Welcome to Picnic Publishing. We are a new independent house offering original fiction, non-fiction and children's titles. As you can see, our website is something of an on-going project but we do hope to make it interactive in due course, so you can have your say. Meantime we are called 'Picnic' because we believe we are offering reading treats to suit all . . .Thank you for visiting our website, hoping you will return.

There are no brand messages in our titles - we provide books for readers, not products for consumers. Our artists, photographers and writers are diverse, distinct and interesting people: the result is a cultural, visual, entertaining, educational and imaginative mix. We publish what interests us, including politics - and are not afraid to use the word. Unlike many a well-established house, our company is not run on interns. This said, we are proud of ours and commend them and Sussex University where they are studying.

If you would like to meet us, you will find us co-hosting an evening of 'Blues and Books' during the Brighton Festival: Joogleberry's Playhouse, Manchester Street, Brighton, 16 May 2008. Tickets (£8.00) from the Brighton Festival Box Office (see official festival website.) Here, Magdalena's Blue Cafe Band - 'Late night sultriness', The Musician - and Picnic Publishing, will celebrate their CD and book launch with exquisite original jazz. We hope to see you then.