The 2016 Book Expo is almost here! On Sunday, March 20th at Hugo House, you’ll be able to buy books from Future Tense Books (pictured) and more than 50 other presses from around the country. Gird your wallets, people.
alice blue books is a micropress based out of Seattle, and the creator of small run handmade books and art books, as well as the chapbook series SHOTGUN WEDDING, focusing on poetry, fiction, nonfiction and graphic novel work in the Pacific Northwest.
Alternating Current Press is a boutique independent press and promotions team based out of Palo Alto that is dedicated to publishing and promoting incredible literature that challenges readers and has an innate sense of self, timelessness, and atmosphere. Since 1993, ACP has created chapbooks, paperbacks, zines, online resources, zine libraries, spoken word events, poetry readings, national book tours, and literature collections, as well as offering services in author and press promotions, such as blog tours, book tours, book trailers, audio recordings, merchandising, editing, critiquing, and book clubs.
Atelier26 Books is an independent press founded in 2011 in Portland, Oregon, and specializing in contemporary literature in elegantly designed trade editions.
Babel/Salvage is an engine for artistic and literary ingenuity and community involvement in Seattle that focuses on new work and seeks to promote creative outsiders, experimenters, innovators and interdisciplinary savants from all walks of life.
Black Heron Press publishes three or four titles per year of literary fiction, poetry, and select nonfiction. BHP originated in 1984 in Seattle and moved to Mill Creek in 2007.
Cascadia Author Services’ mission is to provide the very best of the essential services an author needs, and nothing an author doesn’t need. The people at CAS love books, love writing, and love helping new authors create great books.
Chin Music Press publishes risky books as “literary objects”—books that are a pleasure to touch as well as read. Founded in Tokyo in 2002, CMP is currently based out of Seattle.
Coffee House Press is an internationally renowned independent book publisher and arts nonprofit based in Minneapolis, MN; through their literary publications and Books in Action program, CHP acts as a catalyst and connector—between authors and readers, ideas and resources, creativity and community, inspiration and action.
Cold Cube Press is a risograph publisher located in Seattle, Washington.
Copper Canyon Press publishes extraordinary poetry from around the world to engage the imaginations and intellects of readers.
Dock Street Press is a traditional independent publishing house specializing in compelling narrative non-fiction and clean, intelligent fiction. DSP isn’t concerned with certain word counts or genres. If a story reads well, regardless of length, it should be housed in an attractive cover with great looking paper, and make the reader contemplate the physicality of it all.
Dorothy, a publishing project publishes two new books simultaneously each fall, working to pair books that draw upon different aesthetic traditions to emphasize the endless stylistic and formal variety of literature.
Factory Hollow Press publishes books, chapbooks and broadsides in both limited and trade editions.
Future Tense Books was founded in 1990 in Spokane, Washington, and is one of the longest-running small presses around. Future Tense is run tirelessly by Kevin Sampsell in Portland.
Fuzzy Hedgehog Press is based out of Seattle and publishes literary speculative fiction. So far, the press has published two authors and plans to publish one new author every year.
Hobart was created in 2001, began with monthly online issues, and eventually moved to daily content, a biannual print journal, and book publishing (in 2006).
Isthmus Review is a print journal of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry published biannually in Seattle, Washington.
Jesus Mary Anne Joseph makes screen-printed poetry broadsides and, occasionally, screen-printed underwear.
Letter [r] Press is a collectively-run publisher of handmade books, ephemera and the Small Po[r]tions journal. The journal is designed, printed and bound by the editors in the Jik Ji Studio courtesy of Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas.
Lettered Streets is a micropress based out of Seattle and Chicago, specializing in difficult-to-categorize projects of varying lengths. Lettered Streets publishes prose, poetry, essays and hybrid work, and will publish their first Seattle author in 2016.
Magic Helicopter Press publishes prose, poetry and multimedia work. MPH publishes across platforms, mediums and “the universe.” Founded in 2007 in Ashland, Oregon, MHP has resided in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts and now operates out of Portland, Oregon.
Melville House is an independent publisher located in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in 2001 by sculptor Valerie Merians and fiction writer/journalist Dennis Johnson in order to publish Poetry After 9/11, and now publishes fiction, poetry, essays, memoir and more, in addition to running a number of series, including The Art of the Novella, The Last Interview, and The Neversink Library.
Minor Arcana Press specializes in geek authors, spiritual minority authors and romantic/gender/sexual minorities such as LGBTQ authors and the fetish community and pairs them with provocative cover artists to create beautiful books and empower overlooked and outsider authors and artists.
Moss is a (mostly) online journal of Northwest writing. In 2016, Moss released entered the world of print with an anthology of its first three issues.
Mountaineers Books publishes a variety of outdoor recreation, sustainable lifestyle, and conservation advocacy books, including many award winners. Whether you're into outdoor activities, living a healthy lifestyle, or interested in becoming a good steward of the environment, Mountaineers Books has the information you need to guide you on your next journey in confidence and safety.
Nada Dada Magazine is a collective of writers and artists that produce a serial publication of poetry and prose. Started in early 2012, the magazine now represents 7 writers living across the country, with half the staff in Seattle. Nada releases both web and print editions. The print editions range from free copies to hand bound editions containing uniques.
Neoglyphic Media is a boutique publishing outfit based in Bellingham, WA. We publish limited run art books and comics from a wide array of international artists as well as a regular newspaper publication, Emergence, featuring real news and reporting alongside the best comics section anywhere.
Night Pong is a series of graphic cultural history zines by Minh Nguyen and Aashish Gadani.
Northwest Press’ mission has been to publish quality queer comics work and help rising talents reach wider audiences, and to increase the visibility of LGBT comics in general. In addition to NWP’s original print releases, the company has amassed a great catalog of top-notch digital work, presented with polish and style.
Old Growth Northwest is a 501©3 organization founded in 2012 and headquartered in Seattle, supporting writers and promoting their work throughout all stages of the literary process.
OR Books is a new type of publishing company that embraces progressive change in politics, culture and the way we do business. Their list is highly selective, publishing just one or two books a month, and combines established authors with new discoveries.
Pacifica Literary Review is a small literary arts magazine based in Seattle with print editions in winter and summer.
Poetry Magazine is the oldest monthly magazine dedicated to verse. It was founded in 1912 by the super rad, visionary go-getter Harriet Monroe. POETRY continues to publish work that challenges notions of what a poem can be, and what it can do, and we continue to adhere to Monroe's "Open Door Policy" which keeps of free from ties to any particular thought or school.
Poetry Northwest is the oldest poetry magazine in the Northwest.
Promontory Press is a traditional book publisher in Canada that doesn't like the way the traditional book industry has gone when it comes to being accessible to new authors. We still publish books with the traditional model, but we don't want to close ourselves off to new, unknown or niche authors. In fact, we seek them out.
Raven Chronicles is a 501(c)3 Seattle-based nonprofit literary arts organization, founded in 1991. Our mission is to publish and promote artistic work that embodies the cultural diversity and multitude of viewpoints of writers and artists living in the Pacific Northwest and other regions.
Ravenna Press is an independent literary press based in Washington State.
Razorgirl Press is an independent publishing company committed to publishing literary quality genre fiction to act as a bridge between the literary and genre communities. We are dedicated to publishing literature from marginalized communities and allowing authors who have not previously been given a voice the chance to get their stories out into the world.
Rose Alley Press publishes rhymed and metered poetry, cultural commentary, and an annually updated booklet about writing and publication.
Scrambler Books is an independent press based out of Sacramento, CA. is an independent press based out of Sacramento, CA.
Seattle Review of Books was founded by Martin McClellan and Paul Constant. It intends to reflect, record, and celebrate our underserved literary community, and examine exactly what it means to love books and writing in Seattle in the 21st century.
Sidebrow is a Portland and San Francisco-based small nonprofit press focusing on experimental poetry, prose poetry, and fiction, with 2-3 new titles each year.
Sincerely Analog Press publishes conceptual projects, made by hand.
Spartan publishes short, minimalist prose.
StringTown Press is an annual magazine available at independent bookstores in the Northwest and selected locations throughout the country
Tavern Books is a not-for-profit publisher of poetry founded in Portland, Oregon publishing translations from the world’s finest poets, new works by innovative writers and revivals of out-of-print classics. All Tavern Books titles are permanently in print, honoring the cultural contract between publisher and author, as well as between publisher and public.
The Furnace is a quarterly series at Hollow Earth Radio for prose that features one writer who reads one piece to completion. Hosted in partnership with Hollow Earth Radio—the writer has the opportunity to perform their story in innovative ways and the audience is given a chance to really listen and experience a whole piece. In addition to the live performance we also produce limited edition chapbooks of each piece read. Our mission is to encourage innovative storytelling and a vibrant literary community.
Till is an annual writing retreat at Smoke Farm in Arlington.
Troy's Work Table Publishing is an independent publisher of chapbooks.
Two Plum Press produces slim volumes of literary works both contemporary and classic. Titles include works of poetry, essays, fiction, philosophy, visual art, travel and food writing. Books are produced in industrial southeast Portland, Oregon.
University of Washington Press is an American academic publishing house. The organization is a division of the University of Washington, based in Seattle.
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle dedicated to publishing the best in contemporary poetry, poetry in translation, and writing by poets.
Willow Springs publishes the finest in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as interviews and profiles with some of the most notable authors in contemporary literature, including Marilynne Robinson, Stuart Dybek, Aimee Bender, Jess Walter, Robert Wrigley, Dorianne Laux, and many others. Founded in 1977 and published twice yearly, Willow Springs features two interviews per issue, as well as essays, fiction, and poetry by a variety of writers—from the unknown and up and coming, to U.S. Poet Laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners.
YesYes Books is a small press publisher based in Portland, Oregon.
Yeti Press Comics recently relocated to Seattle from Chicago, is a small publishing behemoth that has published 21 comic books and graphic novels over the last three years.
Zine Archive and Publishing Project is a volunteer-driven community archive that promotes self-publishing, fosters new creative works and preserves a “living collection” of over 30,000 zines. ZAPP has been deemed the world’s largest uncensored collection of what some consider to be a form of current folk art, making it a unique and valuable cultural resource.