Downingfield Press
@downingfield.bsky.social
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.
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
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
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...
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
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
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
🔮 “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
🏳️🌈 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
🦘🇮🇪 Wallabies on an Irish island? Yes, really.
At the launch of An Ocean Called Hope, S.C. Flynn shares this wild tale—and how it ties into themes of migration, memory, and belonging.
📖 Buy the book: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
#Poetry #SCFlynn #WallabiesInIreland #poetry
At the launch of An Ocean Called Hope, S.C. Flynn shares this wild tale—and how it ties into themes of migration, memory, and belonging.
📖 Buy the book: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
#Poetry #SCFlynn #WallabiesInIreland #poetry
June 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🦘🇮🇪 Wallabies on an Irish island? Yes, really.
At the launch of An Ocean Called Hope, S.C. Flynn shares this wild tale—and how it ties into themes of migration, memory, and belonging.
📖 Buy the book: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
#Poetry #SCFlynn #WallabiesInIreland #poetry
At the launch of An Ocean Called Hope, S.C. Flynn shares this wild tale—and how it ties into themes of migration, memory, and belonging.
📖 Buy the book: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
#Poetry #SCFlynn #WallabiesInIreland #poetry
COMING 28 JULY - A poetic exploration of time, place, and connection. 🌏📚✨
In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton weaves together fragments from mythology, history, literature, and personal reflection to create a powerful meditation on how we understand our place in the world.
In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton weaves together fragments from mythology, history, literature, and personal reflection to create a powerful meditation on how we understand our place in the world.
June 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
COMING 28 JULY - A poetic exploration of time, place, and connection. 🌏📚✨
In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton weaves together fragments from mythology, history, literature, and personal reflection to create a powerful meditation on how we understand our place in the world.
In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton weaves together fragments from mythology, history, literature, and personal reflection to create a powerful meditation on how we understand our place in the world.
✨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...
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...
📖✨ You're invited to the launch of AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn — a journey from Ireland’s Famine Trail to the Southern Cross.
🗓️ Wednesday 4 June 2025
🕣 8.30pm Melbourne / 11.30am Dublin
📍 Online – join from anywhere!
🔗 Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/844546...
🗓️ Wednesday 4 June 2025
🕣 8.30pm Melbourne / 11.30am Dublin
📍 Online – join from anywhere!
🔗 Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/844546...
May 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
📖✨ You're invited to the launch of AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn — a journey from Ireland’s Famine Trail to the Southern Cross.
🗓️ Wednesday 4 June 2025
🕣 8.30pm Melbourne / 11.30am Dublin
📍 Online – join from anywhere!
🔗 Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/844546...
🗓️ Wednesday 4 June 2025
🕣 8.30pm Melbourne / 11.30am Dublin
📍 Online – join from anywhere!
🔗 Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/844546...
From Ireland’s Famine Trail to the stars of the Southern Hemisphere, AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn @scyflynn.bsky.social is a poetic journey through memory, place and identity. A moving collection connecting Australia, Ireland and beyond.
Pre-order available: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
Pre-order available: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
May 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
From Ireland’s Famine Trail to the stars of the Southern Hemisphere, AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn @scyflynn.bsky.social is a poetic journey through memory, place and identity. A moving collection connecting Australia, Ireland and beyond.
Pre-order available: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
Pre-order available: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
📢 Exciting news! Downingfield Press is now an associate member of the Australian Publishers Association! Joining APA gives us access to industry insights, networking opportunities, advocacy support, and resources to strengthen our publishing efforts.
#Publishing #Books
#Publishing #Books
May 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
📢 Exciting news! Downingfield Press is now an associate member of the Australian Publishers Association! Joining APA gives us access to industry insights, networking opportunities, advocacy support, and resources to strengthen our publishing efforts.
#Publishing #Books
#Publishing #Books
📚When Beir Bua Press closed in 2023, we were honoured to welcome eight incredible authors and their books into our family. The BBP Poetry Series is a celebration of poetry that challenges, moves, and inspires. Discover the collection here: downingfield.com/mbdb_series/... #Poetry
April 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📚When Beir Bua Press closed in 2023, we were honoured to welcome eight incredible authors and their books into our family. The BBP Poetry Series is a celebration of poetry that challenges, moves, and inspires. Discover the collection here: downingfield.com/mbdb_series/... #Poetry
Submissions are now open for our 2026 publishing programme. We actively seek submissions that elevate perspectives from traditionally unheard communities. We believe in providing a platform for stories that reflect the lived experiences of individuals from a spectrum of backgrounds.
April 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Submissions are now open for our 2026 publishing programme. We actively seek submissions that elevate perspectives from traditionally unheard communities. We believe in providing a platform for stories that reflect the lived experiences of individuals from a spectrum of backgrounds.
🌊✨ The Observer hailed S.C. Flynn for ‘imagery that catches the imagination off-guard’ and ‘a pen striking the page like flint, stoking the fire of hope.’ Explore his new poetry collection, An Ocean Called Hope. Pre-order now, available 26 May 2025! 📖 #PoetryLovers #NewRelease #Poetry #Books
April 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
🌊✨ The Observer hailed S.C. Flynn for ‘imagery that catches the imagination off-guard’ and ‘a pen striking the page like flint, stoking the fire of hope.’ Explore his new poetry collection, An Ocean Called Hope. Pre-order now, available 26 May 2025! 📖 #PoetryLovers #NewRelease #Poetry #Books
✨NEW RELEASE📚 ORDER TODAY! Available online and at all fine bookshops.
Find a local or online retailer here: downingfield.com/book/the-fab... and enjoy this treasure of a work from @whatisapoem.bsky.social and @garybarwin.bsky.social
#poetry #WritingCommunity
Find a local or online retailer here: downingfield.com/book/the-fab... and enjoy this treasure of a work from @whatisapoem.bsky.social and @garybarwin.bsky.social
#poetry #WritingCommunity
December 1, 2024 at 6:17 AM
✨NEW RELEASE📚 ORDER TODAY! Available online and at all fine bookshops.
Find a local or online retailer here: downingfield.com/book/the-fab... and enjoy this treasure of a work from @whatisapoem.bsky.social and @garybarwin.bsky.social
#poetry #WritingCommunity
Find a local or online retailer here: downingfield.com/book/the-fab... and enjoy this treasure of a work from @whatisapoem.bsky.social and @garybarwin.bsky.social
#poetry #WritingCommunity
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/...
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/...