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SPOTLIGHT ON LUNA PRESS PUBLISHING
Luna Press Publishing™ is an award-winning independent UK press, founded in 2015 by author Francesca T. Barbini. We deal with Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Dark Fantasy, in both fiction and academia. We are also a proud member of Publishing Scotland.
We work with agents, published authors and new writers. We take pride in our family - the Luna family - and we work hard to promote and support it.
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We are very keen to create writing opportunities and to promote inclusiveness in the publishing industry. We work with worthy partners to give back to the community. Some of our books are affiliated to charities, so when you buy a book in our store you are also giving to charity. The donations are taken from Luna's own share of the profit. Discover more on the Luna Charity page.
We run several projects, some of which are open to submissions all year round.
You can see the status of these projects on our submissions page.
We are very excited to be a home for creativity and look forward to journeying with you.
ABOUT FRANCESCA T. BARBINI
Francesca T Barbini was born and raised in Rome, Italy. After years of volunteer work around the world, she completed a MA Honours in Religious Studies at New College, Edinburgh, focusing on the Ancient Near East and the Dead Sea Scrolls, followed by a PGDE at Edinburgh University.
In 2011, she began self-publishing her YA SF series Tijaran Tales, subsequently receiving a publication contract by Canadian Oloris Publishing.
In January 2015 she officially started Luna Press Publishing, home of speculative fiction in fiction and academia.
In 2018 she won the British Fantasy Award for Non-Fiction, as Editor of "Gender Identity and Sexuality in Fantasy and Science Fiction".
In 2021 she won the British Fantasy Award for Best Independent Press.
In 2022 she won the British Science Fiction Award for Best Non-Fiction, as Editor of "Worlds Apart. Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction".
Francesca is the Managing Editor of The Sci-fi & Fantasy Network - SFFN - Publication Support for the Tolkien Society, and BSFA Awards Booklet Designer.
