Starting from the independent bookstore “Small Small” (SMALL SMALL IDEA CO., LTD.) specializes in contemporary literature, humanities, social sciences, philosophy, and the arts. To introduce more outstanding young creators to the readers, the publishing house “Initial Publish” was therefore established in 2011. They have published upwards of 20 publications, including novels, essays, poetry, local chronicles. In 2023, Initial Publish released a new work titled "The Sea Breeze Club"（海風酒店）by internationally renowned Taiwanese author Ming-yi Wu（吳明益）.
Dark Eyes Ltd. is a cross-disciplinary publishing which was founded by poet and theatre director Hung Hung. Our mission is to deliver excellence in alternative, exquisite and high-quality publishing, including poetry, theatre handbook series, Off the Roll+ Poetry Quarterly, and Inuhiko Yomota's series as well as our own extensive list of titles. Dark Eyes Ltd. also produces films and curates art/literature festivals in Taiwan.
Homeward Publishing, established in 2008, primarily focuses on the humanities and social issues. It publishes poetry, essays, fiction, literary journalism, documentary photography, and works on social topics and humanistic philosophy, as well as translated titles from Latin America and Africa. The company also produces a podcast program.
What we do is preserve cultural heritage and document contemporary society.
Founder Tzuhua Liu is also one of the co-founders of the Indie Publishers Association of Taiwan.
Read Alone, Think Alone.
Through the publishing of literary works, Alone Publishing trys to embrace personal characteristic, to celebrate individual distinction, to make unique voices heard in this world overloaded with identical and meaningless information.
