We publish books, and we help communities write their own.
We publish books by authors and artists. We also help communities and cultural organizations gather memories, research their history, make a book, and preserve the archive behind it.
Based on the Widespread Panic song, Conrad the Caterpillar has a big change coming. Illustrations by Rattlesnakes and Rainbows (Sarah Stewart) follow him through every stage of his metamorphosis.
A Chatham Rabbits song transformed into a hand-painted story of the Kentucky Pack Horse Librarians of the Great Depression, for families, classrooms, and young readers. Includes an educator's guide.
After Hurricane Helene, the people of Hot Springs, North Carolina, told the story themselves. Released on the storm’s first anniversary, the book brings together photographs, captions and firsthand accounts from 48 local contributors.
The first volume of the Appalachian Memory Project. Lifelong residents of Spring Creek, in Madison County, NC, share memories of farming, faith, family and music, with photos from their own albums.
Books turn scattered material into something people can hold, share, revisit, and pass on.
A book can cover one artist’s career, one community’s experience, or the history of one place.
“Million Memory Project helped our community tell the story of our response to Hurricane Helene, helping preserve it for generations to come, and raising over $10,000 for our emergency services.”
The book is the visible outcome. The archive is the lasting one.
Every project has an archive: the interviews, photographs, documents, captions, permissions, and source records, organized so future readers, families, and researchers can use them.
Built to last
We build our own software and partner with companies like TheirStory to organize large collections. People still decide what goes in the book.
We work with artists, community groups, and cultural institutions to make books with lasting impact, from gathering the first memories to printing the book and preserving the archive.
