Hédi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis snatched her family from their home in Eastern Europe and transported them to Auschwitz, where her parents were murdered and she and her sister were forced into hard labour until the end of the war.

Now ninety-four, she has spent her life educating young people about the Holocaust and answering their questions about one of the darkest periods in human history. Questions like, ‘How was it to live in the camps?’, ‘Did you dream at night?’, ‘Why did Hitler hate the Jews?’, and ‘Can you forgive?’.

With sensitivity and complete candour, Fried answers these questions and more in this deeply human book that urges us never to forget and never to repeat.

‘It is the telling detail that gives her testimony its particular power … This little book, with its reminder “there are no stupid questions, nor any forbidden ones, but there are some … that have no answer”, is a moving record of one woman’s experience.’
NICK RENNISON, THE SUNDAY TIMES

‘This slim but powerful volume comprises answers to the questions she is most frequently asked … Fried answers with candour and thoughtfulness in a book that should be required reading for all young people.’
HANNAH BECKERMAN, THE OBSERVER

Our lives intertwine with birds like no other wild creature. Every day birds warm our hearts, inspire our curiosity, and appeal to our sense of wonder. Close to Birds brings us even nearer to our feathered friends. The gorgeous photographs capture the intimate beauty and detail of each bird’s form, as well as their unique character and personality. The accompanying short essays share charming and often-hidden details from birds’ lives. Discover why robins sing so early in the morning and learn the science behind the almost magical iridescence of mallard feathers. Close to Birds shares the irresistible joy and marvel of birds.

“[The translation is] outstanding . . . Graceful, warm, and idiomatic.” – WHRO Media

Ten Swedes Must Die is a translation of Tio svenskar måste dö, the middle book of Martin Österdahl’s Max Anger trilogy. Four years after the events of Ask No Mercy, Österdahl’s troubled protagonist must once again seek to uncover the truth behind a wave of violence that threatens the very existence of Sweden as a sovereign nation. Once again, Max Anger learns of complex connections linking international intrigue in the last years of the twentieth century with his own childhood experiences on the small island of Arholma in the Stockholm archipelago and actions taken by Sweden during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath. Of central importance in Ten Swedes Must Die is the Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers to the Soviet Union in 1946, an event that is also the subject of Per Olov Enquist’s 1968 documentary novel Legionärerna. Tio svenskar måste dö has been translated into languages including Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, and Spanish. Ten Swedes Must Die is available as a paperback, an e-book, and an audiobook.

An edited volume (eds. Nils Wiklander, Johanna Hagerius, Anneli Abrahamsson, Dag Rosenqvist, Malin Enberg) published by Swedish public body Culture in the West reflecting on concepts of audience development in the contemporary arts and culture world. I prepared translations of all Scandinavian-language chapters for the English edition, including significant rounds of feedback with contributors and the editorial team.

Ellinor is thirty-six. She wears soft black sweatpants and a Michelin Man jacket. She fights. Smart and unsentimental, she tries her hand at online dating, only to be stranded by a snowstorm with a literary critic. Cut to Max Lamas, an author who dreams of a polyglot lover, a woman who will understand him in every tongue. His search takes him to Italy, where he befriends a marchesa whose old Roman family is on the brink of ruin. At the heart of this literary intrigue is a handwritten manuscript that leaves no one unaffected. The Polyglot Lovers is a fiercely witty and nuanced contribution to feminism in the #metoo era. Pleasure is an elusive thing, love even more so.

Tove Jansson: artist, cartoonist, Moomin-creator, author, correspondent, archipelago-dweller, challenger of convention. Out of the thousands of letters Jansson wrote, a cache remains that she addressed to her family, her dearest confidantes, and her lovers, male and female. Into these she spilled her innermost thoughts, defended her ideals and revealed her heart. To read these letters is both an act of startling intimacy and a rare privilege. Penned with grace and humour, Letters from Tove offers an almost seamless commentary on  Jansson’s life as it unfolds within Helsinki’s bohemian circles and her beloved island home.

‘A unique and authentic voice that speaks to the reader across time and culture, heart to heart’. Boyd Tonkin, The Independent.

In April 1988, Valerie Solanas – the writer and radical feminist, who attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol – was discovered dead in her hotel room. She was 52, alone, penniless and surrounded by the typed pages of her last writings.

Stridsberg reconstructs her life through imagined conversations and monologues and gives a powerful and heartbreaking voice to the enigmatic woman who wrote The SCUM Manifesto.

Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019.

Swedish chef and food blogger Ylva Bergqvist explores the virtues of living and eating green. The concept is simple, ease your way into a mostly or full vegetable-forward diet by cooking dishes that are quick to prepare and impossible to resist.

Everyone is welcome in Moominvalley – especially at Christmas. This beautiful, classic picture book tells a comic tale of misunderstanding, adapted from one of Tove Jansson’s classic Moomintroll stories.