Downingfield Press
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downingfield.com
Melbourne • Montréal and London
Publishing books for the enquiring mind since 2017. Specialising in non-fiction and poetry.
We accept submissions year round. Emerging writers welcome.
Melbourne • Montréal and London
Publishing books for the enquiring mind since 2017. Specialising in non-fiction and poetry.
We accept submissions year round. Emerging writers welcome.
📘 Want to get your hands on Upheaval: A Story of Russia, Romanovs, and Revolution?
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Upheaval
Step into the glittering world of Imperial Russia – and witness its dramatic fall – through the eyes of Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel. ...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
📘 Want to get your hands on Upheaval: A Story of Russia, Romanovs, and Revolution?
You’ve got options!
🛍️ Buy in-store: Ask your local bookshop to order it in for you. ISBN: 9781923513013
🌐 Find a retailer: www.downingfield.com/upheaval
📱 Prefer digital? Get e-book version! ISBN: 9781923513037
You’ve got options!
🛍️ Buy in-store: Ask your local bookshop to order it in for you. ISBN: 9781923513013
🌐 Find a retailer: www.downingfield.com/upheaval
📱 Prefer digital? Get e-book version! ISBN: 9781923513037
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My books have arrived! So exciting to see the 2nd edition of Upheaval in print! If you're excited too, or would like to purchase the book, visit my website www.alexdefircks.com or check out @downingfield.bsky.social #books #memoir
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My books have arrived! So exciting to see the 2nd edition of Upheaval in print! If you're excited too, or would like to purchase the book, visit my website www.alexdefircks.com or check out @downingfield.bsky.social #books #memoir
Interested in Russian history? Don't miss out – the second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’ is the #1 best selling Imperial Russian history title at the moment!
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November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Interested in Russian history? Don't miss out – the second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’ is the #1 best selling Imperial Russian history title at the moment!
BUY NOW: downingfield.com/upheaval
BUY NOW: downingfield.com/upheaval
NOW AVAILABLE — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
October 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
NOW AVAILABLE — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
Tonight! Use the link and join via MS Teams or directly in your browser
7pm AEST, 15 OCT 2025: Join us for the online launch of the updated second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’, featuring a live Q+A panel discussion between Olga Woronoff's granddaughter Alex de Fircks and Romanov historian Helen Azar.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Tonight! Use the link and join via MS Teams or directly in your browser
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Publication day!!!
NOW AVAILABLE — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
October 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Publication day!!!
NOW AVAILABLE — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
NOW AVAILABLE — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs
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7pm AEST, 15 OCT 2025: Join us for the online launch of the updated second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’, featuring a live Q+A panel discussion between Olga Woronoff's granddaughter Alex de Fircks and Romanov historian Helen Azar.
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
October 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
7pm AEST, 15 OCT 2025: Join us for the online launch of the updated second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’, featuring a live Q+A panel discussion between Olga Woronoff's granddaughter Alex de Fircks and Romanov historian Helen Azar.
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Check out this review by Billy Mills of David Harrison Horton’s NECESSARY: ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/r...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Check out this review by Billy Mills of David Harrison Horton’s NECESSARY: ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/r...
Buy a copy here: downingfield.com/book/necessa...
Buy a copy here: downingfield.com/book/necessa...
COMING SOON — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs #History
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs #History
October 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
COMING SOON — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs #History
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs #History
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Happening next week! I hope to see you there!
7pm AEST, 15 OCT 2025: Join us for the online launch of the updated second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’, featuring a live Q+A panel discussion between Olga Woronoff's granddaughter Alex de Fircks and Romanov historian Helen Azar.
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
October 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Happening next week! I hope to see you there!
7pm AEST, 15 OCT 2025: Join us for the online launch of the updated second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’, featuring a live Q+A panel discussion between Olga Woronoff's granddaughter Alex de Fircks and Romanov historian Helen Azar.
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
October 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
7pm AEST, 15 OCT 2025: Join us for the online launch of the updated second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’, featuring a live Q+A panel discussion between Olga Woronoff's granddaughter Alex de Fircks and Romanov historian Helen Azar.
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
COMING SOON — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs #History
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs #History
September 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
COMING SOON — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs #History
Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.
Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval
#Romanovs #History
📖 COMING SOON from Downingfield Press 📖
UPHEAVAL is Countess Olga Kleinmichel’s gripping memoir of privilege, loss, and survival through a vanished world.
🗓️ Available 13 October 2025
🔗 Learn more: downingfield.com/book/upheaval
#Memoir #RussianHistory #HistoricalMemoir #Bookstagram #Publishing
UPHEAVAL is Countess Olga Kleinmichel’s gripping memoir of privilege, loss, and survival through a vanished world.
🗓️ Available 13 October 2025
🔗 Learn more: downingfield.com/book/upheaval
#Memoir #RussianHistory #HistoricalMemoir #Bookstagram #Publishing
September 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📖 COMING SOON from Downingfield Press 📖
UPHEAVAL is Countess Olga Kleinmichel’s gripping memoir of privilege, loss, and survival through a vanished world.
🗓️ Available 13 October 2025
🔗 Learn more: downingfield.com/book/upheaval
#Memoir #RussianHistory #HistoricalMemoir #Bookstagram #Publishing
UPHEAVAL is Countess Olga Kleinmichel’s gripping memoir of privilege, loss, and survival through a vanished world.
🗓️ Available 13 October 2025
🔗 Learn more: downingfield.com/book/upheaval
#Memoir #RussianHistory #HistoricalMemoir #Bookstagram #Publishing
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UK and US readers can now buy my latest poetry collection "An Ocean Called Hope" directly from the publisher - please do! @downingfield.bsky.social
#poetry
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An Ocean Called Hope
From the windswept Famine Trail of Ireland to the starlit skies of the Southern Hemisphere, this collection by S.C. Flynn explores places and the memories they evoke, weaving reflections on the meanin...
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August 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
UK and US readers can now buy my latest poetry collection "An Ocean Called Hope" directly from the publisher - please do! @downingfield.bsky.social
#poetry
#poetry
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Lilies on the Deathbed of Étaín, my latest book: www.amazon.co.uk/Lil...
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Lilies on the Deathbed of Étaín, my latest book: www.amazon.co.uk/Lil...
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August 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Northern Gravy Anthology: northerngravy.com/pr...
Lilies on the Deathbed of Étaín, my latest book: www.amazon.co.uk/Lil...
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Lilies on the Deathbed of Étaín, my latest book: www.amazon.co.uk/Lil...
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NOW AVAILABLE🔗 downingfield.com/book/necessary
Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.” Discover the poetic force of NECESSARY by David Harrison Horton – a meditation on time, place, and connection through nine-line poems.
Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.” Discover the poetic force of NECESSARY by David Harrison Horton – a meditation on time, place, and connection through nine-line poems.
Necessary
David Harrison Horton’s Necessary is a poetic exploration of time, place, and connection. Drawing on sources as diverse as Babylon...
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July 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
NOW AVAILABLE🔗 downingfield.com/book/necessary
Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.” Discover the poetic force of NECESSARY by David Harrison Horton – a meditation on time, place, and connection through nine-line poems.
Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.” Discover the poetic force of NECESSARY by David Harrison Horton – a meditation on time, place, and connection through nine-line poems.
Discover the poetic force of NECESSARY by David Harrison Horton – a meditation on time, place, and connection through nine-line poems.
Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.”
Available 28 July 🔗 downingfield.com/book/necessary
Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.”
Available 28 July 🔗 downingfield.com/book/necessary
July 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Discover the poetic force of NECESSARY by David Harrison Horton – a meditation on time, place, and connection through nine-line poems.
Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.”
Available 28 July 🔗 downingfield.com/book/necessary
Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.”
Available 28 July 🔗 downingfield.com/book/necessary
“The well-beaten path” leads to something NECESSARY.
In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton crafts a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection.
💬 “This is indeed necessary writing.” — Elizabeth Robinson
Pre-order now for 28 July 2025 release: downingfield.com/book/necessary
In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton crafts a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection.
💬 “This is indeed necessary writing.” — Elizabeth Robinson
Pre-order now for 28 July 2025 release: downingfield.com/book/necessary
July 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“The well-beaten path” leads to something NECESSARY.
In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton crafts a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection.
💬 “This is indeed necessary writing.” — Elizabeth Robinson
Pre-order now for 28 July 2025 release: downingfield.com/book/necessary
In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton crafts a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection.
💬 “This is indeed necessary writing.” — Elizabeth Robinson
Pre-order now for 28 July 2025 release: downingfield.com/book/necessary
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In the mood for some great poetry? Check out our BBP Poetry Series. Available online and at all fine bookshops.
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November 21, 2024 at 1:03 AM
In the mood for some great poetry? Check out our BBP Poetry Series. Available online and at all fine bookshops.
Find a local retailer here: downingfield.com/mbdb_series/...
Find a local retailer here: downingfield.com/mbdb_series/...
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✨NOW AVAILABLE✨
From Ireland’s Famine Trail to the stars of the Southern Hemisphere, AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn @SCyFlynn is a poetic journey through memory, place and identity, connecting Australia, Ireland and beyond. 🌏✨
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From Ireland’s Famine Trail to the stars of the Southern Hemisphere, AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn @SCyFlynn is a poetic journey through memory, place and identity, connecting Australia, Ireland and beyond. 🌏✨
📚 ORDER NOW: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
May 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
✨NOW AVAILABLE✨
From Ireland’s Famine Trail to the stars of the Southern Hemisphere, AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn @SCyFlynn is a poetic journey through memory, place and identity, connecting Australia, Ireland and beyond. 🌏✨
📚 ORDER NOW: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
From Ireland’s Famine Trail to the stars of the Southern Hemisphere, AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn @SCyFlynn is a poetic journey through memory, place and identity, connecting Australia, Ireland and beyond. 🌏✨
📚 ORDER NOW: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
🔮 “The well-beaten path” leads to something NECESSARY.
David Harrison Horton’s NECESSARY is a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection — weaving Babylonian myths, Carolingian history, Marco Polo, Paul Éluard, Elizabeth Willis, and Xinran into a lyrical reckoning with heritage and story.
David Harrison Horton’s NECESSARY is a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection — weaving Babylonian myths, Carolingian history, Marco Polo, Paul Éluard, Elizabeth Willis, and Xinran into a lyrical reckoning with heritage and story.
June 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🔮 “The well-beaten path” leads to something NECESSARY.
David Harrison Horton’s NECESSARY is a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection — weaving Babylonian myths, Carolingian history, Marco Polo, Paul Éluard, Elizabeth Willis, and Xinran into a lyrical reckoning with heritage and story.
David Harrison Horton’s NECESSARY is a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection — weaving Babylonian myths, Carolingian history, Marco Polo, Paul Éluard, Elizabeth Willis, and Xinran into a lyrical reckoning with heritage and story.
Downingfield Press is now accepting non-fiction submissions in:
✨ History
✨ Historical Memoir
✨ Historical Biography
📬 Submit here: downingfield.com/manuscript-s...
#CallForSubmissions #HistoryWriters #HistoricalMemoir #NonFictionWriters
✨ History
✨ Historical Memoir
✨ Historical Biography
📬 Submit here: downingfield.com/manuscript-s...
#CallForSubmissions #HistoryWriters #HistoricalMemoir #NonFictionWriters
June 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Downingfield Press is now accepting non-fiction submissions in:
✨ History
✨ Historical Memoir
✨ Historical Biography
📬 Submit here: downingfield.com/manuscript-s...
#CallForSubmissions #HistoryWriters #HistoricalMemoir #NonFictionWriters
✨ History
✨ Historical Memoir
✨ Historical Biography
📬 Submit here: downingfield.com/manuscript-s...
#CallForSubmissions #HistoryWriters #HistoricalMemoir #NonFictionWriters
Featuring our very own S.C. Flynn @scyflynn.bsky.social tomorrow night, 18 June at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin!
NEW WRITERS SHOWCASE SERIES!
🌟Spotlighting newly published writers across the island of Ireland🌟
Our first event will feature five poets from various parts of Ireland.
🗓️Wed 18 June 2025
🕣6.30-8.30pm
📍Irish Writers Centre, Dublin
🎟️ €5 (via Eventbrite)
irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/wri...
🌟Spotlighting newly published writers across the island of Ireland🌟
Our first event will feature five poets from various parts of Ireland.
🗓️Wed 18 June 2025
🕣6.30-8.30pm
📍Irish Writers Centre, Dublin
🎟️ €5 (via Eventbrite)
irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/wri...
Writers Showcase: The Out of Towners - Irish Writers Centre
Join us at the Irish Writers Centre on Wednesday 18th June at 6.30pm for the first of our Writers Showcase.
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June 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Featuring our very own S.C. Flynn @scyflynn.bsky.social tomorrow night, 18 June at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin!
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month from all of us at Downingfield Press!
We celebrate love, identity, and the power of stories that reflect every shade of the rainbow.
Keep being bold. Keep being you. 🌈📚 #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #DowningfieldPress #booktok
We celebrate love, identity, and the power of stories that reflect every shade of the rainbow.
Keep being bold. Keep being you. 🌈📚 #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #DowningfieldPress #booktok
June 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🏳️🌈 Happy Pride Month from all of us at Downingfield Press!
We celebrate love, identity, and the power of stories that reflect every shade of the rainbow.
Keep being bold. Keep being you. 🌈📚 #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #DowningfieldPress #booktok
We celebrate love, identity, and the power of stories that reflect every shade of the rainbow.
Keep being bold. Keep being you. 🌈📚 #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #DowningfieldPress #booktok