Papaveria Press
Encyclopedia
Papaveria Press is an independent British
publishing
house based in Wakefield
, West Yorkshire
. It specializes in special, limited
handbound
editions and trade paperbacks in the fields of fairy tale
, myth
and poetry
.
writer
and artist
Erzebet YellowBoy Carr in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania
, USA) in 2001 before transferring to Wakefield
(West Yorkshire
, United Kingdom
).
Papaveria Press publishes handbound, non-ISBN
limited editions of original
and not short stories
and poems
and paperbacks, also in electronic format. Papaveria's catalogue also mentions some one-off
releases made on order.
Founder and owner Erzebet YellowBoy Carr personally binds all the special editions released by Papaveria, with the aim to make each book a work of art not only for its contents but also in its appearance. She defines books as "small gods".
Papaveria donated all the proceeds from their sales to Doctors Without Borders
in the wake of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami
.
Between 2010 and 2011 it became an imprint
of Circle Six alongside Hadean Press (also founded by Erzebet YellowBoy Carr alongside her husband Dis) and the newly founded Alchemy Press in order to make the handling of the financial side smoother.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
publishing
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
house based in Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
. It specializes in special, limited
Special edition
The terms special edition, limited edition and variants such as deluxe edition, collector's edition and others, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints or recorded music and films, but now including...
handbound
Bookbinding
Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of folded or unfolded sheets of paper or other material. It usually involves attaching covers to the resulting text-block.-Origins of the book:...
editions and trade paperbacks in the fields of fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
, myth
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
and poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
.
History
Papaveria Press was founded by AmericanAmericans
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
Erzebet YellowBoy Carr in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, USA) in 2001 before transferring to Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
(West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
).
Papaveria Press publishes handbound, non-ISBN
International Standard Book Number
The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering code created by Gordon Foster, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H...
limited editions of original
Originality
Originality is the aspect of created or invented works by as being new or novel, and thus can be distinguished from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or derivative works....
and not short stories
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
and poems
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
and paperbacks, also in electronic format. Papaveria's catalogue also mentions some one-off
Bespoke
Bespoke is a term employed in a variety of applications to mean an item custom-made to the buyer's specification...
releases made on order.
Founder and owner Erzebet YellowBoy Carr personally binds all the special editions released by Papaveria, with the aim to make each book a work of art not only for its contents but also in its appearance. She defines books as "small gods".
Papaveria donated all the proceeds from their sales to Doctors Without Borders
Médecins Sans Frontières
' , or Doctors Without Borders, is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland...
in the wake of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
.
Between 2010 and 2011 it became an imprint
Imprint
In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...
of Circle Six alongside Hadean Press (also founded by Erzebet YellowBoy Carr alongside her husband Dis) and the newly founded Alchemy Press in order to make the handling of the financial side smoother.
Titles
- Perennial Love by Aria Nadii (paintings) & C.P. McDill (text) (handbound, limited edition of 20 copies)
- Vertebrate Dreams by Erzebet YellowBoy (handbound, limited edition of 9 copies)
- The Frog Wife by Catherynne M. ValenteCatherynne M. ValenteCatherynne M. Valente , is a Tiptree–, Andre Norton–, and Mythopoeic Award–winning novelist, poet, and literary critic. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, the World Fantasy Award–winning anthologies Salon Fantastique and Paper Cities, along with numerous Year's Best volumes...
(one-off) - The Room by Veronica Schanoes (handbound, limited edition of 12 copies)
- Ghosts of Gunkanjima by Catherynne M. Valente (handbound, limited edition of 24 copies)
- The Descent of Inanna by Catherynne M. Valente (handbound, limited edition of 50 copies)
- Genesis by Joel Fried (handbound, limited edition of 22 copies)
- Sonnets for Orpheus by Hal DuncanHal DuncanHal Duncan is a Scottish science fiction and fantasy writer who published two novels, one novella, three poetry collections and several short stories.His works have been listed in the New Weird genre but he denies that such genre was even known to him at the time...
(handbound, limited edition of 26 copies) - The Quest of the Queen's Tears by Lord Dunsany (handbound, limited edition of 6 copies)
- Village of One Thousand Cranes by Danny Adams (handbound, limited edition of 33 copies)
- Godfather Death by JoSelle Vanderhooft (illustrations by Marge Simon) (handbound, limited edition of 13 copies)
- The Time Traveler's Son by Jason Erik Lundberg (handbound, limited edition of 12 copies)
- Postscripts from the Red Sea by Sonya TaaffeSonya TaaffeSonya Taaffe is a Massachusetts-based author of short fiction and poetry. Sonya grew up in Arlington and Lexington, MA and graduated from Brandeis University in 2003 where she received a BA and MA in Classical Studies...
(handbound, limited edition of 12 copies) - Loving the Dead (Excerpts from a Necromancer's Memory) by Erzebet YellowBoy (handbound, limited edition of 13 copies one of which was burned)
- The Sophia Leaves Text Messages by Sara Amis (handbound, limited edition of 18 copies)
- Berry Moon, Bound by Camilla Bruce (one-off)
- The Glamour Down Two Path Roads by Berrien C. Henderson (handbound, limited edition of 18 copies)
- Chanteys for the Fisherangels by Lal WatersonLal WatersonLal Waterson was an English folksinger and songwriter. She sang with, among others, The Watersons, The Waterdaughters and Blue Murder. She was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and died suddenly in Robin Hood's Bay, of cancer diagnosed only ten days before...
, J.C. Runolfson, Sonia Taaffe, Francesca Forrest, Erik Amundsen (handbound, limited edition of 33 copies) - JabberwockyJabberwocky"Jabberwocky" is a nonsense verse poem written by Lewis Carroll in his 1872 novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
by Lewis CarrollLewis CarrollCharles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
(one-off) - The Honey Month by Amal El-Mohtar (paperback, ISBN 978-1907881008; contains the Rhysling Award-winning poem "Peach-Creamed Honey")
- The Lucifer Cantos by Hal Duncan (handbound, limited edition of 26 copies)
- Two Coins by Alex Dally MacFarlane (handbound, limited edition of 18 copies)
- The Winter Triptych by Nicole Kohrner-Stace (paperback, ISBN 978-1907881022; royaltiesRoyaltiesRoyalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...
partially donatedDonationA donation is a gift given by physical or legal persons, typically for charitable purposes and/or to benefit a cause. A donation may take various forms, including cash, services, new or used goods including clothing, toys, food, and vehicles...
to Doctors Without Borders) - Jack o' the Hills by C.S.E. Cooney (paperback, ISBN 978-1907881039)
- Stone Telling editedEditingEditing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
by Rose Lemberg (one-off) - Songs for the Devil and Death by Hal Duncan (paperback, ISBN 978-1907881046)
- Shiny Thing by Patricia Russo (paperback, announced)