Small Beer Press
Founded | 2000 |
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Founder | Gavin Grant and Kelly Link |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Northampton, Massachusetts |
Distribution | Consortium |
Imprints | Big Mouth House, Peapod Classics |
Official website | www |
Small Beer Press is a publisher of fantasy and literary fiction, based in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was founded by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link in 2000 and publishes novels, collections, and anthologies. It also publishes the zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, chapbooks, the Peapod Classics line of classic reprints, and limited edition printings of certain titles. The Press has been acknowledged for its children and young-adult publications,[1] and as a leading small-publisher of literary science-fiction and fantasy.[2]
Authors published to date include Kate Wilhelm, John Crowley, Sean Stewart, Maureen McHugh, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Kelly Link, Carol Emshwiller, Ray Vukcevich, Joan Aiken, Howard Waldrop, Ellen Kushner, John Kessel, and .
Imprints[]
Big Mouth House – Created in 2008 to publish works of fiction for all ages. The imprint first began publishing with the appearance of a complete collection of celebrated English novelist Joan Aiken's Armitage Family short stories, originally published separately between 1953 and 1984.
Peapod Classics – Created in 2004 to reprint classic works of fiction. To date the imprint has published three volumes, debuting with the influential first novel of Carol Emshwiller, Carmen Dog, a feminist work first published by Mercury House in 1990 and out of print since then.
Small Beer Press publications[]
2000[]
- , Kelly Link
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2001[]
- , by Kelly Link
2002[]
- , by Judith Berman
- The Mount, by Carol Emshwiller
- , by Carol Emshwiller
- , by Alex Irvine
- , by Ray Vukcevich
2003[]
- Howard Waldrop Interview (CD Recording), Conducted by
- , by Angélica Gorodischer
- , Edited by Kelly Link
- , by Mark Rich
- , by Benjamin Rosenbaum
- Bittersweet Creek, by Christopher Rowe
2004[]
- , by
- , by Carol Emshwiller
- , by Jennifer Stevenson
- Perfect Circle, by Sean Stewart
2005[]
- Magic for Beginners, by Kelly Link
- , by Naomi Mitchison
- , by Sean Stewart
- , by Kate Wilhelm
2006[]
- , by
- The Privilege of the Sword, by Ellen Kushner
- , by Maureen F. McHugh
- Howard Who?, by Howard Waldrop
2007[]
- Generation Loss, by Elizabeth Hand
- , by Laurie J. Marks
- , Edited by Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss
2008[]
- , by Joan Aiken
- Endless Things: An Ægypt Novel, by John Crowley
- , by John Kessel
- , by Benjamin Rosenbaum
- The King's Last Song, by Geoff Ryman
2009[]
- , by Greer Gilman
- Couch, by Benjamin Parzybok
- , Edited by Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak
- , by Small Beer Press
Creative Commons Licensed Works[]
Small Beer Press maintains a collection of Creative Commons Licensed audiobooks, ebooks, and stories, in a variety of formats.[3]
References[]
- ^ Rosen, Judith. "Small Beer, for Children" in Publishers Weekly, September 15, 2008.
- ^ Topham, Jeff. "Gavin Grant of Small Beer Press: RevolutionSF Interview" at RevolutionSF, July 18, 2002.
- ^ "Creative Commons Licensed Works". Small Beer Press. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
External links[]
- Official website
- Interview with Gavin Grant and Kelly Link about Small Beer Press, conducted by Cheryl Morgan in the June, 2004 issue of Emerald City #106
- The Book People, Northampton's Small Beer Press takes a real chance on surreal books by Daniel Oppenheimer, from the Valley Advocate, July 28, 2005
- Book publishing companies based in Massachusetts
- Publishing companies established in 2000
- Science fiction publishers
- Small press publishing companies
- Literary publishing companies