Ester has more publishers per capita than perhaps any other community in the state. Add in all the editors, librarians, journalists, printers, and writers, and you won't find a more literary village in the Interior.

Editing

Carla Helfferich

Journalism & Reporters

The Ester Republic

Publishing & Printing

Ester Republic Press

Publisher of books and the local periodicals The Ester Republic and The Local Et Cetera, this press is a woman-owned independent business established in 1999. Concentrations are poetry, graphic novels and cartoon collections, and nonfiction relating to Alaska and the Tanana Valley.

Interior Graphics & Printing

McRoy & Blackburn, Publishers

M&B is a family-owned independent book publisher, specializing in fiction of the north.

PhotoSynthesis Alaska (see also Art & Design)

Writers & Poets