Archives: August 2021

Alice Hattrick’s ILL FEELINGS Book Tour

Alice Hattrick Credit Jacques Testard

16 SeptemberReading at Fitzcarraldo Editions x Bold Tendencies in Peckham.

23 September – Reading at Fitzcarraldo Editions x Storysmith in Bristol.

6 October – Alice Hattrick with Catriona Morton and Lucia Osborne-Crowley at Blackwell’s Manchester.

16 October – Alice Hattrick will be at Burley Fisher’s Fifth Anniversary Festival.

21 October Alice Hattrick x ACHE Magazine digital event.

22 October Alice Hattrick x Rebecca Birrell at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

11 November – Alice Hattrick in conversation with Lucia Osborne Crowley at Toppings Edinburgh. Link TK.

THE NAKED DON’T FEAR THE WATER by Matthieu Aikins

Matthieu Aikins credit: Kiana Hayeri

Fitzcarraldo Editions has acquired Matthieu Aikins’ debut The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: A Journey Through the Refugee Underground, about Aikins’ journey undercover on the migrant trail from Kabul to Europe in 2016. Fitzcarraldo Editions will publish in February 2022, simultaneously with Harper in the US.

In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named Omar makes the heart-wrenching choice to flee his war-torn country, saying goodbye to Laila, the love of his life, without knowing when they might be reunited again. He is one of millions of refugees who leave their homes that year. Matthieu Aikins, a journalist living in Kabul, decides to follow his friend. In order to do so, he must leave his own passport and identity behind to go underground on the refugee trail with Omar. Their odyssey across land and sea from Afghanistan to Europe brings them face to face with the people at heart of the migration crisis: smugglers, cops, activists, and the men, women and children fleeing war in search of a better life. As setbacks and dangers mount for the two friends, Matthieu is also drawn into the escape plans of Omar’s entire family, including Maryam, the matriarch who has fought ferociously for her children’s survival.

Matthieu Aikins is a journalist currently based in Kabul and has reported from Afghanistan and the Middle East since 2008. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, and has won numerous honors, including the George Polk and Livingston awards. He is a past fellow at Type Media Center, New America, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the American Academy in Berlin. Matthieu grew up in Nova Scotia, and has a master’s degree in Near Eastern Studies from New York University. The Naked Don’t Fear the Water is his first book.

Sales & Marketing Executive (Full-Time)

Fitzcarraldo Editions is recruiting a Sales and Marketing Executive to join our growing team based in Deptford, south-east London. The Sales and Marketing Executive will work closely with the publisher, associate publisher, publicity director and publishing executive to manage sales and marketing for Fitzcarraldo Editions.

Responsibilities will include:

– developing marketing assets (including AIs and catalogues);
– implementing and managing marketing campaigns for print, ebook and audiobooks; 
– maintaining and updating Fitzcarraldo Editions’ metadata via our Booksonix account;
– overseeing Fitzcarraldo Editions’ Amazon and Bookshop.org accounts, and optimizing online listings;  
– managing relationships with booksellers;
– developing Fitzcarraldo Editions’ digital presence through our website, consumer newsletter and social media accounts;
– overseeing and developing direct web sales and subscriptions;
– working closely with our independent sales team and distributors (GBS, Consortium) to improve the sale and distribution of Fitzcarraldo Editions’ titles around the world. 

The position will suit someone able to work as part of a small team but also willing to use their initiative, with good communication and organization skills, an aptitude for using data, an ability to work well under pressure, and good attention to detail. The ideal candidate will have some sales and/or marketing experience in publishing or a similar industry, be enthusiastic about selling and marketing books, have an interest in digital culture and technology, and enthusiasm for the Fitzcarraldo Editions list.

This is a full-time position paid at £25,000 per annum with a three-month probationary period, starting as soon as possible. This role is usually based in our office in Deptford, but will involve some remote working initially due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to jobs@fitzcarraldoeditions.com by 20 August 2021. Interviews will be held soon afterwards. 

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