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logoHélice Hélas Éditeur

Rue des Marronniers 20
CH-1800 Vevey
Switzerland
Tél: +41 21 922 90 20
www.helicehelas.org

Since 2011, Hélice Hélas Éditeur has been exploring the fertile ground of contemporary creation. From comic books and graphic novels to novels and short stories, to art books and object books, our catalogue knows few boundaries. We publish unique works in all their forms – except crime novels and essays against wind turbines – and we specialise in the art of stepping aside and the pursuit of joyful scholarship.

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Il n’y a pas d’arc-en-ciel au Paradis

Nétonon Noël NDJÉKÉRY Il n’y a pas d’arc-en-ciel au paradis est une plongée dans les horreurs de la traite esclavagiste transsaharienne. Des (…)

La Terre tremblante

Marie-Jeanne URECH Suite au décès de son père, le jeune Bartholomé quitte son village pour découvrir ce qui se cache derrière la montagne. Le (…)

Ombres rouges : Chroniques d’une résistance

Alessandra Ombres rouges retrace les actions du CALP, un collectif indépendant de dockers, contre le transit d’armes dans le port de Gênes. Ce (…)

Contact : Alexandre GRANDJEAN

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logoAndibooks

Democratic Republic of Congo
Tél: +243 998 854 450
www.andibooks-éditions.com

Andibooks is an independent publishing house registered under Congolese law, established in 2021. Created in a context of economic crisis and political and security instability, it promotes contemporary writers through their work by publishing books that advocate peace, positive change, leadership, and more. It aims to be a leading publishing house in the promotion of Congolese literature in particular and African literature in general.

Andibooks currently has five collections, including:

  • The ‘Élixir’ collection for poetry
  • The ‘Obsession’ collection for short stories and novels
  • The ‘Scène’ collection for theatre
  • The “Essai” collection for essays
  • The ‘Bulle’ collection for short texts of various genres.

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La religieuse kidnappée

Chantal KIOMBO Cette narration ne se limite pas qu’à l’expérience personnelle de Laurentine, mais elle va au-delà, et explore des thèmes divers (…)

Cantilènes déchiquetées

Chris KIOKA Cet ouvrage traite de thématiques riches, bien que déjà explorées depuis le premier verbe qui marqua l’existence de la poésie. (…)

Je m’engage en politique

Chantal FAIDA … au fil des années, j’ai réalisé que la réussite en politique est le fruit d’une combinaison complexe de facteurs : talent, (…)

Contact : Destin WERAGI

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14 allée Henri Sellier
31400 Toulouse
France
www.editionsblast.fr

blast: blast effect, shock wave, radical attack.
blast: that which germinates, takes root, grows, parasitises, develops, engenders.

Blast is committed to publishing political essays and creative writing that explore the interconnection between oppression and struggle, opening up new perspectives from the field of anti-racist, feminist, queer and anarchist resistance.
As committed readers who are passionate and concerned about these issues, we are committed to literature that offers perspectives on society, its representations, its mechanisms of domination and the revolts it sees emerging; literature that is a voice, aware of the position from which it speaks, illuminating its context as much as it is illuminated by it. And also literature that is memory and opening, echoes of what has passed, attentively listening to what is happening and sketching out what might be. Literature that never becomes a pretext; it remains free, alive, autonomous. blast publishes novels, poetry, essays and hybrid forms that feed into committed analysis while offering incisive writing that radically questions reflexes and norms as well as language itself.
The text does not exist alone: we want blast to be part of a dynamic that strengthens solidarity and independence within the world of books. For example, we are continuing to reflect on the amount and duration of authors’ rights and do not imagine working without bookshops, which are places of emulation and circulation of books and ideas that are still necessary today.

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Colza

AL BAYLAC Au commencement, des escapades dans les champs de colza et la découverte tranquille du corps ; puis le corps vu, projeté, contraint et (…)

infra/seum

Douce DIBONDO infra/seum est la colère mise en poésie. Comment dire la rage qui nous habite face aux violences structurant nos vies et intimités (…)

Je vis dans une maison qui n’existe pas

Laurène MARX Je vis dans une maison qui n’existe pas est un écho de la dissociation, un texte à trous comme peuvent l’être nos états mentaux. (…)

Contact : Sol & Karima

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logoLa Maison du livre

2 Boulevard Béji Caeid Essebsi
Imm. Inès Centre Urbain Nord
1082 Tunis
Tunisia
Tél: (+216) 71 947 727 / (+216) 52 947 727
www.maisondulivretn.com

Publishing house La Maison du Livre targets citizen action, based on a strategic vision of the sustainable development of the book sector in its entirety. It wanted to stand out for its very selective editorial line and it strives to support a culture which promotes the development of reading, an act as natural as breathing.
In addition, La Maison du Livre works to establish links between Tunisian writers and their counterparts in the Arab world through co-publishing and exchanges of ideas and experiences. These are facilitated by the publisher’s presence at trade fairs and exhibitions and through exchanges between book professionals.
Its catalogue is continually growing both in terms of quality and of the number of books published each year. Despite the current circumstances and the increased price of paper on the world market it considers that it is continuing to successfully honour its commitments towards the industry.
Its website is now a retail website. It has also begun working with digital books and audio books, which it is developing with the association La Plume du Paon in Strasbourg.

Contact : Habib ZOGHBI

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logoÉditions Gouttes-Lettres

25, Rue Norgues, Christ-Roi
HT 6110 Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Tél: (+509) 32 84 09 03
www.facebook.com/goutteslettres

The Association Éditions Gouttes-Lettres (ASSEGL) is a generalist publisher founded in 2018 by philosopher and writer (Dom) Pedro Naason Theoney. Its mission is to support and promote authors and to contribute to the growth of the cultural and intellectual arena in Haiti through various literary and artistic initiatives with both local and international reach. It already has a rich catalogue of almost thirty titles. In seven collections (“Poésie 4.5●6 EGL”, “Esprits Philosophiques”, “Études Haïtiennes”, “Fiction EGL”, “Théâtre EGL”, “Matrimoine” and “Jeunesse EGL”) it publishes all types of writing, excluding, of course, racist, hateful or antifeminist works or any other writing in which any human group is misrepresented. From children’s books to more literary novels to more specialised texts (philosophical or scientific), it works with the full range of genres. Provided of course the projects are worth it... It edits and provides services for self-publishing authors as well as publishing its own catalogue of titles.

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Les disparus du 22 Avril

Emmanuel DERILUS Ce tout premier roman d’Emmanuel Dérilus a paru en novembre 2021, dans la collection « Fiction EGL », aux Éditions (…)

Les délices de la chair

Dom Pedro N. THEONEY Ce premier roman de Dom Pedro N. THEONEY est un roman philosophique. Un assez vieux problème, qui est le cœur du cœur de la (…)

Marxisme et Aliénation

Jean-Jacques CADET Cet essai met en relation l’émergence des marxismes non occidentaux et la publication dans les années 1930 d’un ensemble (…)

Contact : Pedro NAASON THEONEY

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logoLes Éditions du sucrier

89 bis rue Jean-Baptiste Rouam Sim
Baie des Tourelles
97200 Fort-de-France
Martinique
Tél: +596 696 932758
www.leseditionsdusucrier.fr

Dream, play, tell the story of the Caribbean
This publishing house was born of the passion of Renée-Laure Zou. This West Indian, Martinican, Guadeloupian – in a word Caribbean – author and illustrator founded her publishing house in 2018 to tell young children the story of the Caribbean.
Her objective is to bring together the talents of Caribbean authors and illustrators in order to offer young people the keys to understanding their environment, culture and heritage, so that Caribbean people can take possession of their own identities from a young age and young people all over the world can discover the diversity of the Caribbean.
Through high-quality books, games and comic books for children aged 1 to 14, this publishing house is a window to the riches and realities of the Caribbean.

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Circuit fermé

Jean Fritz Junior ODNE (Haïti, auteur) ; Francisco SILVA (Haïti, illustrateur) Sur l’île, les embouteillages sont devenus le lieu où il faut (…)

Bébé Nikou a faim

RENATA (autrice) ; Wilfried DEROCHE (illustrateur) Bébé Nikou a tellement faim qu’il est prêt à dévorer son livre préféré ! Mais son papa va le (…)

Lettres ou bêtes ? Abécédaire animalier de la Caraïbe

RENATA (autrice et illustratrice) Un animal se cache derrière chaque lettre ! Avec cet abécédaire original, les enfants connaîtront aussi bien (…)

Contact : Renée-Laure ZOU

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logoAlto

280 rue Saint-Joseph Est, Bureau 1
Québec, G1K 3A9
Canada
Tél: +1 418-522-1209 (poste 1)
www.editionsalto.com

Alto is an independent literary press founded in Québec City in 2005 by Antoine Tanguay. Very active on the international publishing scene, Alto publishes unusual and bold literary fiction from Québec, Canada and abroad. As we try to follow the mantra “Publish less, publish better”, we only publish 10 to 12 books per year.

In our quest to astound and confound, Alto has a new tool at its disposal: a publishing lab we call Alea. A playground for a team bursting with crazy ideas for books, a sort of R&D department even, Alea is to our publishing house what a yard is to a real house: a space where we can run free and also plant beautiful things.

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Six degrés de liberté (Six Degrees of Freedom)

Nicolas DICKNER Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général – Rights sold in 10 countries Lisa is a young girl who wants to push the limits of human (…)

Les villes de papier (Paper Houses)

Dominique FORTIER Prix Renaudot (Non-fiction) – Rights sold in 14 countries One of the most important writer of the nineteenth century, a (…)

L’orangeraie (The Orange Grove)

Larry TREMBLAY Prix des libraires du Québec | Prix littéraire des collégiens + 8 others prizes – Rights sold in 23 countries Somewhere in the (…)

Contact : Anne-Marie GENEST

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logoAkoma Mba

Derrière la DGSN, Yaoundé – Nlongkak
B.P. 14268 - Yaoundé
Cameroon
Tél: +237 677 39 62 80
www.editionsakomamba.com

Founded in 1995, Akoma Mba publishers is the oldest publishing house specialised in illustrated comic books in Central Africa. Their main objective is to promote Africa through innovative editorial content as well as African, universal values to young children. They have a catalogue of about a hundred titles, published in several languages (French, English, and local languages).
Akoma Mba distributes its books in Cameroon and internationally. Its authors come from Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, France, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Togo, amongst others. Initially part of the association AILE Cameroon, it was taken over in 2018 by Robert Nkouamou, a Cameroonian cultural entrepreneur aiming to support new talents for the development of readership on the continent.
Several books published by Akoma Mba were awarded internationally, including the International Library of Munich, UNICEF in Dakar, and IBBY International. Magoulina by Joël Eboueme Bognomo won the Honorary Prize for Youth Literature with the American publisher Boyds Mills Press.
Akoma Mba participates in international book fairs and events: Bologna in Italy, Montreuil and Paris in France, FIBDA in Algeria, Frankfurt in Germany, Casablanca in Morocco, Fildak in Dakar...
The publishing house organises a Youth Book Fair in the city of Yaoundé (SALIJEY) and recently launched an African Prize for Comics and the “Marie Wabbes” Grand Prize for Children’s Books, named after the Belgian writer who initiated the Akoma Mba project in the 1990s. It is directed since January 2020 by Ulrich Talla Wamba, writer, book and publishing professional.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ed_AkomaMba
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Le pays des contes (la fille des vents)

Mani LI (Cameroun), auteur ; Georges PONDY (Cameroun), illustrateur Depuis la disparition de son père, Noah n’aime plus lire. Un jour, il est (…)

Le Cocotier magique

Aude PERALTA EXCOFFIER (France), autrice ; Edji ONABEL (Cameroun), illustrateur Ce matin-là, tout semble paisible. Pourtant, cette quiétude va (…)

Le secret d’Ayélévi

Simon de SAINT-DZOKOTOE (Togo), auteur ; Maryse MONTRON (France), illustratrice La petite Ayélévi est très rusée. Elle gagne toujours le jeu (…)

Contact : Ulrich TALLA WAMBA

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logoWildproject

12, boulevard National
13001 Marseille
France
www.wildproject.org

Wildproject is an independent publishing house founded by Baptiste Lanaspeze, a pioneer in French-language ecological humanities. Dreamt of in New York in 2003, established in Paris in 2008, Wildproject is growing since 2009 in Marseille, between city and nature, between North and South.
The catalogue explores the ecological revolution of knowledge and practices, with a focus on places and stories.
In 10 years, Wildproject has become a reference in ecological humanities. Philosophy, biology, ethology, social sciences, geography, literature, urban planning, agriculture, music, contemporary art...: far from being a niche, ecology crosses all spheres of culture.
Wildproject thus invites us to go beyond the project of modern civilization – with founding works of ecological thought, with essays on political and decolonial ecology, with geographical narratives.

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Printemps silencieux

Rachel CARSON Collection « Petite bibliothèque d’écologie populaire » « Printemps silencieux constitue la naissance du mouvement écologiste. » (…)

Un sol commun. Lutter, habiter, penser

Marin SCHAFFNER Collection « Le monde qui vient » Pour ses 10 ans, Wildproject propose une synthèse pédagogique et accessible des grands (…)

Le livre est-il écologique ? Matières, artisans, fictions

Collection « Petite bibliothèque d’écologie populaire » Bien plus qu’un ebook, le livre peut être un support écologiquement vertueux. Mais (…)

Contact : Baptiste LANASPEZE

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logoÉditions Le Fennec

91 bd Anfa, 14e étage
20600 Casablanca
Morocco
Tél: +212 522 20 93 14 / +212 522 20 92 68
www.lefennec.com

In 1987, there were few publishing houses in Morocco. The book market was flooded with books in French, from France, and in Arabic, from Egypt and Lebanon. It was difficult for readers to identify with them. Les Éditions du Fennec were created to fill this gap.
It is a small structure which does only publishing in Arabic and French. They release from 15 to 20 titles a year, with an average print run between 2 000 and 3 000 copies. As for the paperback edition, the average print run is between 5 000 and 10 000 copies.
In order to make reading accessible to the greatest number, and taking into account Moroccan readership’s purchasing power, les Éditions du Fennec manufactures and sells at the lowest price books of quality.

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Rouge safran

Yasmina RHELJARI It is said that Alexander the Great, as he deployed his immense army in a Kashmir meadow, set up camp before fighting. At dawn, (…)

Fi Intidar Maryline Monroe

Ahmed AMENSOUR The novel talks about a play written by a theater artist for a woman called Zahra, who is an activist of the February 20 (…)

Même pas mort

Yousouf AMINE ELALAMY Inconsolable, a quarter of a century after the death of his father, the author decides to resuscitate him. He unearths his (…)

Contact : Layla CHAOUNI

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