toby mundy country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london publication types books ebooks imprints corvus books official website http www.atlantic books.co.uk atlantic books is an independent british publishing house with its headquarters in the ormond house in bloomsbury london borough of camden . 1 it is perhaps best known for publishing aravind adiga s debut novel the white tiger which received the 40th man booker prize in 2008 2 and for its long standing relationship with the late christopher hitchens . 3 ceo toby mundy was listed by the evening standard as one of london s top 1000 most influential people in 2012 . 4 contents 1 background 1.1 corvus 2 partnerships 3 accolades 4 see also 5 external links 6 references background edit atlantic books was founded in february 2000 by toby mundy . it was originally the uk subsidiary of the american independent publisher grove atlantic inc. grove atlantic remains an investor in atlantic books . 5 corvus edit in 2010 atlantic books launched a new genre fiction imprint corvus introducing the world of crime fantasy historical and women s fiction into the company s list . 6 corvus is home to the douglas brodie crime novels by gordon ferris the merrily watkins mysteries by phil rickman and the vespasian series written by robert fabbri . in 2013 dark eden by chris beckett published by corvus won the arthur c. clarke award the most prestigious award for science fiction in britain . the same year alif the unseen by g. willow wilson won the world fantasy award for best novel . 14 partnerships edit atlantic books is a founding member of the independent alliance a global alliance of ten uk publishers and their international partners when it was formed by faber & faber in 2005 . 7 in 2009 atlantic books entered into a partnership with independent australian publishers allen and unwin enabling them to introduce their own titles to the australian market and also to publish a few select allen and unwin titles in the uk . 8 aravind adiga the white tiger 2008 winner of the 2008 man booker prize . vince cable the storm 2009 free radical 2009 . john carlin invictus 2009 originally named playing the enemy . served as the basis for the 2009 motion picture invictus film . 9 alistair darling back from the brink 2011 damon galgut in a strange room 2010 shortlisted for the man booker prize in 2010 . 10 the good doctor 2003 shortlisted for the man booker prize in 2003 . steven galloway the cellist of sarajevo 2008 longlisted for the scotiabank giller prize in 2008 11 and was nominated for the international impac dublin literary award in 2010 . 12 christopher hitchens god is not great 2007 arguably 2011 mortality book 2012 . timothy garton ash facts are subversive 2009 herman koch the dinner 2012 pascal mercier night train to lisbon 2009 andrew miller writer snowdrops 2011 shortlisted for the man booker prize in 2011 . 13 cheryl strayed wild from lost to found on the pacific crest trail 2013 christos tsiolkas the slap 2008 achmat dangor bitter fruit 2004 shortlisted for the man booker prize in 2004 . nancy huston fault lines 2008 cynthia ozick foreign bodies 2012 ian buruma murder in amsterdam 2007 shortlisted for samuel johnson prize in 2007 . year zero 2013 the clash the clash 2008 richard flanagan gould s book of fish 2003 accolades edit atlantic books won imprint and editor of the year at the bookseller industry awards in 2005 and 2009 14 as well as independent publisher of the year at the same ceremony in 2009 . 15 see also edit allen and unwin grove atlantic inc. list of english language book publishing companies list of english language literary presses list of largest uk book publishers external links edit london portal companies portal books portal atlantic books references edit contact us . atlantic books . retrieved on 9 november 2012 . atlantic books ormond house 26 27 boswell street london wc1n 3jz 1 . man booker prize . retrieved on 27 march 2013 . 2 . the hollywood reporter . retrieved on 27 march 2013 . atlantic books published hitchens best seller god is not great hitch 22 and arguably a collection of essays . chief executive toby mundy said it was an honor to have worked with hitchens as his publisher for the past seven years . 3 . evening standard . retrieved on 27 march 2013 . about us . atlantic books . retrieved 28 march 2013 . 4 . the bookseller . nicolas cheetham has quit his post at quercus in order to spearhead a new imprint at atlantic books ; corvus will develop atlantic s genre fiction publishing . retrieved on 28 march 2013 . 5 . faber and faber . the independent alliance is a global alliance of ten uk publishers and their international partners who share a common vision of editorial excellence original diverse publishing innovation in marketing and commercial success . the founding publishers of the independent alliance were faber and faber atlantic books canongate icon books portobello books profile books and short books who came to partnership in july 2005 . retrieved on 28 march 2013 . 6 . beattie s book blog . the partnership entitles allen & unwin to a seat on the board of atlantic books and the two companies will work together to not only distribute atlantic s list in the australia and new zealand region but also to publish a select number of anz titles under the allen & unwin imprint in the uk through atlantic . retrieved on 28 march 2013 . 7 . new york times . the film based on john carlin s book playing the enemy takes place in south africa in the mid 1990s . retrieved on 28 march 2013 . 8 . the daily telegraph . man booker prize 2010 six novels on shortlist . retrieved on 28 march 2013 . 9 . scotiabank . retrieved on 28 march 2013 . 10 . international impac dublin literary award . retrieved on 28 march 2013 . 11 . man booker prize . retrieved on 28 march 2013 . 12 . the bookseller industry awards . retrieved on 2 april 2013 . 13 . the bookseller . retrieved on 28 march 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atlantic books & oldid 661182830 categories publishing companies established in 2000book publishing companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in londonliterary publishing companieshidden categories use dmy dates from june 2013use british english from june 2013 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 7 may 2015 at 00 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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