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.
InThe Faery Handbag, Kelly Link invites readers into a world where the ordinary and the impossible rest uneasily side by side. Genevieve grows up in the orbit of her grandmother Zofia, whose stories—of a vanished country, of long-remembered histories, of fantastic creatures contained within a vast handbag—hover between affectionate eccentricity and unsettling truth. Read more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It was a very late decision to attend the CODEX Book Art Fair in Oakland two weekends ago, but I’m happy I did. Held every two years, the fair brings together an international community of book artists and enthusiasts. It was a great deal of fun meeting some of the people we’ve worked with before and others whose work we’ve admired from a far.
Things didn’t slow down one bit in December here at CTP Headquarters, and January has been more of the same. Here’s a look at some of the things that have been keeping us busy.
It’s been a while since we sent out one of our Gyaffs, so we have a lot to catch up on. This one covers what we’re doing to deliver books faster, fewer pre-orders books in 2026, why these changes are important to us (and you, our dear collector), individual title updates, Bound for Good, and some time off.
