Small Beer Press
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| headquarters = Northampton, Massachusetts
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| imprints = Big Mouth House, Peapod Classics
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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,Rosen, Judith. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/17722-small-beer-for-children-.html "Small Beer, for Children"] in Publishers Weekly, September 15, 2008. and as a leading small-publisher of literary science-fiction and fantasy.Topham, Jeff. [http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=1286 "Gavin Grant of Small Beer Press: RevolutionSF Interview"] at RevolutionSF, July 18, 2002.
Authors published to date include Kate Wilhelm, John Crowley, Sean Stewart, Maureen F. McHugh, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Kelly Link, Carol Emshwiller, Ray Vukcevich, Joan Aiken, Howard Waldrop, Ellen Kushner, John Kessel, and Alan DeNiro.
In March 2023, Small Beer Press closed to book submissions, due to health complications Grant experienced as a result of COVID-19.{{Cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Vanessa |date=2023-12-21 |title=Small Beer Press Is Halting New Publications |url=https://reactormag.com/small-beer-press-is-halting-new-publications/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Reactor |language=en-US}} The Press's website announced in February 2024 that it is "unlikely" that submissions will reopen.{{Cite web |date=2009-08-03 |title=Submission Guidelines {{!}} Small Beer Press |url=https://smallbeerpress.com/about/submission-guidelines/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Small Beer Press {{!}} Really rather good books.}}
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=
=2001=
=2002=
=2003=
- Howard Waldrop Interview (CD Recording), Conducted by Ellen Datrow
- Kalpa Imperial: The Great Empire That Never Was, by Angélica Gorodischer
- Trampoline: An Anthology, Edited by Kelly Link
- Foreigners and Other Faces, by Mark Rich
- Other Cities, by Benjamin Rosenbaum
- Bittersweet Creek, by Christopher Rowe
=2004=
=2005=
=2006=
=2007=
=2008=
=2009=
- Clouds & Ashes, by Greer Gilman
- Couch, by Benjamin Parzybok
- Interfictions II: The Second Anthology of Interstitial Writing, Edited by Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak
- A Working Writer's Daily Planner 2010: Your Year in Writing, 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.{{cite web|url=http://smallbeerpress.com/creative-commons/|website=Small Beer Press|title=Creative Commons Licensed Works|accessdate=June 23, 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.smallbeerpress.com/}}
- [http://www.emcit.com/emcit106.shtml#Beer Interview with Gavin Grant and Kelly Link] about Small Beer Press, conducted by Cheryl Morgan in the June, 2004 issue of Emerald City #106
- [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11674E0B50A33760&p_docnum=10&s_dlid=DL0110111203183210508&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2015%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2015%2011%3A59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=freeuser&s_accountid=AC0107071613144804057&s_upgradeable=no 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
Category:Book publishing companies based in Massachusetts
Category:Publishing companies established in 2000
Category:Science fiction publishers