Aurora Metro Books

Aurora Metro Books Award winning indie publisher based in London, UK finalist Small Press of the Year British Book Awards.

Finalist IPG National Diversity Awards.Finalist ITV National Diversity Awards. The home of quality fiction and intelligent non-fiction, we publish Drama (new, adaptations, collections), Fiction (Crime, Literary, YA, in Translation, historical) & Non-Fiction (film, theatre, music, arts & pop culture) http://bit.ly/iscat16

In 2020 we celebrated 30 years of publishing with a fine list of almost 300

international authors including Germaine Greer, Benjamin Zephaniah, Meera Syal, Jean-Claude Carriere, Nawal el Saadawi and Mihail Sebastian. Fiction is the life-blood of the publishing industry and we believe it’s essential to find new voices. We are developing an enviable stable of new fiction talent including: Fiona Rintoul, Louise Soraya Black, Mary Hamer, Sandro Martini, Avi Sirlin, David Chadwick and Dipika Mukherjee. In 2009, we launched The Virginia Prize for Fiction to discover and help promote new women novelists. In recognition of the company’s work, our titles have been awarded The Raymond Williams Prize, The Pandora Award and the Gourmand World Cookbook Special Jury Prize for Peace and Best Innovative Food book as well as being shortlisted for many others including National Diversity Awards. If you’d like to join us, pitch an idea, say hello, buy our books, download our catalogue, or anything else, visit our website for further details.

Grab your edition of "Encounter with Jane Austen" now! This collection boasts an engaging assortment of short stories, e...
27/11/2025

Grab your edition of "Encounter with Jane Austen" now!

This collection boasts an engaging assortment of short stories, essays, interviews, and poems by more than 30 authors and artists. It offers a delightful mix of modern and classic pieces, complemented by amusing illustrations and timeless quotes from Jane Austen herself. The link to order here: https://buff.ly/sJzhrBG .

Join us tomorrow for the joint launch party of 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭 and 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯! 📚
26/11/2025

Join us tomorrow for the joint launch party of 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭 and 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯! 📚

21/11/2025

Preorder 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 now by
Link in bio! ✨

Lovely to meet several of the artists featured in our groundbreaking book ‘Reframing Women Printmakers’ at Bankside Gall...
15/11/2025

Lovely to meet several of the artists featured in our groundbreaking book ‘Reframing Women Printmakers’ at Bankside Gallery today.

14/11/2025

Join us for the Incel x Secret Women Launch party on November 27th at 7pm at Books on the Rise! Book your spot via the link in bio!

13/11/2025

You can now preorder 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 by Vanessa Holburn. Link in bio! 📖✨

08/11/2025

Feminist Theatre - Then and Now is number 23 of Amazon UK's Hot New Releases!

Pre-order now to celebrate 50 years of creativity and flair. Over the years, women have faced challenges such as making their voices heard, have their work produced professionally, and promote social justice. The book also explores themes like discimination, pay inequality and harrassment in the theatrical world. Immerse yourself in their tales of resilience!

08/11/2025

Our author Sarah Tucker dropped in to see us at London Book Fair today. Her book has won the Literary Titan award for best nonfiction book. Well deserved!

08/11/2025
08/11/2025

A peek at the Aurora Metro shelves

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08/11/2025

It's like an art gallery in your hands. Check out Unravelling Women's Art!

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Publisher of quality fiction and intelligent non-fiction, we also publish Drama, Cookery and Biography too. http://aurorametro.com In 2020, we will celebrate 30 years of independent publishing. We have created a fine list of around 200 authors including Germaine Greer, Benjamin Zephaniah, Meera Syal, Tom McNab, Jean-Claude Carriere, and Nawal el Saadawi. Our titles have won Blue Stars and been voted Best Indie Books in 2015 and 2017 from Kirkus Reviews. We are developing an enviable stable of new fiction talent including: Suchen Christine Lim, Fiona Rintoul, Sandro Martini, Avi Sirlin and Dipika Mukherjee.

In 2009, we launched The Virginia Prize for Fiction to discover and help promote new women novelists and so far we have published 6 new women novelists. We are planning to launch a prize for women playwrights in 2021 called The Aphra Award. Our titles have been awarded The Raymond Williams Prize, The Pandora Award and the Gourmand World Cookbook Special Jury Prize for Peace and Best Innovative Food book as well as being shortlisted for many others.

Our imprint Supernova Books publishes non-fiction books on arts and culture, specialising in film, music and new media. Two of our titles have been voted by others as Best Book on the Blues (The British Beat Explosion) and Best Book on silent film (Silent Women: pioneers of Cinema.) If you’d like to join us, pitch an idea, say hello, buy our books, download our catalogue, or anything else, visit our website for further details. Or contact us on [email protected]

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