Ana Paula Maia about her International Booker shortlisted novel On Earth As It Is Beneath on 18 May
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Islington, publ by
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@thebookerprizes.com
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Ana Paula Maia in conversation with Lucy Popescu | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Ana Paula Maia in conversation with Lucy Popescu today.
https://www.waterstones.com/events/ana-paula-maia-in-conversation-with-lucy-popescu/london-islington
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Monday 18 May, 6.30pm, Waterstones Islington: Join Ana Paula Maia to discuss On Earth As It Is Beneath - shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026 - that asks timely questions about violence, indignation and the brutality of unchecked power.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ana-paula-...
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Ana Paula Maia and Lucy Popescu in conversation - Islington
Join us with Ana Paula Maia in conversation with Lucy Popescu, to discuss her latest book, On Earth As It Is Beneath.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ana-paula-maia-and-lucy-popescu-in-conversation-islington-tickets-1988553246290
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Liam Bishop
29 days ago
🧂SALT CRYSTALS by Cristina Bendek translated by Robin Myers. Legacied of colonialism and imperialism intersect a character’s experience of diabetes on a Colombian island from
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coopahcetic
about 1 month ago
Thank you
@charcopress.com
! I have my next two weeks ahead of me as I kick off the 2026 journey.
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The Booker Prizes
about 1 month ago
Watch Xelia Mendes-Jones read from On Earth As It Is Beneath, the
#InternationalBooker2026
shortlisted book written by Ana Paula Maia and translated by Padma Viswanathan.
youtu.be/m9OJhtvHs4E
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Xelia Mendes-Jones reads from On Earth As It Is Beneath | The Booker Prize
YouTube video by The Booker Prizes
https://youtu.be/m9OJhtvHs4E
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Dave C
about 1 month ago
2021 #69 An early find for me from
@charcopress.com
and what a wonderful find it is. Sagasti pulls together a heap of apparently unrelated characters from modern history and weaves a tale that connects them. There's more in the alt text, it's still a big favourite in this household ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖋️📚
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Alex Paknadel from off of comics
about 1 month ago
Another urgent, life-changing banger from
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Jellybooks Ltd
about 2 months ago
Congratulations to
@charcopress.com
on the International Booker Prize shortlisting for 'On Earth as It Is Beneath' by Ana Paula Maia, tr. by Padma Viswanathan 📖 online book sample to peek inside and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
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Sample of "On Earth As It Is Beneath" by Ana Paula Maia, Padma Viswanathan
Peek inside this book and discover another great read.
https://www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader/excerpts/on-earth-as-it-is-beneath_9781917260114-ex/L3Leb
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Caroline Casey
about 2 months ago
@charcopress.com
is nine years old and has had FOUR Booker finalists which I think is a very big deal (also every Ana Paula Maia book rules; new one dropping in August)
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6 books named finalists for the 2026 International Booker Prize
The shortlisted titles include novels and novellas from authors and translators spanning four continents, with stories that range from Japanese-controlled 1930s Taiwan to the streets of Tehran in 1979...
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5766171/2026-international-booker-prize-shortlist
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We are honoured to announce that ON EARTH AS IT IS BENEATH has been shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize! Our huge congratulations to author Ana Paula Maia and translator Padma Viswanathan, and to all the other shortlistees. Available here:
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The Booker Prizes
about 2 months ago
‘Make space on your TBRs; this is an unmissable reading list’ We are delighted to reveal the shortlist for the
#InternationalBooker2026
, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies. ➡️ Discover the full list:
thebookerprizes.com/ibp2026
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Peruvian author Cisneros (The Distance Between Us, You Shall Leave Your Land and The World We Saw Burning) reflects on inheritance, silence and identity within a family marked by power and conflict. 🎫
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Renato Cisneros and Philippe Sands talk to Sophie Hughes - Hay Festival
The writers and the translator discuss the question — how much are our private lives shaped by political and historical forces?
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-25260-renato-cisneros-and-philippe-sands-talk-to-sophie-hughes.aspx
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Check out some of our authors at
@hayfestival.bsky.social
in May! In Salt Crystals, Bendek explores the histories & diasporas that bind together the island of San Andrés and its cultures, and proposes new ways of understanding the Indigenous Raizal people. 🎫
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Cristina Bendek and Shon Faye talk to Georgina Godwin - Hay Festival
Community, culture and compassion are at the heart of this discussion between the Colombian and British authors.
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-25388-cristina-bendek-and-shon-faye-talk-to-georgina-godwin.aspx
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We are excited to be
@thebookseller.com
Small Press of the Year for Scotland!
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Check out some of our authors at
@hayfestival.bsky.social
in May! In Salt Crystals, Bendek explores the histories & diasporas that bind together the island of San Andrés and its cultures, and proposes new ways of understanding the Indigenous Raizal people. 🎫
www.hayfestival.com/p-25388-cris...
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Cristina Bendek and Shon Faye talk to Georgina Godwin - Hay Festival
Community, culture and compassion are at the heart of this discussion between the Colombian and British authors.
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-25388-cristina-bendek-and-shon-faye-talk-to-georgina-godwin.aspx
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Out today! One young woman’s fractious, hopeful, attempt to give in to love. X IS WHERE I AM by Sara Torres (tr. Maureen Shaughnessy). Get your copy at your lovely bookstore, or direct from us. Or better yet, get our 2026 Bundle and get all our books for the year!
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Out today! One young woman’s fractious, hopeful, attempt to give in to love. X IS WHERE I AM by Sara Torres (tr. Maureen Shaughnessy). Get your copy at your lovely bookstore, or direct from us. Or better yet, get our 2026 Bundle and get all our books for the year!
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Frances Evangelista
3 months ago
Now reading On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia, translated from the Portuguese by Padma Viswanathan.
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We are excited to announce that ON EARTH AS IT IS BENEATH by Ana Paula Maia (tr. Padma Viswanathan) has been longlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize! Congratulations to all the longlisted authors, translators and publishers. Available at bookshops or here:
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BURY YOUR DEAD: A roadkill crew in rural Brazil finds the wrong kind of body. Pre-order with code FEB26:
www.waterstones.com/book/bury-yo...
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We're finalists for
@thebookseller.com
Small Press of the Year in Scotland!
www.thebookseller.com/british-book...
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Small Press of the Year Finalists | The British Book Awards
Check out the regional and country winners for the Small Press of the Year in The British Book Awards 2026
https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards-content/small-press-of-the-year
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Dorothy, a publishing project
3 months ago
TONIGHT! With
@hubcitypress.bsky.social
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@andotherstories.bsky.social
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@newvesselpress.bsky.social
,
@clashbooks.bsky.social
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@charcopress.com
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@transitbooks.bsky.social
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@bookhugpress.bsky.social
, et al.
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We have a few of our upcoming 2026 list in the Waterstones 25% off pre-order campaign, running until Friday 20th Feb. Add FEB26 to checkout to apply the discount. Pre-order:
www.waterstones.com/book/cathedr...
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We have a few of our upcoming 2026 list in the Waterstones 25% off pre-order campaign, running until Friday 20th Feb. Add FEB26 to checkout to apply the discount. Pre-order:
www.waterstones.com/book/cathedr...
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Neil Snowdon
3 months ago
The greatest pleasure of physical bookstores is discovery. Browsing without a destination and finding the story you need in that moment. This chance meeting is going very well so far. :-) The Cemetery of Untold Stories by
@writerjalvarez.bsky.social
published by
@charcopress.com
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Dave C
3 months ago
2021 #19 The lives of an assorted group of middle-class Argentines are examined as relationships end and begin against the background of a chaotic world. Beautifully written and interpreted, an exceptional find from
@charcopress.com
. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖋️📚
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In LA Review of Books, AN INFINITE SADNESS "stands apart":
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A Void Filled with Possibilities | Los Angeles Review of Books
The protagonist of Antônio Xerxenesky’s novel ‘An Infinite Sadness,’ newly translated by Daniel Hahn, searches for ‘something beyond psychological solutions’ at a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/antonio-xerxenesky-infinite-sadness-sanatorium-literature-brazilian-review/
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DIE MY LOVE, the film adaptation of one of the first books we ever published, is streaming now! 📽
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Thanks to
@shelflifebooks.bsky.social
for sharing this beautiful shot of APPARITIONS (Margo Glantz, translated by Ellen Jones): Two nuns, and one obsessed mother, doing everything in their power to achieve communion with the one they love. Get it now:
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Lovely shout out for APPARITIONS from Cat at
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We have produced a range of Fine Art prints based on some of our iconic covers. Each piece has been recreated by artist Pablo Font especially for the print, refocusing elements from the cover to provide an impactful and eye-catching artwork.
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Suroor Alikhan
4 months ago
This week's
#bookreview
: Why Did You Come Back Every Summer by Belén López Peiró, autofiction about being sexually abuse and going public about it. Told through a multiplicity of voices, which gives the novel depth and nuance.
@charcopress.com
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Why Did You Come Back Every Summer: Belén López Peiró
Translated from Spanish by Maureen ShaughnessyPublished by Charco Press, 2024, 188 pages. Original version published in 2021. “So then, why did you come back every summer? Do you like to suffer? Wh…
https://talking-about-books.com/2026/01/24/why-did-you-come-back-every-summer-belen-lopez-peiro/
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M.Field (who /what)
4 months ago
Latest
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read from
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a deeply reflective meditation on the search for meaning in life. Highly recommended.
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We have produced a range of Fine Art prints based on some of our iconic covers. Each piece has been recreated by artist Pablo Font especially for the print, refocusing elements from the cover to provide an impactful and eye-catching artwork.
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Cory Oldweiler
4 months ago
Yes it is! Read everything Falco writes (and everything Croft translates and Charco publishes for that matter).
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The Plains, by Federico Falco and translated by Jennifer Croft, is a "moving and beautifully made novel". Thank you
@review31.bsky.social
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Chard and Beans
Review 31 is an online literary review.
http://review31.co.uk/essay/view/134/chard-and-beans
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monkeelino
4 months ago
2025 Longlist for the US/Canada Republic of Consciousness Small Press Prize
@usrofc.bsky.social
#booksky
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#books
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ON EARTH AS IT IS BENEATH is LONGLISTED for the Republic of Consciousness Prize (US & Canada)
@usrofc.bsky.social
! Read about the longlist here:
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