The Greystones Press is a new independent publishing company set up in 2014 by Mary Hoffman and Stephen Barber that published its first five titles in April this year.
‘We publish YA and adult fiction and adult non-fiction in areas that interest us: literature, art, history, music, myths and legends, fairy tales,’ said Mary. ‘We do need books that fill a niche, not necessarily huge commercial bestsellers – though one of those would help! – but each book must earn its costs by finding its own committed readers.’
Mary is a published author with more than 100 titles to her name. ‘I had been having my books published since 1975, so felt I knew one side of the industry very well. I had written everything from picture books to teenage novels, fiction and non-fiction, adult short stories – heavens, I have even written the basis for an app.’