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Serpent's Tail

British independent publishing firm

Summary

British independent publishing firm

Field	Value
parent	Profile Books
founded
founder	Pete Ayrton
country	United Kingdom
headquarters	London
distribution	The Book Service (UK)
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution (USA)
publications	Books
url

Consortium Book Sales & Distribution (USA)

Serpent's Tail is London-based independent publishing firm founded in 1986 by Pete Ayrton. It specialises in publishing work in translation, particularly European crime fiction. In January 2007, it was bought by a British publisher Profile Books.

Publications

The firm publishes both fiction and non-fiction books. Boyd Tonkin, writing for The Independent, has described the publisher's list: "from hard-boiled noir to gems in translation and left-field cultural reportage – often defines the meaning of 'cool'."

Noted writers

Derek Raymond
Elfriede Jelinek
Elizabeth Young
Herta Müller
Christian Kracht
Jonathan Trigell
Kathy Acker
Kenzaburō Ōe
Lionel Shriver
Nicholas Royle
Stella Duffy
Neil Bartlett

Noted debut novels

Nineteen Seventy-Four by David Peace
The South by Colm Tóibín
Whatever by Michel Houellebecq
Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall by Neil Bartlett

Book series

90s
Crime Diaries (Danny King) (implied series)
Extraordinary Tales
Factory (implied series)
Five Star Paperback
Mask Noir
Midnight Classics
Nick Stefanos Mystery
Serpent's Tail Classics

High Risk Books

High Risk Books was an imprint of Serpent's Tail that existed between 1993 and 1997. It was founded by Ira Silverberg and Amy Scholder and aimed to publish innovative, provocative, and progressive literature (such as Kathy Acker and William S. Burroughs), poetry (including Jayne Cortez), and non-fiction (including the collected journalism of Cookie Mueller).

References

Tonkin, Boyd. (20 May 2011). "Hot books for cool readers: Serpent's Tail at 25 is still the publisher with bite". The Independent.
[https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=90s+%2B+%22Serpent%27s+Tail%22&offset=1 se:90s + "Serpent's Tail"], worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
[https://search.worldcat.org/title/35679493 Let the wind speak], worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
[https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3AFive%20star%20paperback se:Five star paperback], worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
[https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3AMask%20noir se:Mask Noir], worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
[https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3AMidnight%20classics se:Midnight Classics], worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
[https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Nick+Stefanos+Mystery+%2B+%22Serpent%27s+Tail%22&offset=1 se:Nick Stefanos Mystery + "Serpent's Tail"], worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
[https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3ASerpent%27s%20Tail%20classics se:Serpent's Tail Classics], worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
(1991). "High Risk: An Anthology of Forbidden Writings". Serpent's Tail.

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