Tilted Axis Press is an independent publisher of contemporary literature by the Global Majority, translated into or written in a variety of Englishes.
Founded in 2015, our practice is an ongoing exploration into alternatives - to the hierarchisation of certain languages and forms of translation, and the monoculture of globalisation.
We were recently featured in ‘The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world‘ in The Guardian, 16 July 2023 and Vogue Japan’s Culture Icons: The Winds of Asia that Shake the World, March 2024.
EDITORIAL VISION: TRANSLATING WATERS
Tilted Axis Press publishes six to nine books a year. We focus on contemporary translated fiction and also publish poetry and non-fiction.
Translating Waters is an editorial vision shaped by the migration of people, language, and ideas. From 2024, conceptual and literal bodies of water will be the framework of our titles. Beginning with the Pacific Seas, our list also covers the Indian Ocean as well as the Black Atlantic and the Black Pacific.
Our publishing practice foregrounds the complex movement of language, stories, and imaginations. Often fugitive and always trailblazing, our authors and translators challenge how we read, what we think, and how we view the world.
COMMUNITY: AFRO-ASIA / SOUTH-SOUTH SOLIDARITIES
Building and nourishing community is part of our publishing practice. Inspired by the Afro-Asia Writers’ Association, literary collectives, and grassroots organisations, we seek collaborative and interdisciplinary projects that expand what constitutes the literary and build on existing solidarities across the globe.
Contact
Get in touch with us on Twitter at @TiltedAxisPress, on Instagram at @TiltedAxisBooks or by email: info@tiltedaxispress.com
Specific queries: publicity@tiltedaxispress.com; rights@tiltedaxispress.com
Website orders: shop@tiltedaxispress.com
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praise
‘There’s no one who does what Tilted Axis Press do. Subscribe to their 2024 list for writing that will shift and shake up your worldview, writing that will alter your relationship with the English language – challenging and undermining its hegemony and hierarchy in literary landscapes – and writing that is at-once radical and political, edgy and eccentric, truly intersectional, international, and exceptional.’ — Sana Goyal Kotecha, Editor & Publishing Director Wasafiri
‘It is fair to say that Tilted Axis is possibly one of the most enthralling independent publishers right now, thanks to their international profile and the broad range of literature that they cover. We at The Publishing Post can’t wait to see the new and intriguing literature published by the press in the future, literature that, in current socio-political climates, is needed now more than ever.’ — Caitlin Morgan, The Publishing Post
‘Since starting up in 2015, Tilted Axis has put out a rich variety of translated literature from East, Southeast, South, and Central Asia. And translations are mostly what they do. Their catalogue is a great example of deeper diversity within a particular region. Bonus: they have a gorgeous and colourful array of snazzy cover designs.’ — Elisabeth Cook, Book Riot
‘Tilted Axis Press stories swing from surreal to disturbing and often blur the lines between genres.’ — Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
‘Small but perfectly formed’ — Lucy Scholes, The National
‘Fantastic, weird and wonderful’ — Megan Bradbury, Ploughshares