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Small Engine Press

Books that move with the precision of a well-made thing

An independent publisher of carefully considered works — texts that endure, ideas that matter, editions made to last.

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About the Press

Publishing with intention,
since the beginning

Small Engine Press was founded on a simple conviction: that good books, made well, find their readers. We work with writers whose voices resist easy categorisation — texts that open questions rather than close them, ideas that accumulate meaning across a lifetime of reading.

Our process is slow by design. Each title moves through editing, design, and production with the attention it deserves. We believe the physical object of the book carries meaning alongside the words it holds.

We publish in small, considered runs. Quality over volume. Permanence over noise.

"The job of a press is not to publish books, but to bring certain kinds of thinking into the world." — Editorial Statement
  • Independent editorial judgment
  • Rigorous attention to design
  • Long-term author relationships
  • Sustainable, small-run production
  • Open to unsolicited submissions

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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Child Disability
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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Child Disability

Dan McEvoy

An original critical vocabulary tracing the terms we use to understand, describe, and construct childhood disability — from access and agency through to voice and wellbeing.

Each entry is a close reading: of a word's history, its contested uses, and the stakes involved in how we choose to speak. Essential reading for educators, practitioners, researchers, and anyone who works alongside disabled children and their families.

Publisher Small Engine Press
Category Education · Disability Studies
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Forthcoming 2027
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The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A landmark of American feminist literature. This edition includes an introduction examining the text's medical and literary context.
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A Mind That Found Itself
Clifford W. Beers
A Mind That Found Itself
Clifford W. Beers
The foundational memoir of the mental health reform movement. A first-person account of institutional life and recovery.
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Insane Asylums Unveiled
Mrs. E. P. W. Packard
Insane Asylums Unveiled
Mrs. E. P. W. Packard
A Victorian-era exposé of asylum conditions, written by a woman wrongfully committed. A document of courage and resistance.

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