In September 2019 Verso Books will launch Verso Fiction, a new series of uncompromisingly intelligent and beautiful books with an international focus. Publishing a select number of titles a year with a distinctive design, the imprint extends Verso’s publishing project, which has included celebrated fiction by authors such as John Berger, José Saramago, Marianne Fritz, Nanni Balestrini, Tariq Ali, and Jenny Hval.
2018 saw the first National Book Award for Translated Literature, the Man Booker International is now well established and the Goldsmiths Prize seems to make bigger waves each year. Readers are paying serious heed to fiction that comes at them sideways. And fiction has long been an unsung part of Verso’s list and heritage.
"We want to publish bold, intelligent writing that’s politically astute, but not dogmatic or charmless."
– Cian McCourt, Fiction Editor
