Indirect Books is a publisher of risk-adept literature in the revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We seek to champion fearless books that operate beyond marketplace convention, celebrating the art and craft of literature as form.
We are an entirely independent operation, run on a volunteer basis by a staff who are creative writers themselves and prioritize editorial-aesthetic vision over marketability. Our foundational raison d’être is to help bring urgent literature of the highest artistic value into being, and infuse it into the world.
Indirect is a sister publication of L’Esprit Literary Review. While we eschew the conventions of the marketplace in building our list, we place the utmost work into promoting our projects and authors, promoting books at events such as the AWP conference and in-person readings. The network and literary community we’ve established through L’Esprit aids us in getting our books into stores and in the hands of readers and reviewers around the world. Indirect Books is distributed by Itasca in the United States and IngramSpark globally.
Our first release was the hour, irrevocable: A L’Esprit Retrospective, an anthology of the journal’s work, covering the first five issues.
The Press’ first full-length project will be Michael Nath’s novel Talbot & The Fall (A Comedy: With Support). Our second will be Christopher Linforth’s story collection Directory. More information about both books can be found on our Projects page.
For information about our publications, schedule, or future submission windows, follow us on social media (@indirect_books) or subscribe to our Substack. Our Contact page has more.
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