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Haymarket Books is a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago.
Contact: Anne Rumberger, Director of Sales & Marketing, anne@haymarketbooks.org
A longtime educator explores how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who we are.
"Urgent, eye-opening, and deeply engaging, this is essential reading for students, educators, and anyone ready to see the past—and the present—with fresh eyes.”
—Ashley D. Farmer
Themes: Black Politics / Education
Brian Jones
Nick Estes
A work of history, a personal story, and a manifesto about indigenous campaigns to protect our environment from extractive industries.
"This book is a jewel—history and analysis that reads like the best poetry—certain to be a classic work as well as a study guide for continued and accelerated resistance."
—Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Themes: Indigenous History / Social Movements
Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit explores how our actions can shape the future and the liberatory possibilities of embracing uncertainty.
"With her deep sense of the movement of history, her agile intellect, hope in the possibilities of action and nimble prose, Solnit continues to surprise and delight. This new collection of essays is a tonic in dark times."
—Lisa Appignanesi
Themes: Essays / Hope and Inspiration
Beacon Press is a 171-year-old mission-driven independent publisher of serious non-fiction. Our books often change the way readers think about fundamental issues of our time.
Contact: Alyssa Hassan, Associate Director of Marketing, AHassan@beacon.org
Atash Yaghmaian
An unflinching and stunning debut memoir of an Iranian girl’s coming-of-age experiencing abuse, war, and superstition—and her survival through dissociative identity disorder, which offered her an inner world into which she could escape
“I was riveted by this searing ode to the resiliency of the human psyche, rich in beauty and devastation.”—Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood
Themes: Coming-of-Age, Resilience/Perseverance
Russell Cobb
As gripping as Killers of the Flower Moon, but a more complex story with a mystery at its center that’s still unsolved today.
Russell Cobb is a master storyteller. . . . Ghosts of Crook County is his best yet.”—Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, American Book Award–winning author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
Themes: Native American and Indigenous Stories
Judith Heumann
Soon to be an Apple feature movie directed by CODA’s Sian Heder, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human
"This important book will help ensure that every person gets a chance to live up to their full potential and will always have a place at the table.”—Hillary Clinton
Themes: Disability, Social Action
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The Independent Publishers Caucus (IPC) was founded to foster a sense of community among dedicated, mission-driven publishing companies working outside of the corporate structure helping to keep the written word alive. We believe independent media is crucial to ensuring free and open discourse in the public square.
IPC facilitates the sharing of best practices; leverages the collective strength of independent publishers across the industry; develops events, programs, and marketing and publicity campaigns; maintains vital relationships with booksellers, librarians, the media, and the wider literary world; and works to demystify and disseminate information about the financial realities that come with running an independent publishing company on a day-to-day basis.
Our Industry Sponsors
The Independent Publishers Caucus is supported mainly by its member publishers, and by the generous additional support we receive from Ingram Content Group, the Independent Publishers Group, Foreword Reviews, Bookshop.org, Open Road Integrated Media, Publishers Weekly, and the American Booksellers Association.
