Founded in 1997, our list encompasses novels, non-fiction, crime, children’s books – everything from timeless classics to the urgent and contemporary. We publish some of the twentieth century’s most widely acclaimed and brilliant authors, including Stefan Zweig, Antal Szerb and Gaito Gazdanov, as well as award-winning current writers like the Dorthe Nors, Benjamín Labatut, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen and Perumal Murugan. Our authors have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the International Booker Prize, and even won the Nobel Prize.

Pushkin Collection

The Pushkin Collection of paperbacks, complete with French flaps, is designed to be as satisfying as possible to hold and to enjoy. Each book is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, based on the transitional English serif typeface designed in the mid-eighteenth century by John Baskerville. They are litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow, Cornwall. 

Pushkin Vertigo

Just five years old, and already shortlisted for Publisher of the Year at the CWA Daggers, Pushkin Vertigo presents the best crime fiction from all four corners of the globe. Favouring top-notch storytelling, original plotting and characters that leap off the page, we aim to cater to all tastes when it comes to mystery and suspense. Our list spans classic crime writers like Margaret Millar and Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Japanese masters of mystery like Seishi Yokomizo, and contemporary award-winners such as Emma Viskic and Jonathan Ames.

Pushkin Classics

The Pushkin Press Classics list brings you timeless storytelling by icons of literature. These titles represent the best of fiction and non-fiction, hand-picked from around the globe – from Russia to Japan, France to the Americas – boasting fresh selections, new translations and stylishly designed covers. Featuring some of the most widely acclaimed authors from across the ages, as well as compelling contemporary writers, these are the world’s best stories – to be read and read again. 

Pushkin Children’s Books

Pushkin Children’s brings the world’s greatest stories to young readers. From classic fantasy adventures to bold young adult novels and gorgeous picture books, our list is full of tales to enchant, inspire and open up new horizons. Some of our bestselling titles include Dutch classic The Letter for the King, The Murderers Ape by Jakob Wegelius, Boy 87 by Ele Fountain and Liz Hyder’s Bearmouth – a Waterstones Children’s Book Prize category winner in 2020.

ONE

ONE is the home of our original English language publishing. The list is as varied as it is distinct, encompassing new voices and established names, fiction and non-fiction. Our stories range from dystopian tales to comic ones, prizewinning novels to memoirs, and include the Booker Prize-shortlisted The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma and Women’s Prize-longlisted Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li. And what makes them ONE? Compelling writing, unique voices, great stories.

Peter Owen Publishers

Peter Owen founded his eponymous publishing house in 1951. From the beginning he championed major but little-known international authors including Hermann Hesse, Shusaku Endo, Anaïs Nin and Tarjei Vesaas, often publishing them in English for the first time. Hesse’s Siddhartha was one of the first novels he published, buying the rights for £25. The company helped to build the British writer Anna Kavan, as well as Margaret Crosland, who published 25 books with the firm – translating 18 titles from the French, including works by Jean Cocteau and the Marquis de Sade, as well as writing seven books of her own. Peter Owen also published Salvador Dalí’s only novel. The list eventually included ten Nobel Prize-winning authors, earning Owen an OBE for services to literature.

Born in Nuremberg in 1927, Owen moved with his British-born mother to London soon after Hitler came to power; his German-Jewish father joined them a year later. His first job was as an office boy at The Bodley Head, and, after a brief stint in the RAF, he used an armed-forces paper quota and capital of around £800 to set up his own publishing company, aged 24. Several years later, an aspiring novelist named Muriel Spark came to work for him as editor.

Peter Owen was one of a kind; a maverick, a pioneer. Throughout his seven decades in publishing he was known as much for his flamboyant shirts and snakeskin ties as for his dogged persistence and dedication to high-quality literature in translation. Independent to the end, Owen ran his publishing house until he died in 2016, aged 89. His memoir, Not a Nice Jewish Boy, appeared shortly after his death. Pushkin Press acquired the company in 2022.

We are not currently accepting unsolicited submissions, and unfortunately will be unable to respond to any manuscripts or pitches that we receive. We are still able to consider potential translation projects, and ask that you address any queries regarding these to books@pushkinpress.com.

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