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

Founded in 1995 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.International Rubery Book Award Winners Their title To Peirama (The Experiment) 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, 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). Armida worked in collaboration with the Cyprus PEN Centre, and published the quarterly magazine 'In Focus'.

History

1995 – 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 (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.Frequency on IMDb

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 ISBNNotes2006Ledra StreetNora 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 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 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 97899255730662020Between Pireaus and NaplesGeorge Vizyenos Γεώργιος Βιζυηνός 97899255731342020Stories of FamagustaDimitris Leventis97899255731962020Dark TalesAndreas Karayan97899255732572020Amir's Blue ElephantMelissa Hekkers97899255733182020I am CyprusAnnetta Benzar97899255732262021Giórgos Christodoulides - Selected Poems (1996-2021)Giórgos Christodoulides - translated by Despina Pirketti97899255738512021The Marches of the LevantMiltiades B. Hatzopoulos - translated by Irene Noel-Baker 97899255732882022The Crescent Moon FoxMetin Murat97899255739742022UntetheredAndrea Busfield9789925573943

Greek titles A list of notable Greek titles by Armida.

+ Greek titles Year Title Author ISBNNotes 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 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 Το λογοτεχνικό έργο του Πάνου Ιωαννίδη: Κριτικές Ανθολογία επτά κριτικών μελετών 9789963255450 2017 Κουμπωμένα Σχήματα / Buttoned-Up Shapes George Tardios 9789963255559 2018 Παρ' ολίγον Μαρία Αβρααμίδου 9789963255726 ΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ ΔΙΗΓΗΜΑΤΟΣ/ΝΟΥΒΕΛΑΣ 2018 2019 Γράμμα στη Μητέρα Ε. Μύρων 9789925573103 2019 Έχω 33 στιγμές να ζήσω Πάνος Βασιλείου 9789963255955 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 Ονειρικά διηγήματα Πάνος Ιωαννίδης 9789963255856Has been translated into Bulgarian2020Οι εγκλωβισμένοι του Ξενοδοχείου Ντόουμ - Τόμος ΑΡήνα Κατσελλή97899255733702020Οι εγκλωβισμένοι του Ξενοδοχείου Ντόουμ - Τόμος ΒΡήνα Κατσελλή9789925573424202014 Διηγήματα - Τόμος ΑΠάνος Ιωαννίδης Panos Ioannides9789925573431202014 Διηγήματα - Τόμος ΒΠάνος Ιωαννίδης Panos Ioannides97899255734482020Τζιαι πόψεΠαύλος Παμπορίδης9789925573486Shortlisted for the NATIONAL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE2021Η θάλασσα θα είναι λίγο ταραγμένηΝόρα Νατζαριάν Nora Nadjarian97899255738372021Εν παρενθέσει...Πάνος Ιωαννίδης Panos Ioannides97899255736602022ΠαράνοιαΡήνα Κατσελλή97899256010972023Ο δολοφόνος με το καλαμάκιΚωνσταντίνος Ν. Μακρής9789925601394ΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΟ ΔΙΗΓΗΜΑΤΟΣ/ΝΟΥΒΕΛΑΣ 20232024 Επιλεγμένα ΠοιήματαDesmond Egan9789925601660Μετάφραση: Δέσποινα Πυρκεττή

References

External links Official blog Official Facebook page Armida Publications on Amazon.com