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

Ester's local paper is ten years old as of 2009 and is produced by the Ester Republic Press. The paper is known for its quirkiness and rude editorial cartoons. The publisher is a vendor at the Ester market.

Fineberg Research

Richard Fineberg is an investigative journalist specializing in the oil and gas industry. For three decades, Fineberg has researched and reported on economic and environmental issues related to Alaska and global petroleum development. Fineberg came to Alaska in 1969 to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in political science at the University of Alaska, leaving that position in 1971 to devote full time to freelance reporting.

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. The press is a vendor at the Ester market.

Interior Graphics & Printing

McRoy & Blackburn, Publishers

M&B is a family-owned independent book publisher, specializing in fiction of the north. The publisher is a vendor at the Ester market.

PhotoSynthesis Alaska (see also Art & Design)

Writers & Poets