Akoya to publish Pedro Carmona-Alvarez’s "Marita" trilogy

Pedro Carmona-Alvarez’s ambitious new novel, The Last Waltz, has been pre-empted by the UK’s Akoya Publishing in a 3-book deal!

The book, which came out last month to rave reviews, is a standalone sequel to the Dublin Literary Award-longlisted The Weather Changed, Summer Came and So On (2012) and Bergen Youth Theatre (2016). Akoya, which published Carmona-Alvarez’s Chiquitita earlier this year, has purchased the entire trilogy for English publication:

“Publishing Chiquitita was the beginning of what we very much hoped would become a long relationship with Pedro and his writing. I’m in awe of his distinct and poetic pen, a literary voice that is entirely his own. The ‘Marita’ Trilogy shows the breadth and ambition of his authorship, and acquiring these three novels feels like a very natural next step for us. We believe deeply in Pedro as a writer and want to build his authorship in the UK over time. I couldn’t be happier that we now have the opportunity to bring this extraordinary body of work to English-language readers.” – Camilla Hagen, Founder and Publisher of Akoya