About Dottir Press

Dottir Press takes a feminist approach to publishing and artistic production, working to fill the absences in both our history and present culture through storytelling in all forms and for all ages.

Dottir Press

  • Actively transmits feminist intellectual production

  • Believes stories are rooted in subjectivity

  • Ushers forth narratives that are suppressed in widely distributed channels

  • Nurtures the voices we most need to hear

  • Fosters conversation and collaboration between our artists

  • Sets children’s literature in reality

  • Creates novel ways of getting stories to their rightful audiences

  • Proposes a functional business model for radical work

JB and two young Dottir Press staffers—Sigrid Eyal, Book Club Guide creator, and chief shipping clerk Skuli—on the Highline, near our office, September 2019.

Dottir Press was founded in 2017 and launched with the fall 2018 season. The name denotes a female descendant and speaks to Dottir’s mission of passing on and building upon feminist intellectual and creative legacies.