Words on the page have the power to transport us, and in the process, transform us. Such journeys can be far reaching, traversing the landscapes of the external world and that within, as well as the timescapes of the past, present and future.
Green Frigate Books is a small publishing house offering a vehicle—a ship—for those seeking to conceptually sail and explore horizons of the natural and built environments, and the relations of humans within them. Our goal is to reach an educated lay readership by producing works that fall in the cracks between those offered by traditional academic and popular presses.
Green Frigate Books is pleased to announce the new imprint Scriptorium/Palimpsest Press.
In medieval times, monk scholars would gather in the scriptorium and reuse valuable sheets of vellum parchment that had once contained previous words and images. In a similar spirit of conservation, Scriptorium/Palimpsest Press is devoted to collecting and republishing earlier palimpsest tracings.
All GFB and SPP books are designed by Opaque Design & Print Production.