Bitter Lemon Press
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Indie publisher, launched in 2003, bringing our readers high-quality thrillers and crime fiction books from abroad. https://t.co/hGcpiPshcn
London, UK
Joined June 2011
Our 2026 catalogue is now out! Some familiar names, some new voices and some prize-winning titles. Something for everyone, all of the highest quality. Any journalists requesting review copies, please DM us. #fiction #prizewinners #books #travels #crimefiction
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Check out our Christmas newsletter! 🧑🎄 If you are struggling to find stocking fillers or gifts to go round the tree, we have lots of fantastic suggestions - perfect for those cold, winter evenings ❄️ https://t.co/NqbYEJ5nuA
#ChristmasGiftIdeas #Stockingfillers #CrimeFiction
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10 Noir Novels to Kill For in @TheMarkazReview including The End of the Sahara by Said Khatibi - coming from Bitter Lemon in Feb (UK) and March (US)! https://t.co/C1FEJj1xzo
themarkaz.org
These ten novels—all steeped in uncertainty, grit, shadowy streets, and moral ambiguity—encapsulate the best of Arab noir writing.
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"The United Kingdom’s Bitter Lemon Press has become a vanguard of literary crime fiction throughout the European continent." A lovely review of Jurica Pavicic's Red Water in the Durango Telegraph 👇 https://t.co/d33bkcJp5U
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Super #bookpost publishing in the new year from @bitterlemonpub - the third Fruttero and Lucentini mystery. Pub in Italian in 1991, now in a new translation by @GregoryDowling1.
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We are publishing The End of the Sahara by Said Khatibi, translated by Alexander Elinson, on 26th Feb (UK) + 24th March (US). Read this excerpt in @TheMarkazReview to find out why we're so excited about it: https://t.co/oMMvtpeToX
#Algeria #FictionInTranslation
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Yet another fabulous review for Red Water by Jurica Pavicic! This time in Bookselling Essentials Magazine. Thank you to Gwen Allman, The Company of Books, Dublin 🙏
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Crime Novel Of The Year! In the @thetimes 30.11.25 July saw us championing this novel set in #Croatia Red Water by Jurica Pavičić TR: Matt Robinson https://t.co/DfLnLcIes6 "..a very well crafted novel,.." @bitterlemonpub
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So glad to see the esteemed @thetimes crime critic @polblonde also pick Red Water, outstanding crime novel set in collapsing Yugoslavia, as a book of the year @bitterlemonpub
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So excited to see that @polblonde has chosen Red Water by Jurica Pavicic as one of the @thetimes Books of the Year for 2025! 🙌
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📢 WE HAVE RIGHTS NEWS 📢 Check out our November newsletter where we give details about three exciting new novels that we've acquired for Bitter Lemon Press. Coming in 2026 and 2027! More details to be found here 👉 https://t.co/lpU6DVX5Yk
#CrimeFiction #newbooks #translation
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Red Water by by Jurica Pavičić Novel of a missing person set in Croatia TR: Matt Robinson https://t.co/DfLnLcHGCy "..a very well crafted novel.." @bitterlemonpub
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'As for empathy for other societies and peoples, I think translated fiction has an essential role to play’. Check out this interview between @newbooksingerman and co-founder and publisher of Bitter Lemon Press, François von Hurter. https://t.co/ZE6IIiz4xP
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Thrilled that Red Water has been included in the @FT’s Best Books of the Year by @adamlebor! 🙌
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Thank you for including Red Water!
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Congratulations to all those on the shortlist for the 2025 @WarwickPrizeWiT 👏
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors." https://t.co/0wqeR1rlFl
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New Magazine for Crime fans - fact & fiction https://t.co/5VvCD7UuNl
@aspectsofcrime editor@aspectsofcrime.com
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“the third novel by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini to be published by the excellent Bitter Lemon Press.. This handsome paperback is very welcome.” An early review in @TheCriticBooks for An Enigma by the Sea https://t.co/IzpMNFUt2u English translation by @GregoryDowling1
thecritic.co.uk
This is the season for Xmas thrills, or at least the cosiness of dark evenings, reading indoors, and thinking about the murder of others, although how will these stories appear with climate change…
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You need this on your TBR pile A couple vanishes from a locked villa… in Tuscany https://t.co/riz4T6iYUc
@bitterlemonpub
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🥳We have exciting NEWS! 🥳 'The End of the Sahara' by Saïd Khatibi has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 Arab Literature Prize. More details 👉 https://t.co/pRId2jaaN9 Winner announced on 18 Nov. We publish Feb (UK) and March (US). Translated by Alexander Elinson.
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Congratulations to the winner! 👏
It's here! The winner of the Petrona Award 2025- Best Scandinavian Crime Novel Of The Year #PetronaAward25
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