Arcane Publishing was founded in 2012 by author Carya Gish.
We publish novels which are modern yet infused with an acute sense of history and the importance of the past: our own, but also that of the society and the world we live in. Our publications also reflect our love of the arts, music and literature.
Miss Gish has firmly positioned herself within the ‘Occulture’ coined by writer and academic Robert Macfarlane in his article The Eeriness of the English Countryside.
We publish novels which are modern yet infused with an acute sense of history and the importance of the past: our own, but also that of the society and the world we live in. Our publications also reflect our love of the arts, music and literature.
Miss Gish has firmly positioned herself within the ‘Occulture’ coined by writer and academic Robert Macfarlane in his article The Eeriness of the English Countryside.
You can purchase our books at the unit we share with designer Matt ArtPix at The Customs House, West Bay, Dorset. We are on the second floor! We are currently looking for our own space in the Weymouth area.
Arcane Publishing has an online shop HERE.
WE also attend events where we sell our new and second-hand books. See our EVENTS PAGE for more details!
Arcane Publishing has an online shop HERE.
WE also attend events where we sell our new and second-hand books. See our EVENTS PAGE for more details!
I Am a Muse
Published in April 2013.
Set in Shoreditch in London and Cornwall, I Am a Muse is a novel about art, inspiration, ageing, choice, free will, loss, passion, insanity, the multiplicity of the self; it also deals with different types of claustrophobia (both psychological and physical).
Published in April 2013.
Set in Shoreditch in London and Cornwall, I Am a Muse is a novel about art, inspiration, ageing, choice, free will, loss, passion, insanity, the multiplicity of the self; it also deals with different types of claustrophobia (both psychological and physical).
The Book of Thoth
Published in February 2015.
The Book of Thoth is inspired by the classic genre of the Gothic novel with a few added twists. It is character and story-led and written in a highly visual style. It is mostly set in 1925 and features time travel, Shakespearean actors, alchemy, curses, Egyptian gods and princesses, ghosts and flappers…
Published in February 2015.
The Book of Thoth is inspired by the classic genre of the Gothic novel with a few added twists. It is character and story-led and written in a highly visual style. It is mostly set in 1925 and features time travel, Shakespearean actors, alchemy, curses, Egyptian gods and princesses, ghosts and flappers…
Our current project:
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The Right Place
Provisional publication date: TBC. This is Arcane Publishing’s next publication and is set in Dorset. It is inspired by PJ Harvey’s song The Wind, by the book Secret Places of West Dorset by Louise Hodgson and by the landscape, history and legends of the county. The cover artwork, which represents St Catherine’s chapel in Abbotsbury, is by local artist Sam Cannon. The novel even has a playlist! |
ARCANE PUBLISHING is a small independent/DIY publishing entity created primarily to publish novels by Carya Gish.
We love telling stories and we have a passion for beautiful books!
We have published two novels and are working on a third one now, with two more stories taking shape...
If you would like to know more about them, please go to their individual pages on the menu at the top of the page and/or check Carya Gish's WEBSITE.
You can read reviews and features about I Am a Muse HERE.
Follow us on Twitter @ArcanePub
Second-hand books
Arcane Publishing also sells second-hand books. We have a great stock of books about music, cinema, music-hall, theatre, general popular culture, history and social history, fashion, beauty... A lot of them are hard-to-find volumes!
We also have some lovely vintage novels by well-known and not-so-well-known authors, as well as a selection of French language vintage, antique and more contemporary books...
We also have some lovely vintage novels by well-known and not-so-well-known authors, as well as a selection of French language vintage, antique and more contemporary books...
You can contact us at the following address: contact@arcanepublishing.net
On 27th February 2016, we co-organised and hosted an evening of poetry, literature and music in London.
Find all the necessary details, a great review and a link to the interview booklet featuring all the artists on our events page HERE.
Find all the necessary details, a great review and a link to the interview booklet featuring all the artists on our events page HERE.
