Cloud Lodge Books is a new independent publishing company set up with the intention of publishing diverse, daring literary fiction and speculative fiction.
Cloud Lodge Books is the brainchild of a group of friends with experience in business and publishing. Managing director William Campos is experienced as the business director of a law firm, and directs CLB with support from a team of advisors in the UK book industry. ‘Commissioning, artwork, and production, are collectively addressed by the company’s editorial team, which includes both a literary fiction editor and a science fiction editor,’ said William.
‘We’re trying to find a niche within the publishing industry for imaginative, risk-taking books, in terms of both writing and content.’ Cloud Lodge Books’ first title, Jerusalem Ablaze: Stories of Love and Other Obsessions by Orlando Ortega-Medina, sets out CLB’s stall. ‘It pretty much fits the profile!’ said William. ‘It illustrates what we’re aiming for. The thirteen stories are eclectic and daring in the topics. The characters have very diverse backgrounds and subjects are often on the dark side. It’s also quite brave to publish short stories as an initial title!’ The collection will be published at the end of January.