FICTION & NON FICTION RIGHTS GUIDE FALL 2025 PUBLICATIONS
METAICHMIO Publications was established in 1993 and today is one of the most important publishing houses in Greece. We publish more than 260 titles each year across all genres, about half of which are fiction and non-fiction, science and humanities titles, translated & Greek original works both. Our list includes many multi-awarded Greek authors and illustrators. Over the years, our original titles (children’s and adults’) and our acclaimed writers and illustrators have been awarded among others with the following distinctions: • The Greek State Prize (for Adult and Children’s Literature) • Academy of Athens Awards for Fiction • IBBY awards and nominations • Mentions in the White Raven Catalogue of the International Children’s Library of Munich • Nominations for the Hans Christian Andersen Illustration Award • “Public” Book Awards • Literary Awards by Anagnostis / Dekata / Klepsidra magazines We have established fruitful relationships with some of the most important contemporary Greek authors and the most promising new Greek writers. Herewith follows a selection of recent fiction and non-fiction titles. PROFILE
- 3 - -GRAPHIC NOVELS- Through the millstones of time Agathoklis Azelis Konstantinos Tsavalos and Antonis Vavagiannis Mixtape A play list of 24 rock stories Journalist Konstantinos Tsavalos and comic artist Antonis Vavagiannis have joined forces to deliver a refreshing rock comic. Discover the hidden stories behind 24 legendary pop and rock songs. How did Simon & Garfunkel write “The Sound of Silence”? How did Bob Geldof accept the role of “Pink” in Alan Parker’s movie The Wall? Why did David Bowie go around New York pretending to be “Greek” so he wouldn’t be recognized? What happened when Nick Cave woke up completely “wasted” in a park in the center of Athens? These and other stories about famous songs and bands are brought to life with humor, energy, and vibrancy, all based on true events. Antonis Vavagiannis (1981) is a Greek comic artist, musician, and teacher. He is best known for the humorous comic strip series Kourafelkythra. Konstantinos Tsavalos (1977) is a journalist and author who has worked for numerous publications. NEW BOOK
- 4 - -NON FICTION- Power and violence in adolescence Nikos Sideris Why are teenagers so captivated by power? Why are they fascinated by unlawful violence such as bullying? How could we dismantle this fatal dichotomy that both feeds and is fed by the enjoyment of evil? How could the admiration of superheroes and the chivalry they embody, which already exists in the hearts of children and teenagers, frame and transcend this dual temptation? How much do adults, educators, and parents utilize this valuable pedagogical potential? Nikos Sideris is a graduate of the Medical School of Athens and holds a PhD in Psychology from Panteion University. He pursued postgraduate studies in Paris, specializing in Psychiatry, Neuropsychology-Neurolinguistics, and History. Currently, he works as a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and family therapist, and serves as the Scientific Director of the Institute of Mental Health and Personal Development “Galenos.” With an extensive teaching background, he is also the author of bestselling books, including Children Don’t Need a Psychologist. They Need Parents! Dimitris Chassapis is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Early Childhood Education at the University of Athens. He has authored numerous academic publications as well as the successful educational book series for children, “Learning Math Through Art”. Dimitris Chassapis Women in Math: hidden histories Despite ample historical evidence to the contrary, the bias that math is a male subject still persists today. To this day, we still lack comprehensive accounts and research that redeems the lives and works of women in math. This book brings to light the stories of numerous female mathematicians from antiquity to modern day, drawing them out of the shadows of History, and presenting their personal journeys and contributions, allowing us to see the fuller, richer picture of mathematics. Pages 320 October 2024 Pages 208 September 2024 NEW BOOK NEW BOOK
- 5 - A dark room: 1967-1974 Alexis Papachelas Alexis Papachelas was born in 1961. He is an investigative journalist with degrees in History and Journalism from Bard College and an MSc in Journalism and International Relations from Columbia University. He is the creator of many awarded documentary series on domestic and international news, having interviewed many Greek and international figures, among them Subcomandante Marcos, Yasser Arafat, Kofi Annan, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush. He has contributed columns for The New York Times and The Guardian and is also a political commentator for the SKAI Evening News. Currently he is the Executive Director of Kathimerini newspaper. Pages 632 October 2021 CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE IN ENGLISH The book includes 22 QR codes linking to rare audiovisual material, published for the first time. 1974 was a landmark year in Greek history with long lasting effects οn the geopolitics of East Mediterranean. The attempted coup d’ etat in Cyprus, sponsored by the Greek military junta, and the subsequent Turkish invasion of the island led to one of the most complex conflicts in international affairs. After 25 years of research, Alexis Papachelas sheds light upon some of the most burning questions in the sequence of historical events. The replacement of dictator Georgios Papadopoulos by Dimitrios Ioannidis in 1973; the role of prominent figures of the time such as Aristotelis Onassis; the discovery of oil in the Aegean Sea and the rising tension between Greece and Turkey in 1974; the role of the USA and the UK, and whether someone had given assurances to Ioannidis before the attempted coup. And it all culminated in the War Council of 20 July 1974. For the first time, the research brings to light the voices of Dimitrios Ioannidis and General Grigorios Bonanos, the Commander of the Greek Armed Forces, during the War Council. The 38 minutes that it lasted constitute an indispensable record for a full understanding of these momentous events. -NON FICTION- BEST SELLER
- 6 - The Quest, The Reversal,The Gleam Nikos Themelis The Quest, The Reversal, and The Gleam constitute an amazing panorama of the Balkans at the tail-end of one century and the first years of the next, from 19th century Asia Minor, to pre-Revolution Russia and the aftermath, through war-stricken Greece. This trilogy has sold more than 700.000 copies and is undoubtedly one the greatest bestsellers in modern Greek literature. 2001 Greek State Literature Prize | 2001 Diavazo Magazine Literary Award (for “The Reversal”) This edition gathers for the first time in one volume Nikos Themelis’ Trilogy. It also includes a note from the author on his influences and critical notes on Themelis’ work. Nikos Themelis (1947-2011) was a prominent, award-winning novelist and political adviser. He studied Law at the University of Thessaloniki and then in Germany where he did his Ph.D. He worked at the Agricultural Bank, the Ministry of Finance, and the Legal Service of the Council of Ministers in Brussels and was an associate of former Greek Prime Minister Kostas Simitis. His first novel was published in 1998. The Quest, the first part of the Trilogy, has been translated into Turkish, Italian and German. Pages 1392 February 2018 Rights sold: Italy OVER 700.000 COPIES -FICTION- Notable works: Other people’s truths (2008, 2022) | Rights sold: Romania Symphony of dreams (2011, 2021) The departure (2014)
- 7 - -FICTION- Elias Maglinis was born in 1970 in Kinshasa, Congo (DRC). He studied English Literature and Politics in England and Scotland. He worked as an editor of Diavazo literary magazine from 1994 to 2004 and currently holds the position of chief editor for the cultural section of the Sunday edition of Kathimerini newspaper. He has translated works by Ernest Hemingway, Artemis Cooper, David Plante. Among numerous distinctions, he was awarded the Academy of Athens Novel Prize, the Anagnostis and Klepsidra Magazines Literary Awards for his novel Morning calm (2018, Metaichmio Publications). Pages 256 October 2019 Rights sold: Albania I am all I have forgotten BEST SELLER The only journey of their lives Nikos Maglinis, the author’s grandfather, whose story is told in “I am all I have forgotten”, took part in the 1922 Asia Minor military campaign that ended in unspeakable tragedy. After years of research, now the author endeavors to reconstruct a journey of death and hope, travelling to Smyrna, Eskisehir, Afyonkarahisar, Bursa. A journey made by thousands a century ago, to kill and be killed. Travelogue, confession, documentary, historical research; the book includes archival documents and photos, in counterpoint to recent photos took a century later by the author himself. Pages 384 June 2022 An auto-fiction novel on how emotional trauma, individual and collective, transcends generations, and also on how history invades personal lives and families, altering them forever. At its core is the relationship between the author and his father. At the age of 15 the latter saw his own father being assassinated in 1944, in the context of the Greek Civil War. This is a narrative about loss and about memory – or rather oblivion: we really are what we have forgotten; memory is just a series of small islands in an ocean of oblivion. We may be haunted by these islands but the self seems to be this ocean of forgetfulness. Or is it? 2020 STATE LITERATURE PRIZE 2020 “Public” Fiction Award CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE IN ENGLISH
- 8 - October 2022 -FICTION- Andromache Father’s name: Danube The life of Greek-Romanian author Panait Istrati is not like a novel; it is a novel in itself. The hardships of childhood, the struggle for survival, travels and wanderings, strong friendships and successive loves, the quest for freedom—Istrati recounts all of this in his books with authenticity and the grace of an Eastern storyteller. He lived through the world-historical events of his time (the end of the Ottoman Empire, World War I), embraced the vision of a more just world (the October Revolution), and rubbed shoulders with the most important figures of his day (Romain Rolland, Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, George Orwell), but more than anything else, he stood by the poor and the oppressed like no other. A name meaning fighter of men, or fighting like men. Andromache, Hector’s wife, is aptly named. After Achilles killed her husband, Neoptolemus killed her son by throwing him from the city walls and then took her back to Greece as a concubine, where she later gave birth to two of his sons. After Neoptolemus’ death, she married Helenus, Hector’s brother, and became Queen of Epirus. A life defined by men, good and bad alike. This is the tragic story of a woman, wife and queen, who stood on the ashes of Troy and found herself having to love what she should wholeheartedly despise. Kostas Akrivos was born in 1958. He worked as a teacher in secondary education. A highly acclaimed author, he has published novels, short stories and anthologies. His works have been translated into Italian, Dutch, Polish and German. Notable works: Pandemonium (2007) • Shortlisted for the 2008 National Book Centre Readers’ Award | Translated into Polish, Italian and German Remember Alfons? (2010) • Shortlisted for the 2010 National Book Centre Readers’ Award, and the 2011 Diavazo Magazine literary Award | Translated into German Pages 344 March 2025
- 9 - Makis Tsitas (b. 1971) majored in journalism and worked for several radio stations. He has served as senior editor for the literary magazine Periplous, and was the co-publisher and director of the book journal Index. From 2012 to the present he has been directing Diastixo.gr, a website on books and culture. His literary works have been translated into 12 languages. His novel God Is My Witness earned him the 2014 European Union Prize for Literature. -FICTION- Pages 80 March 2020 God is my witness Five stops It is the eve of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and Chrysovalantis -a chronically unsuccessful but enthusiastic employee of the publishing industry- has been put out of work yet again. He begins a vitriolic monologue, taking aim at his many persecutors. An ageing relic of a bygone era, hounded by the challenges of a fast-changing city, he nonetheless sees the irony of his plight. Vice-ridden yet Godfearing, this repentant anti-hero will set his record straight once and for all. And God is his witness. The monologue of a woman who lived thirty years of her life moving between the safety of the same five bus stops: from home to work and back again. Tasoula had her whole life ahead of her, but Theofilos’ love closed all of the doors. Yet she found ways to open windows: She studied, she worked, she raised two kids all on her own, while Theofilos was absent for the important things and always cruel to everyone. A story written with love about the countless women who could have led a better life but followed the sense of duty, consciously paying the price. Pages 280 January 2020 2014 EUROPEAN UNION PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Translated into 12 languages
- 1 0 - -FICTION- Oil on canvas Forgotten Words Popular Greek songs It’s the summer of 1966. Spyros, a student at the School of Fine Arts, spends his vacation on a Greek island, hosted by a local painter. This summer is a turning point, not only for him but for the family that hosts him. A little bit later, April of 1967 will change everything. Spyros’ story is the story of a whole generation. Pages 224 May 2025 Notable works: Zaida, or The Camel in the Snow (1997, 2011) | Translated into French, Italian and German The great procession (1999, 2013) • Greek State Literature Prize | Translated into French and Italian Dark inscriptions (2011) • Diavazo Magazine Literary Award | Translated into Polish Alexis Panselinos (born 1943) is one of the most prominent Greek authors. He studied Law at the University of Athens and worked as a lawyer up until 1997. He debuted in 1982 with the short story collection Stories with Dogs. In 1997 he was the Greek candidate for the European Literary Award (Aristeion) with his third novel, Zaida or The Camel in the Snow. He has also translated novels from English and German. Doomed love affairs, political conspiracies, popular songs, executions and pageants: The streets of 1950s Athens come alive in this fictional tapestry of an era during which the wounded post-war Greece tries to recover from the German occupation and the Civil War that followed. A unique story, mixing facts with fiction, from one of the most prominent Greek authors today. Nasos Lyras, of Greek origin and a retired “luxury” Gastarbeiter in Munich, unravels a tangle of thoughts and memories from Greece and Germany that lead him to recall what he calls “forgotten words.” These come from the depths of time, always in his mother tongue, which he has stopped using so as not to be reminded of a wellhidden past self.Where will this end of the thread lead, and how will this story end up being more than just a secret diary? 2019 KOSTAS AND ELENI OURANI FOUNDATION AWARD BY THE ACADEMY OF ATHENS October 2022 Pages 328 March 2018
- 1 1 - Restless limbs What could possible be the connection between dying love affairs and space travel? Or between breaking ups and cigarettes, Foucault’s Pendulum and physical attraction, chess and low libido, or even baseball and desire? In this collection of ten short stories, the writer shines a light on the dark corners of love and passion. -FICTION- Pages 264 November 2020 Pages 328 February 2022 Hagiography Summer of 1940: A whole village turns against and lynches its own “patron saint”, the famous monk John Orphanos, famous for his miraculous deeds. During the night, as he lays bleeding, Orphanos manages to give his confession to an 18-year old boy – the same boy whom, the next day, the whole village will accuse of killing its “saint”. More than sixty years later, as the church gathers evidence for Orphanos’ canonization, the “killer” decides to break his silence. A book about humanity’s need to find saints, and having done that, to then bring them down. Notable works: The gene of doubt (1999, 2012) | Translated into 7 languages Hagiography (2003, 2022) • Shortlisted for the State Literature Prize | Translated into German and French Children of Cain (2011) • Academy of Athens Novel Award | Translated into Polish Nicos Panayotopoulos (b. 1963) is an acclaimed screenwriter and novelist. He studied engineering, but switched to writing novels and screenplays in the early 1990s. He has written screenplays for short films, TV series and feature films.
- 1 2 - -FICTION- Aris Alexandris was born in 1991. He graduated Law school, but never worked on the field. Since 2011 he works as a copywriter in advertisement and creative agencies and contributes to magazines, newspapers and sites. “How Ignatios Karatheodoris lost everything” is his debut novel. How Ignatios Karatheodoris lost everything Aris Alexandris As soon as he finished high school, Ignatios Karatheodoris knew that he wanted to escape. Escape from his small hometown, that was nothing more than a “fountain and a central square”; from this mother, cleaning a house full of old furniture every day; from his father, who seemed to only get excited about stupid calzones. So when he moved to Athens to study, he decided to be a different man. But as he explores his new life, the harder it seems to get. Trying to exhaust every opportunity, he becomes exhausted himself. He sees himself changing in a vast digital world where everything is possible. And learns firsthand what it means to lose everything. Pages 320 November 2022 Pages 320 October 2024 Rule of Three Aris Alexandris Rule of Three is the story of Annie, who is turning 30 today. Annie has many decisions to make: to finally get over the death of her childhood friend; to decipher the strange relationship she has developed with his mother; and to face her own mother with courage. Rule of Three is also the story of Philip Kappa, Annie’s childhood friend who died mysteriously at school when he was 16. Rule of Three is also the story of Mrs. Kappa, Philip Kappa’s mother, who never stops searching for the truth in the most unorthodox ways. Rule of Three is a story about unresolved issues with the past, about people’s transformations, about the myths they create in order to survive. If ghosts existed, this would be a ghost story. • State Award 2023 for Best New Author • 2023 New Writer Award from the magazine “O Anagnostis”
- 1 3 - -FICTION- Thomas Psirras was born in 1954. He studied Literature and was the publisher of educational magazine Simio, as well as a contributor to many literary magazines. He has numerous articles published in newspapers and his work has also been included in school textbooks. This is his fifth book. What remains of the fire Thomas Psirras 70-year old Artem Abarian, an Armenian born in Greece, recounts his life in a letter addressed to the son of a friend. A man with dual identity, he carries a whole century in his testimony. He becomes the voice of millions of people who found themselves at a time where cynical powers took loved ones apart, crushed souls and dreams and destroyed lives. Expelled, foreigner, expatriate, exiled, prisoner, refugee, newcomer and migrant, he gives voice to countless anonymous victims. He now knows that History is indifferent to individuals, who are forced to construct a present that subjugates their past and future alike. Pages 176 March 2022 Through the millstones of time Agathoklis Azelis Dimitris Stefanakis Minotaur Crete, 1894. A murder in a southern village will force Yiannos to flee to Heraklion in the north where he will fall in love with Margo. The two of them will live through the end of the island’s Ottoman rule that will lead to the slaughter of 1898. For the next half century, History will dictate the lives of their circle. Wherever they end up, all the protagonists share something of love, death, war and peace, small joys and disasters, as if the Asia Minor Catastrophe and World War II were nothing but a chance for each of them to show their strength. Dimitris Stefanakis (1961) studied Law in the University of Athens. He has translated the works of Saul Bellow, John Updike, Margaret Atwood, E.M. Forster, Joseph Brodsky and Prosper Merimée as well as historical and philosophical essays. Since his debut in 2000 he has published twelve novels. “Days of Alexandria” was published in French by Viviane Hamy and in 2011 it was awarded both the Prix Mediterranée Etranger and the International Cavafy Prize. “Days of Alexandria” was also nominated for the Prix du Livre Europeén 2011, representing Greece and was translated in Spanish and Arabic. “Film Noir” was recently published in French. Dimitris Stefanakis has been also decorated by the French Government as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Pages 704 April 2023
- 1 4 - Kali Doxiadi studied literature and theatre in the USA. She’s lived in Australia, California, Boston, Washington, New York and Madrid, and has worked in publishing and politics. The house on the cliff, the first part of a planed trilogy, is her first novel. Pages 460 November 2021 November 2022 -FICTION- Pages 720 April 2025 Konstantinos Tzamiotis was born in 1970 in Larissa. He studied film. He lives in Athens. His books include: The City and Silence (2013), The Invention of Shadow (2008), Parable (2006), The Degree of Difficulty (2005), Deep Well (2003), The Meeting (2002). His short stories have been published in magazines, anthologies, and collective publications. His first play, Neutral Zone, won the State Award for a debut playwright. His play An Extremely Simple Job was included in the European Theatre Anthology. His texts and articles on culture and contemporary art have been translated into several languages. Metaichmio has published his novels: The Passage (2016 – Athens Prize for Literature), which was translated in France by Actes Sud, and Maybe Next Time (2017), as well as the children’s book The City of Shoes and Barefoot Hippolytus. Night will fall Konstantinos Tzamiotis From Athens to the vast plains of Larissa and the forests of Chalkidiki, the heroes move forward into the present, carrying their past with them. A family saga, a coming-of-age story, an almost detective story, along with love and death, intertwine and create a universe that is sometimes enviable and sometimes bleak. An ambitious novel, as beyond its scope it flirts with and draws on many literary genres. In other words, it speaks of the unrelenting need to defend good before evil prevails and night falls again. One story only Kali Doxiadi Anthi Velissari, a journalist with a successful career in the English-speaking world, has lived most of her life away from Greece. She left under unspecified circumstances when she was only fourteen years old. Many years later, she returns to Corfu, “the scene of the crime”, and starts to write about the events that led to her self-exile. It started in August 1949 with meeting a charismatic man hiding in the cliff under her house. This innocent relationship will end with the “stranger’s” tragic death off the cliff, changing her life in the most unexpected ways… SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 Anagnostis Magazine Literary Award CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE IN ENGLISH
- 1 5 - Pages 264 October 2021 Rights sold Iran Pages 296 March 2024 Blue sun San Normale Notable works: So Far So Good: A chronicle of my breast cancer (2015) • 2016 State Prize Tonight all friends are gone (2010) • 2011 Athens Prize for Literature Scapegoat (2012) | USA: Melville House This is the story of Our Children, the children who grew up locked in their rooms. They listen to music with headphones, compose beats on their computers, and spit bars in their notebooks. Their friends are their family, and they live their lives online. This is the story of our generation, who believed we would be better than our parents. And now we see our children growing up, making their mistakes, moving forward. This is a story about a rap band, about dreams that take revenge, about children saved by music. Our Children Sophia Nikolaidou Sophia Nikolaidou was born in 1968 and studied Classical Philosophy. She has written novels, short stories and studies. She is a translator, a secondary education teacher and a creative writing tutor in the post-graduate program of Aristotle University. Since 2001 she writes book reviews for the newspaper TA NEA. Her short stories have been translated into eight languages. Dionisis Marinos was born in 1971. He is a journalist and a literary critic and he teaches creative writing. He was also a member for three years of the committee for the GreekState Literary Translation Prize. This is his seventh book. Pages 352 May 2024 -FICTION- Marianna’s life is turned upside down when her husband has a stroke. His chances of survival are minimal. While waiting for the inevitable, Marianna ponders upon her life choices. A novel about modern relationships, hope, human contact, and ultimately about what all of us are looking for: love. San Normale: an invented country somewhere on the map. It could be called Twin Peaks, as many bizarre events start following its characters. The latter cannot stand their own lives, however, they’re unaware of what to do in order to love the days ahead.
- 1 6 - -FICTION- Alexis Stamatis was born in Athens. He studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and completed postgraduate studies in architecture and cinema in London. He has written a total of thirty-five books. Among his works, his novels Bar Flaubert, Villa Combre, and his autobiographical book I Was So Many Others are particularly noteworthy. His works have been translated into nine languages. His plays have been staged in many theaters in Athens, including the National Theater and the Art Theater. Angel and the child Alexis Stamatis An isolated village where nothing ever changes. People live as their parents did, as their children will. Or so they think. Until two strangers appear: a man who offers everything without asking for anything in return, and a child who doesn’t speak. Who are they? What do they want? Whο is Angel? A benefactor or an intruder? Why does the child seem to carry a secret that no one can explain? At first, they observe them. Then they question them. And then suspicion turns to fear. The village begins to crumble—not just its houses and streets, but also the certainties that held it together. Because some arrivals don’t just bring new faces. They bring dangerous actions and questions that no one wants to answer. When change knocks on the door, it will be too late. What do we fear most? The unknown, or what it reveals about us? Pages 216 March 2025 Spyros Kiosses is assistant professor of Literary Theory and Creative Writing at the Department of Language & Intercultural Studies, University of Thessaly. He’s written five books, and has contributed scientific and critical columns as well as literary pieces to newspapers and magazines. The first rains Got a cig? Pages 176 May 2022 Pages 160 March 2024 Late 70s, early 80s: In this transitional historical period, Tasos is growing up in a workers’ neighborhood of a small city. His autofiction brings the era to life, as well as the plexus of family relations, that can be supporting as a safety net, or at times suffocating and inescapable as a spider’s web. Distant aunts, neighbours, street vendors, passengers, children, lumpen men, stray dogs: secondary characters who enjoy the spotlight for a couple of minutes, almost as much as each story lasts. “Micro-stories” – the writer describes these as “little tales for the little characters of the world”, inviting the readership to take a leap from our own little lives into the page, while lighting a cigarette.
- 1 7 - Needle lost Christos Armando Gezos A man who spends his life stigmatized by fate on the edge of a hill. A mother that devotes herself on her family’s adversities. A son that searches for his younger brother across the world. From early 20th century Albania, through 80s Greece and the heart of the American continent, this is a multilayered novel about immigration, life in a new country, hope, but also how history and politics can crash the dreams of common people. Christos Armando Gezos was born in Himara in 1988 and grew up in Greece. He graduated from the School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering. His first poetry collection Unfulfilled fears won the 2013 Greek State Prize for Emerging Author and his first novel Mud was shortlisted for the 2015 Athens Prize for Literature. His work has been translated into French and Albanian. Pages 320 May 2021 -FICTION- Noelle Baxer is a GreekBritish born in Athens. She studied Greek Literature and Archeology in Greece and Great Britain and she has worked in advertising and PR. She also writes for newspapers and magazines. This is her sixth novel. Pages 352 Μay 2021 Pages 656 June 2022 Penelope Surrey, a Greek-British living in Athens, travels to Smyrna a century after the Catastrophe. She carries with her family stories and souvenirs, looking for traces of old footsteps and gazes, and finding new feelings, thoughts and unexpected truths. One family, three generations of people and a lost home. this is the story of Penelope’s ancestors, a multi-layered novel full of sights and smells from another time, a unique tapestry of the 20th century. Penelope’s return From stone and old oak SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 Anagnostis Magazine Literary Award SHORTILESTED FOR THE 2022 GREEK STATE PRIZE Rights sold: France
- 1 8 - -FICTION- Notable works: A Pledge of Marriage (2011) • 2012 Greek State Literature Prize, 2012 Kostas and Eleni Ourani Foundation Award by the Academy of Athens, 2011 Klepsidra Magazine Literary Award Older women (2015) • 2019 Anagnostis Magazine Literary Award SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 Anagnostis Magazine Literary Award Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, two brothers will follow very different paths towards maturity. Two boys united by blood, feud and an undeclared war between them. Focusing on a different kind of civil war in post-war Greece, this is a unique coming of age novel, that delves deep into an era and a social class that are seldom analyzed like this in modern literature. Giorgos Sybardis was born in 1945. He studied Law and Film Directing at Athens and London. His debut in fiction came in 1987 with his critically acclaimed novella Medium. In 2013 he was awarded the C. P. Cavafy International Award for Literature. In a small village called Adelfiko, two people are about to meet: George Melissinos, a surgeon trying to come to terms with losing a patient; and Maro, copy editor and single mother, returning to her ancestral home after her city apartment was destroyed in a fire. This is a novel about places, memories, regrets, with a 90’s nostalgic atmosphere. Vasia Tzanakari was born in 1980. She studied English in Thessaloniki and has a Master in Translation. Her first work, Eleven little murders: Stories inspired by Nick Cave’s songs (also published by Metaichmio) was nominated for the Newcomer writer award by Diavazo literary magazine. Her translation of A room of one’s own by Virginia Woolf won the Award of the Greek Literary Translators Society. Pages 312 October 2018 Pages 272 September 2020 Brothers Giorgos Sybardis Adelfiko Vasia Tzanakari Maria Xilouri (b. 1983) is the author of three novels: Rewind (2009), How The World Ends (2012) and The Calligrapher’s Night-shift (2015). How The World Ends won the 2013 Athens Prize for Literature; The Calligrapher’s Night-shift was shortlisted for the 2017 EUPL. Her translations include David Mitchell’s The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (winner of the 2015 Hellenic American Union Translation Award), Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, and Paul Auster’s 4321. Stone Ships is her first book of short stories. Stone ships Maria Xilouri In certain places, people would surround graves with stones in the shape of ships to ferry the dead to the afterlife; these stone ships served as places of both ritual and remembrance.The stories of this book are stone ships themselves: stories of islands, whether literal or figurative, on seas fictional and real. Stories of those who die, and those who are left behind, remembering, in “A Nekyia in reverse”. Pages 168 March 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 Anagnostis Magazine Literary Award
- 1 9 - Pages 600 November 2023 -FICTION- Rust and gold Mary Kontzoglou “Rust and Gold” is a duology inspired by the real-life story of the Vamvaka family. Through the tumult of 19th century Greece, where the middle class started to form, the siblings Antonis and Avgoustina Vamvaka strive to achieve their dream: creating the best spirit in the world. Mary Kontzoglou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. She studied Political Science and has worked in major Greek companies in the field of Communication. She has published 12 novels so far, that have sold more than 100.000 copies in Greece. Pages 536 June 2020 Pages 544 October 2020 From sun to sun: Evening star From sun to sun: Never Setting Pages 488 February 2024 Late 19th century in Serifos. Emil Groman is appointed as the new manager of the island’s mines. The Prussian boss rushes to acquire wealth and power – a quest in which his son will also be involved a few years later. To achieve their goal, they will cooperate with Drakoulis, an ambitious interpreter who will become their pawn, as they grab the meager fortunes of the islanders either through terrorising them or making false promises. They will also reduce the security measures in the mines to a minimum, and humiliate local working men and women in every way. One day, however, Konstantis arrives on the island, with a burning desire for justice. The 20th century is dawning. In Europe, the youth die in the trenches of the First World War and in Serifos, they perish in the darkness of the mines. The collateral losses include Andromeda, the young wife of the now powerful mine owner Groman, as she sinks in grief and denies reality. However, a tragic event will serve as her emotional awakening and make her demand her life back. Meanwhile, the conditions at the mines reach an impasse and the workers go on strike to demand safety and dignity under the leadership of Spera and Perseus. Blood will be shed, comrades will be lost, but they will be unyielding until the final solution, as every life on the island continues to fight for love and justice – for their own place under the sun. NEW DUOLOGY BASED ON TRUE EVENTS
- 2 0 - -FICTION- Notable works: The heart of the beast (1994, 2014) • Made into a motion picture in 2005 | Translated into German Sisyphus on the balcony (2009) • 2009 Kostas and Eleni Ourani Foundation Award by the Academy of Athens The kindness of strangers (2011) • Best seller | More than 100.000 copies sold Isidore Zouganelis, a forty-year-old psychologist, self-help book author and TV star, has his life upended when his contract with his TV channel is not renewed. When a second chance to shine comes along, he will go down a road that will lead him to the brink of the abyss. Psychological thriller, black comedy, noir -and noir parody-, a parody of self-help books… Petros Tatsopoulos combines all that into a riveting story about second chances. Petros Tatsopoulos was born in 1959. He studied Finance and Political Science and worked as a social worker, journalist and TV anchor, among others. He is a prominent political figure, having been an MP from 2012 to 2014 and a representative to the Council of Europe. He has published more than 20 books and his work has been translated into English, German, Turkish and Czech. Parthenon is one of the holiest sites of modern civilization. But who were the ones that built it? Who was Ictinus? A mystery man, that left only his name and his architectural style… A man without biography, now has his own novel by one of the most prominent Greek authors. This is Part 1 of the Parthenon’s novel trilogy. Takis Theodoropoulos was born in 1954. He studied Comparative Literature, Theatre and Greco-Roman anthropology in Paris. Publisher of the legendary cultural magazine To Tetarto with Manos Chatzidakis in the ’80s, he is a regular columnist for Kathimerini daily newspaper. His novels have been translated into French, Italian, Serbian, Turkish and Bulgarian. He is the recipient of the 1999 Kostas and Eleni Ourani Foundation Award by the Academy of Athens for his novel The Power of the Dark God and the Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises médaille de vermeil by the Académie Française for his body of work translated into French. It is April 23rd 2010, at the height of the Greek financial crisis. It’s the day that Marina’s fiancé proposed to her, and instead of joy, she collapses completely. She tries to find her identity through her blurred sense of self, through her mother, her sister, her grandmother, the men in her life. And she starts reading a dystopian book set in a far away future, where women have taken control of power and motherhood is outlawed. Who feeds whom in the end? And how do you know you’re full? Marialena Spiropoulou was born in 1977. She is a licensed psychotherapist and contributes to Kathimerini newspaper and Vogue magazine. Her novella Rou was shortlisted for the Anagnostis, Klepsidra, Public and Greek Writers Society Awards. This is her first novel. Pages 304 December 2018 Pages 368 November 2018 Pages 248 February 2020 A saddened lady Petros Tatsopoulos Selana Takis Theodoropoulos Feed me Marialena Spiropoulou SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 Anagnostis Magazine Literary Award
- 2 1 - -CRIME FICTION- Dark Waters Series Chalkida, Evia. The rivers are overflowing. The frogs are getting ready for their song. The body of a 14-hear old student is retrieved from the frozen waters of the bay. The case will bring lieutenant Kapetanos back into active duty, and catching the killer will become his only chance at redemption. Secrets buried for years and untold stories of a small society will stay in the dark until the time comes for the final revelation. The first book in the Dark Waters series, that introduced lieutenant Kapetanos and the author to the world. The series has been optioned for a TV adaptation. Dimitris Simos was born in 1987. His debut crime novel Frogs won the first prize of the national novel competition Silver Page, and he was shortlisted for the Klepsidra’s Magazine Newcomer Award. He also works as a screenwriter and is one of the most prominent new voices in Greek crime fiction. Pages 328 Book 1 Pages 352 Book 2 Pages 456 Book 3 Save me Nicole Pomanou visits her ancestral village in Northern Greece for her father’s memorial service. She is supposed to meet her mother and two sisters, but her younger sister never shows up. Her disappearance will put to the test all familiar bonds. In order to save her, they will have to face all the secrets they kept hidden all these years in the Mushroom Forest… While at the same time, in the wetland of Thrace’s National Park, the police discover a woman’s unrecognizable body. A griping psychological thriller about guilt that was developed into a TV series by Greek streaming platfrom ANT1+. The TV series has been sold to be broadcasted to Estonia and Hungary. Pages 384 June 2020
- 2 2 - Markos Kritikos was born in 1968. He studied Geomatic engineering and worked in the bank sector for 3,421 days. He has written five crime fiction books and he is the crime fiction editor for Anagnostis magazine. The butterfly blues Markos Kritikos A supposedly easy case of following a student from Santorini lands private detective Miltos Economou into the sights of a drug and prostitution cartel. Ruthless criminals invade his life, but what they don’t know is that you should never go against someone with nothing to lose… Taking place in Athens and Myconos, a crime story with a noir feeling, an anti-hero with dark humor under a melancholic blues soundtrack. Pages 232 May 2021 Pages 464 April 2021 -CRIME FICTION- Haris Nikolopoulos is an ordinary thirty-something officer, who still lives with this mother and does routine work at the police department. Until for the first time, he is assigned to investigate a homicide, giving him the chance to become a detective… This will be the start of a life full of difficult cases, music and musings. Charis Nikolopoulos’ series is a riveting combination of mystery, music and everyday life in modern Greece. Guilty until proven innocent is the fourth novel of the best-selling series. Hilda Papadimitriou (b. 1957) studied Law, but was won over by music and literature. She was a record store owner for 20 years and is well known in Greece as the acclaimed translator of numerous books. Notable works: For a fistful of vinyl albums (2011) | Germany: Groessenwahn Verlag They all have bad intentions (2013) The frequency of death (2016) | Shortlisted for the 2016 (de)kata Magazine Athens Prize for Literature Guilty until proven innocent (2021) Guilty until proven innocent Hilda Papadimitriou
- 2 3 - Chrysa Spiropoulou was born in 1957. She studied Greek and English Language. She writes for both adults and young adults and she is also a translator and book critic. The retinue of evil Chrysa Spiropoulou Two murders in the heart of Athens during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lieutenant Georgiou takes up the case, along with her new assistant who makes no effort at all to keep up with the modern times. There is no shortage of suspects: The lover of the first victim, the gardener, the lawyer, a fashion designer; the second victim was a doctor, so suspicion falls on patients as well. Or perhaps it was two rich families that were financially destroyed due to the lockdowns? People who lose everything in an instant and people who try to take advantage of the times and get rich quick: A plethora of enigmas amid the COVID crisis and its aftermath. Pages 232 May 2021 Pages 216 May 2022 -CRIME FICTION- Dimitris Kaniaris has long been haunted by ghosts from the past, until a call from Vaso, his ex, wakes him from slumber. Vaso is scared and asks him to follow her new boyfriend. Dimitris decides to accept, but that simple decision ends up in a nightmare, full of shady criminals and disappearing corpses. Not knowing who to trust, with stubbornness his only ally, Dimitris will take on the role of a detective and follow a path full of lies, corruption and blood. The truth that lies ahead is waiting like a Pandora’s box, ready to destroy everything. Christos Yiannakenas was born in 1994. He studied Theology and since 2019 he works at one of the most well-known bookstores of Athens. He’s been writing since 2012. He takes inspiration from Raymond Chandler, Jean-Patrick Manchette and James Crumley and he loves classic and neo-noir cinema. Blood on the ashes Christos Yiannakenas Also available: Troubled waters (2018).
- 2 4 - -NON FICTION- Dionysis Simopoulos was born in 1943. He was an acclaimed astrophysicist and the Eugenides Planetarium’s director emeritus who excelled as an astronomy educator and science popularizer in the print and electronic media. He published more than 27 popular science books, more than 250 show scripts, and gave more than 500 lectures on science and Astrophysics across the country. He received the Hellenic Physics Society Lifetime Achievement Award and the Academy of Athens Science Award. He passed away in August 2022 but his work lives on to continue to educate. We are made of stardust Pages 192 November 2017 From the birth of stars to black holes, from the elementary particles to gravity waves, from the most distant galaxies to the human race, this book describes the eternal journey of matter that makes up the Universe. “We are all made of stardust, and one day we will return to the stars.” The flourishing of the Universe Our Universe is still young, still in the first “hours” of its existence, on its “flourishing” period, full of the magnificence of bright stars. Its adult phase will start much later, in trillions of years from today. Dionysis Simopoulos explains everything we know about the beginning and evolution of the Universe. Pages 288 December 2018 Notable works: The sky of Greece series: A guide to stars and constellations (4 titles) Tell us, grandpa... How we got to the Moon (2020) | Sold to Russia (Eksmo) Tell us, grandpa… How the stars are born (2021)
- 2 5 - Translation grants The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Hellenic Foundation for Culture are launching a grant program for the translation of Greek publications of all genres into other languages. The program funds up to 75% of the total cost of the translation for the selected works, and the current application deadline is 20 January 2024. For more information visit: https://greeklit.gr/ -NON FICTION- Nikos Vatopoulos was born in 1960. He is a journalist and a photographer, specializing in cultural reporting. He is the Chief Editor of Culture for Kathimerini newspaper and has published numerous articles and books on the architecture of Athens and its urban civilization. Growing up in Athens (1934-1943) Starting with the diary that his father kept during the ‘30s and up to 1944, Nikos Vatopoulos explores Athens during the Occupation as well as the landscape of teenager experience at the time. A unique piece of written testimony with Athens always in the foreground, a chance for comparisons and reflection. Pages 328 October 2020 November 2022 2019 “Public” Non-Fiction Award Walking in Athens Nikos Vatopoulos Walking in Athens is a unique compilation of photos and accompanying articles, that came about from walking in various neighborhoods of Athens. Mixed architectural styles, crumbling houses juxtaposed against concrete buildings, empty facades next to sound buildings, this is a guide to a secret landscape. A compilation that speaks not just about architecture – it speaks about people coming and going, society changing, civilization evolving. Full English translation available BEST SELLER CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE IN ENGLISH
- 2 6 - 33.000 copies sold -NON FICTION- Brotherakia Mikri Ollandeza BEST SELLER Coloring isn’t just for kids anymore — it’s a creative trend that has taken the world by storm, helping adults slow down, unwind, and reconnect with their playful side. Enter Brotherakia, the first coloring book by beloved Greek content creator Danae Georganta (aka i Mikri Ollandeza), whose YouTube channel boasts over 338,000 subscribers. With quirky, heartfelt, and deeply relatable characters, Brotherakia invites readers of all ages to express themselves freely — one colored page at a time. Danae Georganta is a content creator and entrepreneur. She launched her YouTube channel in 2013, focusing primarily on lifestyle content, often engaging with social issues. In 2023, along with two friends and fellow creators, she founded Social Outkast, a streetwear e-shop aimed at every “outkaster,” promoting the acceptance of diversity and self-expression through fashion. Her passion for art and creativity also led her to design her own coloring book. Brotherakia is a project that blends whimsical illustration with emotional resonance. Through drawing and imaginative storytelling, she creates a world that inspires both children and adults to create, feel, laugh, and connect. With a professional background in graphic design and a deep interest in art, color, and mental health, Danae has become a leading voice in advocating for the benefits of coloring for adults. Her influence has been instrumental in shaping the coloring book market in Greece.
- 2 7 - -NON FICTION- In Brotherakia, Danae presents her own original designs: playful and tender sketches, each telling its own story and sure to lift your spirits from the very first glance. It’s a page-by-page creative journey that invites you to color, relax, and express yourself. These characters, brimming with imagination, emotion, and authenticity, speak directly to a new generation (Gen Z & Millennials) who have enthusiastically embraced Danae’s work. Having already made a splash on social media and in their bestselling coloring book, Brotherakia are just getting started—soon to appear across a growing range of products. NEW Pages 72 November 2025
- 2 8 - CONTACT INFORMATION Evi Gkinopoulou [email protected] 118 Ippokratous str., 114 72 Athens, Greece P.O. Box 21001, 114 10 Athens, Greece Tel.: 0030 211 3003500 metaixmio.gr metaixmio.gr Translation grants The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports is launching a grant programme for the translation of Greek publications of all genres into other languages. The programme funds up to 75% of the total cost of the translation for the selected works. Deadlines for applications and assessment are twice a year: 20 January, 20 May. For more information visit: https://elivip.gr/en/greeklit/translation-grant
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