Small publishers have found the last 18 months or so particularly gruelling, none more so than Holland Park Press run by the wonderful Bernadette & Arnold Jansen op de Haar. The company publishes literary fiction and poetry, with special emphasis on bringing the work of Dutch authors to the English language market.
Earlier this year they launched a campaign to ‘Adopt a Book & Rescue a Small Publisher’ with some success, but not sufficient to maintain their business.
Sadly the desire to keep publishing has placed a heavy toll on them and they’ve now had to to move out of their premises BUT they still plan to keep HPP going. They have a great selection of books in English & Dutch and some in ebook format, so the site is well worth purusing. There’s also a blog, magazine articles and, if you live in the Stroud area, you’ll find them at the Shambles market on 12 & 13 November (more dates on their website).
It would be a great loss to see HPP go, so while Bernadette & Arnold are still fighting we can all help them.
deilibri 