Veles i Vents Edicions

Veles i Vents Edicions is an independent publishing house founded in 2024 in Catalonia, with its offices in Sant Julià de Vilatorta. It publishes books in Catalan, covering both essay and narrative, drawing on authors writing in Catalan as well as translations of works originally written in other languages. Its editors are Oriol Ràfols Grifell and Anna May Masnou. The name Veles i Vents ("sails and winds") comes from the opening of a medieval poem by Ausiàs March. The publisher's tagline on its website, "Llibres per aprofitar el vent" ("Books to make use of the wind"), plays on the same nautical imagery. By 2026 the house organises its catalogue into three collections. Consolat is the essay collection; its first publication was La lluita pel domini de la Mediterrània, la gran expansió catalana del 1200 al 1500 by the British historian David Abulafia, translated by editor Oriol Ràfols Grifell. Mestres d'aixa gathers texts by experts in a particular field; its first title was Els meus invents by Nikola Tesla, translated by Ferran Ràfols Gesa. Drac pennat is devoted to fiction and non-fiction narrative; its first published work was Emili Rambla by Roc Milà. The catalogue mixes Catalan-language authors with translated classics and modern non-fiction: Eduard Toda's L'Alguer. Un poble català d'Itàlia, Auguste Rodin's L'art, Albert Einstein's La meva visió del món, Edith Wharton's Escriure ficció, Gretel Ehrlich's El consol de la intempèrie and Joseph Conrad's El mirall de la mar, among others. The website also highlights a roster of authors including Roc Milà, Nikola Tesla, Eduard Toda, Auguste Rodin, Joan Salvat-Papasseit, Joseph Conrad, Richard Dawkins, Albert Einstein, Edith Wharton, David Abulafia, Frederic J. Porta and Gretel Ehrlich. As a small independent publisher, Veles i Vents operates in the Catalan-language book market, selling through its own website and, presumably, bookshops in Catalonia and Spain. It presents itself as a curated, translation-friendly imprint with a strong essayistic bent, combining history, science, art and literature under a single editorial identity.

Veles i Vents Edicions was founded in 2024 in Catalonia, with its base in Sant Julià de Vilatorta. It was created as an independent publishing house dedicated to books in Catalan, spanning essay and narrative, and open both to authors writing in Catalan and to translations of works from other languages. Its editors are Oriol Ràfols Grifell and Anna May Masnou. The name is taken from the opening of a medieval poem by Ausiàs March, and the publisher's website slogan, "Llibres per aprofitar el vent", extends the sailing metaphor. From the outset the house structured its output into collections. The essay collection Consolat opened with La lluita pel domini de la Mediterrània, la gran expansió catalana del 1200 al 1500 by the British historian David Abulafia, translated by Oriol Ràfols Grifell himself. The collection also includes L'Alguer. Un poble català d'Itàlia by Eduard Toda, with a prologue by Marcel A. Farinelli. The collection Mestres d'aixa, devoted to texts by experts in a given field, began with Els meus invents by Nikola Tesla, translated by Ferran Ràfols Gesa. It went on to publish L'art by Auguste Rodin, translated by Oriol Vaqué Sánchez; La meva visió del món by Albert Einstein, with a prologue by Xavier Roqué and translated by Anna Soler Horta; and Escriure ficció by Edith Wharton, with a prologue by Marina Porras and translated by Alba Dedeu. The third collection, Drac pennat, covers fiction and non-fiction narrative. Its first published work was Emili Rambla by Roc Milà. It also includes El consol de la intempèrie by Gretel Ehrlich, translated by Yannick Garcia, and El mirall de la mar by Joseph Conrad, translated by Ferran Ràfols Gesa. By 2026 the publisher had three active collections and a growing catalogue of titles, with new releases scheduled through the year, as shown on its website. The house remains a small, independent operation focused on the Catalan-language market.

• 2026

  The publisher operates three collections: Consolat, Mestres d'aixa and Drac pennat.

• 2024

  Veles i Vents Edicions is founded in Catalonia, based in Sant Julià de Vilatorta.

• 2024

  The Consolat collection launches with David Abulafia's La lluita pel domini de la Mediterrània, translated by Oriol Ràfols Grifell.

• 2024

  The Mestres d'aixa collection launches with Nikola Tesla's Els meus invents, translated by Ferran Ràfols Gesa.

• 2024

  The Drac pennat collection launches with Roc Milà's Emili Rambla.

Independent Catalan-language publisher of curated essay and narrative, mixing local authors with translated international works.

Product categories. Essay books · Fiction and non-fiction narrative books · Translations into Catalan

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