Sembra Llibres

Sembra Llibres is an independent publishing cooperative based in Valencia, Spain, founded in 2014 by editor Joan Carles Girbés and musician-writer Xavi Sarrià. It was presented publicly in February 2014 at the Societat Coral el Micalet in Valencia. The cooperative publishes books in Catalan (Valencian) and aims to expand the Catalan-reading public beyond the educational sphere, with a particular focus on young readers in the Valencian Country. Its catalogue includes contemporary affairs, fiction, non-fiction, theatre, illustrated albums, graphic novels, and classics, mixing Valencian authors with translated international works. In its first half-year it had published five books, and it intends to release an average of eight to ten titles per year. Notable successes include Xavi Sarrià's Totes les cançons parlen de tu (ten editions) and Marta Rojals's No ens calia estudiar tant (four editions). The publisher also released Vertigen by Esperança Camps Barber and Empar Marco, a novel set against the closure of RTVV. Sembra Llibres operates as a cooperative, emphasising interrelation between readers, authors, and editors, and discovering young and adult talent. Its website highlights titles such as Santiago Rusiñol's L'alegria que passa, Josep Vicent Frechina's La Gossa Sorda, Jordi Tormo's Reconstruir el país, Kopano Matlwa's Bosadi, Antonio Ferrara's De viva veu, Adrià Espí's La mala vida, Irene Klein Fariza's Matèria d'Altea, and Cèsar Martí and Daniel Olmo's El diari de Guillem. The publisher organises its catalogue into series such as Bàsics, Clàssics, Àlbums il·lustrats, and Llavors, and announces new catalogues and seasonal releases.

Sembra Llibres was founded in 2014 as an independent publishing cooperative in Valencia, Spain. It was publicly presented in February 2014 at the Societat Coral el Micalet in Valencia. The project was driven by Joan Carles Girbés, an editor who had worked for other publishers such as Edicions Bromera, and Xavi Sarrià, singer of the band Obrint Pas and a writer. The cooperative was created with the aim of adding experiences and efforts, believing in the interrelation between readers, authors, and editors. It seeks to discover the talent of young and adult authors, with the goal of increasing the Catalan-reading public beyond the educational channel. Its main potential audience is young people schooled in Catalan in the Valencian Country. In its first half-year of existence, it had published five books. The publisher is oriented towards current affairs, featuring both Valencian authors and recognised authors in other languages translated into Valencian. It intends to publish an average of eight to ten books per year. In a short time, it achieved titles of notable impact, such as Totes les cançons parlen de tu by Xavi Sarrià (ten editions) and No ens calia estudiar tant by Marta Rojals (four editions). Sarrià's book, after his literary debut with Històries del Paradís, is the first novel by the Obrint Pas singer, an initiatory journey through 1990s Valencia through musical and social references. Another notable title is Vertigen by Esperança Camps Barber and Empar Marco, a novel with the background of the closure of RTVV. The publisher continues to release new catalogues and seasonal titles, organising its output into series such as Bàsics, Clàssics, Àlbums il·lustrats, and Llavors.

• 2014

  Sembra Llibres is publicly presented in February at the Societat Coral el Micalet in Valencia.

• 2014

  In its first half-year, the publisher has five books published.

• Xavi Sarrià's Totes les cançons parlen de tu reaches ten editions.

• Marta Rojals's No ens calia estudiar tant reaches four editions.

• Publication of Vertigen by Esperança Camps Barber and Empar Marco, a novel about the closure of RTVV.

Independent Valencian publishing cooperative focused on Catalan-language literature and current affairs, aiming to expand the reading public beyond the educational sphere.

Product categories. Fiction · Non-fiction · Theatre · Illustrated albums · Graphic novels · Classics · Contemporary affairs books

1. 1Sembra Llibres official websitesembrallibres.com
2. 2Sembra Llibres on Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Sembra Llibres on Catalan Wikipediaca.wikipedia.org