About


Archipel Press is a Chinese independent publisher, based in Shanghai. It was founded by Peng Lun, former deputy editor of foreign literature at Shanghai 99 in 2017. Working with some Chinese state publishers, Archipel Press publishes around 15 titles of literary fiction and narrative non-fiction in translation per year.

Archipel Press is proud to be the Chinese publisher of many internationally renowned writers, including Primo Levi, James Baldwin, William Trevor, Denis Johnson, Colm Tóibín, Yiyun Li, Alistair MacLeod, Domenico Starnone, Hernán Díaz, Andrew O’Hagan, Sally Rooney, Lucy Caldwell, etc..

🌍 World Literature

✍🏻 Authors

🏆 Awards


Citic Bookstore Books of the Year

Douban Annual Book List - Authors of the Year

Douban Annual Book List - Foreign Fictions

Duozhuayu Fresh Ranking of the Year