A new imprint built for writers who care about the sentence, the story, and the shelf life of a book
Collingwood Press announced its arrival as a publishing imprint devoted to serious storytelling. The house enters the field with a small catalogue, a long horizon, and a clear conviction: that books still deserve to be made carefully, read closely, and remembered long after their release week.
Collingwood Press is an imprint of Hambone Publishers.
The imprint takes its name from a belief that publishing, at its best, is a slow craft. Every Collingwood title passes through the same disciplined workshop, where developmental editors, line editors, designers, and publicists work in concert rather than in sequence. Manuscripts are not processed; they are shaped. Covers are not templated; they are composed. The result is a list that reads like a reading list rather than a release schedule.
“Publishing has always been, in the end, a literary act,” said Daniel Drapper, speaking on behalf of Collingwood Press. “We started Collingwood because we wanted a house that respects the quiet labor behind a good book. Our authors are not content producers. They are writers. And the work they make deserves a publisher that knows the difference.”
Collingwood’s list refuses to be confined to a single shelf. The imprint publishes across every genre and form, welcoming writers of fiction and nonfiction, memoir and history, poetry and children’s, thrillers and romance, and the many hybrids that sit quietly between them. The only standard held in common is the standard of writing itself. A roster of authors is already in production, with books scheduled through 2026 and into 2027. Distribution will run through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and independent booksellers, with flagship titles carried by national press and trade campaigns.
Alongside its publishing program, the imprint is committing to the longer arc of a writing life. Authors are supported from first draft through launch, and then kept close well beyond it, with attention paid to backlist presence, reader communities, and the steady work of keeping a book in conversation. Collingwood is building a house that authors can stay in, not simply pass through.
Submissions, rights inquiries, and partnership requests are now open through the imprint’s official channels.
About Collingwood Press
Collingwood Press is an imprint of Hambone Publishers, publishing writers of every genre and form. The imprint brings together editorial rigor, considered design, and thoughtful marketing, and partners with authors for the duration of a career rather than a launch.
Media Contact
Jay Davis
Literary Advisor
jay@thecollingwoodpress.com
