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An independent publisher specialising in contemporary fiction and long-form essays, founded in 2014.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

Fitzcarraldo Editions is an independent publisher specialising in contemporary fiction and long-form essays. Founded in 2014, it focuses on ambitious, imaginative and innovative writing, both in translation and in the English language. Its series, designed by Ray O'Meara, are published as paperback originals with French flaps, using a custom serif typeface called Fitzcarraldo. Among the authors it publishes are the Nobel Prize in Literature laureates Svetlana Alexievich, Olga Tokarczuk, Annie Ernaux and Jon Fosse.

History

Fitzcarraldo Editions was founded in 2014 as an independent publisher specialising in contemporary fiction and long-form essays. It focuses on ambitious, imaginative and innovative writing, both in translation and in the English language. Its series, designed by Ray O'Meara, are published as paperback originals with French flaps, using a custom serif typeface called Fitzcarraldo. The publisher has published, among other authors, the 2015, 2018, 2022 and 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature laureates Svetlana Alexievich, Olga Tokarczuk, Annie Ernaux and Jon Fosse.

Products and positioning

Independent publisher of ambitious, imaginative and innovative writing, both in translation and in the English language.

  • Girling

  • Helen of Nowhere

  • The Death of the Clinic

  • Crowds and Power

  • Primeval and Other Times

  • How to Make a Woman

  • The Mulai

  • Cafés

  • Mer de Glace

  • Fitzcarraldo Editions tote bag

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett LRB tote bag

  • Modern Poetry by Diane Seuss tote bag

  • Pretentiousness: Why it Matters by Dan Fox tote bag

  • Pond by Claire-Louise Bennet tote bag

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