zuntold
London
ZunTold is an independent publishing company, based in Manchester, focusing on
publishing good fiction to support mental health and wellbeing. We publish
Middle Grade and YA fiction and love working with established voices as well as
debut authors. Our authors have been nominated for literary prizes, including
the Carnegie Medal, and won prestigious awards too, like the Lancashire Book of
the Year Award, chosen solely by young people aged 13-14 years of age. We work
with agented authors but twice a year, (in June for YA and in December for
Middle Grade) we open our doors to authors who do not have an agent. We do not
publish picture books as we don’t have the expertise to do so. We publish in
print, e-book and interactive books. We run a programme we call Fiction as
Therapy. Our staff are publishing professionals, writers, editors, counsellors
and psychotherapists who have also trained in Therapeutic Writing. Books are
'healers for the soul' and creative writing brings many health benefits. Our
Fiction as Therapy service offers a therapeutic programme of bibliotherapy
across different age audiences and creative writing for therapeutic purposes,
for young people and adults looking to support their mental and physical health
and wellbeing. There is a growing evidence base that therapeutic writing and
bibliotherapy can support people with long term physical health conditions as
well as improving mental health. We are building links with NHS Trusts and
Social Care providing an online library and blended services of tailored support
to individuals and communities.
