{"title":"And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘And Other Stories is inspired.’ Ali Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘And Other Stories: publisher of the month, of the year, of the decade!’ Max Porter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘And Other Stories is KILLING IT! These dudes are an inspiration to me.’ Will Evans, Deep Vellum Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd Other Stories publishes some of the best in contemporary writing, including many translations. We aim to push people’s reading limits and help them discover authors of adventurous and inspiring writing. And we want to open up publishing so that from the outside it doesn’t look like some posh freemasonry. 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