Based as we are in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains, surrounded by glaciers and proximal to the largest non-polar icefield in the world, a circumpolar ethos inflects our reading even as we court, welcome, and seek readers and contributing authors from all over the country and beyond. We may well be the most remote publishing house in the country. Our commitment, though, is to an ever-broadening whole community that Alaska is privy to and part of not from the fringes, not from terra incognita, but from the center of many crossing roads and airways that together map home as a point of interrelation. 

Having debuted Porphyry Press with a literary history and a memoir in essays, we anticipate developing a catalog that also includes poetry, lyric essay collections, novels, hybrids, and more. We work to find books by diverse authors—books by women, BIPOC thinkers, and other marginalized voices. We’ll collaborate with partners as we go to serve readers and audiences with experiences and conversations that broaden the scope of any individual book. And we’ll continue to tap two increasingly precious resources abundant here that author Sherry Simpson saw as characteristic of Alaska’s “literary refugium”—solitude and community.


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WHEN IN DOUBT, ERR NORTH

We’re so glad that another indie bookstore will open soon in Alaska! And we’re proud to welcome @dreamland.books.yarn in Seward to our family of stockists. Given them a follow, and ask for our books there after they open later this month!
The lights are out! #aurora #mccarthy #wrangellmountains #lookup
Airport bookstore sighting! Thanks for stocking our titles, Mosquito Books in @anc_international_airport.
“What’s in this box?” TSA wanted to know, even after x-raying it. “Books. I’m a publisher.” Verrry suspicious, I know. #bookrunning #trafficking #cargo #carryon #dontbanme #publisherslife #smallbusinessowner #h
College students from any Alaska campus: apply to North Words Writers Symposium for a scholarship and $200 travel stipend to attend this year’s conference for free in Skagway, May 29 to June 1, 2024. Application instructions linked in bio. Marc
Today’s upstream view from the McCarthy Road’s Kuskulana Bridge.
New resolutions, anyone, and from where? · "...for here there is no place / that doesn't see you. You must change your life." —Rainer Maria Rilke #NYE #resolutions #rilke #poetics #gaze #bluets #glacier #icecave #cryosphere #
Now through the end of the year, get free U.S. shipping *and* a 20% discount off your whole order when you buy from us online. Discounts automatically applied during checkout. And who knows—if you push the button now on a gift order for someone
Did you catch the convo between Alaska State House District 20 Rep. Andrew Gray and Cold Mountain Path author Tom Kizzia? It's from East Anchorage Book Club, an interview podcast with Alaskan leaders. The primary focus is Tom's first book, The Wake o
Come to the Block Book Fest at @thewritersblockalaska this Saturday in Anchorage if you can. We'll be there from at least 1-3 with Compass Lines author John Messick. At 2 PM, John Messick (Compass Lines) and Jamey Bradbury (author of The Wild Inside
A friend of the press spotted Cold Mountain Path by Tom Kizzia at the @anchoragemuseumstore. They're giving members 30% off entire purchases there until December 10, 2023! Snag a deep-discounted copy along with other northern and Alaskan gifts while
It’s Small Business Saturday, and indie books make the best gifts! Jump on our website to get 20% off your Porphyry Press order plus free media mail shipping. Navigate to porphyry.press/store or click the link in bio. #SmallBusinessSaturday #
Apparently someone deemed today National Take a Hike Day, so here’s a reminder from a friend o' the press that tents make cozy reading spots and our books fit great in backpacks. #nationaltakeahikeday #getoutside #readoutside #coldmountainpath
Compass Lines author John Messick (@johnlmessick) will join North Words Writers Symposium keynote Jamie Ford (@jamieford) and fellow faculty authors Lily H. Tuzroyluke (@lilyh.tuzroyluke), Daryl Farmer @big_strong_boy), Melinda Moustakis, Christine B
Boo[ks]! Today's a fine day to spread this advice from @firesidebooks in Palmer, Alaska. They were one of two honorable mention winners in the @americanbooksellers's 2023 Banned Books Week Display Contest. Another one of our favorites, @auntiesbooks
We were *so thrilled* when Adventure Journal recommended COMPASS LINES by John Messick in issue no. 29. Thank you, Emily White! We've been road tripping and winter prepping and catching up and star gazing and somehow a whole season-swapping month has
Gorgeous cold night skies over Porphyry Mountain lately.
Congratulations Joan Naviyuk Kane (@naviyuk) on winning the Paul Engle Prize! Repost from @mcgjewelry • Congratulations @naviyuk on winning the Paul Engle Prize! We were so honored to create it for you! #Mcgjewelry #mcginsberg #jewelry #loca

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Jeremy Pataky

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Corinna Cook
Tom Kizzia
John Messick

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