Announcements
Akoya acquires debut poetry collection by Benjamin J. Larner
Charlotte Grønbech, assistant editor at Akoya, has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights to the debut poetry collection Freakshow by Benjamin J. Larner for publication in August 2027. Larner is represented...
Akoya acquires Good Music by J.M. Coetzee and Andrew Ford
Kate Harvey, publishing director at Akoya, has acquired UK & Commonwealth (excluding ANZ & Canada) rights to Good Music: Letters on Art and Life by J. M. Coetzee and Andrew...
Akoya acquires Flora by Jonáš Zbořil
Kate Harvey, publishing director at Akoya, has acquired World English Language rights to Flora by Jonáš Zbořil in her first acquisition for the new independent press. The Czech novel has...
Akoya to publish Cardboard Boxes by acclaimed Belgian author Tom Lanoye
Akoya will publish Cardboard Boxes (Kartonnen Dozen) by acclaimed Belgian author Tom Lanoye in May 2027. Camilla Hagen acquired World English Language rights from Paul Sebes of Sebes & Bisseling...
The Bookseller reports on Kate Harvey joining Akoya
New London-based independent press Akoya has appointed Kate Harvey as publishing director, ahead of its October launch. Harvey will commission literary fiction and non-fiction in English and translation and develop Akoya’s publishing...
Announcing our first two poets at Akoya
The 21st of March marks World Poetry Day, a day for celebrating the power and influence that poetry has had and continues to have within the literary world. In honour...
Akoya to publish Norwegian debut writer Veronica Skotnes
New independent Akoya Publishing has acquired North of the Winter Sun: What I Heard in the Waves by Veronica Skotnes, a Norwegian who from the age of 17 has been sailing solo in the...