Boiler House Press

19/12/2025

CHRISTMAS CLOSURE PERIOD

We won’t be processing orders placed between the 22nd of the December 2025 and the 5th of January 2026, as this is our closure period.

Please note our social media accounts will also not be monitored during this time — we’ll be back to business as usual on the 5th of January!

Thank you for all your support this year!

12/12/2025

A stack* or stocking of beautifully-designed books? Published by a small independent press? Sounds pretty good to us.

For UK delivery in time for the Big Day, make sure get your orders in today. What are you waiting for?! Head over to our website: https://www.boilerhouse.press

*depending on how good they’ve been this year, of course.

06/12/2025

Makeshift’s virtual launch day is almost upon us!

Join us for the launch of Makeshift by Sarah Campion, the newest addition to the Recovered Books Series from Boiler House Press.

Hosted by Brad Bigelow, author of Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts (University of Nebraska Press) and editor of the Recovered Books series, the discussion will feature:

Diana Wichtel, author of Driving to Treblinka (Awa Press), winner of the Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-fiction at the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, and the former daughter-in-law of Sarah Campion.

Sarah Shieff, Associate Professor of English at the University of Waikato and editor of the Letters of Frank Sargeson (Vintage).

This event is free. Follow this link to sign-up to attend the virtual launch: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-launch-of-makeshift-by-sarah-campion-boiler-house-press-tickets-1971403225115.

And if you haven’t already, now’s the chance to grab your copy of Makeshift: https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/makeshift

28/11/2025

LAUNCH DAY! 🚀

Makeshift by Sarah Campion is out today!

Sarah Campion tells the story of Charlotte Herz, a German Jewish woman, from the end of the First World War and the time of the Weimar Republic to the rise of Na**sm and Hitler's takeover as Reichs Chancellor. Driven into exile, she roams from England to South Africa and Australia before settling, uneasily, in New Zealand.

Makeshift details Charlotte's struggle to establish her identity in an unstable and intolerant world.

Get your copy now:

A fascinating and long-neglected novel about the experiences of a German Jewish woman from the end of the First World War to the mid-1930s, her growing awareness of the rise of Na**sm and her search for a home as a refugee. The story of the struggle to establish an identity in an unstable and intole...

25/11/2025

‼️Makeshift, our latest Recovered Book, is publishing THIS WEEK! If you’re on the fence about getting a copy, let this post convince you...

Pre-order here: https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/makeshift

21/11/2025

Exciting news! 'Searching for Santa Claus' by Thomas Ruys Smith is in the Christmas issue of the BBC History magazine! The issue is on sale from the 27th of November.

Get your hands on a copy of this fascinating festive read here: https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/searching-for-santa-claus-by-thomas-ruys-smith

19/11/2025

Join Diana Wichtel, Sarah Shieff, and series editor Brad Bigelow on Dec 9th as we discuss Makeshift, the newest title in the Recovered Books series from Boiler House Press.

Register for free on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-launch-of-makeshift-by-sarah-campion-boiler-house-press-tickets-1971403225115

19/11/2025

We’re very happy to announce that Red House Alley by Else Jerusalem, translated by Stephanie Gorrell Ortega, has been longlisted for The Freudenheim Translation Prize! 🎉

The inaugural prize (also the most ambitious award in the Jewish Literary Foundation’s history) recognises exceptional fiction and non-fiction works translated into English that explore themes of Jewish history, identity, or culture, or are of significant interest to Jewish and international audiences.

Get your copy copy here: https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/red-house-alley

Huge congratulations to all those longlisted!

Jewish Literary Foundation
The Neglected Books Page

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18/11/2025

On the hunt for a new read?

'Quarry' by Jane White, one of the titles in our Recovered Books series, might be just what you’re looking for. Gripping; complex symbolism; cooly realistic prose, and utterly shocking… you’re in for a wild ride…

Order now: https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/quarry-by-jane-white.

10/11/2025

📚Monday got you feeling blue? We've got something to cheer you up...

Did you know that you can get three Boiler House Press poetry books of your choice for only £25? Talk about a steal. Get one for yourself, one for your friend, and one for a family member. Or just get all three for yourself – you deserve it.

Only available through our website: https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/any-3-boiler-house-poets-1

04/11/2025

✍️Glowing reviews of 'Makeshift' by Sarah Campion, publishing on the 30th of November!

Available to preorder NOW here: https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/makeshift #:~:text=A%20fascinating%20and%20long%2Dneglected,a%20home%20as%20a%20refugee.