Independent publishers · Est. 1976 · Bath & Brooklyn

We publish books
that bite back.

Fiction, poetry and essays chosen by people who argue about semicolons at dinner. Forty-nine years, no shareholders, one rule: if it bores us, it burns us.

The shelf.

Pull a spine · read an excerpt · Spring list MMXXVI
Foxglove Press · Spring List MMXXVI
Fiction & other lies
Poems, ghosts & weather

Every book opens. Yes, really — click one.

Set slow. Read slower.

Our poetry is still set by hand — 1,100 sorts, two thumbs, no autocorrect
The society shelf
The Reading Society

A book a month,
chosen by zealots.

One title from the list, wrapped in paper, with a letter from the editor explaining exactly why we fought about it. Cancel whenever — the guilt is complimentary.

£14 / month, post paid
Starts with our current favourite: “The Apiary at Night”.
Submissions · the slush pile

Send us your first line.

We read everything. Slowly, with pencils. Give us the opening sentence and the truth — we can smell a synopsis written by committee.