Telegram, the literary fiction imprint of Saqi Books, was founded in 2005 to publish the best in new and classic international writing, from debut novelists to established literary heavyweights. Telegram has brought cutting-edge and authoritative voices from the UK, Spain, North Africa, Korea, Hungary, France, China, the Middle East and beyond to readers with an appetite for "choice international fiction" (The Independent).

Award-winning independent Saqi was started in 1983 to bridge the divide between Middle Eastern and Western cultures. Over the years, the list expanded to include writers from the Balkans, Afghanistan, Pakistan, France and the UK, with an expanding fiction list that prompted the establishment of Telegram.

Telegram's list includes authors Dubravka Ugresic, Chris Abani, Maggie Gee, Alberto Manguel, Mohamed Choukri, Eduardo Mendoza, Nawal El Saadawi, Tchingiz Aitmatov, Julio Cotazar, Ferenc Karinthy and Hassan Daoud.

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