Akiara

AKIARA was born in Barcelona in 2018 by Inês Castel-Branco as a continuation of Pequena Fragmenta , Fragmenta's children's collection that the publisher had created and directed since 2015.

AKIARA sounds like the contraction of «here and now» (but it is written with K, the most playful letter for children) and also alludes to the Japanese name Akira 明, which means 'bright, luminous'.

AKIARA exclusively publishes books of its own production, carefully written and illustrated, for children and young people of all ages, aimed at cultivating interiority and human quality.

With inspiring texts and illustrations, AKIARA books broaden horizons and awaken the ability to wonder at the world, while at the same time stimulating the art of reading, thinking, arguing, contemplating and getting to know oneself. /The.

We work with sustainability criteria, minimizing the use of plastics and environmental impact. We print locally (we have never done so in China) and on FSC certified paper.

Our books, published in Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan, are appreciated internationally and have already been translated into more than a fortnight of languages: English (United States), French (France and Quebec), Italian, German (Germany and Switzerland), Polish , Danish, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Turkish, Persian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.