Stilo Editrice
Writing from the Peripheries
Stilo Editrice is an independent publishing house founded in Bari in 1999. From the very beginning, it has chosen to give space to non-fiction and forms of writing emerging from geographical, cultural and existential peripheries, viewing Southern Italy, the Mediterranean and Europe as privileged vantage points from which to observe the present.
Over the years, Stilo has built a catalogue of approximately 469 titles, 279 of which are currently in print and available for sale, organised into 15 series and 4 main publishing areas: Civic Literature, Scientific Literature, Geopolitics, and Territorial Literature. Each year, the publishing house releases an average of 20 new titles under the Stilo and Grecale imprints.
Stilo books are distributed nationwide by Terminal and Fastbook and, through independent bookshops, by Librostore. Stilo also has a catalogue of 34 e-books, distributed and sold through specialised online stores. Internationally, 165 digital editions are distributed and promoted by Casalini Torrossa, reaching libraries in China, the United States and Israel. Several titles from the catalogue have also been translated and published in German and Spanish.
Stilo’s key areas of interest include peace and human rights, the rule of law and active citizenship, intercultural exchange and interreligious dialogue, the Mediterranean and migration, civic engagement[FR1] , the environment and Europe. Alongside non-fiction, the catalogue includes poetry, international literature in translation, and forms of writing that bring different cultures, territories and perspectives into dialogue with one another.
Over the years, Stilo has published translations, anthologies, studies and first-hand accounts from Norway, Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Turkey, Kurdistan, Armenia, Russia, Latvia, Spain, France and Romania.
Writing from the Peripheries does not refer solely to a geographical location. It is an editorial perspective: looking at what happens from the margins, from underrepresented areas, and from cultures and experiences that often remain outside the centre of the narrative, in order to gain a deeper understanding of the contemporary world.
Stilo publishes established authors as well as new voices, research-based books as well as works intended for a broader readership, gradually building a catalogue in which intellectual rigour, editorial care and publishing quality go hand in hand.
Looking at the world from the peripheries to better understand its centre.
Giving voice to writing in order to understand the present.
[FR1]Mi sembra più o meno lo stesso di "active citizenship", forse si potrebbe eliminare o a esso sostituire.
