Yen Press Launches New Translation Imprint, Avocado House

Yen Press has announced the creation of Avocado House, a new imprint dedicated to fiction and nonfiction in translation, curated by publisher and editor-in-chief JuYoun Lee. The imprint aims to publish approximately 12 titles per year.

Avocado House grows out of Yen On, the company's existing prose imprint, which has published literary fiction in translation including Keigo Higashino's The Miracles of the Namiya General Store and Kiwamu Sato's Tezcatlipoca. The new imprint gives translation work a distinct identity and dedicated home within Yen Press, which was founded in 2006 as a joint venture between Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group,

"As divisive as the world can seem at times, books have always remained a great unifier—helping us find commonalities across cultures while celebrating our unique differences," Lee said in a statement. "Avocado House aims to be a true home for authors, a place where their voices can connect with readers far beyond borders and language barriers."

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