Coming to Texas in July, Michael Reynolds, Editor in Chief of renowned independent publisher, Europa Editions! Come learn about indie publishing and meet the EOC of one of the greatest. Get behind-the-scenes at one of America’s premier independent presses and hear stories of the authors who have made history at Europa.

About Europa

Founded in 2005 by Alessandra Ozzola and Sandro Ferri, Europa Editions is today one of America’s most beloved and successful independent publishing houses. Specializing in work by international writers, Europa is the company behind the extraordinary success of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend, now an HBO series, Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list, and last year’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The Promise by Damon Galgut. Europa is also the publisher of reader and bookseller favorites like Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs, Jane Gardam’s Old Filth, and Valerie Perrin’s Fresh Water for Flowers and Three. Europa’s list includes many prize-winning and bestselling American authors, among them: Aaron Gwynn (All God’s Children, “a masterpiece of western fiction,” according to Publishers Weekly), Nick Arvin (Mad Boy, winner or the Colorado Book Award for Fiction), bestselling author, Alexander Maksik (The Long Corner, You Deserve Nothing, Shelter in Place), and Audrey Schulman (Theory of Bastards, The Dolphin House)

About the Presenter

Recipient of the 2016 Golden Colophon Award for Superlative Achievement & Leadership in Independent Literary Publishing, and a 2017 Epiphany Magazine Honoree for Publishing Excellence, in addition to his role as Europa’s Editor in Chief, Michael Reynolds is an author and translator. He serves on the steering committee of the Independent Publisher Caucus, and is the founder of Books Across Borders.