We are a literary publisher of poetry, novels, short stories, and general creative non-fiction with a focus on memoir and essays. We also produce audiobooks, literary translations into English, and some original works in foreign languages, especially in our ever growing series of classics.

It’s the press’s theme. The Pierian Spring is sacred to the nine Muses—who posses and inspire all knowledge of the arts and sciences.

As Alexandre Pope wrote in 1711 in An Essay On Criticism: “A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.”

New Voices is the focus of the press. We engage with literary authors to publish their work. This is the primary purpose of the press, to publish new literature by both established and emerging writers.

A second focus of the press is to print beautifully designed, highly readable editions of classics by famous authors. Each Pierian Classics edition contains footnotes of difficult words, a readers guide with summary, questions, and references for further reading. These editions are intended for students, book clubs, and all lovers of fine literature.

We are genre agnostic in that any work of literary merit is of interest to us. Yet our focus remains on literary works. We are also interested in academic work with a literary focus and works in translation.

We distribute globally via Ingram’s catalog, Amazon, and other select partners for speciality book distribution requirements.