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Babylonia
2024 || Paperback || Costanza Casati || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Watch Us Dance
The vibrant new novel from the bestselling author of Lullaby
2024 || Paperback || Leila Slimani || Faber & Faber
Watch us Dance combines the youth, vibrancy and allure of Andre Aciman with the historical fiction force of Maggie Shipstead, and the exquisite sense of place and time of The Lost Daughter.
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When Among Crows
2024 || Hardcover || Veronica Roth || Titan Books Ltd
An emotionally-charged contemporary fantasy of love, sacrifice and ancient enchantments as Polish folklore thrives in today’s Chicago, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, Chosen Ones and Arch-Conspirator, with sprayed edges or the entire first printing.
Kintu
From the winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021
2018 || Paperback || Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi || Oneworld Publications
'Ugandan literature can boast of an international superstar in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi' Economist An award-winning debut that vividly reimagines Uganda’s troubled history through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clanIn this epic tale of fate, fortune and legacy, Jennifer Makumbi vibrantly brings to life this corner of Africa and this colourful family as she reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. The year is 1750. Kintu Kidda sets out for the ca...
The First Woman
Winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021
2021 || Paperback || Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi || Oneworld Publications
'Jennifer Makumbi is a genius storyteller.' Reni Eddo-LodgeAn intoxicating mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism, from a multi-award-winning authorAs Kirabo enters her teens, questions begin to gnaw at her – questions which the adults in her life will do anything to ignore. Where is the mother she has never known? And why would she choose to leave her daughter behind? Inquisitive, headstrong, and unwilling to take no for an answer, Kirabo sets out to find the truth for herself. Her se...
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The Fox Wife
2024 || Paperback || Yangsze Choo || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio
'Magical, wondrous, transporting and illuminating' Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
'Filled with wonder, mystery and folklore' Sue Lynn Tan
'A rich tangle of myth, mystery, and history' Alix E. Harrow
Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .
Manchuria, 1908: A young woman is found frozen in the snow.
Her death is clouded b...
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Kalevala
The Epic of the Finnish People
2024 || Paperback || Elias Lonnrot || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The great epic poem of Northern Europe, born deep in the heart of ancient Karelian forests
Sharing its title with the poetic name for Finland-"the land of heroes"-Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of the Finnish people. Born of an ancient tradition of folklore and song, Kalevala is a work rich in magic, cosmic mystery and myth, presenting a story of a people through the ages, from the dawn of creation. Sung by rural Finns since prehistoric times, and formally compiled by Elias Lönnr...
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Beowulf
A Translation and Commentary, Together with Sellic Spell
2024 || Hardcover || J. R. R. Tolkien || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.
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The Hollow Sea
The unforgettable and mesmerising debut inspired by mythology
2024 || Paperback || Annie Kirby || Penguin Books Ltd
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Lonely Castle in the Mirror
2023 || Paperback || Mizuki Tsujimura || Veltman Distributie Import Books
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
A Studio Ghibli-esque work of Japanese translation “that lays bare the anxieties and desperation—and the small triumphs—of adolescence” (Locus), for fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Heaven.
Seven students find unusual common ground in this warm, puzzle-like Japanese bestseller laced with gentle fantasy and compassionate insight.
Bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Kokoro’s days blur together as she hides in her bedroom, unable to face her family or f...