Free consciousness lost; reason has slept

Jean Cavalier

Yellow House Publishing Ltd the leading independent Northern Ireland Free Press Publisher

Welcome to Yellow House Publishing Ltd Est 2022, we are an independent Northern Ireland based publisher. Committed to bringing contemporary poetry and short story fiction from across our shared Islands directly to our readers.

Our mission is to support the creative bardic tradition, propagated by diverse communities for millennia across our shared Isles. The oral traditions of story and place expressed through the written word. Traditions held fast to core principles of openness, critical discussion, tolerance, and free speech, are all at the centre of our publishing ethos.

Our vision for Yellow House Publishing is to produce literary publications and support the Irish and British writer. We are funded not through arts grants or government funding models, but by our readers and individual patrons. While recognising that public funding avenues for arts and literature are important, the goal for Yellow House Publishing is to retain independence and autonomy of the publishing process. This will allow us to minimise those external factors that stifle creative freedom, and in the process also allow us as a publisher to evolve in terms of further developing our own ethos and fulfilling our own goals.

YHP is committed to having dedicated space for authors writing in the Gaelic language. Whether in Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Manx Gaelic and Ulster Scots, we encourage you to submit your work. The freedom and liberty of Yellow House Publishing Ltd is also freedom for the author, because we are simply in the business of publishing good artistic work from new and emerging writers from within the Island of Ireland and United Kingdom only. New Isles Press, Issue 5 open call for submissions 1st Oct 2025. [More information & submission guidelines here]

Update New Releases Coming Soon.
At Yellow House Publishing, we are proud to champion bold, original voices in contemporary Irish and British literature. Two new releases exemplify our commitment to literary excellence. 

The Longitude of Love by Irish poet and author Kieran Beville is a powerful exploration of masculine intimacy. Through sensuous, reflective, and unflinchingly honest poems, Beville traces the emotional geography of love, loss, and longing, cementing his place as a leading voice in Irish poetry. 

Meanwhile, Anything Strange or Startling marks the highly anticipated debut short story collection by Northern Irish writer Tony Black, arriving in October 2025. A long-established presence in Irish literary journals and a two-time Colm Tóibín Award finalist, Black brings a lyrical voice, sharp wit, and deep empathy to stories spanning decades—from 1950s Belfast jazz clubs to 1980s adolescence. Together, these titles reflect Yellow House Publishing’s dedication to showcasing work that is contemporary and resonant, intellectually engaging, and artistically fearless.



 




Chairman of Yellow House Publishing Ltd

Dr Connal Parr is Assistant Professor in History at Northumbria University. He studied Modern History at the University of Oxford and then completed a PhD.

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Linda Ervine MBE

Linda Ervine is the manager of the Turas Irish language project. When she began learning Irish in 2011, no one would have conceived of the idea of an Irish language centre in the heart of east Belfast.

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Hanna Nielson

Hanna Nielson is a writer-editor-filmmaker in Belfast, and Editor in Chief of The Belfast Review. We are delighted in welcoming Hanna onto the editorial team 2025. Hanna will be editing Issue 4 New Isles Press.

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Alan Millar

Author Alan Millar is a journalist, writer, and poet from the Laggan area of East Donegal, now living in Ballymoney, County Antrim. He writes in both Ulster-Scots and English, exploring the richness of language and place through his work.

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Dr Arthur Broomfield Editor

Yellow House Publishing are delighted to welcome Dr Arthur Broomfield onto the editorial team Dr Broomfield will be editor in chief New Isles Press: Flying Machines, Meaisíní Eitilte, Issue 5. Dr Arthur Broomfield is the author of nine works, including five poetry collections, a study of Samuel Beckett, a novel, and a memoir of an Irish farmer.

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