Founded in 2023, North Meridian Books is an outgrowth of the ideas, practices, and personalities at The North Meridian Review.

We are a writer and artist led press. We do not strive to make it rich. Instead we are interested in publishing works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and translation that would otherwise not find homes at traditional publishers.

We are a press that is market adjacent, and are proud to be so.

As we say, Donald Trump has found success in traditional publishing. Virginia Woolf began a small press to self-publish her works. We prefer to lean to Virginia Woolf over Donald Trump.

We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts. Instead we work with writers and artists who have published at The North Meridian Review.

As we grow and publish our first queue of titles we will be discussing how to both compensate folks for their work while also maintaining an economically viable press.

We are actively seeking vendors and stores (the more local and independent the better) to host events, sell our titles, and support our press’ mission.

Please contact the founding editor, Wesley Bishop at wrbishop@jsu.edu, for more information.