And Other Stories is an independent

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book publisher founded in 2009, notable for being the first UK publisher of literary fiction to make direct, advance subscriptions a major part of its business model as well as for its use of foreign language reading groups to choose the books that it publishes. The company originally operated from

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, but is now based in

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. In 2012, it was nominated for the Newcomer of the Year award by the

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History

And Other Stories was founded in 2009 by Stefan Tobler. And Other Stories first came to the public's attention when its first book, ''Down the Rabbit Hole'' by

Juan Pablo Villalobos Juan Pablo Villalobos (born 1973) is a Mexican author. His debut novel, ''Down the Rabbit Hole'', was published by And Other Stories in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award 2011. He is also the author of ''Quesadillas'' ( ...

(translated by Rosalind Harvey), was chosen by the public to be one of the 10 titles longlisted for the 2011

Guardian First Book Award The Guardian First Book Award was a literary award presented by ''The Guardian'' newspaper. It annually recognised one book by a new writer. It was established in 1999, replacing the Guardian Fiction Award or Guardian Fiction Prize that the newspap ...

. It went on to make the shortlist and has also been shortlisted for the

Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize is an annual literary prize for any book-length translation into English from any other living European language. The first prize was awarded in 1999. The prize is funded by and named in honour of Lord Weidenfe ...

Deborah Levy Deborah Levy (born 6 August 1959) is a British novelist, playwright and poet. She initially concentrated on writing for the theatre – her plays were staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company – before focusing on prose fiction. Her early nov ...

's ''

Swimming Home ''Swimming Home'' is a novel by British writer Deborah Levy, published in 2011. The short novel deals with the experiences of poet Joe Jacobs, when his family vacation is interrupted by a fanatical reader. Critical reception for the novel was gen ...

'' was shortlisted for the

Man Booker Prize 2012 The 2012 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded on 16 October 2012. A longlist of twelve titles was announced on 25 July, and these were narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles, announced on 11 September. The jury was chaired by Sir Peter Stotha ...

, as well as UK Author of the Year at the

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2012. and the

Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize The Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Literary Prize is an annual British literary prize inaugurated in 1977. It is named after the host ''Jewish Quarterly'' and the prize's founder Harold Hyam Wingate. The award recognises Jewish and non-Jewish writers r ...

2013. And Other Stories was nominated for and subsequently won Publisher of the Year in the 2011 '' 3:AM Magazine'' Awards.

List of books

* ''All the Lights'' by

Clemens Meyer Clemens Meyer (born 1977) is a German writer. He is the author of ''Als wir träumten'' (''As We Were Dreaming'', 2006), ''Die Nacht, die Lichter'' (''All the Lights'', 2008), ''Gewalten'' (''Acts of Violence'', 2010), ''Im Stein'' (''Bricks an ...

* ''Down the Rabbit Hole'' by

* ''

'' by

* ''Open Door'' by

Iosi Havilio Iosi Havilio (born 1974 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentina, Argentine author. He's the son of Yugoslav-Argentine actor Harry Havilio. Life and career His first novel, ''Open Door'' was published in Buenos Aires in 2006. The novel tells the story of ...

* ''Happiness is Possible'' by

Oleg Zaionchkovsky Oleg Viktorovich Zaionchkovsky (Russian: Олег Викторович Зайончковский)(born 1959) is a Russian author. His writing has been shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize and the National Bestseller Prize. He is the author o ...

* ''The Islands'' by

Carlos Gamerro Carlos Gamerro is an Argentinean novelist, critic, and translator. He was born in Buenos Aires in 1962. Gamerro has published six works of fiction, including the novels ''The Islands'' (And Other Stories, 2012 UK and 2014 North American publicati ...

* ''Zbinden's Progress'' by

Christoph Simon Christoph Simon (born 1972, Emmental, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer. After travelling in the Middle East, Poland, South America, London and New York, he settled in Berne. His first novel, ''Franz, or Why Antelopes Run in Herds'' (2001) has sold ...

* ''Lightning Rods'' by

Helen DeWitt Helen DeWitt (born 1957 in Takoma Park, Maryland) is an American novelist. She is the author of the novels ''The Last Samurai'' (2000) and '' Lightning Rods'' (2011) and the short story collection ''Some Trick'' (2018) and, in collaboration with ...

* ''Black Vodka'' by Deborah Levy * ''Captain of the Steppe'' by

Oleg Pavlov Oleg Pavlov ( Russian: Олег Олегович Павлов; 16 March 1970 – 7 October 2018) was a prominent Russian writer and winner of the Russian Booker Prize. He was only 24 years old when his first novel, ''Captain of the Steppe'', w ...

* ''All Dogs are Blue'' by Rodrigo de Souza Leão * ''Quesadillas'' by Juan Pablo Villalobos * ''Paradises'' by Iosi Havilio * ''Double Negative'' by Ivan Vladislavić

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