Charco Press

It's here. Our 2026 Bundle. Nine incredible titles - including new novels from faves Claudia Piñeiro and Ana Paula Maia, sci-fi from Puerto Rico, short stories and Oscar-winning inspirations. Direct to your door, throughout the year, ahead of publication. charcopress.com/bookstore/20...

Delighted to have CAUTERY by Lucía Lijtmaer, translated by Maureen Shaughnessy, longlisted for the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Translation Prize! queensofiaspanishinstitute.org/literature/l...

2022 #60 This one of my favourite @charcopress.com novels, a tale of getting by in the economic crisis that enveloped Cuba after the fall of the Soviet Union. A math teacher sets out to prove the telephone was invented in Havana and so give her country new purpose, alt text has more. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky

Look what’s coming in January…from Bolivian author @giovannarivero.bsky.social, translated by @imadey.bsky.social

Thirty artists and activists from across Latin America speak to the ongoing fight for women's rights in LA LUCHA. Featuring Isabel Allende, Claudia Piñeiro, Cristina Rivera Garza and more. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/la-lucha

Published in the UK today (and US 3rd Nov) I’m Still Here is the evocative and endlessly compassionate story of how a family went from sun-soaked innocence to a deep and abiding commitment to justice — for democracy, the marginalized, and the truth itself. charcopress.com/bookstore/im...

Thank you @lonesomereader.bsky.social for this amazing review of Cathedrals! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykF5...

Book 97: Marcelo Rubens Pavia's I'm Still Here (from @charcopress.com).

Edgar Wilson cleans roadkill in rural Brazil until vultures lead him into a quest that becomes an exhortation about dignity for the forgotten and discarded. Ana Paula Maia's novel about two working men and a day that changes everything is out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/bury-your-dead

Latest @charcopress.com arrivals.

A son remembers his father's death under Brazil's dictatorship and his mother's extraordinary journey from grief to becoming a champion for justice. Marcelo Rubens Paiva's I'M STILL HERE is out soon. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/im-still-here

The "extraordinary" I'M STILL HERE by Marcelo Rubens Paiva and translated by Alison Entrekin and Daniel Hahn is out soon! morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lett...

ONE HUNDRED GUINEA PIGS by Gustavo Rodríguez, translated by Daniel Hahn, explores euthanasia through the profound friendship between a caregiver and an elderly woman facing her final days. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/one-hundred-guinea-pigs

Looking forward to reading this great new collection @charcopress.com on one of the world's pivotal colonial archives

Ship manifests, letters home, colonial decrees: the General Archive of the Indies holds 80 million pages of empire. In Unveiling Stories, ten writers from Spain and Latin America write back. Out now in Charco Essays, with thanks to @hayfestival.bsky.social. charcopress.com/bookstore/un...

"With her characteristic edge-of-the-seat storytelling, Piñeiro exposes not only the monsters we live among, but also the society that produces them." theconversation.com/cathedrals-b...

Yet another brilliant book by Ana Paula Maia @charcopress.com - and a great read for those interested in more-than-human entanglements in contemporary literature

OF CATTLE AND MEN: “In Perry’s translation, Maia reads like Cormac McCarthy with the labor consciousness of George Orwell.” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

What do you think of Ana Paula Maia's latest following her International @thebookerprizes.com shortlisting earlier this year? charcopress.com/bookstore/bu...

APPARITIONS by Margo Glantz, translated by Ellen Jones, explores ecstasy and desire transmuted into devotion—two nuns and an obsessed mother pursuing communion through pain, pleasure, and the body as a path to the divine. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/apparitions

I'M STILL HERE by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, translated by Alison Entrekin and Daniel Hahn, is a luminous memoir of a son's coming of age amid Brazil's dictatorship, and his mother's extraordinary fight for justice. Available to pre-order. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/im-still-here

2022 #39 I've been neglecting this thread lately but back on it today. This is one of the best I've read from @charcopress.com , an ailing mother seeks to find out what happened to her daughter who was found dead in her former church. Engrossing and definitely ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky

Two brilliant books by the Mapuche writer and activist Daniela Catrileo have been published @charcopress.com in wonderful translations by Jacob Edelstein charcopress.com/bookstore/ch... & charcopress.com/bookstore/pi...

BURY YOUR DEAD. New work from International Booked shortlisted author Ana Paula Maia. Out now!

“Maia has charted her own literary territory" Thank you @wwborders.bsky.social! wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...

@charcopress.com does it again! Don't miss our review of Ana Paula Maia's marvelously gore-tastic new release, c/o Anderson Tepper: wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...

Edgar Wilson cleans roadkill in rural Brazil—until one day, vultures circling in the woods pull him into something far darker. Ana Paula Maia's BURY YOUR DEAD is a quest for dignity in the grimmest of circumstances. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/bury-your-dead

Bury Your Dead by International Booker Prize shortlister Ana Paula Maia, translated by Padma Viswanathan, is out in the UK today, closely followed by the US in early September. A roadkill crew in rural Brazil finds the wrong kind of body: charcopress.com/bookstore/bu...

🚨 New Ana Paula Maia klaxon 🚨 All hail @charcopress.com for this ravishing weekend treat.

CATEDRALES (Cathedrals) is coming to Amazon Prime later this year! We can't wait to see this adaptation ⛪️ Our publication of Cathedrals is out now: charcopress.com/bookstore/ca...

Throughout Women in Translation Month, we'll be celebrating the brilliant translators behind Charco Press books, sharing their thoughts on translation, the books they love and why bringing stories across languages matters. Our series begins with Alison, co-translator of I'm Still Here.

Best post ever: #WITmonth bookmarks from @charcopress.com!! Thank you so much, Gemma🥰

ANIMAL SPIRAL by Luis Othoniel Rosa, translated by Katie Marya, traces 400 years from a revolution in San Juan to a post-human future where five brilliant siblings share millions of bodies and all the world's intelligence. Out now. https://charcopress.com/bookstore/animal-spiral

Through the post today, the next set of books from @charcopress.com

This week only: 25% off preorders of International @thebookerprizes.com shortlisted author Ana Paula Maia's upcoming book, Bury Your Dead at Waterstones! Use code SUMMER26 www.waterstones.com/book/bury-yo...

Happy publication day to One Hundred Guinea Pigs by Gustavo Rodríguez, translated by Daniel Hahn! One Hundred Guinea Pigs is the lifegiving, warmhearted novel about euthanasia you didn’t know you needed. charcopress.com/bookstore/on...

It's Weird Book Wednesday! This week Josh talks about Animal Spiral by @luisothonielrosa.bsky.social Published by @charcopress.com !

Bury Your Dead: by Ana Paula Maia — Dignity falls to whoever will carry a body. www.notesonbooks.net/bury-your-de... @charcopress.com #translation #literaryreview

Bury Your Dead - The book starts with animals and slowly makes you realise the animal-removal system is the only functional institution in the area. #AnaPaulaMaia @charcopress.com

“Ambitious readers will find much to admire in Rosa’s vivid fever dream of a novel.” www.publishersweekly.com/9781917260329

"a haunting novel and necessary read that demonstrates why Piñeiro has been called the Queen of Argentine noir. It’s a strong contender for crime novel of the year." crimefictionlover.com/2026/06/cath...

Friday book from the future recommendation for Bury Your Dead by Ana Paula Maia; translated by Padma Viswanathan. Landing in August from @charcopress.com.

Take your brain to another dimension with Luis Othoniel Rosa’s timespacephysicalreality warping Animal Spiral! @charcopress.com #indiepublishing #indiebookshops #nairnbooks #nairnbookshop​ #readingisfundamental #booksareforeveryone #booksellerrecommends #booksky #LuisOthonielRosa #AnimalSpiral

Puerto Rican hybrid sci-fi/magical realism. *So* excited to dig in. Thank you, @charcopress.com. Favourite new publisher by miles.

ANIMAL SPIRAL, a collaborative novel by Luis Othaniel Rosa and colleagues, translated by Katie Marya, is a mind-blowing read. My review is up in ASYMPTOTE. @charcopress.com www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/06...

"The world she imagines do not hide her resistance, they do not surrender to being tactical" excerpt animal spiral #booksky

For today's publication of ANIMAL SPIRAL, a lovely interview with Luis Othoniel Rosa! www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an...