Mannheim · Paris
Stories from the Old World
Crime fiction, family sagas and retold classics, set in the places Europeans love most – from the volcanic Canary Islands to the peaks of the Dolomites.
Our Series
Three ways into the Old World
Start with the Canary Islands – more series are on their way.
Crime · Canary Islands
Canary Islands Mysteries
Private investigator Clara Medina, black lava, white villages – and a wind that forgets nothing.
Crime · South Tyrol
Death in the Dolomites
Wine country, mountain lakes and old grudges in Italy’s German-speaking north.
Retold Classics
Old World Classics
Troy, Odysseus, Aeneas: the great myths of Europe, retold as gripping novels.
About
A small press with an old soul
Old World Press is the English-language imprint of Zauberberg Verlag, an independent publisher based in Mannheim. We publish stories rooted in real places – books you read on holiday and then want to visit.
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