Literary presses
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Literary presses are publishing companies
that publish books with a literary or artistic emphasis. This is a list of publishing companies and imprints whose primary emphasis is on literature and the arts.
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
that publish books with a literary or artistic emphasis. This is a list of publishing companies and imprints whose primary emphasis is on literature and the arts.
List of English language literary presses
- Algonquin Books
- Arte Publico PressArte Público PressArte Público Press, in Houston, Texas, is the largest US publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Hispanic authors, part of the University of Houston. It publishes approximately 30 titles per year....
- Bear Star Press
- Black Heron Press http://blackheron.mav.net/
- Blackwell Publishers
- Blue Salt Publishing http://www.bluesalt.co.uk/
- Cadmus Editions http://www.cadmuseditions.com/
- Coffee House PressCoffee House PressCoffee House Press is a nonprofit independent press based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The press’s goal is to "produce books that celebrate imagination, innovation in the craft of writing, and the many authentic voices of the American experience." It is widely considered to be among the top five...
nonprofit publisher of literature http://www.coffeehousepress.org/ - Dryad PressDryad PressDryad Press is an independent literary press based in the Takoma Park, MD and San Francisco, CA.The press was founded in the November 1967 by Merrill Leffler and Neil Lehrman with the first issue of Dryad...
- Faber and FaberFaber and FaberFaber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. Faber has a rich tradition of publishing a wide range of fiction, non fiction, drama, film and music...
- Four Walls Eight WindowsFour Walls Eight WindowsFour Walls Eight Windows was an independent book publisher in New York City. Its debut occurred in the fall of 1987, under the direction of two young editors, John G. H. Oakes and Daniel Simon. In 1995, Oakes and Simon parted ways...
- Graywolf PressGraywolf PressGraywolf Press is an independent, non-profit publisher located in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded on a dedication to the creation and promotion of thoughtful and imaginative contemporary literature essential to a vital and diverse culture, Graywolf Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.Now...
- Koo Press http://www.koopress.co.uk/
- Mercury HouseMercury House (publishers)Mercury House, a project of Words Given Wings Literary Arts Project, a 501 nonprofit corporation, is an independent trade book publishing company, based in San Francisco, California. The press is distributed by Perseus Books Group and Small Press Distribution.The press has published over 130 titles...
- Milkweed EditionsMilkweed EditionsMilkweed Editions is an independent, non-profit publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Milkweed's goal is to make a positive impact on society through the transformative art of literature. Milkweed is sometimes called the largest independent, non-profit literary publisher in the United...
- Oolichan Books http://www.oolichan.com/
- PicadorPicador (imprint)Picador is an imprint of Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom and Australia and of Macmillan Publishing in the United States. Both companies are owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group....
, a division of Henry Holt and CompanyHenry Holt and CompanyHenry Holt and Company is an American book publishing company. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt... - Ronsdale Press http://ronsdalepress.com/
- Salmon Poetry http://www.salmonpoetry.com/
- Sarabande BooksSarabande BooksSarabande Books is an American not-for-profit literary press founded in 1994, and located in Louisville, Kentucky, publishing poetry, fiction and nonfiction.The press was co-founded by Sarah Gorham and Jeffrey Skinner...
- Sattre Press, reprints older works of literature http://sattre-press.com/
- Small Beer PressSmall Beer PressSmall Beer Press is a publisher of fantasy and literary fiction, based in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was founded by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link in 2000 and publishes novels, collections, and anthologies. It also publishes the zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, chapbooks, the Peapod Classics...
- Southwick HouseSouthwick HouseSouthwick House is a manor house of the Southwick Estate located just to the north of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. The house was built in 1800 in the late Georgian style, to replace Southwick Park house. The house is distinct for its two-story foyer lit from a cupola, and a series of...
- Talon Books http://www.talonbooks.com/
- Tarpaulin Sky PressTarpaulin Sky PressTarpaulin Sky Press is a small press publisher of hybrid texts as well as poetry and prose. Founded by Christian Peet in 2006 and based in Grafton, Vermont, the company produces full-length books, chapbooks, trade paperbacks, hand-bound books, and a literary journal that appears in online and paper...
- Thistledown Press http://www.thistledownpress.com/
- TSAR PublicationsTSAR PublicationsTSAR Publications is a Toronto-based nonprofit book publisher focusing on multicultural literature, particularly Canadian authors and subject matter....
- Turnstone PressTurnstone PressTurnstone Press was founded in 1976 in Winnipeg to publish chapbooks by Manitoba poets. It is located in Western Canada. Turnstone Press publishes only Canadian authors or landed immigrants. Fifty percent of their content published each year is either written by Manitoba writers or contains content...
http://www.turnstonepress.com/ - Twilight Times Books http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com/
- Two Dollar RadioTwo Dollar RadioTwo Dollar Radio is an independent publishing house based in Columbus, Ohio, also known as The Two Dollar Radio Movement. The company was founded in 2005 by husband and wife team Eric Obenauf and Eliza Jane Wood, with Brian Obenauf. Emily Pullen joined the publishing house as an editor and outreach...
- Washington Writers Publishing HouseWashington Writers Publishing HouseWashington Writers' Publishing House is a cooperative, member-run, non-profit small press publishing poetry and fiction. The press was founded by Grace Cavalieri and John McNally in 1973 to publish authors who live in the Washington-Baltimore region....
- Vrzhu PressVrzhu PressVrzhu Press is a contemporary poetry publishing company based in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC. It was founded in 2006 by Michael Gushue and Dan Vera. In March 2006 the press released its first two titles The Kimnama, by D.C. poet Kim Roberts and More Than Anything by Maryland poet...
See also
- List of English language small presses
- List of English language book publishers