The Permanent Press

The Permanent Press " On a shoestring, turning out literary gems." The New York Times "What's the magic at The Permanent Press?

The house is fast becoming one of my favorite publishers." - Clay Stafford, Killer Nashville. About The Permanent Press


Begun in 1978 by Martin and Judith Shepard, The Permanent Press committed itself to publishing works of social and literary merit and has, over the years, gained a reputation as one of the finest independent presses in America. Since our inception, individual authors and title

s have gained over 50 literary honors, including the American Book Award, Small Press Book Awards, New American Writing Awards, and the Colorado Book Award. They have also been National Book Award, Edgar Award, and Hammett Prize finalists. We've published Halldor Laxness, a 1955 Nobel Prize winner, and have 12 novels in print from Berry Fleming, who, in 1990, was a Nobel Prize nominee. The press itself has been cited on three separate occasions for its editorial excellence. In 1988, The Permanent Press was a Grand Prize Finalist for The Boston Globe Literary Press Awards. In 1997 we were honored with the Poor Richards Award given by the Small Press Center for "having done much to advance the cause of small press publishing over a period of at least two decades." 1998 marked the culmination of prizes, as we won the equivalent of a publishing "Oscar" for the previous year's list: Literary Market Place's LMP Award for Editorial Achievement - a prize open to every publisher, large and small, in America, and voted on, nationally, by our colleagues in the book industry. The vast majority of our books are new, and these are published under The Permanent Press imprint. Our sister imprint, Second Chance Press, reprints books of merit that had been out-of-print, for at least 20 years. Under that imprint, we've published not only Berry Fleming and Halldor Laxness, but novels by Richard Lortz, William Herrick, and Joseph Stanley Pennell. Unlike most publishers, we have kept almost all of our titles in print, for we feel that these books have a timeless quality and will always be rewarding reading experiences.

05/01/2024
https://thepermanentpress.com/collections/forthcoming/products/hollywood.Excited to announce Howard Owen's new book "Hol...
11/28/2023

https://thepermanentpress.com/collections/forthcoming/products/hollywood.

Excited to announce Howard Owen's new book "Hollywood is now available.

In Richmond, to paraphrase William Faulkner, the past is neither dead nor even past. When a body shows up on a tombstone in Hollywood Cemetery, eternal home to two presidents (three, Confederate apologists demur, citing Jefferson Davis), it’s news. When an ancient Richmond business mogul drops dea...

Get a good night sleep tonight because tomorrow Howard Owen's "Hollywood" hits the shelf.
11/28/2023

Get a good night sleep tonight because tomorrow Howard Owen's "Hollywood" hits the shelf.

In Richmond, to paraphrase William Faulkner, the past is neither dead nor even past. When a body shows up on a tombstone in Hollywood Cemetery, eternal home to two presidents (three, Confederate apologists demur, citing Jefferson Davis), it’s news. When an ancient Richmond business mogul drops dea...

A 5 Star Review From Sheila at Goodreads. A gripping mystery, filled with great characters and maintaining the perfect ...
11/08/2023

A 5 Star Review From Sheila at Goodreads.

A gripping mystery, filled with great characters and maintaining the perfect distance from its math and technology, it’s a novel where time and place are as important as storyline, and the whole is a really good read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201047085-blood-bank

We're excited to announce Chris Knopf's Blood Bank is now available. Ninth in the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery Series,...
11/06/2023

We're excited to announce Chris Knopf's Blood Bank is now available. Ninth in the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery Series, Blood Bank sees a return of Sam’s supporting cast of oddballs, loyal co-conspirators and a certain canine named Eddie Van Halen, who has an agenda all his own.

https://thepermanentpress.com/collections/forthcoming/products/blood-bank

Congratulations to Jeff Schnader and his Foreward Review Bronze Award for The Serpent Papers.
06/15/2023

Congratulations to Jeff Schnader and his Foreward Review Bronze Award for The Serpent Papers.

"The Serpent Papers" is a Foreword INDIES winner in Historical (Adult Fiction). Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, "The Serpent Papers" is a novel about the intricacies of decision-making and taking a stand when life itself is at risk. Growing up in the 1960s, J-Bee...

03/13/2023

Lady Gaga crushed it. A T-shirt, no make up and pure talent.

We're excited here at TPP that Jeff Schnader's "The Serpent Papers is a finalist for the Foreword Reviews Book of the Ye...
03/12/2023

We're excited here at TPP that Jeff Schnader's "The Serpent Papers is a finalist for the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards -

"The Serpent Papers" is a Foreword INDIES finalist in Historical (Adult Fiction). Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, "The Serpent Papers" is a novel about the intricacies of decision-making and taking a stand when life itself is at risk. Growing up in the 1960s, J-B...

We at The Permanent Press are excited to announce the release of Howard Owen's Dogtown
01/03/2023

We at The Permanent Press are excited to announce the release of Howard Owen's Dogtown

When a blue-collar guy “without an enemy in the world” shows up brutally murdered down by the railroad tracks in Dogtown, everyone in Richmond is mystified. Then an elderly couple, also seemingly blameless, are slaughtered in their upscale home a couple of days later, and Willie Black starts to ...

A wonderful review for Exit Wounds by Jay Strafford.l
10/18/2022

A wonderful review for Exit Wounds by Jay
Strafford.l

Among life’s manifold trouble-prone relationships, the parent-child conflict can be the most contentious.

GREAT REVIEW.There’s a lot going on in the waters around the island of Pulpit, Maine, Roger Salloch’s latest locale for ...
10/08/2022

GREAT REVIEW.

There’s a lot going on in the waters around the island of Pulpit, Maine, Roger Salloch’s latest locale for prose both poetic and precise that cuts across history to connect Prohibition to drug running. If the ‘Godfather’ clan worked lobster traps, they might have found their way into Salloch’s seductive world. Simply gorgeous writing. Elegantly simple storytelling.

> — David Eugene Perry, award winning author of “Upon This Rock”

hardcover ASIN 1579626564 198 pages The Maine of Not When I'm Gone is about mother nature, the sea, the woods, the tides, the seasons, sunrise and sunset. It is also about human nature, about locals on an island called Pulpit, locals from downstreet and wealthy summer people, the up-islanders, and a...

Jeff Schnader's fantastic essay on his novel and his experience living that novel. The Serpent Papers is now available o...
05/19/2022

Jeff Schnader's fantastic essay on his novel and his experience living that novel. The Serpent Papers is now available on our website!

For the Vietnam generation, the War created a rift between those who fought it and supported it, and those who protested.

Check out this review of Roger Salloch's US debut, Not When I'm Gone, to be published in June! Pre-order the hardcover o...
05/17/2022

Check out this review of Roger Salloch's US debut, Not When I'm Gone, to be published in June! Pre-order the hardcover or paperback on our website.

Roger Salloch's writing is better known in Europe, where he has been resident for most of the past forty years and where his works have been published both in English and in translation. But his new novel, Not When I'm Gone, is stunningly American, drawing on the author's memories of youthful ...

A great piece about Roger Salloch's upcoming novel Not When I'm Gone in the Point Reyes Light. Pre-order your copy on ou...
05/02/2022

A great piece about Roger Salloch's upcoming novel Not When I'm Gone in the Point Reyes Light. Pre-order your copy on our website!

A million years ago, when I lived in West Marin, I knew a drug dealer. Or two. (Didn’t we all?) One drove a battered Volvo and paid for everything in cash bundled in a briefcase in the trunk. Another lived in an Airstream on a friend’s ranch, where he hosted barbecues: free food and booze, […]

Some recent updates on 2022 so far for The Permanent Press!
03/04/2022

Some recent updates on 2022 so far for The Permanent Press!

We've had an eventful season here at The Permanent Press. 1) Jeff Schnader's debut novel about Columbia University protests during the Vietnam War, The Serpent Papers, was released in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats. Get your copy of the novel the NY Journal of Books called

The debut novel from Jeff Schnader is here! Get your copy today from our website or wherever you buy books!
03/02/2022

The debut novel from Jeff Schnader is here! Get your copy today from our website or wherever you buy books!

J-Bee, son of a military officer, is raised in a violent milieu during the 1960s. After his little brother is persecuted by bullies, J-Bee commits a retaliatory act of brutality, the nature of which scars him. When his best friend, Gilly, volunteers to fight in Vietnam, J-Bee--repulsed by his own vi...

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