Aiora Books

Aiora Books Aiora Press is an independent Greek publishing house.

Its catalogue includes books offering a fresh perspective in Politics, History, Social Science, Languages, Literature, Theatre, Health, Eastern Philosophy, Children's Books. Aiora also publishes important works of ancient and modern Greek literature translated in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Russian.

Warm congratulations to A. E. Stallings, who will be the recipient of the inaugural Lord Byron Medal. The award honours ...
31/01/2025

Warm congratulations to A. E. Stallings, who will be the recipient of the inaugural Lord Byron Medal. The award honours work promoting Greek culture, arts, and letters.

📖 Read A. E. Stallings' introduction to 'Greek Folk Songs'

Available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers

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Wednesday wisdom from Anne Enright Translation is at the heart of everything we do at Aiora 💫*
29/01/2025

Wednesday wisdom from Anne Enright

Translation is at the heart of everything we do at Aiora 💫

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"A beautifully tragic and philosophically rich novel, The Chimera, to me, exemplifies literature at its finest...
27/01/2025

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"A beautifully tragic and philosophically rich novel, The Chimera, to me, exemplifies literature at its finest. The story explores in depth the complexities of human desires and the inevitable disillusionments that follow.

Karagatsis masterfully weaves existential themes into a narrative that I found both engaging and profoundly moving.

The characters are vividly drawn, each representing different facets of the human experience, and the protagonist’s (Marina’s) journey is a powerful exploration of the tension between idealism and reality. The prose is elegant, often poetic, which drew me into a world where every word resonates with deeper meaning, often requiring me to stop, re-read and contemplate the deeper facets of the words on the page.

What truly stood out is the novel’s tragic beauty. As the story unfolds, its inevitable turn towards tragedy is handled with such grace that it leaves a lasting impact.

The Chimera is not just a story to be read but an experience that lingers long after the last page is turned.

The Chimera is a philosophical tragedy that showcases the power of modern Greek literature. Both profound and deeply emotional, it will be a book that will feature in one of the best books I’ve had the honour to read."

Goodreads Review

📖 'The Great Chimera' by M. Karagatsis is translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito and is available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers

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"When I was in Piraeus, the bookseller at a bookshop called Fata Libelli wanted to give me massive stacks of books that ...
24/01/2025

"When I was in Piraeus, the bookseller at a bookshop called Fata Libelli wanted to give me massive stacks of books that he felt were critical to my understanding of modern Greece. I was limited by the size of my luggage, so I told him he had to get rid of 70% of the stack he wanted to give me. He left me with Nikos Kazantzakis, Nikos Kavvadias, Μπέμπης, and this booklet.

I have since listened to quite a bit of rebetika music and this book helps me solidify how I conceptualize urban art created by disenfrancished members of society. I'm used to the moral panic around trap, drill, and hip-hop more broadly, so it is with great amusement that I see the exact same thing had happened in Greece in the early 20th century. I'm glad this manual to rebetika music was created, and my musical knowledge is all the more enhanced for it. Thank you."

Goodreads Review

📖 'Rebetika: Songs from the Old Greek Underworld' is edited by Katharine Butterworth and Sara Schneider

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Happiness is not a comfortable state of well-being, but an energetic and carefully considered endeavour to lead a rich a...
22/01/2025

Happiness is not a comfortable state of well-being, but an energetic and carefully considered endeavour to lead a rich and meaningful life.

📖 'On Happiness: Nicomachean Ethics Book X' by Aristotle is available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers

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The statue of Mavromichali in Mani. A hero of the Greek Revolution, he led the Maniots from the early 19th Century.📍The ...
20/01/2025

The statue of Mavromichali in Mani. A hero of the Greek Revolution, he led the Maniots from the early 19th Century.

📍The Aiora Bookstore is located on Mavromichali 11, in Athens: the street named after Mavromichali

📖 Read more in "The Greek Revolution of 1821 and its Global Significance' by Roderick Beaton

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"This collection of Greek folk tales are more Grimm than Aesop--some stories actually echoing those Northern Eur...
17/01/2025

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"This collection of Greek folk tales are more Grimm than Aesop--some stories actually echoing those Northern European tales quite closely. The inevitable chicken and egg questions are beside the point as this sort of diffusion in myth and folklore is common around the world. Any readers of comparative myth and lore will see similarities to Native American stories also and, I'm sure, many others.

This little compendium is a nice introduction to the persistence of folk belief in what has otherwise been Greek Orthodox and Islamic domain for 16-17 centuries. The Olympians are long gone here, but Christ and God the father are also nowhere to be seen."

Goodreads Review

📖 'Greek Folk Tales' is translated by Alexander Zaphiriou and is available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers

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"Greek words are concrete: "so clear, so hard, so intense, that to speak plainly yet fittingly with- out blurring the ou...
15/01/2025

"Greek words are concrete: "so clear, so hard, so intense, that to speak plainly yet fittingly with- out blurring the outline or clouding the depths, Greek is the only expression. " By "perfection," then, Woolf means that Greek literature tells the truth. The language of truth and beauty is unmistakably Platonic."

Rebecca Nagel on Virginia Woolf

📖 Read the Greek Modern Classics
Available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers

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“We must ponder on what brings happiness, for in having it we have everything, but if it’s missing we would do anything ...
10/01/2025

“We must ponder on what brings happiness, for in having it we have everything, but if it’s missing we would do anything to gain in.” Epicurus

What does happiness mean to you?

📖 From ‘Words of Wisdom from Ancient Greece'
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📖 The Pocket Greek Library series spotted .gr in KolonakiThe best of Ancient Greece in pocket-sized hardcover editions, ...
08/01/2025

📖 The Pocket Greek Library series spotted .gr in Kolonaki

The best of Ancient Greece in pocket-sized hardcover editions, the Pocket Greek Library is the perfect avenue into Ancient Greek Philosophy

Also available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers

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🇬🇧 If you're in London, be sure to check out the George Sefeis exhibition. Details below: 📢 The New Year is here, and ...
06/01/2025

🇬🇧 If you're in London, be sure to check out the George Sefeis exhibition. Details below:

📢 The New Year is here, and with it, the first 2025 opening dates for our George permanent exhibition!

Come join us for a unique glimpse into the world of the 🇬🇷 Nobel laureate poet and diplomat in the place where he lived and worked as Greece's Ambassador to UK (1957-1962).

📅10/01, ⏰10.00-12.00
📅15/01, ⏰17.00-19.00
📍 Hellenic Residence

Admission is free, advance registration required 👇
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/permanent-exhibition-george-seferis-the-man-the-poet-the-diplomat-tickets-1123626911339?aff=oddtdtcreator




📷 John Kolikis

How are you starting your year? is reading 'The Great Chimera' by M. Karagatsis. 📖 Translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeit...
03/01/2025

How are you starting your year?

is reading 'The Great Chimera' by M. Karagatsis.

📖 Translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito, it is available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers

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https://www.aiorabooks.com/product/the-great-chimera/


Happy New Year from all of us at Aiora 💫We are thrilled to see that David Connolly's interview with Reading Greece was o...
01/01/2025

Happy New Year from all of us at Aiora 💫

We are thrilled to see that David Connolly's interview with Reading Greece was one of the most read of 2024!

"Translators are, by definition, linguistic and cultural ambassadors and should be recognised as such."

Here's to more brilliant translations in 2025 📚

📚 Tomorrow is your last chance to buy books from the Aiora bookstore if you're in Athens. The store will be open until 1...
30/12/2024

📚 Tomorrow is your last chance to buy books from the Aiora bookstore if you're in Athens.

The store will be open until 16:00 tomorrow

❄️We will be closed for a winter break from Wednesday, January 1st, until Monday, January 6th

Any online orders placed after today will be processed from the 7th Jan

📖 You can also find our titles in bookstores across Greece

📚 Find our catalogue here:

www.aiorabook

Wishing all our readers a very Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 📖We hope this holiday season is filled with peace and joy. And we hop...
25/12/2024

Wishing all our readers a very Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 📖
We hope this holiday season is filled with peace and joy. And we hope you get books 📚

Greece's rich cultural and literary heritage permeates today's culture. 📖 Go to www.aiorabooks.com to read the Modern Gr...
23/12/2024

Greece's rich cultural and literary heritage permeates today's culture.

📖 Go to www.aiorabooks.com to read the Modern Greek Classics: books that range from Cavafy to Seferis, from Karagatsis to Liberaki . . .

🌲Looking for the perfect stocking fillers?📜 The Pocket Greek Library offers the wisdom of Ancient Greece to discerning r...
20/12/2024

🌲Looking for the perfect stocking fillers?

📜 The Pocket Greek Library offers the wisdom of Ancient Greece to discerning readers.

🇬🇧 Available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers.

🇬🇷 Find them at our bookshop on Mavromichali 11 and bookshops around Greece

📚 For more information, click below:

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Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
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On Saturday, November 2, the work of the C. P. Cavafy will spring back to life at the #OnassisStegi Main Stage through the melodies of Dimitris Papadimitriou in a version for an eleven-piece chamber orchestra with original and new vocal interpretations. Singing and performing: @giota_negka_official, @artemisbogri, @babis_velissarios, @veronica.davaki, @emilianos_stamatakis, and @constantinemarkoulakisofficial. Dimitris Papadimitriou – C. P. Cavafy | “an Alexandrian writing on an Alexandrian” | 02.11.2024 | Main Stage | 20:30 Last tickets available from @onassis.stegi 📖 'Selected Poems' by Cavafy is translated by David Connolly and is available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers #onassis #cavafy #concert

Aiora Books in multiple languages at the Frankfurt Bookfair 📚 www.aiorabooks.com #aiorabooks #frankfurtbookfair #greekbookstagram #readgreekauthors #readinggreece #readtheworld

Thank you, @ops.studio.poros 🙏🏽💙 AIORA BOOKS Greek classics… Aiora Press is an independent publishing house in Athens, Greece. Since 1997, Aiora has been publishing selected books on history, politics, social and human science, literature, theatre, self-help, eastern philosophy, children’s books. Aiora also publishes important works of ancient and modern Greek literature translated in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Russian.

From @allartstv: Spellbinding oration and music by @laurieandersonofficial and @theknightsnyc.  Filmed inside the historic Saint Thomas Church in New York City, the concert “Waiting for the Barbarians” presented by @deathofclassical turns the words of poet C.P. Cavafy into charged, evocative original song.  Stream the full performance featuring Anderson, @petros.klampanis, Rufus Wainwright, Missy Mazzoli and more in #ArchiveOfDesire, a festival celebrating Cavafy’s legacy developed by @onassisusa. You’ll want to do it quickly — the barbarians will be arriving any moment now. 📜 — 📖 'Selected Poems' of Cavafy is translated by David Connolly and is available now from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers 📚 For more information, click below: https://www.aiorabooks.com/product/c-p-cavafy-selected-poems/ #WaitingForTheBarbarians #Poetry #PerformancePoetry #NYC #Cavafy

@ops.studio.poros celebrating International Happiness Day with Aristotle Happiness is the ultimate end and purpose of human existence… 📖 'On Happiness: Nicomachean Ethics Book X' by Aristotle is available in a bilingual edition from all reputable UK bookstores and online retailers 📚 For more information, click below: https://www.aiorabooks.com/product/on-happiness-nicomachean-ethics-book-x/ #ops #opsstudio #poros #porosislandgreece #greece #imperfectliving #greekliving #aiora #aiorabooks #aristotle #happy

@thisispattismith last night in Athens with @soundwalkcollective The figure of Medea still reverberates in contemporary literature. 📖 Marina in 'The Great Chimera' is also a Medea figure. Read 'The Great Chimera' by M. Karagatsis. Translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito 📚 For more information, click below: https://www.aiorabooks.com/product/the-great-chimera/ #pattismith #medea #soundwalkcollective #thegreatchimera #bookstagram #greekbookstagram

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