Camphor Press

Camphor Press

Status	Active
Founded	2014;11 years ago (2014)
Founder	Michael Cannings John Grant Ross Mark Swofford
Country of origin	Taiwan
Headquarters location	Manchester, England
Nonfiction topics	East Asia
Fiction genres	East Asia
Imprints	Camphor Press Eastbridge Books
Official website	camphorpress.com

Camphor Press is a British independent publisher primarily focusing on books about East Asia. The company started as a digital-only publisher ^[1] focused on providing a platform for English-language writing about Taiwan, ^[2] before moving into print books in 2015. In 2017 Camphor Press acquired the backlist of US press EastBridge, ^[3] 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. ^[4]

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

• Sneider, Vern (2016) [1953], A Pail of Oysters , Camphor Press, ISBN   978-1-910736-35-7
• Kerr, George H. (2017) [1965], Formosa Betrayed , Camphor Press Limited, ISBN   978-1-910736-53-1
• Carroll, Quincy (2017) [2016], Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside , Camphor Press Limited, ISBN   978-1-910736-50-0
• Bergvelt, Joyce (2018), Lord of Formosa , ISBN   978-1-78869-139-0
• Buck, Pearl S. (2019) [1936], The Exile , Introduction by Charles W. Hayford, ISBN   978-1-78869-049-2
• Buck, Pearl S. (2019) [1937], Fighting Angel , Introduction by Charles W. Hayford, ISBN   978-1-910736-97-5

References

1. Menconi, Keith, Taiwan Talk: Michael Cannings on Taiwan Focused e-Publisher Camphor Press, ICRT
2. Camphor Press: Bringing Taiwan to the World, Digitally, Centered on Taipei, p. 26
3. Winterton, Bradley (28 December 2017), Year in Review: Books, The Taipei Times
4. Chang, Darice, Niche Media and Taiwan's Soft Power, Taiwan Sentinel