A Contra Vent Editors

A Contra Vent Editors is a small independent Spanish publishing house founded in June 2008 by Quim Torra. Based in Catalonia and publishing in Catalan, it is regarded as one of the smallest independent publishers in the Catalan-language sphere. Its editorial identity rests on literary journalism — recovering classic journalism from newspaper archives — and humour, while also publishing work by contemporary journalists. The catalogue is organised into several thematic collections: Abans d'ara, Temps present, Vela de ganivet, Latitud Nord and Cadaqués. Among the authors whose original or archive-recovered works appear in its list are Pau Casals, Josep Trueta i Raspall, Carles Sindreu, Enric Vila, Salvador Sostres, Abel Cutillas, Hèctor López Bofill, Ferran Sáez Mateu and Joan Safont. In 2013 the house published a compilation of articles by Joaquim Amat-Piniella that had originally appeared between 1930 and 1937 in the Manresa daily El Dia. In the same year it launched a crowdfunding campaign with Xarxa de Mots to reissue Antoni Rovira i Virgili's Els darrers dies de la Catalunya republicana. The publisher operates at a deliberately small scale, with a focus on Catalan-language non-fiction, historical journalism and humour rather than mass-market trade publishing. Its output is closely tied to Catalan cultural memory and political history, and it remains privately owned and independent.

A Contra Vent Editors was founded in June 2008 by Quim Torra. From the outset it positioned itself as a small, independent Catalan-language publisher focused on literary journalism and humour. Its editorial programme has combined the recovery of classic journalism from newspaper archives with the publication of contemporary journalists' work. The catalogue is divided into several thematic collections: Abans d'ara, Temps present, Vela de ganivet, Latitud Nord and Cadaqués. Over the years the house has published original or archive-recovered works by authors including Pau Casals, Josep Trueta i Raspall, Carles Sindreu, Enric Vila, Salvador Sostres, Abel Cutillas, Hèctor López Bofill, Ferran Sáez Mateu and Joan Safont. In 2013 the publisher issued a compilation of articles by Joaquim Amat-Piniella that had appeared between 1930 and 1937 in the Manresa daily El Dia. In the same year it launched a crowdfunding campaign with Xarxa de Mots to reissue Els darrers dies de la Catalunya republicana by Antoni Rovira i Virgili. The house is considered one of the smallest independent publishers in the Catalan-language sphere and remains privately owned.

• 2013

  Published a compilation of articles by Joaquim Amat-Piniella originally published between 1930 and 1937 in El Dia.

• 2013

  Launched a crowdfunding campaign with Xarxa de Mots to reissue Els darrers dies de la Catalunya republicana by Antoni Rovira i Virgili.

• 2008

  Founded in June by Quim Torra.

Small independent Catalan-language publisher specialising in literary journalism and humour, often recovering classic journalism from newspaper archives.

• Abans d'ara collection

• Temps present collection

• Vela de ganivet collection

• Latitud Nord collection

• Cadaqués collection

• Compilation of articles by Joaquim Amat-Piniella (2013)

• Reissue of Els darrers dies de la Catalunya republicana by Antoni Rovira i Virgili

1. 1A Contra Vent Editors – Wikipedia (Spanish)es.wikipedia.org
2. 2A Contra Vent Editors – Wikidatawikidata.org