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Small Press Spotlight: Erewhon Books
Jun. 29th, 2021 03:03 amWho are they?
In their own words: "EREWHON BOOKS is a new independent publisher focusing on novel-length works of speculative fiction: science fiction, fantasy, and related genres.
Website and Store
The website is clean and mostly well designed, although they recently shifted from having all their books listed together to dividing them up by publishing year, which I'm personally not a fan of. Erewhon doesn't have its own store, so links to other sellers are listed with each book. It's a little unwieldy, but it is very easy to navigate. They do have a lovely logo, too.
Have I heard of/read any of their books?
The Scapegracers was on my list of anticipated reads for last year, even though I didn't get around to reading it until this year. And, of course, Erewhon published one of my favorite books of the year, Folklorn. I've also heard good things about The Midnight Bargain by CL Polk. They seem to have a pretty good catalogue!
Anything else?
I have one more ARC I requested through NetGalley to read, and it's for an Erewhon book. I'm really looking forward to the Scapegracers sequel. I hope the company continues to do well.
Please read Folklorn
In their own words: "EREWHON BOOKS is a new independent publisher focusing on novel-length works of speculative fiction: science fiction, fantasy, and related genres.
At Erewhon, our mission is to publish thoughtful, groundbreaking, and unforgettable books that go straight to the reader’s heart, effortlessly strange stories that take readers on powerful emotional journeys. We embrace the liminal and unclassifiable and champion the unusual, the uncanny, and the hard-to-define."
Erewhon Books started publishing in 2020, and thus has a fairly small catalogue and not a lot of information about them compared to some of the other independent publishers I've looked at. Their submissions page occasionally opens to unsolicited submissions, and although they focus on adult SFF novels, they are apparently also open to graphic novels, nonfiction, and anthologies. They have a pretty experienced team. I haven't seen anything on authors' experience with Erewhon, but the staff did an AMA on Reddit about getting started during the pandemic.Website and Store
The website is clean and mostly well designed, although they recently shifted from having all their books listed together to dividing them up by publishing year, which I'm personally not a fan of. Erewhon doesn't have its own store, so links to other sellers are listed with each book. It's a little unwieldy, but it is very easy to navigate. They do have a lovely logo, too.
Have I heard of/read any of their books?
The Scapegracers was on my list of anticipated reads for last year, even though I didn't get around to reading it until this year. And, of course, Erewhon published one of my favorite books of the year, Folklorn. I've also heard good things about The Midnight Bargain by CL Polk. They seem to have a pretty good catalogue!
Anything else?
I have one more ARC I requested through NetGalley to read, and it's for an Erewhon book. I'm really looking forward to the Scapegracers sequel. I hope the company continues to do well.
Please read Folklorn
