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Award-winning publisher of outstanding Latin American literature. Edinburgh.
Two nuns, and one obsessed mother, doing everything in their power to achieve communion with the one they love.

APPARITIONS, by Margo Glantz and translated by Ellen Jones, is out later this month: charcopress.com/bookstore/ap...
January 6, 2026 at 12:26 PM
LAST ORDERS for our US friends - our elves (and UPS) can only work so much magic, so order TODAY if you want some Charco goodies in time for Christmas! charcopress.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Running out of time for our Xmas bundles! Our non-fiction bundle: anthology on Latin American Feminism, La Lucha, translation theory made fun by the brilliant Daniel Hahn, and a revolutionary reflection on the politics of Indigenous languages by Yásnaya Elena A. Gil.

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December 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We have options for the lit lover in you life this Xmas! Award-winning books, curated bundles (optionally hand-wrapped in beautiful gift paper) and our new fine art prints of some of our favourite covers. Check it out! charcopress.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
There's still time to get one of our Xmas bundles! How about our bestsellers?

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December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Charco elves are still busy busy! Remember you have the option to have any Bundles hand-wrapped in beautiful Libraries and Archives Paper Co paper and ribbon. And check out our new, beautiful fine art prints! charcopress.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Congratulations to Jennifer Lawrence that her incredible performance in DIE MY LOVE has been recognised with a Best Actress nomination at the Golden Globes! So well deserved. We will be keeping fingers crossed!
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Check out this beautiful print of one of our best selling titles, Elena Knows. Recreated by our resident designer, Pablo Font, and printed using the highest quality papers and inks, providing an archival life of 80 years.

Check out the full range! charcopress.com/artstore
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Our 2026 Bundle lineup.

BURY YOUR DEAD by Ana Paula Maia (tr. Padma Viswanathan). More Maia! A brutal, stark, and haunting novella about a roadkill worker who finds the wrong kind of corpse.

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December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Here, you will get some of our best recent fiction titles including new works by some of Charco’s favourites, Ana Paula Maia, Daniel Saldaña París and Renato Cisneros, plus works by two fantastic authors, new to the Charco family: Daniela Catrileo and Lucía Lijtmaer.

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December 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Our 2026 Bundle lineup.

ONE HUNDRED GUINEA PIGS by Gustavo Rodríguez (tr. Daniel Hahn). A tender novel about killing your friends. Winner of the 2023 Alfaguara Prize.

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December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For those who like longer novels, here we have a selection of our longer works, from an introspection-causing accident in the Himalayas, to the most recent novel by Elena Knows author Claudia Piñeiro, and a great all-time classic of Colombian literature.

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November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our 2026 Bundle lineup.

ANIMAL SPIRAL by Luis Othoniel Rosa (tr. Katie Marya). Our first Puerto Rican author, Rosa's dystopian work narrates a tale about a world that is both desirable and terrifying over the next 377 years. (Y también en castellano!)

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November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Exciting news! A selection of our iconic Charco covers are now available as fine art prints! Reimagined by artist Pablo Font as striking works of art, and printed using highest quality papers and inks, giving an archival life of 80 years.

Check out the full range: charcopress.com/artstore
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
LATE = GREAT? We are pleased to announce a selection of gift ideas for the reader in your life, including curated Xmas bundles. You can even opt to have your parcel wrapped by our Charco elves!

Dive in now! charcopress.com/bookstore?ca...
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What an honour to be part of the 5th anniversary of Romancero Books’ Festival of Queer Spanish Culture, and have Sara Torres, author of upcoming X IS WHERE I AM, speaking at the Embassy of Spain. #FCQEL25 @romancerobooks.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Our 2026 Bundle lineup.

CATHEDRALS by Claudia Piñeiro (tr. Frances Riddle). New work from the author of Elena Knows! Lia fled her home after a brutal crime decades ago, but family, and the truth, will never let you go...

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November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Our 2026 Bundle lineup.

PIÑEN by Daniela Catrileo (tr. Jacob Edelstein). A fierce, tender collection of stories about the lives, traumas, and dreams of Mapuche youth in modern-day Chile.

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November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our 2026 Bundle lineup.

X IS WHERE I AM by acclaimed Spanish poet Sara Torres (tr. Maureen Shaughnessy). A searching, buoyant novel about queer love, mothers and daughters. Bold. Lyrical. Unforgettable.

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November 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Our 2026 Bundle lineup.

APPARITIONS by legendary Mexican author Margo Glantz (tr. Ellen Jones). Breaking taboos, this novel shocked the literary scene in the 90s. It will again in English.

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November 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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.

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November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
From Argentina to Edinburgh to Hollywood. The movie adaptation of our own DIE, MY LOVE by Ariana Harwicz (tr. Sarah Moses/Carolina Orloff) is out in UK/US cinemas tomorrow!
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
OUT TODAY! Three friends forever bound by erotic flames of the past reunite in a city engulfed by wildfires and an ecstatic dancing plague.

THE DANCE AND THE FIRE by Daniel Saldaña París (tr. Christina MacSweeney). charcopress.com/bookstore/th...
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Last chance to stock up for your winter reading! Our Autumn Sale ends tonight. 30% off all print and ebook titles. Get ‘em while they’re hot! charcopress.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Time…running…out…⏰ charcopress.com/bookstore
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM