Award-winning illustrator Greg Manchess first brought Asimov’s world to life in Foundation with his cinematic, signature style. Now he returns for Foundation and Empire, contributing six new paintings reproduced as fold-out illustrations and six full-page pen-and-ink portraits printed letterpress.
Conversation Tree Press is a small, independent Canadian publisher run by a husband and wife team. We create thoughtfully designed limited editions of modern and classic fiction, drawing on the traditions of fine press bookmaking—hand binding, fine materials, and a harmonious design. Learn more.
Lord Dunsany’s The King of Elfland’s Daughter
A tale of love, loss, and the pull between the mortal and the magical,The King of Elfland’s Daughteris one of the most enduring works of early fantasy. With prose of shimmering lyricism, Lord Dunsany evokes a realm of enchantment that lies just beyond “the fields we know,” where time moves to a different rhythm and beauty is tinged with melancholy. Read more.
Guy Gavriel Kay’s Tigana
We’re delighted to present our limited edition of Guy Gavriel Kay’s TIGANA. Lavishly illustrated by Julien Delval and inspired by the spirit of Renaissance Italy, this edition draws on Italian typography, materials, and craftsmanship to honour the novel’s richly Italianate world. Read more.
Michael Moorcock’s The Chronicles of Elric
Conversation Tree Press is proud to presentThe Chronicles of Elric, a six-volume, letterpress-printed edition of Michael Moorcock’s seminal work. Set within a multiverse shaped by arcane forces, ancient empires, and cosmic imbalance, the Elric stories shattered the conventions of sword and sorcery. Read more.
China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station
We’ve been working on Perdido Street Station for over two years—China Miéville’s award-winning introduction to the richly imagined world of Bas-Lag, where the boundaries between science, magic, and nightmare dissolve. But my connection to the novel goes back more than twenty years to a chance encounter in a bookstore that changed the course of my life. Read more.
Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility
Time, memory, and human connection ripple across centuries inSea of Tranquility, a novel by Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel. Conversation Tree Press is honoured to present a letterpress-printed, signed, limited edition of this haunting and intricately woven novel of pandemics, temporal anomalies, and the fragile threads that connect us. Read more.
Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash
Few novels have shaped the digital age like Snow Crash. A mind-bending fusion of cyberpunk, satire, and linguistic theory, Neal Stephenson’s groundbreaking work redefined speculative fiction and foresaw the rise of virtual worlds, digital economies, and the internet as we know it. Now, Subterranean Press and Conversation Tree Press are proud to announce their joint edition of this seminal novel. Read more.

Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas - Collector's Edition
Limited to 400 copies, the Collector's Edition is cloth bound and letterpress printed with over 42 illustrations by Tom Kidd. It features the unabridged translation by Frederick Paul Walter.

Joe Hill’s Faun - Standard Edition
Limited to 500 copies, each signed by Joe Hill and Francois Vaillancourt, the Standard State of Faun is letterpress printed, hand bound and lavishly illustrated.
Recent News
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September 25, 2025
Foundation Copies Available Tomorrow, and Foundation and Empire News
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September 10, 2025
Updates on Weird., Our Ongoing Collection of Weird Fiction
Weird. brings together original collections of the best stories of weird fiction in volumes that honour both the texts and the traditions of fine bookmaking. Every title is produced with the same commitment to strong typography, careful design, and close collaboration with artists, printers, and binders.
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June 30, 2025
Julien Delval Brings TIGANA to Life + More Deluxe Copies with Rights
We’re delighted to share that acclaimed artist Julien Delval is illustrating our upcoming edition of Guy Gavriel Kay’s Tigana. All three editions—Collector’s, Deluxe, and Lettered—will be issued in two volumes.