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The following is a list of non-university presses that publish in the fields of Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies, Sexuality Studies and LGBTQ Studies. Most are small, independent presses though some large publishers are also included. They are arranged alphabetically by publisher name. Contact information and Internet addresses are provided when available. Information regarding the availability of these presses through the major book vendors is also provided.
Air Gallery http://www.airnyc.org/
511 West 25th Street, Suite 301, New York, NY 10001; (212) 255-6651; email
Specializes in women artists' exhibition catalogs.
AltaMira Press http://www.altamirapress.com/
A Division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706; (301) 459-3366; email
"AltaMira Press exists to disseminate high quality information of value to those who research, study, practice and read in the humanities and social sciences with a particular focus on helping in the professional development of those who work in the cultural life of a community-the museum, historical society, arts center, and church."
BNA , YBP
Arcade Publishing http://www.arcadepub.com/
141 5th Avenue, Floor 8, New York, NY 10010; (212) 475-2633; email
"In 1988 we launched Arcade onto the choppy waters of a book climate that many people warned us was perilous. We determined that we would chart a course that we would keep to as best we knew how: to publish quality consistently, to range far afield geographically in search of new authors, new projects, and new ideas."
BNA , YBP
Arsenal Pulp Press http://www.arsenalpulp.com/home.php/
103-1014 Homer Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2W9, CANADA; (604) 687-4233 or (888) 600-PULP; email
"Arsenal Pulp Press...began life in 1971 as Pulp Press Book Publishers, founded by a collective of university students and associates disenchanted by what they perceived to be the academic literary pretensions of Canadian literature at the time."
YBP
Artemis Press http://www.artemispress.com/
a division of SRS Internet Publishing, 236 West Portal Avenue, #525, San Francisco, CA 94127; (866) 216-7333
"ArtemisPress publishes thought-provoking feminist literature, lesbian nonfiction and fiction books of interest to the worldwide women's community. We are especially dedicated to publishing women's books that reflect the strength and diversity of the feminist community."
Ash Tree Publishing http://www.ashtreepublishing.com/
PO Box 64, Woodstock, NY 12498; (845) 246-8081; email
"Herbal medicine books for women's health."
Aunt Lute Books http://www.auntlute.com/
PO Box 410687, San Francisco, CA 94141; (415) 826-1300; email
"Aunt Lute Books is a not-for-profit, multicultural women's press that has been committed to publishing high quality, culturally diverse literature since 1982."
BNA
Autonomedia http://www.autonomedia.org/
email
"An autonomous zone for arts radicals in both old and new media. We publish books on radical media, politics and the arts that seek to transcend party lines, bottom lines and straight lines."
YBP
Bella Books http://www.bellabooks.com/
PO Box 10543, Tallahassee, FL 32302; (800) 729-4992; email
"Bella Books offers contemporary lesbian books and novels, primarily lesbian fiction featuring romance, mystery, science fiction novels about women and lesbians."
Biblio Press http://www.womenswork.org/biblio/index.html
PO Box 20195, London Terrace Station, New York, NY 10011; (800) 698-7781; email
"Originally published books with a focus on Jewish women with special emphasis on the women's movement in Judaism. Now also publishes books of lost feminist content and various titles of interest to students in women's studies and religious programs."
Blue Point Books http://www.west.net/~bpbooks/
PO Box 91347, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1347; (800) 858-1058
Working women and women's labor.
Bly and Loveland Press http://www.blyandloveland.com/
5537 Zenith Avenue South, Edina, MN 55410; (952) 925-2684; email
"We think we are the only small literary press to offer professional savvy and hope about the public griefs that exasperate Americans of conscience. And we do not give up our sense of humor."
Bold Strokes Books http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/
430 Herrington Rd., Johnsonville, NY 12094; (518) 753-6642; email
"Bold Strokes Books offers a diverse collection of lesbian-themed general and genre fiction. Our general fiction line, Bold Strokes Victory Editions, presents works that explore the lesbian experience in its many forms, while telling strong, human stories with universal themes. At the heart of all our fiction are empowering, meaningful stories that offer the reader both entertainment and affirmation of her lesbian identity."
Boston Women's Health Book Collective http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/
34 Plympton Street, Boston, MA 02118; (617) 451-3666; email
Publishers of Our Bodies Ourselves .
Marion Boyars Publishers http://www.marionboyars.co.uk/
24 Lacy Road, London, SW15 1NL, ENGLAND; +44 (0) 020 8788 9522; email
"Renowned for being adventurous and sometimes controversial, we publish new fiction as well as non-fiction in the fields of film, music, social theory, philosophy and feminism."
BNA , YBP
Boydell & Brewer Ltd. http://www.boydell.co.uk/
668 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620-2731; (585) 275-0419; email
Specializes in the humanities, including women's medieval history, modern history, and medieval literature.
BNA , YBP
Caillech Press http://www.caillechpress.com
email
Calyx Inc. http://www.proaxis.com/~calyx/
"Caillech Press was founded in 1989 to provide multicultural,
woman-centered materials to a popular audience. We are located in Saint
Paul, Minnesota, USA. "
PO Box B, Corvallis, OR 97339; (541) 753-9384 or (800) FEMBOOK; email
"An independent, nonprofit publisher of contemporary writing and art by women."
BNA
Chicory Blue Press http://www.chicorybluepress.com/
795 East Street North, Goshen, CT 06756; (860) 491-2271; email
"Chicory Blue Press is a small, feminist, literary press, now focusing on the strong voices of women over sixty."
Cleis Press http://www.cleispress.com/
PO Box 14684, San Francisco, CA 94114; (415) 575-4700 or (800) 780-2279; email
"Publishes provocative, intelligent books in the areas of sexuality, gay and lesbian studies, erotica, fiction, gender studies, and human rights."
YBP
Coffee House Press http://www.coffeehousepress.org/
27 North 4th Street #400, Minneapolis, MN 55401; (612) 338-0125; email form
A "nonprofit literary publishing house, is a national arts organization. Its mission is to promote exciting, vital and enduring authors of our time...A substantial portion of the Coffee House Press list is devoted to novels, short stories and poetry by women."
BNA , YBP
Conari Press http://www.conari.com/index.jsp
Founded in 1987 and after many evolutions is a publisher of materials covering holistic wellness and gender topics. It includes the "Uppity Women" and Barnard Biography series.
Dancing Girl Press http://www.dancinggirlpress.com/
email
"Dancing Girl Press, an independent publisher, was founded in 2004 to
publish and promote the work of women poets through chapbooks, journals,
and anthologies. It is a print subsidiary of the online zine wicked
alice."
DLSIJ Press http://www.dlsijpress.com
email
"Publishing the work of women authors since 1998. Handles books in
many genres and formats, "treebooks", e-books, etc."
Down There Press http://www.goodvibes.com/Index.aspx
938 Howard Street #101, San Francisco, CA 94103-4114; (800) 289-8423 or (415) 974-8990; email
"Down There Press is the nation's only independent publisher devoted exclusively to the publication of sexual health books for children and adults. We publish books that are innovative, lively and practical, providing realistic physiological information with non-judgmental techniques for strengthening sexual communication."
EdgeWork Books http://www.kimchernin.com/edgework2.html
email
"A collective of women writers in Berkeley, California, publishing original works of the highest literary quality by women."
Eighth Mountain Press
624 SE 29th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214; (503) 233-3936; email
"The Eighth Mountain Press publishes work by women from diverse backgrounds in order to bring to readers of both sexes crucial points of view, experiences, and sensibilities not available elsewhere."
BNA
Feminist Press at CUNY http://www.feministpress.org/
The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5406, New York, NY 10016; (212) 817-7920; email
"The Feminist Press is a nonprofit literary and educational publisher dedicated to publishing work by and about women. Founded in 1970, it remains the oldest women's press in the nation."
BNA , YBP
Firebrand Books http://www.firebrandbooks.com/
2232 South Main Street #272, Ann Arbor, MI 48103; (248) 738-8202; email
"Firebrand Books is an award-winning feminist and lesbian publishing house committed to producing quality work in a wide variety of genres by ethnically and racially diverse authors."
Garamond Press http://www.utphighereducation.com/pages.php?pageid=12
63 Mahogany Court, Aurora, Ontario, L4G 6M8, CANADA; (905) 841-1460; email
"Canada's first independent academic publisher, was founded in 1981 by Women's Press, Between The Lines publishing, and Fernwood Books, a sales agency. The Press now runs independently. We were the first Canadian-owned book publisher to specialise in publishing for university and college areas. The company's mandate is to provide an alternative to multinational textbook publishers and university presses, publishing critical works in such areas as political economy, labour studies, popular culture and gender issues."
BNA , YBP
Green Dragon Press http://www3.sympatico.ca/equity.greendragonpress/
2267 Lakeshore Boulevard West, Suite 1009, Toronto, Ontario, M8V 3X2, CANADA; (800) 305-2057; email
"Green Dragon Press brings you women's history and equity issues materials. Teachers, librarians and everyone who wants to know more about women's stories and the latest information about harassment prevention will be interested in our books, videos, curriculum materials and posters."
Hunter House Inc. http://www.hunterhouse.com/
PO Box 2914, Alameda, CA 94501; (800) 266-5592; email form
Health, sexuality, and social issues.
International Women's Tribune Centre http://www.iwtc.org/
777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017; (212) 687-8633; email
Third world women. IWTC is also involved with the Women, Ink marketing and distribution project, which lists publications from 70+ publishers worldwide.
Isis International http://www.isiswomen.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1An
An international, feminst NGO based in India. See its webpage of the organization's published materials.
ISM Press http://www.ismpress.com/
PO Box 12447, San Francisco, CA 94112; (415) 333-5593; email
"Radical books in people's history, labour and freedom struggles, feminist/lesbian theories, and multicultural studies."
Kelsey St. Press http://kelseyst.com/
50 Northgate, Berkeley, CA 94708; (510) 845-2260; email
"Our publications include experimental work by emerging writers, women of color, and lesbians. In the mid-1980's Kelsey St. initiated a unique series of collaborations between visual artists and poets."
Kore Press http://www.korepress.org/
PO Box 3044, Tucson, AZ 85702-3044; (520) 882-7542; email
"Kore Press is named for the idea that women are agents of change. This nonprofit press publishes passionate, experimental and often collaborative literature by diverse women whose perspectives don't often reach the mainstream. We provide a forum for established and emerging voices as well as writers from the past we would like to honor and remember."
Left Bank Books http://www.leftbankbooks.com/
92 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101; (206) 622-0195; email
"A collectively owned and operated, community-based, not-for-profit project--since 1973." Feminism and gender studies.
Mayapple Press http://www.mayapplepress.com/
408 North Lincoln Street, Bay City, MI 48708; email
Poetry. Great Lakes Regional poetry and poetry by women.
McGilligan Books http://www.mcgilliganbooks.com/
1260 Dundas Street West, PO Box 16024, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 3WS, CANADA; (416) 538-0945; email
"Independent publisher focusing on multiracial and multicultural books focusing on writing by women."
YBP
Midmarch Arts http://www.midmarchartspress.org/
300 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025; (212) 666-6990; email
Arts, women's issues, literature.
Monthly Review Press http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrpress.htm
email
Feminism and gender politics.
BNA , YBP
Mountain Girl Press http://www.mountaingirlpress.com/
"Mountain Girl Press was formed to publish fiction that celebrates the wit,
humor, and strength of Appalachian women." (website)
National Women's History Project http://www.nwhp.org/
3343 Industrial Drive, Suite 4, Santa Rosa, CA 95403; (707) 636-2888; email
Books, posters, calendars, teaching materials, screensavers, and more. "The National Women's History Project is a non-profit corporation that is self-supporting through funds raised from the sale of materials and services, and donations from our national constituency." See their catalog online at http://www.nwhp-catalog.org/ .
NewSage Press, Inc. http://www.newsagepress.com/
PO Box 607, Troutdale, OR 97060; (503) 695-2211; email
"NewSage Press books cover a myriad of interests and social concerns, including the animal and human bond, environmental issues, nature, women's issues, and more."
New Victoria Publishers http://newvictoria.com/
PO Box 27, Norwich, VT 05055; (802) 649-5297 or (800) 326-5297; email
"New Victoria Publishers is a nonprofit literary and cultural organization producing the finest in lesbian feminist fiction and non-fiction since 1976. We publish the Stoner McTavish Mystery series by Sarah Dreher as well as other mysteries, fiction, short fictions and herstory."
Onlywomen Press http://www.onlywomenpress.com/
40d St. Lawrence Terrace, London, W10 5ST, ENGLAND; email form
"Britain's only radical feminist, lesbian publisher. Radical feminist lesbian activists started Onlywomen in 1974 and the company continues in that bold tradition. We publish books which question heterosexual orthodoxies and gender inequalities. Our authors are feminists and lesbians."
Paris Press http://www.parispress.org/
PO Box 487, Ashfield, MA 01330; (413) 628-0051; email
"Paris Press is a not-for-profit press publishing work by women that has been neglected or misrepresented by the literary world."
Persephone Books http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/
Persephone Books Ltd
59 Lamb's Conduit Street,
London WC1N 3NB;
phone: 020 7242 9292; fax 020 7242 9272; email
"Persephone Books reprints forgotten classics by twentieth-century
(mostly women) writers."
Pluto Press http://www.plutobooks.com/
345 Archway Road, London, N6 5AA, ENGLAND; +44 (0)20 8348 2724; email
"Pluto Press, established in 1970, is one of the UK's leading independent publishers. We are committed to publishing the best in critical writing across the social sciences and humanities."
BNA , YBP
Polity http://www.polity.co.uk/
65 Bridge Street, Cambridge, CB2 1UR, ENGLAND; +44 (0)1223 324315; email
"Since its inception, Polity has been committed to publishing pioneering and innovative texts in gender studies and feminist theory. The objective has been twofold: to produce a distinctive list in these areas and to integrate a concern with gender and feminist insights into the list as a whole."
BNA , YBP
Press Gang Publishers
1723 Grant Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5L 2YC, CANADA; (604) 251-3315
"Publishers of lesbian and feminist writers...Founded in 1975, we take pride in the diversity of our books ranging from women's history to sexual politics, psychiatry to sexual and ritual abuse, censorship to lesbian erotica, women and the law to union organizing and unlearning racism."
BNA , YBP
Raw Nerve Books http://rawnervebooks.co.uk/
Centre for Women's Studies, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, ENGLAND; +1904 433671; email
"A small, not-for-profit feminist press publishing controversial, under-represented or experimental work in women's and gender studies."
RedBone Press http://www.redbonepress.com/
PO Box 15571, Washington, DC 20003; (202) 667-0392; email
"The only Black lesbian-owned publishing house in the country dedicated to publishing the work of black lesbian writers."
Red Letter Press http://www.redletterpress.org/
4710 University Way NE, #100, Seattle, WA 98105; (206) 985-4621; email
"Radical perspectives on history, politics, and world events."
Redstockings Women's Liberation Archives for Action Catalog http://www.redstockings.org/
PO Box 744 Stuyvestant Station, New York, NY 10009; email
"Archives for Action is a project Redstockings established in 1989 to make the formative and radical 1960's experience of the movement more widely available for the taking stock needed for new understandings and improved strategies."
Routledge http://www.routledge-ny.com/
Taylor and Francis Group/Routledge, 7625 Empire Drive, Florence, KY 41042; (800) 634-7064; email
Non-fiction titles in Lesbian & Gay Studies and Women's Studies. "Routledge is one of the leading publishers of academic and trade non-fiction in the areas of social and behavioral sciences, humanities, reference, and business."
BNA , YBP
Sage Publications http://www.sagepub.com/
2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320; (805) 499-9774 or (800) 818-7243
Gay & lesbian studies, research methods for gender & sexuality, men's studies, and women's studies.
BNA , YBP
Seal Press http://www.sealpress.com/
(800) 788-3123; email
"We are an independent publisher specializing in quality fiction and non-fiction by women writers."
BNA , YBP
Second Story Press http://www.secondstorypress.on.ca/
20 Maud Street, Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2M5, CANADA; (416) 537-7850; email
"Second Story Press is a women's press, based in Toronto, specializing in quality fiction and non-fiction, children's books and juvenile novels. We publish popular as well as analytic writing, providing a forum for a diversity of women's voices which envision new strategies for a better society."
YBP
South End Press http://www.southendpress.org/
7 Brookline Street #1, Cambridge, MA 02139-4146; ( 617) 547-4002; email
"A nonprofit, collectively run book publisher with more than 200 titles in print. Since our founding in 1977, we have tried to meet the needs of readers who are exploring, or are already committed to, the politics of radical social change."
BNA , YBP
Spinifex Press http://www.spinifexpress.com.au/
504 Queensberry Street, PO Box 212, North Melbourne Victoria 3051, AUSTRALIA; +61 (0)3 9329 6088; email
"Spinifex Press is an independent feminist press, publishing innovative and controversial fiction and non-fiction by Australian and international authors."
YBP
Spinsters Ink http://www.spinsters-ink.com/
(800) 729-6423; email
"Our mission is to publish fiction and nonfiction concerning issues significant to today's women."
BNA
Sumach Press http://www.sumachpress.com/
1415 Bathurst Street, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 3H8, CANADA; (416) 531-6250; email
"A women-owned and operated Canadian publisher...of dynamic feminist writing with a critical perspective."
YBP
Vedams Books International http://www.vedamsbooks.com/women.htm#Books
Vardhaman Charve Plaza IV, Building #9, Second Floor, KP Block, Pitampura, New Delhi, 110 088, INDIA; 91-11-27235611 or 27235612 or 27465667; email
Begun in 1971, "we have over the years built up systems to deliver books from India within the shortest possible of time. Our extensive catalogs offer you a wide range of scholarship on a variety of subjects."
Virago http://www.virago.co.uk/
Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London, WC2E 7EN, ENGLAND; 020 7911 8000; email
"One of the most vigorous, stylish and successful British publishing imprints, Virago is the outstanding international publisher of women's literature. It is the largest women's imprint in the world and has made commercial success of publishing books of quality and originality."
Volcano Press http://www.volcanopress.com/
PO Box 270, Volcano, CA 95689; (800) 879-9636; email
Family violence & women's health. "Volcano Press is a woman-owned company, working in the historic Mother Lode area of California's Sierra foothills, where gold was discovered in 1849. We believe that the books we are producing today are of even greater value to women everywhere than the gold of yesteryear -- and that the symbolism of the term "Mother Lode" is still relevant to our work."
Wish Publishing http://www.wishpublishing.com/
Sports publishing dedicated specifically to women.
Womanspirit Press (No URL found)
36 Shepard St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-491-0603
Women, Ink. http://www.womenink.org/
777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017; (212) 687-8633 x 204; email
"Started in 1992 with a small collection of 22 books from the United Nations Fund for Women (Unifem). Over the years, our collection has been steadily growing to become a 'one-stop-shop' for books on women and development. We are proud to say that we now have over 200 titles from 60 publishers worldwide."
Women of Color Resource Center http://www.coloredgirls.org/
1611 Telegraph Avenue #303, Oakland, CA 94612; (510) 444-2700; email
"In these times of war and militarism, immigrant attacks, and cutbacks in social spending, WCRC continues to organize women of color to raise their voices for peace and economic justice."
Women Unlimited http://www.womenunlimited.net/
"...Women Unlimited, a non-profit trust, is an associate of Kali for Women, India’s first and oldest feminist press, which publishes scholarly and academic books in the social sciences; fiction; general interest non-fiction; books for young adults; pamphlets and monographs; and activist material. Women Unlimited will continue all the publishing activity of Kali for Women…" (website)
Women's Press (Canada) http://www.womenspress.ca/
180 Bloor Street West, Suite 801, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2V6, CANADA; (416) 929-2774; email
"...Canada's oldest English-language feminist publisher. We were established in 1972." The press publishes fiction, poetry, children's books, memoirs and non-fiction.
BNA , YBP
The Women's Press (UK) http://www.the-womens-press.com/
27 Goodge Street, London, W1T 2LD, ENGLAND; + 44 (0)20 7636 3992; email
"Established in 1978, The Women's Press is dedicated to publishing incisive feminist fiction and non-fiction by outstanding women writers from all round the world. Literary and crime fiction, biography and autobiography, books on psychology, health, race and disability, women's studies and cultural, sexual and political history all have a place within the inclusive and unique publishing space that is The Women's Press."
Word Warriors Press http://www.wordwarriorspress.com/
email form
"Changing the world one page at a time."
WovenWord Press http://wovenword.com/
811 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304; (888) 773-7738; email
Theology, spirituality, healing.
Zed Books http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/
7 Cynthia Street, London, N1 9JF, ENGLAND; +44 (0)207 837 4014; email
"Zed's Women's Studies list is based on an international perspective: we publish the best work which takes a global view of gender issues."
BNA , YBP
Zubaan http://www.sacw.net/new/zubaan092003.html
K-92, First Floor, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi ñ 110016, INDIA; +91 11 2652 1008; email
Indian feminist publishing house.
Major Book Vendors for US Libraries
- BNA = On Blackwell North America's Approval Plan Publishers List as of April 2006.
- YBP = On Yankee Book Peddler's Approval Plan Publishers List as of April 2006.
Last updated:
Bonnie Ryan
4/20/07
Syracuse University
04/14/06
Amy Robb
Created:
12/12/98
Cynthia A. Johnson
Original list of publishers N-Z was created by:
Rachel Murphree, 1998
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