ANSUZ: FEMINIST FAIRY TALES
Published in Turkish, Spanish, and English, Ansuz is a collection of feminist fairy tales from the periphery, casting a mystical spell across three languages.
Within its pages live Istanbulite witches, Icelandic ghosts, benevolent monsters from Chiloé, owls, cats, and a melancholy Iranian artist.
Rooted in the desire to tell stories from beyond the centre, whether that centre be European, patriarchal, monolingual, or heteronormative, Ansuz invites other voices, other worlds, and other kinds of magic into the fairy tale.
We hope these tales will enchant you.
Published by Libros del Ciempiés, 2025. Available in Spanish, English and Turkish.
Purchase at: https://ciempies.es/ansuz-feminist-fairy-tales
SIDIKA HANIM’IN BÜYÜLERİ: BİLİNÇALTINA İNMEK İÇİN 30 YARATICI YAZI EGZERSİZİ
This creative writing manual was created as an antidote to perfectionism, writer’s block, and the fear of the blank page. The 30 exercises within it are Jungian in nature, focusing on accessing your unconscious through imagination and play. You can read the manual from beginning to end, or from the end towards the beginning, or by closing your eyes and opening a page to see what the muses have in store for you. Each exercise can be done countless times as each practice will yield a different story. We hope that Sıdıka Hanım will be a faithful friend to you during your creative journey for many years to come.
Published by Pinhan, 2025. Available in Turkish.
A CONPENDIUM TO MELANCHOLIC DJINNS
Young academic Ada finds a mysterious letter in her mailbox, it contains two things: an old Ottoman protection spell for a women’s library no historian has ever heard of, and a map showing her how to find it.
Hidden inside a crumbling pink mansion on the Bosphorus, the abandoned library is now inhabited by djinns and strange birds. As Ada investigates the forgotten women who once guarded its shelves, she uncovers books of magic, coffeehouse manuscripts, feminist manifestos, and a long-lost encyclopaedia—all pointing towards a mysterious woman alchemist from the fifteenth century.
Soon, academic research gives way to a journey into the past, where fairy tales become real, and books conceal secrets that might have been better left forgotten.
Published by İthaki Yayınları, 2024. Second print run in 2025. Available in Turkish.
Purchase at: https://www.ithakiyayingrubu.com/melankolik-cinler-havuzu.aspx
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