books by post

BRIGHTON TOWN PRESS was founded in 2009. We are following in the footsteps of Brighton Books Publishing, beginning to build a catalogue of publications based on a seventeen year legacy.

We are publishing a variety of new books about Brighton and its history.

The books are a patchwork of historical research, interviews, hitherto unpublished photographs, maps, quotations from documents, compiled with different groups of people according to the subject matter of the book. This mixture of sources of information makes for a lively account of either a particular part of Brighton, or Brighton at a particular time in its history. The conventional language of official documents is contrasted with informal memories and observations in the spoken, and, sometimes, the written word of personal accounts. Using visual material architects drawings contrast with photographs, maps, prints and paintings.

The books are designed guide book size with keynote text and annotation galleys to make them great companions on a trip back in time.

We hope that you will will enjoy browsing the books that you see here in our site. Our aim is to bring local history back to life.

Selma Montford
Publisher, Brighton Town Press