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Swift Press is an award-winning independent publishing company that launched in June 2020. Part of the Independent Alliance, we publish fiction and a wide range of non-fiction.

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Book cover: The Taoiseach

The Taoiseach

Iain Dale

The political history of modern Ireland told through the lives of its leaders

Book cover: One Hand Clapping

One Hand Clapping

Nikolay Kukushkin

Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin reveals the miracle by which consciousness evolved out of the natural world - from the birth of the cell to the majesty of our modern minds.

Book cover: Hostage

Hostage

Eli Sharabi

Eli Sharabi, a survivor of 491 days in Hamas captivity, recounts the harrowing ordeal of his abduction from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th, 2023, the loss of his wife and daughters, and his unyielding resolve to survive

Book cover: Pots of Gold

Pots of Gold

David Hendon

How snooker took over the world

Book cover: What’s with Baum?

What’s with Baum?

Woody Allen

Woody Allen’s first novel

Book cover: Everything Will Swallow You

Everything Will Swallow You

Tom Cox

The new novel by the cult bestseller Tom Cox

Book cover: The Incidental Feminist

The Incidental Feminist

Tina Gaudoin

A close-up look at the woman behind the politician

Book cover: Tony Blair

Tony Blair

Steve Richards

A short and provocative biography of Tony Blair from a political journalist who saw it all

Book cover: Last Words

Last Words

Richard Holloway

The last testament of one of the most turbulent priests of his generation

Book cover: A Beginner’s Guide to Dying

A Beginner’s Guide to Dying

Simon Boas

Thoughts on how to live from someone dying at 46

Book cover: The Seventh Floor

The Seventh Floor

David McCloskey

The third novel by the author of Damascus Station and Moscow X

Book cover: Drayton and Mackenzie

Drayton and Mackenzie

Alexander Starritt

An ambitious, engaging and very moving novel about achievement, drive and friendship


Updates

The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck has been shortlisted for the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award

Ben Shattuck‘s acclaimed collection of short stories The History of Sound has been selected as one of 10 books. The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award is one of the nation’s leading literary prizes.

Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt has been longlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025

The ‘examination of the nature of business genius’ Alexander Starritt‘s Drayton and Mackenzie is the first novel in fifteen years to make the longlist for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025.