Armida Publications

Armida Publications is an independent publishing house based in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Armida Publications
Parent companyArmida Publications Ltd
Founded1997
Country of originCyprus
Headquarters locationValesta 36A, Ayios Dhometios, Nicosia, Cyprus
DistributionWorldwide
Publication typesBooks, Ebooks
Fiction genresFiction, non-fiction
Official websitewww.armidabooks.com

Founded in 1997 their primary goal is to promote high-level English-language publications from Cyprus, Greece, and the Eastern Mediterranean region in general. Their focus on Eastern Mediterranean enables them to carry titles from authors worldwide who have the region at the core of their work.

Over the course of their history, they have won and have been nominated for awards for literature from the European Union and also the International Rubery Book Award.[1] Their title To Peirama (The Experiment) by Myrto Azina Chronides won the European Union Prize for Literature[2] for Cyprus in 2011. They have translated works from the likes of Roger Willemsen and Emine Sevgi Ozdamar, and have published titles by, among others, Rory Maclean, Nick Danziger, Kevin Sullivan, Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos, Paul Stewart, Andreas Karayan, Nora Nadjarian, Lina Ellina, Chrysanthos Chrysanthou, Eve Meleagrou, Richard Romanus, Colette Ni Reammon Ioannidou, Jenny Benjamin, Yiangos P. Kleopas, Stefanos Evangelides, Mona Savvidou Theodoulou, Panos Ioannides, Rina Katselli, Theoclis Kouyialis, Victoria Hardwood Butler-Sloss, George Tardios, Theo Panayides, Melissa Hekkers, Metin Murat, Andrea Busfield, Giórgos Christodoulides and many others.

Armida was the first publishing company in Cyprus to establish an active e-books program for titles in Greek and English.

In addition, the company is also the leading exporter of literary rights of Greek Cypriot literature to foreign publishers, with an extensive network of collaborating partner publishers throughout Europe, and the world.

Armida is also an active member of the Independent Publishers Guild (UK) and the Independent Book Publishers Association (USA). Armida is a founding member of the Cyprus Association of Book Publishers, itself a part of the Federation of European Publishers (FEP).[3] Armida worked in collaboration with the Cyprus PEN Centre, and published the quarterly magazine 'In Focus'.[4][5][6]

History

1997 – 2011

Was predominantly Greek books distributed in Cyprus and Greece. In that period they co-published books with Aiora Press for the Greek market and also acquired rights to German titles. This early period is also noteworthy as they focused on acquiring translation rights compared to the present where they are a net exporter of the aforesaid rights.

2011 – present

Following the success of Myrto Azina’s The Experiment, which opened Armida up to a worldwide market, they signed an agreement with Ingram for the worldwide distribution of their English titles as well as expanded their operation to include electronic books of all formats, mainly focusing on the Amazon Kindle platform.

Armida is spearheading the effort to promote and popularize Cypriot fiction outside the narrow confines of the island. Subsequently, the company has become the premier rights-exporter for Cypriot fiction. Its extended network of collaborations includes multiple titles in multiple languages including Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, German, Macedonian, Romanian, Turkish, Serbian, Spanish, Lithuanian, etc.

Special Projects

Work for the Deaf

Armida was part of a group of companies – namely AMP Filmworks Limited [7] and Art FX [8]– that bid for a project by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus. They worked together to document the Cypriot sign language in a dictionary, a grammar book for teachers and a grammar book for students, accompanied by their respective DVD’s. This was a ground-breaking achievement in the realm of aids for the deaf globally as the detail undertaken was unprecedented for its time, taking three years to complete. The project was completed in 2011 and released these titles:[9]

  • Επικοινωνιακή Γραμματική (Communicative Grammar)
  • Γραμματική Παραοδοσιακού Τύπου (Traditional Grammar)
  • Εννοιολογικό Λεξικό (Conceptual dictionary)

Including a DVD for each book.

Films

Armida has also produced a short film by award-winning director Irena Joannides called Frequency.[10]

Titles

Armida publishes a range of books in both English and Greek. The following is a list of there most notable titles, in both English and in Greek

English titles

A list of Armida's most notable English titles.

English titles
Year Title Author ISBN Notes
2006 Ledra Street Nora Nadjarian 9963620434
2011 Act III: A small island in the Aegean Richard Romanus 9789607872814 Published in collaboration with Aiora Press.

Shortlisted for the International Rubery Book Award 2012|

2011 Lost Edens: A Cyprus Memoir Harry A. Mavromatis 9789963706150
2012 The Venetian Lina Ellina 9789963706358 Nominated and listed for the European Book Prize|
2012 To Live or not to Live Colette Ni Reamonn Ioannidou 9789963706198
2012 To Die or not to Die Colette Ni Reamonn Ioannidou 9789963706136
2012 The Bearded Goddess: Androgynes, Goddesses and Monsters in Ancient Cyprus Marie-Louise Winbladh 9789963706310
2013 This Most Amazing Jenny Benjamin 9789963706655
2013 Master and Cancer DRAENNE 9789963706617
2013 Out of the West Kevin Sullivan 9789963706907
2014 Matoula's Echo Richard Romanus 9789963255061
2014 Immoral Tales: an erotic odyssey between London and Alexandria Andreas Karayan 9789963706747 NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2011 • CYPRUS
2014 Betwixt and Between Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos - translated by Irene Noel-Baker 9789963706839
2014 Now Then Paul Stewart 9789963706686
2014 Triathlon. Loving it is easy. Swim, Bike, Run. The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide. Christos Christou 9789963706556
2014 The Weight of the Rain Roula Ioannidou Stavrou 9789963706153
2015 The English Scholar's Ring Lina Ellina 9789963255269 Nominated and listed for the European Book Prize|
2015 Census Panos Ioannides 9789963255306
2015 Art on the Run Kostas Patinios & Pola Hadjipapa 9789963255368
2016 Klotho Surfaces. The Omniconstants trilogy Christos Rodoulla Tsiailis 9789963255436
2016 Beneath the Carob Trees - The Lost Lives of Cyprus Rory Maclean & Nick Danziger 9789963229758
2017 Kyrenia's Legend: The life and time of Costas Catsellis Rina Katselli 9789963255566
2017 Girl, Wolf, Bones / Mädchen, Wolf, Knochen Nora Nadjarian 9789963255580
2017 Let Fate Decide Niki Philippou 9789963255535
2018 The Seamstress of Ourfa Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss 9789963255597
2018 Y2.200K Dimis Michaelides & Umit Inatci 9789963255672
2019 Of People and Things Paul Stewart 9789963255979
2019 From Beyond the Sea Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos - translated by Irene Noel-Baker 9789925573028
2019 The Prophecy and the Templar Scroll Lina Ellina 9789963255870
2019 Remembering Egypt Teresa Craig 9789963255757
2019 SaskiaUnreserved: In Print Saskia Constantinou 9789963255924
2019 The Lives of Others Theo Panayides 9789925573066
2020 Between Pireaus and Naples George Vizyenos Γεώργιος Βιζυηνός 9789925573134
2020 Stories of Famagusta Dimitris Leventis 9789925573196
2020 Dark Tales Andreas Karayan 9789925573257
2020 Amir's Blue Elephant Melissa Hekkers 9789925573318
2020 I am Cyprus Annetta Benzar 9789925573226
2021 Giórgos Christodoulides - Selected Poems (1996-2021) Giórgos Christodoulides - translated by Despina Pirketti 9789925573851
2021 The Marches of the Levant Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos - translated by Irene Noel-Baker 9789925573288
2022 The Crescent Moon Fox Metin Murat 9789925573974
2022 Untethered Andrea Busfield 9789925573943

Greek titles

A list of notable Greek titles by Armida.

Greek titles
Year Title Author ISBN Notes
2006 Εδώ Γκουαντάναμο (Hier Spricht Guantánamo) Roger Willemsen 9963620442 Translation from German
2007 Η Γέφυρα του Χρυσού Κεράτιου (Die Brücke vom Goldenen Horn) Emine Sevgi Özdamar 9963620450 Translation of the German novel into Greek
2008 Αμερική '62: de profundis (America '62) Πάνος Ιωαννίδης 9789607872531 Has been translated into German, Arabic and Turkish
2009 Το Πείραμα (The Experiment) Myrto Azina Chronides 9789963620531 Winner of European Prize for Literature for Cyprus, 2010. Has been - or is being translated into Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Spanish and Serbian
2009 Γελοιο-γραφώντας την Ιστορία του Κυπριακού Χρύσανθος Χρυσάνθου 9789963620623
2011 Ανατολική Μεσόγειος Ήβη Μελεάγρου 9789963620975 ΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑΤΟΣ 1970 - NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
2012 Δρόμου Δρώμενα Κώστας Πατίνιος 9789963706594
2012 Στυλιανή Χ: Εγκλήματα και τιμωρία Στέφανος Ευαγγελίδης 9789963706457
2012 Κοάζινος Πάνος Ιωαννίδης 9789963706549 ΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑΤΟΣ 2012 - Has been - or is being translated into Albanian, Arabic, German, Serbian and Turkish - NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE|
2013 Τρίαθλο: Να το λατρέψεις είναι εύκολο Χρίστος Χρίστου 9789963706785 Το πρώτο βιβλίο στο είδος του στην Ελληνική γλώσσα. Το βιβλίο βρίσκεται ήδη στην 4η του έκδοση.

Has been translated into English under the title Triathlon. Loving it is easy. Swim, Bike, Run. The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide.

2014 Η Αβάσταχτη Φιλοπατρία του Π.Φ.Κ. Πάνος Ιωαννίδης 9789963255085 Επανέκδοση - ΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑΤΟΣ 1989 - NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
2014 Οι Ντέβα Πάνος Ιωαννίδης 9789963255115 Επανέκδοση - Has been - or is being translated into German and Turkish
2014 Απογραφή Πάνος Ιωαννίδης 9789963255092 Επανέκδοση - ΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑΤΟΣ 1973 - Has been - or is being translated into Lithuanian and English - NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
2014 Κουνήσου μούχλα... Κώστας Πατίνιος / Πόλα Χατζήπαπα 9789963706146 Το πρώτο βιβλίο στο είδος του στην Ελληνική γλώσσα.
2014 Μήδειες και Κλυταιμνήστρες Στέφανος Ευαγγελίδης 9789963706990
2014 Μνήμες που επιστρέφουν Θεοκλής Κουγιάλης 9789963255252
2014 Μαθηματικές δραστηριότητες για το νηπιαγωγείο Μαρία Σιακαλλή 9789963255139 Το πρώτο βιβλίο στο είδος του στην Ελληνική γλώσσα.
2015 Αμμόχωστος: Η Ατέλειωτη Ιστορία Γιάγκος Π. Κλεόπας 9789963255351
2016 Η ανάπτυξη της μαθηματικής σκέψης στο νηπιαγωγείο Μαρία Σιακαλλή 9789963255399 Το πρώτο βιβλίο στο είδος του στην Ελληνική γλώσσα.
2016 Διαχείριση ασφάλειας αθλητικών εγκαταστάσεων Γιώργος Γιαπανάς 9789963255412 Το πρώτο βιβλίο στο είδος του στην Ελληνική γλώσσα.
2016 Κάτω από τις Χαρουπιές – Οι χαμένες ζωές της Κύπρου Rory Maclean & Nick Danziger 9789963229734 Συνέκδοση με Διερευνητική Επιτροπή για τους Αγνοούμενους και Galeri Kultur Publishing
2016 Σεβαστιανός Ποδοκάθαρος Στέφανος Ευαγγελίδης 9789963255481
2016 12+2 Ποιήματα για την ελληνόφωνη κάτω Ιταλία και Σικελία Μόνα Σαββίδου Θεοδούλου 9789963255511
2016 Το λογοτεχνικό έργο του Πάνου Ιωαννίδη: Κριτικές Ανθολογία επτά κριτικών μελετών 9789963255450
2017 Κουμπωμένα Σχήματα / Buttoned-Up Shapes George Tardios 9789963255559
2017 Μεθόρια Ποιήματα Αλεξάνδρα Ζαμπά 9789963255528
2018 Παρ' ολίγον Μαρία Αβρααμίδου 9789963255726
2019 Γράμμα στη Μητέρα Ε. Μύρων 9789925573103
2019 Έχω 33 στιγμές να ζήσω Πάνος Βασιλείου 9789963255955
2019 Η Εμπειρία της Αλήθειας Σάββας Βαρναβίδης 9789925573110
2019 Ίχνη μνήμης / Hafιza izleri Αλεξάνδρα Ζαμπά & Umit Inatci 9789963255900
2019 Μαθθαίννω Κυπριακά Αναστάσιος Πισσούριος 9789925755301 Το πρώτο βιβλίο στο είδος του στην Ελληνική γλώσσα.
2019 Οι Σιαμαίοι Πάνος Ιωαννίδης 9789925573097
2019 Ονειρικά διηγήματα Πάνος Ιωαννίδης 9789963255856 Has been translated into Bulgarian
2020 Οι εγκλωβισμένοι του Ξενοδοχείου Ντόουμ - Τόμος Α Ρήνα Κατσελλή 9789925573370
2020 Οι εγκλωβισμένοι του Ξενοδοχείου Ντόουμ - Τόμος Β Ρήνα Κατσελλή 9789925573424
2020 14 Διηγήματα - Τόμος Α Πάνος Ιωαννίδης

Panos Ioannides

 9789925573431
2020 14 Διηγήματα - Τόμος Β Πάνος Ιωαννίδης

Panos Ioannides

 9789925573448
2020 Τζιαι πόψε Παύλος Παμπορίδης 9789925573486 Shortlisted for the NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
2021 Η θάλασσα θα είναι λίγο ταραγμένη Νόρα Νατζαριάν

Nora Nadjarian

 9789925573837
2021 Εν παρενθέσει... Πάνος Ιωαννίδης

Panos Ioannides

 9789925573660
2021 Ποιηματογραφίες Γιώργος Φράγκος 9789925573882
2022 Παράνοια Ρήνα Κατσελλή 9789925601097

References
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  3. "Federation of European Publishers official website". Fep-fee.eu. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  4. "The Cyprus Book Publishers Association". Ccci.org.cy. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  5. "Cyprus Pen Centre website". Cypruspen.org. Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  6. "In Focus magazine". Cypruspen.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  7. "AMP Filmworks". Filmworks.com.cy. Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  8. "Art FX". Artfx.gr. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
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  10. Frequency on IMDb
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