Founded | 1999 |
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Founder | Nicola Beauman |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | 59 Lamb's Conduit Street, London WC1N 3NB, U.K. |
Publication types | Neglected fiction and non-fiction by mid-twentieth century (mostly) women writers |
Official website | www |
Persephone Books is an independent publisher based in Bloomsbury, London. Founded in 1999 by Nicola Beauman, Persephone Books reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction by mid-twentieth century (mostly) women writers. Their collection of 117 books includes novels, short stories, diaries, memoirs and cookery books. Each has an elegant grey cover and a ‘fabric’ endpaper with matching bookmark. They sell their books mostly through their website but also have a shop on Lamb's Conduit Street in London..
Authors published by Persephone Books include: