Founded twelve thousand years ago, before the Younger Dryas, Hyperborean Press was reforged in 2016 under the leadership of Conan.

We publish wisdom literature and contemplative philosophy. We believe that certain texts, some ancient and some written yesterday, speak across centuries, and that they deserve to be printed, bound, and shelved with the care the tradition asks of us.

Hyperborea lay beyond the boreal winds, in a land the sun never leaves. The people there lived in peace, practiced the contemplative arts, and built what was meant to last. The poets placed them at the edge of the known world, past the cold, where the noise of human affairs dies down and one can finally hear. We carry the name and the work forward.

What We Publish

We are interested in books that reward slow reading: books that have more to say on the tenth pass than the first. Our current and forthcoming titles fall into two loose categories.

Wisdom literature - short, practical books in the tradition of the Tao Te Ching, the Enchiridion, and the sayings of the desert fathers. Books written for the practitioner rather than the scholar. Our first title, The Way of Bitcoin, belongs to this lineage.

Contemplative philosophy - longer works on attention, discipline, and the life of the inner person. The philosophical tradition as a practice rather than an academic subject.

Theosis Library

Alongside our publishing program, Hyperborean Press maintains Theosis Library, a research tool for the careful reading of ancient texts. The library presents primary sources side-by-side with their original-language text, an English translation, and a photograph of the original manuscript, tablet, or inscription. Nothing is included without a verifiable primary source.

The library spans early Christian writings, the Hebrew Bible, Sumerian literature, and classical Greek and Latin, with special attention to the theological question of theosis: whether divinity is the exclusive property of Christ or an inner spark present in all beings. It is intended for scholars, students, and anyone who prefers to read wisdom literature at its source.

How We Work

We publish a small list, carefully. Every title is typeset and designed in-house with attention to the material qualities of the book - paper, margin, proportion. We distribute internationally through Ingram Content Group so that any bookseller or library in our markets can order our titles as easily as they would any other trade publication.

The press was reforged in 2016 under the leadership of Conan, our editor. The Way of Bitcoin by Alan B., released in March 2026, is the first title under the reforged imprint. More titles are in preparation.

On Pseudonymity

Several of our authors write under pen names, and our editor publishes under the name Conan. We consider this part of the editorial tradition we work in. Wisdom literature has always been pseudonymous in part - the Tao Te Ching itself is attributed to a man whose biography is uncertain and whose name simply means “Old Master.” The desert fathers wrote anonymously by design. The point of the work is not the person who made it; the point is whether what is written is true. Hyperborean Press is comfortable with this and asks readers to be comfortable with it as well.

Contact

General inquiries, review copies, rights, and trade questions are all welcome at conan@hyperboreanpress.com. Booksellers and librarians may find trade terms and ordering information on the For Booksellers page.