Ampersand Blog and News
The challenges of creating a cover for a forgotten modernist classic
Roman Muradov on designing for Norah Lange’s People in the Room. Cover design is mainly reading. I like to tell […]
‘Is Publishing for me?’ Open Day, 2nd March 2019
On 2nd March we held our bi-annual ‘Is Publishing for me?’ open day, for aspiring publishers. It was a jam-packed […]
Bookshop of the Month: Sam Read Bookseller
In the heart of Grasmere lies a cosy little book shop that has been providing the community with great literature […]
Winners of the 2018 Society of Authors Translator Awards
A huge congratulations to two of our esteemed translators, Gini Alhadeff and Frank Perry, who were awarded prizes last night, […]
Our translators make the 2018 Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes shortlists
We are delighted to announce that four of our esteemed translators have been shortlisted in five out of the seven […]
Levrero hunting by Annie McDermott
I first realised these novels were no ordinary translation project when I encountered one of the characters on an online […]
Angela Readman on her debut novel Something Like Breathing
I started writing the novel almost by accident a few years ago on a sunny day. I was rushed off […]
On Cardi B by Rita Indiana
Translated from the Spanish by Josie Mitchell It’s three thirty-three in the morning, in the studio, the microphone’s hungry, the […]
Best books of the year 2018
As we draw close to the end of 2018 (our Year of Publishing Women) the ‘Best books’ list are beginning […]
And Other Stories announces five-book deal with Gerald Murnane as he wins 2018 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award
We are delighted to announce that Gerald Murnane has won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award in the Fiction category for […]