Category Archives: Publishing

New York Sales Conference

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

Kirsten and I are just back from our distributor’s — Consortium Book Sales and Distribution (CBSD) — semi-annual sales conference in New York.  About 100 folks in all show up including staff from CBSD, our sister publishers, and the sales … Continue reading →

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Leaning In to Nonfiction

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

There’s nothing like fiction, but it is hard to sell.  They told us it would be but we had to see for ourselves. Our title, The Legend’s Daughter, by David Kranes is out.  Kranes’ stories are so good  he was … Continue reading →

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The Typographer

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

We have been indoctrinating Torrey House associate editor and publicist Anne Terashima with the joys of copy editing and into Hell’s inner circles of book design with InDesign. She likes it so much she wrote a poem. The Typographer The … Continue reading →

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Environmental, Topical Nonfiction Can Make a Difference

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Politicians are often behind, out of step with, and going in a different direction from the people they represent.  In Paul Hawken’s book Blessed Unrest, Hawken suggests there is a global movement afoot fostering environmental health and social justice that … Continue reading →

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Call for Environmental Nonfiction

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

At Torrey House we are wrapping up our first publication season with national distribution to the book trade and we continue to learn.  We have seven titles out and three ready for the upcoming spring/summer season.  Two of the forthcoming … Continue reading →

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You Okay with Nature Writing?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

In 1999, at a gathering organized by The Orion Society, Barry Lopez read a poem by D.H. Lawrence.  After the reading Lopez paused for effect and then stated, “D.H. Lawrence, nature writer.”  Laughter ensued.  This episode is mentioned in an … Continue reading →

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Love Letters

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

Kirsten and I spent the weekend in New York City to attend our distributor’s (Consortium) fall season sales conference.  New York has always worn a little rough on me and this trip was the usual.  Friday evening we were working … Continue reading →

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Preparing for our fall publishing season with new distributor

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

In March Kirsten and I flew out to Minneapolis to meet with our new distributor, Consortium Book Sales and Distribution.  We landed smack into the country’s crazy spring weather.  The lake behind our friends’ home there was covered in ice … Continue reading →

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Doors Are Open Again to Unsolicited Manuscripts

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Kirsten and I have been delightfully busy.  Particularly Kirsten.  Last December when we were in Moab for the debut reading of The Scholar of Moab with Steve Peck at Back of Beyond Books, Mary O’Brien of the Grand Canyon Trust … Continue reading →

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New Strategy

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

We are very pleased to announce that Torrey House Press is joining ranks with Minnesota based  Consortium Books Sales and Distribution in order to gain a greater distribution of our titles.  This change marks the end of a one year … Continue reading →

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Erica Olsen

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Where do you call home if you are of Korean-Swedish-Norwegian heritage and were born in Hollywood?  In spite of her claim to not have a home town, Erica Olsen’s writing indicates to me that she has made her home on … Continue reading →

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Blogs and Manuscripts

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

It’s a new year and I want to get plugged into the THP blog thing again.  Over the next few weeks I’ll announce when we will open to unsolicited manuscripts again, what we will be looking for, and how to … Continue reading →

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THP is a One Year Old!

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Torrey House Press was one year old last month.  We got our first book out, Crooked Creek by Maximilian Werner, and it is a hit with the literary critic types.  It has been less so with the paying public and … Continue reading →

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Brothers and Wild Places

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

My only brother, Mike Bailey, died this summer, alone and in despair, and by his own hand.  In our pain and dismay, all of us who loved him search for meaning and lesson in the devastating loss of a magnificent … Continue reading →

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The River Why

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

The River Why by David James Duncan Reviewed by Mark Bailey At the end of The River Why, Gus, David James Duncan’s narrator explains that he wrote the book just so we could fully appreciate the last scene. Creating that … Continue reading →

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The Monkey Wrench Gang

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

When I am asked what we like to publish at THP I often respond I am looking for the next Edward Abbey. I was in college in the 1970’s at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City when I … Continue reading →

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