Onlywomen Press (briefly known as The Women's Press[1][2]) was a feminist press based in London. It was the only feminist press to be founded by out lesbians, Lilian Mohin, Sheila Shulman, and Deborah Hart.[1] It commenced publishing in 1974 and was one of five notably active feminist publishers in the 1990s.[3][4][5]
Status | Defunct |
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Founded | 1974 |
Founders | Lilian Mohin, Sheila Shulman, and Deborah Hart |
Defunct | 2010 |
Country of origin | England |
Headquarters location | London |
Distribution | International |
Publication types | Books, pamphlets |
Nonfiction topics | Lesbian feminism and feminist literary criticism |
Fiction genres | Feminist science fiction, lesbian literature, feminist poetry |
Official website | www |
Onlywomen was unique from other British feminist presses because it both printed and published material. This allowed them to control all parts of the "chain of cultural production"[6] and to "subsidize publishing activity"[6] by printing books.
Between 1986 and 1988 it published the journal Gossip: A Journal of Lesbian Feminist Ethics.[7][1]
Writers published in the press often read their work at Gay's the Word bookshop.[8]
A number of noted lesbian writers published by Onlywomen Press include Anna Livia, Margaret Sloan-Hunter, Jay Taverner, Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson, Sylvia Martin and Sheila Jeffreys.
Its last book, a children's book, was published in 2010.[3]
Works published
Fiction
- Livia, Anna (1988). Bulldozer Rising. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500279.
- Forbes, Caroline (1985). The Needle on Full: Lesbian Feminist Science Fiction. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 978-0906500194.
- Klepfisz, Irena (1985). Different Enclosures: The Poetry and Prose of Irena Klepfisz. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500170.
- Livia, Anna (1986). Incidents Involving Warmth: A Collection of Lesbian Feminist Love Stories.
- Dorcey, Mary (1989). A Noise from the Woodshed. ISBN 9780906500309.
- Livia, Anna; Mohin, Lilian (1989). The Pied Piper: Lesbian Feminist Fiction. Onlywomen. ISBN 9780906500293.
- Duncker, Patricia, ed. (1990). In and Out of Time: Lesbian Feminist Fiction. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500378.
- Natzler, Caroline (1990). Water Wings. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500385.
- Edwards, Nicky (1990). Stealing Time. Onlywomen. ISBN 9780906500316.
- Arrowsmith, Pat (1998). Many Are Called. Onlywomen. ISBN 978-0906500590.
- Dykewomon, Elana (2000). Beyond the Pale: A Novel. Onlywomen. ISBN 9780906500637.
Poetry
- Mohin, Lilian, ed. (1979). One Foot on the Mountain: An Anthology of British Feminist Poetry, 1969-1979. Onlywomen Press Limited. ISBN 978-0906500019.
- Carthew, Natasha (1999) Flash Reckless ISBN 9780906500705.
- Dorcey, Mary (1982). Kindling. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500095. 978-0906500705
- Grahn, Judy (1985). The Work of a Common Woman. Only women. ISBN 9780906500200.
- Mohin, Lilian (1987). Beautiful Barbarians: Lesbian Feminist Poetry. Onlywomen. ISBN 9780906500231.
- Namjoshi, Suniti (1989). Because of India: Selected Poems and Fables. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500330.
- Hacker, Marilyn (1990). The Hang-glider's Daughter: New and Selected Poems. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500361.
- Foley, Kate (1994). Soft Engineering. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500514.
- Kendall, Tina (1995). Lightning On My Tongue. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 978-0906500507.
- Dykewomon, Elana (1995). Nothing will be as sweet as the taste. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 0906500575.
- Mohin, Lilian, ed. (1999). Not for the Academy: Lesbian Poets. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500606.
Nonfiction
- Rhodes, Dusty; McNeill, Sandra, eds. (1985). Women Against Violence Against Women. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 0906500168.
- Lucia Hoagland, Sarah; Penelope, Julia, eds. (1988). For Lesbians Only: A Separatist Anthology. Onlywomen. ISBN 9780906500286.
- Jay, Karla; Glasgow, Joanne, eds. (1992). Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions.
- Kitzinger, Celia; Perkins, Rachel (1993). Changing Our Minds: Lesbian Feminism and Psychology. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814746455.
- Raitt, Suzanne, ed. (1995). Volcanoes and Pearl Divers: Essays in Lesbian Feminist Studies. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 0906500486.
- Menasche, Ann (1997). Leaving the Life: Lesbians, Ex-Lesbians and the Heterosexual Imperative. Onlywomen. ISBN 978-0906500538.
- Martin, Sylvia (2001). Passionate Friends: Mary Fullerton, Mabel Singleton & Miles Franklin. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 9780906500644.
Papers
- Rich, Adrienne (1981). Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence. ISBN 0906500079.
- Leeds Revolutionary Feminist Group (1981). Love Your Enemy?: The Debate Between Heterosexual Feminism and Political Lesbianism. Onlywomen Press. ISBN 0906500087.