Bywater Books Launches Imprint for Diverse, Queer Books

Bywater Books, Ann Arbor, Mich., is launching Amble Press, an imprint that will primarily publish fiction and narrative nonfiction from writers who identify as people of color and those writing across the broader queer spectrum. Amble Press will be led by managing editor and Lambda Literary Award-winning author Michael Nava.

The first title to be published by Amble Press will be As if Death Summoned by Alan Rose, scheduled for this December. Coming in spring 2021 is the eighth book in Nava's Henry Rios mystery series.

"Amble Press will celebrate and amplify our community's diverse voices, and the unique and compelling stories they have to tell," Nava said. "As the forces of reaction are empowered at the highest levels of society, the arrival of Amble Press could not be more timely and more necessary. Amble Press is committed to publishing books that are bold, entertaining, and of enduring value."

Salem West, publisher of Bywater Books, which was founded in 2004 as a feminist and lesbian press, added: "This is the right time to launch this important imprint, and Michael Nava is absolutely the perfect person to lead the way. Amble Press will continue Bywater Books' strong tradition of publishing a vibrant range of thinkers and writers."

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