Alter Alter by Toti O'Brien knows that true mysteries require silence more than spectacle, and the metaphysical here is rendered with remarkable restraint.

The book launch for Alter Alter by Toti O'Brien discusses the impossibility of truth, vulnerability, and characters who experience altered states of consciousness.

Three lessons for writers, small business owners, editors, and publishers.

If you read Black Rootedness or are interested in how poetry can be a bridge, then you’re in luck because Karla Brundage has taken the book on the road.

At Elyssar Press, we publish a book in nine steps. The process begins with the writer submitting their work via our online submission portal.

SMOL Fair is a virtual book fair happening "live" from March 19 to March 26, 2022. As a bonus share, Elyssar Press is giving away two copies of The Beirut Call to attendees.

We can’t wait to share our new releases of 2022 with you! Here are a few of our books to watch as the year unfolds. 

The way a language flows with bodily and facial expressions is so unique and revealing of the human experience in a particular place and time.

There is a new publishing press in Redlands, California and a driven team behind it, including five sisters.

August 4th, 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the devastating explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Today, artists are still demanding change.

In this interview, Jess Yowell of Elyssar Press got to sit down with Alice Pero and and Vera Campion to discuss their collaborative book called Beyond Birds and Answers.

The Virtual Book Launch of "The Beirut Call," celebrates a crucial anthology about resilience & resistance culture in Lebanon. The Beirut Call (Elyssar Press, 2021) features artists, poets, authors, and activists, whose academics testimonials, analyses, narratives, and stories inspire and demand social change.

This collection from Elyssar Press features the work of 21 artists, poets, professors, and activists, who together are exploring the theme of how—in the words of Dr. Mitri Raheb—“art is a necessity” and “a political tool.”

The 800-meter dash (aka, the short story) demands the endurance of a long-distance event (aka, the novel) with the bursts of a quick sprints (aka, the poem). It is the impossible race.

Au milieu des crises qui affectent le Pays des Cèdres, “Le Liban ou l’Irréductible Distance” de Frank Darwiche traduit l’attachement des libanais à leur origine millénaire, leur amour pour la terre natale et leur aspiration continue à un avenir prospère et prometteur.

As a small team, everyone at Elyssar Press plays a vital role in reviewing, editing, designing, and publishing manuscripts from around the world. The editing team consists of Samar Hage, Jessica Yowell, and Allie Rigby. They are self-professed word nerds who share a love of words.