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Ten Years of Torrey House Press: A Celebration of Voices for the Land



Salt Lake-based publisher Torrey House Press will hold a virtual ten-year anniversary celebration on April 28 at 7 p.m. Courtesy Torrey House Press.

SALT LAKE CITY – Salt Lake-based publisher Torrey House Press will hold a free, virtual ten-year anniversary celebration on Wednesday, April 28 at 7 p.m. Donations are encouraged and appreciated.

Torrey House Press launched in 2010 with three employees around a kitchen table and a mission of connecting readers to the complex beauty of wild landscapes through the power of story and looked to provide the answer to the question, “What does it mean to publish books at the intersection of the literary arts and environmental advocacy?”

Today, the nonprofit press fills a gap in the literary landscape by publishing eight to ten books a year that create conversations about environmental justice and the future of our ever-changing planet. Supported by a dynamic community of readers, activists, nonprofit partners, booksellers, and librarians, the press coordinates dozens of author events a year in communities around the country and boasts over sixty titles in print. Join Torrey House Press for an anniversary celebration featuring authors whose books span the decade—and beyond—including Scott Graham, Craig Childs, Karin Anderson, C. Joseph Greaves, Stephen Trimble, Kase Johnstun, and Nicole Walker.

“Like locally owned small book stores, locally owned publishers deserve all our support. Torrey House Press is a force for so many voices that might not be heard, voices that need to be recognized,” says Margaret Brennan Neville of The King’s English Bookshop.

The Torrey House Press upcoming season includes a visionary anthology by writers and activists of intersectional identities reflecting on the pandemic, climate crisis, and uprisings for Black lives edited by Alastair Bitsóí and Brooke Larsen; a comparative analysis of Standing Rock and the Bundy standoff by Jacqueline Keeler; historical fiction based on the lives of debut novelist Kase Johnstun’s Native American/Mexican American grandparents; and a deep dive into Walden Pond and Thoreau’s modern-day lessons by David Gessner.

For more information regarding the virtual celebration, visit facebook.com/TorreyHousePress. For more information on Torrey House Press, visit torreyhouse.org.

—Torrey House Press