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Who are we?
Latharna Press is a small, independent publisher and publishing assistance service. We aim to give a platform for local authors to tell local stories that might otherwise be overlooked by the mainstream, traditional publishing houses.
Local to where?
Well, that’s an interesting question… local to wherever you are… across the world.
Our name probably best illustrates our idea of local.
We are based on the shores of a small inlet in Western Australia, but we are named for a part of the minor-kingdom of Dalriada*.
Latharna means ‘descendants of Lathar’, he was the son of King Úgaine Mór (or so the legend goes) – But let’s not allow facts to get in the way of a good story. The town that sprang up where the River Inver flows into the lough is now called, Larne. Strangely that lough and our Aussie inlet are quite similar.
So we are named for a northern Irish town, yet based half a world away, and that’s the answer – we take local stories by local writers from across the world.
*Latharna was a territory, or túath, that was part of the Ulaid (Ulster) minor-kingdom of Dál nAraidi (written and pronounced variously as Dál Riata, Dál Riada or Dalriada).
How can we help you?
Occasionally we will offer authors a full publishing deal (simply put, we pay for everything). Mostly however, given the probable limited sales of local stories (by their nature they are unlikely to sell thousands) we will ask you to contribute to the publishing costs. That way we get paid and you get your book published by us and distributed globally through the print-on-demand channels we use. (We can also help and advise as to how you get your local book into your local bookstore).
We are guided by being a partner to the Alliance of Independent Authors, so our terms and conditions are very clear, laid out with total transparency and backed by the fact that they have been screened by an industry “watchdog”.
How can you send in a submission?
Please start off with a short email telling us: who are you, where are you in the world, what your book is about and also send us the first 5000 words in word format.
Our Books
To see the books already released under the Latharna Press imprint, please visit our main “Parent Site”
Please Note: Latharna Press and its associated companies refute the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the creation of: audio books, art work, text content within print or eBooks, or any other creative medium. We recognise the rights of authors, artists and narrators to have their work free from the threat of compromise, amendment or appropriation by AI engines.
