Armida Publications
Armida Publications is an independent publishing house based in Nicosia, Cyprus.
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. Their title To Peirama by Myrto Azina Chronides won the European Union Prize for Literature 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, Elmos Konis, 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 and many others.
Armida was the first publishing company in Cyprus to establish an active electronic books program, and in sense of volume produced and sold, the company is currently the market leader in Cyprus in production, distribution, and sales of ebooks in 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 and the Independent Book Publishers Association. Armida is a founding member of the Cyprus Association of Book Publishers, itself a part of the Federation of European Publishers. Armida works in collaboration with the Cyprus PEN Centre, and publishes the quarterly magazine 'In Focus'.
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 and Art FX – 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:- Επικοινωνιακή Γραμματική
- Γραμματική Παραοδοσιακού Τύπου
- Εννοιολογικό Λεξικό
Films
Armida has also produced a short film by award-winning director Irena Joannides called Frequency.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 GreekEnglish titles
A list of Armida's most notable English titles.| Year | Title | Author | ISBN | Notes | - |
| 2006 | Ledra Street | Nora Nadjarian | 9963620434 | - | |
| 2010 | Magnette | Elmos Klonis | 9789963620746 | - | |
| 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 | - | |
| 2011 | Chrysalis | Richard Romanus | 9789963706099 | Out of print. Please see 'Matoula's Echo' | |
| 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 | Former title: 'Chrysalis' | |
| 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 | Shortlisted for the 2014 London Hellenic Prize | |
| 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 | NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 1973 • CYPRUS | - |
| 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 | Copublication with Committee on Missing Persons Cyprus, Galeri Kultur Publishing | |
| 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 | NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2015 • CYPRUS | - |
| 2020 | Dark Tales | Andreas Karayan | 9789925573257 | NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2014 • CYPRUS | - |
| 2020 | Amir's Blue Elephant | Melissa Hekkers | 9789925573318 | - | |
| 2020 | I am Cyprus | Annetta Benzar | 9789925573226 | - |
Greek titles
A list of notable Greek titles by Armida.| Year | Title | Author | ISBN | Notes | - |
| 2006 | Εδώ Γκουαντάναμο | Roger Willemsen | 9963620442 | Translation from German | - |
| 2007 | Η Γέφυρα του Χρυσού Κεράτιου | Emine Sevgi Özdamar | 9963620450 | Translation of the German novel into Greek | - |
| 2008 | Αμερική '62: de profundis | Πάνος Ιωαννίδης | 9789607872531 | Has been translated into German, Arabic and Turkish | - |
| 2009 | Το Πείραμα | 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 | Της Προσμονής και της Απόγνωσης | Γιώργος Παυλίδης | 9789963706894 | - | |
| 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 | Περάσματα Ψυχής | Βάσος Καϊσής | 9789963255290 | - | |
| 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 | Α στερητικό | Κωνσταντίνος Κοκολογιάννης | 9789963255498 | - | |
| 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 | ΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ ΔΙΗΓΗΜΑΤΟΣ/ΝΟΥΒΕΛΑΣ 2018 - | |
| 2018 | Τα Μη Αρσενικά | Πωλίνα Λιασή Μιχαήλ | 9789963255719 | Δεύτερη έκδοση | |
| 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 | - | |
| 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 | - |