About us
Hazel Press publishes short books of poetry, essays and interdisciplinary work that is intelligent, inspiring and has a strong sense of place. We seek to engage with ecological issues in a collaborative and provocative way.
Poetry is at the heart of our list, but we also publish prose, including short fiction – this spring we published Pear Trees, a short story by Laura Beatty. We are particularly interested in work that merges genres, something we experimented with in Alys Fowler’s short fiction The Woman Who Buried Herself and Julia Blackburn’s book of small pieces, The Wren.
Our name, Hazel Press, is borrowed from the hazel tree. As Max Adams writes in his book The Wisdom of Trees: “The Hazel may be small, but it is the champion of the woods: the most useful of all trees … From it we learn that strength may come from small packages; that flexibility is a strength in itself, and that self-renewal is the art of survival.”
We seek to share our knowledge and collaborate with authors, readers, booksellers and other publishers in finding more eco-aware ways to produce, distribute and enjoy books. As part of these efforts, we are a member of the Society of Authors’ working group on sustainability.
A note about our website: The internet is the fastest growing carbon polluting industry and it is forecast to eclipse all other industries in terms of worldwide pollution. As part of our remit to produce books in less damaging ways, our website is hosted by a renewable energy certificated provider. It’s not anywhere near a complete answer to the issue, but it’s a start. For more information, click here.
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We are closed for book submissions but will consider submissions for the Hazel blog. Please email us using the form below to find out more.
