Walkden House Press is an independent publisher developing literary, educational, and cultural projects rooted in attention, presence, and lived writing.
Founded in Bedfordshire, the press began from a belief that writing matters not only as craft or performance, but as a way of noticing — of remaining attentive to thought, feeling, place, memory, and the texture of ordinary life.
Its publications and projects are designed to create spaces where writing can be encountered seriously and openly: where emerging voices are given room to develop, and where literature remains connected to the lives it comes from.
Current projects include The Parlour, a literary magazine open to writers of all ages, and Common Room, a collaborative anthology initiative developed with schools and young writers.
As the press grows, Walkden House Press hopes to continue building new forms of publication, collaboration, and literary community — locally and beyond.
Founder, Walkden House Press