gallenzi and elisabetta minervini country of origin united kingdom headquarters location richmond london publication types books imprints alma classics overture publishing official website www.almabooks.com alma books is a publishing house based in richmond london founded in 2005 by alessandro gallenzi and elisabetta minervini the founders of hesperus press . it publishes mainly fiction both by authors from the english speaking world and in translation from languages such as french german italian spanish and japanese . 1 it has published books by authors such as anthony mccarten robert m. pirsig william t. vollmann colson whitehead jane hawking tibor fischer tom mccarthy carmen posadas yasutaka tsutsui alberto manguel peter benson rosie alison and giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa among others . in 2012 alma published blooms of darkness by aharon appelfeld which won the independent foreign fiction prize . 2 in 2007 alma books launched oneworld classics a joint venture with the oxford based publishing house oneworld publications which published newly commissioned classics titles and acquired calder publications . in 2012 alma books acquired full stakes in oneworld classics which was renamed alma classics . 3 in the same year alma books received the premio nazionale per la traduzione 4 by the italian ministero per i beni e le attivit culturali for their contribution to the promotion of italian culture abroad . since the award s inauguration in 1989 it had never before been awarded to a british publisher . in 2013 alma books won the bookseller independent publisher of the year industry award . 5 references edit alma books . independent publishers group . retrieved 22 june 2013 . flood alison 15 may 2012 . aharon appelfeld scoops independent foreign fiction prize . the guardian . retrieved 22 june 2013 . williams charlotte . alma gets classical with 300 strong list . bookseller media ltd. retrieved 22 june 2013 . it premi nazionali per la traduzione alma praises cpi quality as it wins major publishing award . cpi . retrieved 22 june 2013 . external links edit alma books official website alma classics official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alma books & oldid 736431777 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdomorganisations based in richmond upon thameshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 august 2016 at 12 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view