publishers dedicated either wholly or to a significant degree to publishing material written for, by, or about women. Many of them started during the "second wave " of feminism . The focus of this list is not on publishers which market to women, but on publishers who have a stated commitment to publishing feminist and other women's studies texts.
List of women's presses , with city, state or country location, and the year of their founding.
13th Moon Press (2009–?) [ 1] [ 2] Affinity Rainbow Publications [ 2] Arktoi Books (2006–present) [ 3] Artemis Press (2000–2012?) [ 4] [ 2] Ash Tree Publishing (Woodstock, New York , 1985–present) [ 5] [ 2] Aunt Lute Books (San Francisco, California , 1982–present) [ 6] [ 7] [ 2] Ayizi Yayınevi (İstanbul, Turkey, 2010–2019) Bella Books (2001–present) [ 8] [ 2] Belladonna* (2000–present) [ 2] [ 9] Bedazzled Ink Publishing (2014–present) [ 10] [ 2] Black Woman Talk Collective (London, UK, 1983) [ 11] BLF Press (Bloomington, Indiana, 2014) [ 12] Bold Strokes Books (2004–present) [ 2] [ 13] Bold Story Press (Washington, DC, 2020–present) Boston Women's Health Book Collective [ 2] Boudicca Press [ 2] Bur Press (Lexington, Kentucky , 1942–1947) [ 14] Brain Mill Press (Green Bay, Wisconsin , US, 2016–present) [ 15] [ 16] Bywater Books (2004–present) [ 2] [ 17] Calisi Press [ 2] Calyx Press, Inc. (Corvallis, Oregon, 1976–present) [ 18] Caitlin Press (Sunshine Coast, Canada 1977–present) [ 19] Cleis Press (Berkeley, California , 1980–present) [ 20] [ 2] The Crossing Press (Berkeley, California , 1963–2002) [ 21] Desert Palm Press [ 2] Éditions des Femmes (Paris, France, 1972–present) [ 22] Editions iXe (Donnemarie-Dontilly, France, 2010–present) [ 23] fr:Éditions du remue-ménage (Montreal , 1976–present) Eiderdown Books: books on female artists (UK, 2018–present) [ 24] Elly Blue Publishing (Portland, Oregon, 2010–present) [ 2] Feminist Forum: Feminism in Japan and the World (Tokyo, Japan, 1979–1985) [ 25] [ 26] [ 27] The Feminist Press (New York City , New York, 1970–present) [ 28] FEMRITE - Uganda Women Writers Association (Kampala, Uganda, 1995–present) Flashpoint Publications (Ohio, US, 2018–present) Furore Verlag (Kassel, Germany , 1986–present) [ 29] Gazing Grain Press [ 2] Green Dragon Press [ 2] Headmistress Press (2013–present) [ 2] [ 30] Heartspark Press, (Olympia, Washington ) Héloïse Press, (Canterbury, UK, 2021–present) [ 31] [ 32] HerBooks Feminist Press (Santa Cruz , California, 1984–2002) Herself Press [ 2] The HerStories Project [ 2] Honno (Aberystwyth , Wales , 1986–present) [ 33] [ 2] Iowa City Women's Press (Iowa City, Iowa , 1973–1985) [ 34] Inanna Publications (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1972–present) [ 35] [ 2] ISM Press [ 2] Jan-Carol Publishing [ 2] Josha Publishing (Haymarket, Virginia, 2020–present) Kali for Women (India, 1984–2003) Kelsey St. Press [ 2] Kore Press [ 2] Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press (New York City, New York, 1982–1989) [ 36] KT press (London, England, 1998–present) Publisher of n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal and ebooks on women artists [ 37] Launch Point Press (Portland, Oregon, US, 2014–present) [ 38] Linen Press Books (Edinburgh, Scotland, 2007–present) [ 39] [ 2] Magnetewan Books (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2010–present) [ 40] Midmarch Arts Press (New York, US, 1975–2018) publishers of Women Arts News (1975–1998) and list of Women in the Arts books [ 41] Modjaji Books (Cape Town, South Africa , 2007–present) [ 42] [ 2] Monsters In My Head Press publishers of The WorryWoo Series, Jersey City NJ Established in 2007. WorryWoos.coms [ 2] Mother's Milk Books [ 2] New Victoria Publishers [ 2] Onlywomen Press (London, UK, 1974–2010) [ 43] Pandora Press (London, UK, 1983–1996) [ 44] Paris Press (Ashfield, Massachusetts , 1995–present) [ 2] Persephone Books (London, UK, 1999–present) [ 2] Perugia Press (Northampton, Massachusetts , 1997–present) [ 45] [ 2] Press Gang Publishers (Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, 1970–2002) Red Letter Press (Seattle , Washington, 1990–present) [ 46] [ 2] Second Story Press (Toronto , Ontario, Canada, 1988–present) [ 47] [ 2] Scarlet Press (London, UK, 1992–1999) [ 48] Shameless Hussy Press (Berkeley, California, 1969–1989) [ 49] Sheba Feminist Press (London, UK, 1980–1994) [ 50] Silver Press (UK, 2017–present) [ 51] Sister Vision: Black Women & Women of Colour Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1985–present) [ 52] Spinifex Press (Melbourne , Australia, 1991–present) [ 53] [ 2] Sumach Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2001–present?) Switchback Books (Denver, Colorado, 2006–present) [ 54] Tender Buttons Press (New York City , 1989–present) [ 55] Third Woman Press (San Antonio, US, 1980–present) [ 56] Upstage Left Press (Albuquerque, New Mexico 1978-present) upstageleftpress.com Verlag Krug & Schadenberg (Berlin, Germany, 1993–present) [ 57] Virago Press (London, UK, 1973–present) [ 58] [ 2] With/out Pretend (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2015–present) [ 59] [ 2] Women Unlimited (New Delhi , India, 1985–present) [ 60] [ 61] [ 2] The Women's Press (London, UK, 1978–2013) [ 62] Women's Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1972–present) [ 63] Zubaan (an imprint of Kali for Women; New Delhi , India, 1985–present) [ 64] [ 2] This page is based on this
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