Camphor Press
{{Short description|British-Taiwanese independent publisher}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| status = Active
| founded = {{start date and age|2014}}
| founder = Michael Cannings
John Grant Ross
Mark Swofford
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| country = Taiwan
| headquarters = Manchester, England
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| topics = East Asia
| genre = East Asia
| imprints = Camphor Press
Eastbridge Books
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| url = {{URL|camphorpress.com}}
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Camphor Press is a British independent publisher primarily focusing on books about East Asia. The company started as a digital-only publisher{{citation|publisher=ICRT|url=http://www.icrt.com.tw/wordpress/blog/2014/08/11/taiwan-talk-michael-cannings-on-taiwan-focused-e-publisher-camphor-press/|last=Menconi|first=Keith|title=Taiwan Talk: Michael Cannings on Taiwan Focused e-Publisher Camphor Press}} focused on providing a platform for English-language writing about Taiwan,{{citation|publisher=Centered on Taipei|url=https://issuu.com/centeredontaipei/docs/cot_april2014|page=26|title=Camphor Press: Bringing Taiwan to the World, Digitally}} before moving into print books in 2015. In 2017 Camphor Press acquired the backlist of US press EastBridge,{{citation|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2017/12/28/2003684765|title=Year in Review: Books|publisher=The Taipei Times|last=Winterton|first=Bradley|date=2017-12-28}} reissuing those books under the Eastbridge Books imprint. Camphor Press has also acquired the rights to a number of out-of-print titles about Taiwan and the wider region.{{citation|last=Chang|first=Darice|url=https://sentinel.tw/niche-media-taiwans-soft-power/|title=Niche Media and Taiwan's Soft Power|publisher=Taiwan Sentinel}}
Imprints
- Camphor Press: East Asia-related fiction and non-fiction for the general reader
- Eastbridge Books: East Asia-related academic books and literary translations
Notable publications
- {{Citation|last= Sneider|first=Vern|author-link=Vern Sneider |year= 2016| origyear = 1953|title= A Pail of Oysters|isbn= 978-1-910736-35-7}}
- {{Citation|last= Kerr|first=George H.|author-link=George H. Kerr |year= 2017| origyear = 1965|title= Formosa Betrayed|isbn= 978-1-910736-53-1}}
- {{Citation|last= Carroll|first=Quincy |year= 2017| origyear = 2016|title= Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside|isbn= 978-1-910736-50-0}}
- {{Citation|last= Bergvelt|first= Joyce|year=2018|title=Lord of Formosa|isbn=978-1-78869-139-0}}
- {{Citation|last= Buck|first= Pearl S.|others=Introduction by Charles W. Hayford|author-link=Pearl S. Buck |year= 2019| origyear = 1936|title= The Exile|isbn= 978-1-78869-049-2}}
- {{Citation|last= Buck|first= Pearl S.|others=Introduction by Charles W. Hayford|year= 2019| origyear = 1937|title= Fighting Angel|isbn= 978-1-910736-97-5}}