The imprint is expected to include narrative nonfiction, crime fiction in translation, and illustrated books, as well, a broad mandate. The new imprint is expected to be centered on translation, too, but should also include some literary work written originally in English.

It was in the autumn 2020 that MacLehose left his eponymous press at Quercus after 13 years, as reported by Katherine Cowdrey at The Bookseller. Known as a leader in translated literature in the United Kingdom, the Edinburgh-born MacLehose is reported to have brought works into English from as many as 34 languages during his time as publisher of Harvill Press from 1984 to 2004 and then from 2008 when he created MacLehose Press as an imprint of Quercus Books. Today (March 23), Welbeck, under Marcus Leaver’s executive direction, has announced another new partnership, this time with Christopher MacLehose on a new translation imprint called Mountain Leopard Press. Image – iStockphoto: VV Shotsīy Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | First Book: ‘Beirut 2020’ Readers of Publishing Perspectives may remember that in January, the London-based Welbeck Publishing Group acquired sixteen titles from the backlist of Palazzo’s editions with illustrations by Robert Ingpen, forming the basis of a new imprint, Welbeck Children’s Classics. Stranger to the Moon is a brave, powerful, and distinctive novel by a writer who arguably holds the strongest claim to the title of Colombia's greatest living author.A sign at London’s Prince Edward Theatre promotes support for the performing arts during the pandemic, reading, ‘The Show Must Go On.’ March 5, Soho. Insects and reptiles are trained as agents and spies against the naked ones, and only the most fortunate humans manage to reach old age by taking up strategic spots near the kitchens and grabbing for the fiercely contested food. Each subsequent section of the book adds further layers to the ritualistic and bizarre social order inhabited by its characters. A parable of pointed social criticism, with naked humans imprisoned in a house in order to serve the needs of 'the vicious clothed ones,' the novel describes what ensues when a single 'naked one' privately rebels, risking his own death and that of his fellow prisoners.

His magnificent novel Stranger to the Moon portrays a world that seems to exist outside time and place but taps into the dark myths and collective subconscious of his country, with its harrowing inequality and violence. The renowned Colombian writer Evelio Rosero has never been one to shy away from the darker aspects of his nation's history and society.

Stranger to the Moon by Evelio Rosero