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V&Q Books is the English-language imprint of Voland & Quist Verlag. Remarkable writing from Germany.

V&Q Books is the English-language imprint of Voland & Quist Verlag, Germany. Launching our first titles in 2020, we will release 5 to 6 books a year initially, for distribution mainly in the UK and Ireland, plus Germany, Austria and Switzerland. V&Q Books is headed by renowned translator Katy Derbyshire and publishes remarkable writing from Germany, translated from German and other languages. Furt

her bridging the gap between Europe and the UK, we will also be championing original English writing made in Germany.

17/08/2026

Here’s reading from her story in BERLIN BABEL. Join us at on 8 September… Tickets are available via the link in our bio.

14/08/2026

Next up from our barrage of shooting writer/translator stars for our 8 September BERLIN BABEL launch at is… 🥁🥁🥁 the very talented — join us on the big night! Ticket link in bio!

13/08/2026

Another star of our upcoming launch gala, — on her story in Berlin Babel, “The Scaffolding”. Catch Jane and many other writers and translators at on 8 September—link to tix in bio!

10/08/2026

Who’ll be on stage at our launch gala at on 8 September? Well, for one! For all the fun of the fair, get yourself a ticket via the link in our bio, why don’t you?

07/08/2026

Big thanks to In Other Words and Tills Bookshop for inviting Mima Simic for a chat in their series of translatorly conversations. Check out Mima’s amazing work on the novels of Ivana Sajko — Love Novel and Every Time We Say Goodbye!

05/08/2026

So who can you expect at our launch gala? Here’s Carla Satoca Berges, translated from Spanish by Isabel Adey. Just one of our amazing special guests! 📆📆📆 8 September, 🎟️🎟️🎟️ Get your tickets now via the link in our bio…

28/07/2026

Come and join us at our launch gala for BERLIN BABEL! 8 September, Ballhaus Berlin on Chausseestrasse. Your conferencier(e)s? Why, who else but Jake Schneider and Katy Derbyshire Get YOUR hands on our book. Ticket link? In bio!

20/06/2026

Our writer Ivana Sajko on the throne at Dalkey Book Festival — many thanks to all who came along earlier today. Still time to catch her again on the “Growing Up Communist” panel at 3.

28/04/2026

Hooray for .books for talking translation with our fave translator from Croatian, .simic ! Two quotes:

On picking a title: “…we all thought ‘Little Deaths’ would give the wrong kind of expectations to the readers. The book might be very or****ic in style, but it’s not really sexy, I have to say.”

On getting it right: “…to me the key to this book, and writing in general, is what Virginia Wolf wrote 100 years ago: style, ‘it is all rhythm’. To me, the key to translating Ivana’s book was finding its melody and its rhythm.”
Head to the website to read the whole thing.

22/04/2026

Berlin Babel presents fourteen short stories by writers originating from Syria, Turkey, China, the UK, the US, the Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Germany, Italy and India. From Arabic to Italian to Yiddish, the stories are beautifully translated from eight different languages.

The selection captures life in Berlin with all its despairs and joys. This first ever international anthology of contemporary writing on the city unites a wide range of perspectives. For all those who love the city, and for anyone curious to discover it.

Featuring:

Odai Al Zoubi translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette
Carla Berges translated from Spanish by Isabel Adey
Leon Craig
Ulrike Draesner translated from German by Lyn Marven
Linda Farata translated from Italian by Han Smith
FENG Yurui translated from Chinese by WU Xiujie
Lin Hierse translated from German by Jon Cho-Polizzi
LJ Kessels
Natasha Podlyzhnyak translated from Russian by Will Firth
Nainy Sahani
Jake Schneider translated from Yiddish by himself
Meral Şimşek translated from Turkish by Umut Simsek
David Wagner translated from German by Imogen Taylor
Jane Yager

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