Papaveria Press
Founded2001
FounderErzebet YellowBoy Carr
Country of originUS
Headquarters locationWakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Publication typesBooks, e-books, handbound books
Fiction genresFantastic, esoteric, poetry
Official websitewww.papaveria.com

Papaveria Press is an independent British publishing house based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. It specializes in special, limited handbound editions and paperbacks in the fields of fairy tale, myth and poetry.

History

Papaveria Press was founded by American writer and artist Erzebet YellowBoy Carr in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, US) in 2001 before transferring to Wakefield (West Yorkshire, United Kingdom).[1]

Papaveria Press publishes handbound, non-ISBN limited editions of original and not short stories and poems and paperbacks, also in electronic format.[2] Papaveria's catalogue also mentions some one-off releases made on order.[3]

Founder and owner Erzebet YellowBoy Carr personally binds all the special editions released by Papaveria, with the aim to make each book a work of art not only for its contents but also in its appearance.[4] She defines books as "small gods".[1][5]

Papaveria donated all the proceeds from their sales to Doctors Without Borders in the wake of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.[6]

Between 2010 and 2011 it became an imprint of Circle Six alongside Hadean Press (also founded by Erzebet YellowBoy Carr alongside her husband Dis) and the newly founded Alchemy Press[7] in order to make the handling of the financial side smoother.[8]

Titles

References

  1. ^ a b Erzebet YellowBoy Carr. "homepage (incl. short history)". Papaveria press. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ^ Erzebet YellowBoy Carr (20 January 2011). "Papaveria goes digital". Papaveria press. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Catalogue". Papaveria Press. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  4. ^ Mike Allen (29 March 2011). "Book Artist: an interview with Papaveria Press founder Erzebet YellowBoy Carr". The Interstitial Art Foundation. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  5. ^ Rose Lemberg (29 July 2011). "Beautiful Books from Papaveria Press". Rose Lemberg. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  6. ^ a b Erzebet YellowBoy Carr (15 March 2011). "Help Japan". Papaveria Press. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  7. ^ "About Circle Six". Circle Six. Archived from the original on 29 May 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  8. ^ Erzebet YellowBoy Carr (24 March 2011). "Papaveria & Circle Six". Papaveria Press. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Loving the Dead". Papaveria Press. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  10. ^ Nicole Kohrner-Stace (14 March 2011). "A tiny little idea what I had". Nicole Kohrner-Stace. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
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