About Us
About Us
The Indigo Press is an independent publisher of contemporary fiction and non-fiction, based in London. Guided by a spirit of internationalism, feminism and social justice, we publish books to make readers see the world afresh, question their behaviour and beliefs, and imagine a better future.
Susie Nicklin
Founder, Publisher & Commissioning Editor
Susie (she/her) began her career at The Bodley Head publishers and co-founded foreign rights specialist The Marsh Agency in 1993. She was Director of English PEN from 2002 – 2005, and inaugurated its translation programme (now PEN Translates). She was Director of Literature at the British Council from 2005 – 2013, creating international literary partnerships and events.
From 2015 – 2019 she was the owner of award-winning independent bookshop Dulwich Books, and she produced and directed ten literary festivals in that time. She founded The Indigo Press in 2018.
Phoebe Barker
Marketing Manager
Phoebe (she/her) is a digital marketing specialist with experience in campaign creation and website development. She has a Creative Writing degree, is qualified with the Chartered Institute of Marketing and previously worked in roles with technology start-ups undergoing venture capital growth.
Orla Schatzlein
Publishing Trainee
Orla (she/her) is a publishing trainee with editorial experience working on a number of literary journals. She has a degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature from UCL. She currently divides her time between translation rights for the Marsh agency and independent publishing at The Indigo Press.
Mercedes Anaeto
Publishing Trainee
Mercedes (she/her) joined The Marsh Agency in November 2022 under a Creative Access traineeship where she divides her time between rights, accounts and independent publishing house The Indigo Press. She has a degree in English Literature with Philosophy and Japanese and is currently doing a master’s at the University of Hertfordshire in Literature and Culture.
Our featured books
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Between Dog and Wolf -
Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Centre of the World -
The Parenthood Dilemma: Decisions in our age of uncertainty (signed edition) -
Charleston: Race, Water & the Coming Storm -
Pearl: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 (signed edition) -
Burnt Eucalyptus Wood: On Origins, Language and Identity -
Constance -
Riambel -
The Consequences: Stories -
Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender & the Body -
Epic Annette: A Heroine’s Tale -
The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism & Barbarism -
Arrival -
Walking on Cowrie Shells: Short Stories -
Kyle Theory: Drawing Things That Shouldn’t Need Explaining -
Tomorrow Is Too Late: An International Youth Manifesto For Climate Justice -
My Body Keeps Your Secrets: Dispatches on Shame and Reclamation -
Yes Yes More More -
Lessons in Love and Other Crimes (signed edition) -
Chauvo-Feminism: On Sex, Power and #MeToo -
An Artificial Revolution: On Power, Politics & AI -
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science -
An Act of Defiance -
I Choose Elena: On Trauma, Memory and Survival -
The Twittering Machine: How Capitalism Stole Our Social Life -
Silence Is My Mother Tongue -
The Clothesline Swing -
Wonder Valley -
These Bones Will Rise Again