September 2026

Hugh Trevor and the Demand for Recognition

P-Wave Classics restores Thomas Holcroft's The Adventures of Hugh Trevor to print in a three-volume edition. Published amid the upheavals of the 1790s, its radical demand for dignity and recognition speaks directly to our own age of transformation. Volume I, edited with notes and an introduction by L.A. Davenport, is published on 19 January 2027 in paperback and ebook. Read More…

The High Street as Cultural Heartbeat: Why Bookshops Must Be Saved

As The Bookseller and The Stage call on the government to extend business rates relief to bookshops and theatres, P-Wave Press adds its voice to the campaign. Here's why the survival of independent bookshops matters to us, and to the cultural fabric of the whole country. Read More…

The Female Quixote Volume II Is Now Available

Volume II of Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote is published today, completing the P-Wave Classics edition of one of the eighteenth century's most witty and intellectually provocative novels. As Arabella is taken out of her father's castle and into a society she has only ever read about, the comedy sharpens and the novel's most searching questions about imagination, independence and the cost of becoming sensible move to their celebrated resolution. Read More…

Forthcoming from P-Wave Press: Pushing the Wave 2025

The fourth volume in L.A. Davenport's illustrated essay series Pushing the Wave is published 17 November 2026 in hardback and paperback. Preorder from P-Wave Press. Read More…

Publisher Direct Now Available to Readers in Australia

Publisher Direct pricing is now available to readers in Australia. From 1 September, Australian readers can buy P-Wave Press print editions directly from us at savings of 25–50% on the recommended retail price. Read More…

Gryll Grange: Education, Modernity and Peacock's Final Comic Judgement

Peacock's last novel, Gryll Grange, asks what education is for and whether the newest answer is always the best one. As the Peacock summer series concludes, we trace his final comic judgement from the debating halls of 1815 to the quiet wisdom of 1860. Read More…