North of Quiet Press
North of Quiet Press
Contemplative books and journals. Made for stillness.
A Place to be Still Journal
You don't need to have the right words. Just a place to start.For the kind of thinking that doesn't happen out loud - quiet, honest, and often overdue. Short reflections, practical prompts, and open space. Use it when you need it. Skip what doesn't fit.Whether it's for you or someone you care about, this is a place to sort things out.
Windowsill Thoughts Journal
A journal for noticing. Some pages ask, some offer space. Write a sentence, a fragment, or just rest your hand on the page.For the pauses between what came before and what comes next.
Where the Fire Waits
A recovery journal for the space between surviving and thriving. No inspirational quotes, no gratitude assignments.Just space to write what's actually happening when you're tired of pretending you have it figured out.
Matchstick & Moth Vol. 1
A recovery journal for the pull between compelling and uncertain. For the days you show up with clarity and the days you don't know what to write.No fixing, no pressure - just quiet pages for doubt, hope, anger, and softness. Space to tend the fire without burning out.
Matchstick & Moth Vol. 2
Reflective prose for the slow return after addiction - not to who you were, but to who you're becoming. Through folding towels, boiling water, watching light move across a floor, these pages map the small, ordinary acts that rebuild a life.No grand revelations, just the quiet recognition that showing up, again and again, is enough.
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Lantern and Fern Publishing
Lantern and Fern Publishing
Interactive books for families. Made for the floor, the couch, or the car ride home.
The Purple Lantern
An Interactive Family Adventure
A playful interactive story designed for families to read and explore together.Follow the lantern’s glow through puzzles, choices, and small discoveries as the adventure unfolds. Inspired by classic “choose your own adventure” stories, The Purple Lantern invites curiosity, imagination, and shared moments between parent and child.
Together: A Co-Regulation Coloring Set for Families (Adult Edition)
The adult edition of a three-book co-regulation coloring set. Each page mirrors the same animal across all three editions (adult, ages 7-12, ages 3-6) with age-appropriate detail.Designed for families to color side by side, slow down, and reconnect - one breath, one page at a time.
Together: A Co-Regulation Coloring Set for Families (Ages 7-12)
A co-regulation coloring book for children (ages 7-12). Pairs with Adult's edition and ages and 3-6 - each page features the same animal at age-appropriate detail levels so families can color together and reconnect through shared presence.
Together: A Co-Regulation Coloring Set for Families (Ages 3-6)
A co-regulation coloring book for children (ages 3-6). Pairs with Adult's edition and ages and 7-12 - each page features the same animal at age-appropriate detail levels so families can color together and reconnect through shared presence.
Brought to Press
Your book exists.
Let's make it real.
You've been carrying something — a manuscript, a method, a story that keeps returning. You know it's ready. What you don't know is how to move it from a document on your desktop to a book someone can hold.That's exactly what I do. And I do all of it.
I run two imprints entirely on my own.
Now that pipeline is available to you.
Writing, interior design, cover design, metadata, ISBN registration, KDP setup — I handle every stage of publication for my own books. I've built journals, guided tools, and prose collections. Each one made with care, from first draft to live listing.When you work with me, that same process is yours. This isn't formatting-as-a-service. It's a real publication, treated like one.
What's Included
Interior layout and typesetting
Designed in Affinity Publisher. Clean, intentional, built for the reader.
Cover design
You've been carrying something — a manuscript, a method, a story that keeps returning. You know it's ready. What you don't know is how to move it from a document on your desktop to a book someone can hold.That's exactly what I do. And I do all of it.
Print-ready KDP files
Properly formatted and spec'd. Everything you need to upload without guesswork.
Metadata brief
Title, subtitle, description, categories, and keywords — written to be found, not just to sound good.
Plain-language upload walkthrough
A clear, step-by-step guide so you can publish on your own account, in your own time, without needing me in the room.
One round of revisions
Collaborative and clear. Not open-ended.
Your book, entirely
You retain 100% of your rights and 100% of your royalties. I'm a service provider, not a partner or publisher. What you make is yours.
$1'800
Flat rate · No hidden scope
Four-week turnaround from manuscript receipt. Payment split: half to begin, half on delivery. I take a small number of projects at a time — not as a marketing tactic, but because the work deserves real attention.This service is for text-based books — journals, guides, memoirs, prose collections, workbooks. It doesn't currently include illustrated or children's books, or ebook formatting. Not sure if your project fits? Just ask.
Tell me about your book
Send me a short note — what the book is, where it's at, and what you're looking for. I read everything and reply personally. If it feels like a good fit, we'll go from there.
No intake forms. Just an email.
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North of Quiet Press
About
Kelly Ryan writes, designs, and publishes books in Alberta, Canada. Two imprints. Everything made in-house. North of Quiet Press for the quiet work. Lantern & Fern for the moments families make together.
© North of Quiet Press. All rights reserved.