Left Field Publishing

10/11/2025

In honor of Banned Books Week, check this door out! Fahrenheit's Books in Denver. Plus, Vladimir has been feeling left out lately, so give him so love, too.

10/09/2025

Thank you for the story on Left Field Publishing—it’s all happening!

Industry veterans Kristen Gilligan and Len Vlahos have formed Left Field Publishing, which launches with two titles on November 3 and aims to

10/02/2025

Attended the first ever book club of the last night with ! They have a totally cute bookmobile, too. Danni and Nicole were awesome and completely bookish, and the other attendees were fun, interesting and bookish as well. They like meeting at local Colorado breweries for the book clubs, and attend many Colorado festivals, too. Their next meeting is on Oct 16 in (JeffCo) Littleton, reading THE WITCH'S ORCHARD--check out their Insta for details. Come! We can meet each other in person! One of their future books is WILD DARK SHORE and I can't wait to read it. Will finally get it off my TBR! Follow them at and cheer them on!

09/26/2025

✨ Our first Literary Salon planning meeting! ✨
We’re imagining a dark academia–themed evening at the Denver Press Club (likely January) where all bookish people—readers, writers, and book lovers—can gather to mingle, swap books, discuss what we’re reading, solve puzzles, and dream up whatever else we can come up with together.
When you hear “literary salon,” what do you picture? Help us shape it! 📚🕯️
(And yes, I may not look my peppiest… I’m just out of quarantine for strep 🙃)

09/12/2025

Big news from our corner of the book world: Len and I have officially launched Left Field Publishing! 💚 Thanks to and for the feature. And IPG will be distributing us!!

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/98538-tattered-cover-s-former-co-owners-launch-left-field-publishing.html

Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan, previously the co-owners of Denver’s Tattered Cover Book Store, have launched Left Field Publishing, a press specializing in books that cross genres and defy categorization.

08/24/2025

Learning how to lay out the books for ebook format has given me a headache. A warm chai latte sprinkled with cinnamon should do the trick.

08/16/2025

Should we hire this guy?

08/11/2025

Hey friends 💛
Our first Left Field Publishing books are coming soon, and we’d love your help! If you’ll read an advance copy and share even one sentence about it, your words could end up in our pre-launch buzz! Check out the books here and let us know if you'd like an ebook or print copy: https://left-field-publishing.com/buy-books/

DM us with your email and/or mailing address with the book you're interested in and we’ll send it your way. Thanks for helping us get this going! 📚✨

07/22/2025

Announcing the Left Field READERS COLLECTIVE! It's for everyone who loves books. Check it out + sign up now!

07/19/2025

This post brings us up to date! It’s everything we’ve been doing with Left Field out in the wild. NEXT UP: our Readers Collective! #-ish

07/13/2025

Ever wonder what publishing is all about? A quick glimpse from our perspective!