An independent press
Few Books, Made Well.
Fiction, poetry and essays from writers we believe in, edited with care and printed to last.
01 Coming soon
Forthcoming Titles
Pre-order now and your copy is sent on publication day.
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ForthcomingMay 2027The Long Light
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ForthcomingApril 2027Winter Station
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ForthcomingMarch 2027The Weight of Lanterns
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ForthcomingFebruary 2027Notes from the Ninth Floor
$10.99
02 The writers
Our Authors
We publish writers, not just books, and stay with them from the first to the latest.
Maren Ashdown
3 books
Maren Ashdown writes novels about coastal towns and the families who stay in them.
Samuel Okafor-Lyle
2 books
Samuel Okafor-Lyle repaired bicycles for ten years before he wrote his first novel, and his fiction is full of people who are good with their hands.
Tobias Wren-Achebe
2 books
Tobias Wren-Achebe is a poet of weather, work and the long evenings of the north.
Leonie Fairlie
2 books
Leonie Fairlie writes essays about walking, gardens and the habits that make a life.
Ilse Brandt
2 books
Ilse Brandt writes quiet, exact novels in German about families and the houses they leave.
Ruth Penrose
1 book
Ruth Penrose is a birdwatcher and poet who counts the hedgerow birds on the same lane every spring.
Dara Quinlan
1 book
Dara Quinlan is an essayist and former night editor who writes about cities after dark and the people who keep them running.
Aiko Matsuda
1 book
Aiko Matsuda writes short, luminous novels in Japanese about small towns on the edge of the sea.
03 New from the press
Just Published
This season’s books, out now in hardback and paperback.
04 The Editor’s Pick
The Salt Year
Over one year in a harbour town, three generations of a family decide whether to stay.
Why we chose it: a book to read slowly, then press into a friend’s hands.
Price range: $10.99 through $18.00
05 The list
Series & Imprints
Every book we publish belongs to one of a few small, carefully kept series.
An interlude
A room without books is like a story without words.
06 The reading journal
Notes, Essays & Reading Lists
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How a Book Is Made Here
From the first manuscript to the finished copy: the eighteen months between a yes and a book.
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On Translating Ilse Brandt
Hal Morrow on short sentences, long silences and the one German word he never translates.
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The Spring List
Four books for the first months of next year: a debut, a novel in translation and two returning writers.