Pijao Editores

Pijao Editores is a Colombian independent publishing house — described in open data as a 'small press' — that issues contemporary fiction, essays and non-fiction, largely by Colombian and Latin American authors. Its catalogue is built around literary novels, short-story collections, essay volumes and works of history and political reflection, and it presents itself publicly through its own online bookstore at pijaoeditores.com, where individual titles are listed with prices in Colombian pesos and physical dimensions. The publisher's visible catalogue includes novels such as 'El sobreviviente' by Julio Suárez Anturi, 'Las egresadas', 'Las sombras de la aurora', 'El sacrilegio', 'Las otras vidas de mi hermana Gloria', 'El día que desaparecieron los hombres (La aldea de las viudas)', 'Los días del trueno' and 'Bosque de tacuaras', the horror saga 'Lostville' by Cristian Leal, and essay titles such as 'Ensayos mínimos' by Luis Guillermo Giraldo Hurtado and 'Lo que no nos contaron sobre la democracia' by Alba Lucía García Suárez. The house also maintains author pages that present its writers' biographies and published works. Pijao Editores has a notable presence at Colombia's flagship book event: according to its own website, it 'shone' at the Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá 2025 with 13 new titles and multiple recognitions, positioning the book fair as a central showcase for its annual editorial production. This combination — a curated literary list, direct online sales and an active fair programme — is typical of an independent Colombian small press operating in the national Spanish-language market. Because the available evidence is drawn mainly from the publisher's own website and a brief open-data description, details such as the exact founding year, founders, ownership structure and headquarters city are not documented here and are left unspecified rather than guessed.

Pijao Editores is a Colombian independent publishing house that open data describes simply as a 'small press'. The available evidence does not record its founding year, founders or original headquarters, so its early history cannot be reconstructed here; what is documented is its current activity as a literary publisher in the Colombian Spanish-language market. The house has built a catalogue centred on contemporary fiction and essays. Its fiction list includes novels such as 'El sobreviviente' by Julio Suárez Anturi — presented as the first novel of an award-winning short-story writer — alongside titles such as 'Las egresadas', 'Las sombras de la aurora', 'El sacrilegio', 'Las otras vidas de mi hermana Gloria', 'El día que desaparecieron los hombres (La aldea de las viudas)', 'Los días del trueno' and 'Bosque de tacuaras'. It also publishes genre fiction, notably the horror saga 'Lostville' by Cristian Leal, whose second volume is 'Lostville II: Pacto por hambre'. On the non-fiction side, its essay list includes 'Ensayos mínimos' by Luis Guillermo Giraldo Hurtado and 'Lo que no nos contaron sobre la democracia' by Alba Lucía García Suárez, a lawyer and human-rights specialist. The publisher maintains author pages that profile its writers — among them Julio Suárez Anturi, Alba Lucía García Suárez, Humberto Betancourt, Ángel Martínez, Eliana López, Cristian Leal, Ruby Becerra, Jaír Villano and Carlos Pardo — and sells its titles directly through its own online store, listing prices in Colombian pesos and physical formats. This direct-to-reader retail model, combined with a curated literary list, is characteristic of independent Latin American small presses. A defining recent moment in the house's public profile is its participation in the Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá 2025. According to its own website, Pijao Editores 'shone' at the fair with 13 new titles and multiple recognitions, and the fair is described as having the publisher and its 2025 editorial production as a protagonist. This indicates an active annual publishing programme and a strategy of using Colombia's largest book fair as its principal platform for launching new work and reaching readers, booksellers and the press.

• 2025

  Pijao Editores appeared at the Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá 2025 with 13 new titles and multiple recognitions.

• 2024

  Publication of 'El sobreviviente', the first novel by Julio Suárez Anturi, and of 'Lo que no nos contaron sobre la democracia' by Alba Lucía García Suárez.

Independent Colombian small press focused on contemporary literary fiction, essays and non-fiction, with direct online sales and an active presence at national book fairs.

• 2024

  El sobreviviente

• Las egresadas

• Ensayos mínimos

• Lostville II: Pacto por hambre

• Las sombras de la aurora

• El sacrilegio

• Las otras vidas de mi hermana Gloria

• El día que desaparecieron los hombres (La aldea de las viudas)

• Los días del trueno

• Bosque de tacuaras

• 2024

  Lo que no nos contaron sobre la democracia

1. 1Página de Inicio | Pijao Editorespijaoeditores.com
2. 2El sobreviviente, Julio Suárez | Pijao Editorespijaoeditores.com
3. 3Julio Suárez Anturi | Pijao Editorespijaoeditores.com
4. 4Alba Lucía García Suárez | Pijao Editorespijaoeditores.com
5. 5Pijaowikidata.org