Last year was undoubtedly one of the best in the history of our publishing house. In the early months we benefited from a huge promotional impact the February movie premiere of Dune. Part Two had on our books and then in March, the Netflix premiere of The Three-Body Problem series was also of great promotional boost. In addition, there were Oscars for the film The Zone of Interest based on the novel by Martin Amis. Many titles also gained popularity in the following months, and the most popular one was certainly the new book by Piotr Zychowicz Israel at War.
This year, in which we will celebrate the 35th anniversary of REBIS, will bring launches of a numerous enthralling books. In the coming weeks, we will be publishing new novels by our two leading authors: Carla Montero’s El vinedo de la luna and Bernard Minier’s Les Effacées, and in the following months there will be new works by Robin Cook and Graham Masterton, writers who have been with us practically from the very beginning. In the autumn, Colm Tóibín will visit Poland to take part in the Conrad Festival and The Krakow International Book Fair, while we will publish his latest novel, Long Island.
For fantasy lovers, we have several interesting launches in the “Time Machine” series, such as titles by Kuttner, Moore, Clarke and Harrison, as well as fantasy proposals: e.g. a collection of short stories by Naomi Novik and Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee and Fonda Lee, the authors already well recognized in Poland. Fans of historical novels will undoubtedly be interested in a new series by Conn Iggulden, Nero. As always, we have a lot of fascinating books for history lovers. The beginning of the year brought a book about Assyria (and its quick reprint), and we also plan to publish books about Egypt, Rome, the Vikings, the Aztecs, the Mongols and the Normans. Publications devoted to World War II will also be on our list – among others, we are planning to publish: Blood and Ruins Vol. 2, 1942 Infographics, or stories about the repercussions of WW II in the collection How We Conquered the Wild West by such well-known Polish authors as Artur Domosławski, Magdalena Grzebałkowska, Cezary Łazarewicz, Marta Grzywacz, Michał Wójcik, and Ewa Winnicka.
In psychology this time we mainly propose books by Polish authors, e.g. in the series “Women who...” by Sylwia Sitkowska and Katarzyna Troszczyńska a book about change, or by Beata Biały about shame. Beata Biały is also the author of Boy Talk, which enjoyed a lot of popularity among readers few months ago, so no wonder that it will be followed by Girl Talk in May and Boy talk 2 in November.
For sure, biography lovers will be interested in the book about Marek Perepeczko, while connoisseurs of art and its history will certainly be pleased to see several excellent titles – about Banksy and Basquiat, as well as new albums by Annie Leibovitz and Wojciech Siudmak.
Summing up, we truly hope that 2025 – the year of our anniversary – will bring our readers many exciting and happy reading moments!
REBIS Team
