Heresy Press

Heresy Press Heresy Press publishes outspoken literature for resilient readers Heresy Press LLC is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association.

Founded in January 2023, Heresy Press addresses a growing void in today’s literary marketplace where conformity and timidity increasingly hold sway. When authors self-censor, agents select works along narrow ideological preferences, and publishers hedge their bets in order to avoid offending anyone, then literature loses. Heresy Press is here to give oxygen to unfettered creativity and to provide

a home for authors and works that are not currently favored through the conventional publishing channels. Fiction in all of its forms is the mainstay of Heresy Press, with adult literary fiction, satire, comedy, speculative fiction, and young adult books leading the charge.

THE HERMIT, a debut novel by , might be the best of the first four novels published by Heresy Press (). And that's sayin...
10/06/2024

THE HERMIT, a debut novel by , might be the best of the first four novels published by Heresy Press (). And that's saying something.
👇Full rant👇
https://youtu.be/dg2ioasAIZk?si=HFh7AkapbW2mtkE9
☝Full rant ☝

Episode 63: While reviewing the first four novels published by the upstart Heresy Press, I comment on the attempt of the new independent house to take soft c...

07/06/2024

Social media takeover by Richard Walter

The author of Deadpan, Richard Walter, reads from the novel.

Two more recent books also bring to mind Deadpan:In Paul Chitlik's Lies, All Lies, a television writer awakens one morni...
06/06/2024

Two more recent books also bring to mind Deadpan:

In Paul Chitlik's Lies, All Lies, a television writer awakens one morning completely ignorant of his own life and name. Like Deadpan, it's set in and around show business.

In The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson, a character working as a celebrity double and renting himself out to parties, wonders whether or not he is a Jew.

Like Deadpan, at their core, all three explore the deeper nature of identity: Who am I? How do I know I really am the person I believe myself to be? How
much of what I take to be my true identity is in fact my own flesh and soul, and how much is based upon what others reflect back to me?

Social media takeover by Richard Walter
04/06/2024

Social media takeover by Richard Walter

Heresy Press appreciates the input and support of its stellar Advisory Board.
31/05/2024

Heresy Press appreciates the input and support of its stellar Advisory Board.

Have you ever dreamt of a vacation dedicated entirely to getting lost in a good book? Well, there's actually a word for ...
30/05/2024

Have you ever dreamt of a vacation dedicated entirely to getting lost in a good book? Well, there's actually a word for that: Bookcation!

A concise interview with the author of Deadpan, Richard Walter.
29/05/2024

A concise interview with the author of Deadpan, Richard Walter.

Richard Walter Author Interview Deadpan follows an antisemitic Buick salesman from West Virginia who wakes up one day as a famous Jewish comedian. What was the inspiration for the setup of your sto…

Heresy Press practices real diversity, which includes viewpoint diversity. We do not condone the denouncing, blacklistin...
28/05/2024

Heresy Press practices real diversity, which includes viewpoint diversity. We do not condone the denouncing, blacklisting, and silencing of authors based on their opinions or background.

A litmus test has emerged across wide swaths of the literary world, effectively excluding Jews from full participation unless they denounce Israel.

Listen to an in-depth interview with the author of Animal: Notes from a Labyrinth about the inspiration behind the book....
24/05/2024

Listen to an in-depth interview with the author of Animal: Notes from a Labyrinth about the inspiration behind the book. As an added bonus, the host reads several stand-out passages and lets Alan Fishbone comment on them.

Alan Fishbone is the author of the new novel "Animal, Notes from the Labyrinth," published by Heresy Press. He was born and raised in New York City. He is a scholar and translator of ancient Greek and Latin and a professional sailboat captain. When not in New York, he lives aboard the cutter rigged....

Two Heresy Press Board members—Meghan Daum and Nadine Strossen—in conversation with each other about the vital importanc...
20/05/2024

Two Heresy Press Board members—Meghan Daum and Nadine Strossen—in conversation with each other about the vital importance of free speech and free thought in artistic, social, political, journalistic, academnic, etc. contexts.

In candid, free-ranging interviews, Meghan Daum talks with artists, entertainers, journalists, scientists, scholars, and anyone else who’s willing to do the “unspeakable” and question prevailing cultural and moral assumptions.

In this great podcast interview, Richard Walter, author of the Heresy Press novel DEADPAN, goes deep into the creative p...
16/05/2024

In this great podcast interview, Richard Walter, author of the Heresy Press novel DEADPAN, goes deep into the creative process, the inspiration for Deadpan, and why the novel now matters more than ever.

Richard Walter is an author of best-selling fiction and nonfiction, celebrated storytelling educator, screenwriter, script consultant, lecturer and retired professor who led the screenwriting program in the film school at UCLA for several decades. He has written scripts for the major studios and tel...

15/05/2024
"There's now a kind of offense industry," Rushdie explained. "Offense has become an aspect of identity politics. And my ...
06/05/2024

"There's now a kind of offense industry," Rushdie explained. "Offense has become an aspect of identity politics. And my view is it's very easy for a book to stop offending you. You just shut it."

Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie says the attack on free expression now comes from both the left and the right.

A truly perceptive book review of Deadpan.
03/05/2024

A truly perceptive book review of Deadpan.

Set in the 1970s, Richard Walter’s novel Deadpan introduces us to Dwight Bridges, a Buick salesman living in West Virginia. His life is unremarkable, marked by a casual antisemitism reflectiv…

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“Book Rant” discussing Animal by Alan Fishbone

John Julius Reel (a Book YouTuber unaffiliated with Heresy Press) offers his independent take on our press.

Social media takeover by Richard Walter The author of Deadpan, Richard Walter, reads from the novel.

The novel DEADPAN by Richard Walter (@ProfWalter) is edgy, boldly structured, and will make you laugh out loud. 👇Full rant on Heresy Press (@InfoHeresy) offerings. 👇 https://youtu.be/dg2ioasAIZk?si=O0ct9f7hMGQnB6CF

Book trailer for NOTHING SACRED: OUTSPOKEN VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION. For more information, visit: https://heresy-press.com/product/nothing-sacred/ This book is a bold anthology that challenges the norm in American publishing. It presents a collection of diverse stories covering themes like crumbling male privilege, immigrant experiences, sexual transgression, and heresy. The authors, varied in background and style, share a respect for readers and a daring approach to storytelling. You'll meet intriguing characters, from a Hollywood has-been to a moonshine-making folk hero, each bringing a unique narrative to this audacious compilation. #DiverseVoices #UnconventionalFiction #CulturalNarratives #AudaciousLiterature #IdentityExploration #HeresyPress

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