Bridwell Press

Bridwell Press was founded in 2022 as the professional publishing arm of Bridwell Library at 海角直播 Libraries and Perkins School of Theology. The breadth of its publishing has expanded to cover a comprehensive range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, with a focus on cultural and linguistic heritage.

Works in translation, mostly covering texts published before 1930, have become central to our areas of focus and production in many of our disciplinary series (e.g. East & Central Asia Series, Armenian Series, and Cambodian Series). Bridwell Press also supports the dynamic vision of 海角直播’s Project Poëtica and serves as the publisher for the poetry series.

In 2024, Bridwell Press became the official publishing partner with NYU’s Initiative on Global Italian Religious Networks, which publishes academic peer-reviewed monographs and is governed by an international editorial and advisory board. Bridwell Press also maintains a connection to its Methodist roots and heritage through a World Methodism Series, which includes two titles published in 2024.

Bridwell Press has more than a dozen series aimed at expanding and promoting the vast range of human knowledge from around the world, much of which has been neglected or unknown in the English-speaking world. The Press is open access and produces both e-books that are free to the public, worldwide, and hard copies of books, available mostly on-demand through the Fulcrum site and national book retailers online at affordable prices.

Series

Bridwell Press has over a dozen discipline-focused series, most of which are governed by an editorial board comprised of scholars in the fields of the series focus. These series editorial boards work in coordination with scholars, writers, translators, and staff at Bridwell Press to ensure a smooth, efficient, and professional workflow and project lifecycle for every book published. 

The first four series in operation include:

  • Project Poëtica
  • NYU’s Initiative on Global Italian Religious Networks (GLIRN)
  • World Methodism
  • Journal of Praise and Worship

Other series are under development and will produce translations, monographs, and other texts, including traditional art books.

Current Titles

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Forthcoming Titles

Book covers of The Ruin of Souls by Massimo Di Gioacchino; Das Marien Leben by Maria Rainer Rilke (translated by Christopher Anderson and illustrated by Nishiki Sugawara-Beda); and Erase Genesis by Rebecca Gayle Howell

Coming soon to Bridwell Press: The Ruin of Souls by Massimo Di Gioacchino; Das Marien Leben by Maria Rainer Rilke (translated by Christopher Anderson and illustrated by Nishiki Sugawara-Beda); and Erase Genesis by Rebecca Gayle Howell.

Our Mission and Values

Our mission is to engage with a broad community of authors, who seek to publish creative, quality, and freely accessible works on a global scale. We believe there is room for new, adventurous, and broad thinking in publishing, especially as it supports scholars who have great ideas, but may not have easy opportunities to publish. We value open source, interdisciplinary, and creatively unorthodox scholarship. And through these publishing efforts, we support the preservation of cultural heritage of global communities, whose literary and historical documentation and memory are at risk of being lost.

Submissions

Anyone with a compelling idea that fits within our mission and parameters of publishing can be considered. Authors maintain copyright, and Bridwell Press retains the right to republish. Authors do not pay to publish and do not get royalties. The cost of production and maintenance are underwritten by Bridwell Library and Bridwell Press. We do not have an active call for submissions, but encourage authors with questions to contact us.