Whale Road Press

01/21/2024

Piko: A Return to the Dreaming can now by purchased directly from the publisher. Just click on the link below.

Available in hardcover and trade paperback.

Piko: A Return To The Dreaming is an account of a 21-day ceremony enacted by a modern woman in search of mythic ground in an ancient Place of Refuge on Moku O Keawe, Hawaii' Island.

09/19/2023

So grateful and thrilled to announce the publication of Piko; A Return to the Dreaming.

Available now on all online platforms or order from your local bookstore.

07/19/2023

Available August 15th, 2023 from all online distributors or at your local bookstore!

“In the Hawaiian language, Piko can be translated as “the very center.” As a society, we understand that before we can make sense of the results of our culture, we must remember the very design of it, or its piko.

Jennifer Lighty, with her provocative “Piko: A Return to Dreaming,” coaxes its readers back into this center and, with masterful literation, weaves the patterns that bleed from this center to result in what we know as the human condition.

Although the core concept is poetic, Lighty expresses this work in such a relatable way that anyone can position themselves as the lead character(s) whom, through the beauty of words, symbols, art, and consequence,truly affirm the core design which all results from.”

Ke’oni Hanalei, founder of PōHALA Hawaiian Botanicals

07/19/2023

Welcome to Whale Road Press.

The whale-road is an Anglo-Saxon kenning for the sea. From Kona, Hawai’i, one end of the humpbacks’ ancient migration route, Whale Road Press invites readers to activate their memories of humanity’s original purpose through books that reanimate the English language as a vehicle for practical magic and praise.

Inspired by the Hawaiian concept kaona and the humpbacks’ songs that travel thousands of miles underwater, we publish books that pe*****te to the deepest level of meaning, revealing the interconnectedness of all life through an expansive and richly embodied vision grounded in love and respect for all forms of creation.

‘Au I ke kai loa

Swims the distant seas