Skönlitteratur, historia och samtidsanalys
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all
— Emily Dickinson
Presentation
Celanders is a small publishing house with a broad list, ranging from ground-breaking non-fiction to novels and poetry. We started publishing in 2007 and so far we have published books about Haiti, the conflict in Darfur, the far right populist party Fremskrittspartiet in Norway. We have also introduced the important new writer Chris Abani in Sweden, by publishing translations of three of his novels, including his breakthrough novel Graceland.
Last year we published a collection of poems by the British poet Maura Dooley and at the beginning of this year we published a Swedish translation of John Newsinger’s The Blood Never Dried. A People's History of the British Empire. In autumn we will publish Swedish translations of Tariq Ali’s The Obama Syndrome (more on Tariq Ali's homepage) and Norman Finkelstein’s latest book This Time We Went Too Far (more on Norman Finkelstein’s homepage).
Our work is based on the belief that freedom, justice and equality remain fundamental values that would require a more or less total reshaping of the world as we know it if they we’re taken seriously.
New books 2011
Our list for 2011 comprises five titles and is thus our most ambitious since we started publishing.
John Newsinger: Imperiets skugga
The Swedish translation of John Newsingers The Blood Never Dried was published at the end of January.
Tariq Ali: Obamasyndromet
A Swedish translation of Tariq Ali's latest book The Obama Syndrome will be published at the end of August. More information on Tariq Ali's web site.
Norman Finkelstein: ”Den här gången gick vi för långt”
In September we will publish a Swedish translation of Norman Finkelsteins book about the invasion of Gaza ”This Time We Went too Far”. A presentation of the original edition can be found here.
Jennie Silis: En hedersam kvinna
A compelling reportage about Oum El Banine, a small organization working with unmarried mothers in Marocko. Coming in November
Chris Abani: Graceland
A pocket edition of Chris Abanis breakthrough novel Graceland is scheduled for November.