Heart of Albion
Publishing frighteningly good books since 1989
'Possibly the most interesting publishers in Britain today!'
D.J. Tyrer The Supplement
Heart of Albion, 113 High Street, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF
(0)1672 539077
New 2011 and 2012
- Singing Up the Country: The songlines of Avebury and beyond Bob Trubshaw
- Leicestershire People and Places One Hundred Years Ago: a selection of photographs by George Moore Henton 1861–1924 Anthony Wibberley
- Creating the Paranormal Bob Trubshaw free download
- Souls, Spirits and Deities Bob Trubshaw free download
- How Anglo-Saxons Found Their Way Bob Trubshaw free download
- The Especially Sacred Grove Bob Trubshaw free download
Recent
- Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland (2nd edition) Bob Trubshaw
- John Michell: Atlantis to Avalon Paul Screeton
- Bless 'Em All! Life in the Women's Land Army at Lubenham, Leicestershire Pat Fox (distributed by Heart of Albion on behalf of Market Harborough Historical Society)
- English Holy Wells: A sourcebook Jeremy Harte
- Mars Bar and Mushy Peas: Urban legend and the cult of celebrity Paul Screeton
- Lost Islands: Inventing Avalon, Destroying Eden Kevan Manwaring
- Holy Wells in Britain: A guide Janet Bord
- Phantom Black Dogs in Prehispanic Mexico free download
Folklore
- Mars Bar and Mushy Peas – Urban legend and the cult of celebrity Paul Screeton
- English Holy Wells – A sourcebook Jeremy Harte
- Holy Wells in Britain – A guide Janet Bord
- Explore Vampires Bob Curran
- Horn Dance or Stag Night? Folklore and myth in the age of blogs Bob Trubshaw
- Phantom Black Dogs in Latin America Simon Burchell
- Howls of Imagination – Wolves of England Paul Williams
- Cures and Curses – Ritual and cult at holy wells Janet Bord
- Over Nine Forests – Folk beliefs and practices from Lithuania to the Urals K.M. Koppana
- The Enchanted Land – Myths and legends of Britain's landscape Janet and Colin Bord
- Mystery Big Cats Merrily Harpur
- A Bestiary of Brass Peter Heseltine
- Crossing the Line: trespassing on railway weirdness Paul Screeton
- Explore Dragons Richard Freeman
- Explore Phantom Black Dogs edited by Bob Trubshaw
- Explore Fairy Traditions Jeremy Harte
- Explore Folklore Bob Trubshaw
- Footprints in Stone Janet Bord
- Masterworks – the arts and crafts of traditional buildings in northern Europe Nigel Pennick
- Ghosts and Hauntings in and around Leicestershire Andrew James Wright
- Leicestershire Legends retold by Black Annis
- Snake Fat and Knotted Threads – an introduction to traditional Finnish healing magic K.M. Koppana
- Alternatives Approaches to Folklore Jeremy Harte (free download)
- Research in Geomancy Jeremy Harte (free download)
Mythology
- Lost Islands – Inventing Avalon, Destroying Eden Kevan Manwaring
- Explore Alchemy Cherry Gilchrist
- The Princess Who Ate People – The psychology of Celtic myths Brendan McMahon
- Taliesin's Travels – A demi-god at large Michael Dames
- The Enchanted Land – Myths and legends of Britain's landscape Janet and Colin Bord
- Explore Mythology Bob Trubshaw
- The Myths of Reality Simon Danser
- Ymir's Flesh – North European Creation Mythologies Alby Stone
Cultural studies / social history
- Entranced by the Goddess – Folklore in north Indian religion Sudha Chandola
- Invizikids – The curious enigma of 'imaginary' childhood friends Mike Hallowell
- Flying Saucerers – A social history of UFOlogy David Clarke and Andy Roberts
- Explore Hinduism Bansi Pandit
- Sacred Places – Prehistory and popular imagination Bob Trubshaw
- Stonehenge – celebration and subversion Andy Worthington
- The Myths of Reality Simon Danser
- Creating the Paranormal Bob Trubshaw free download
Religion
- Entranced by the Goddess: Folklore in north Indian religion Sudha Chandola
- Explore Hinduism Bansi Pandit
- Explore Shamanism Alby Stone
- Souls, Spirits and Deities Bob Trubshaw free download
Archaeology
- Sacred Places: Prehistory and popular imagination Bob Trubshaw
- Stonehenge – celebration and subversion Andy Worthington
- Masterworks – the arts and crafts of traditional buildings in northern Europe Nigel Pennick
- Crete Reclaimed Susan Evasdaughter
- Singing Up the Country: The songlines of Avebury and beyond Bob Trubshaw
Anglo-Saxon / Old English studies
- A User Friendly Dictionary of Old English Bill Griffiths
- Surrey Place-Names Gavin Smith
- Understanding Leicestershire and Rutland Place-Names Jill Bourne
- Souls, Spirits and Deities Bob Trubshaw free download
- How Anglo-Saxons Found Their Way Bob Trubshaw free download
- The Especially Sacred Grove Bob Trubshaw free download
Medieval carvings and monuments
- A Bestiary of Brass Peter Heseltine
- Explore Green Men Mercia MacDermott with photographs by Ruth Wylie
Revised and expanded 2nd edition - Hunky Punks – a study in Somerset stone carving Peter Poyntz Wright
- Good Gargoyle Guide – medieval carvings of Leicestershire and Rutland
Bob Trubshaw - Interactive Gargoyles and Grotesque Carvings of Leicestershire and Rutland
Bob Trubshaw - Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland Max Matthews
Local history
Leicestershire and Rutland local history
Nottinghamshire/Bedfordshire local history
Warwickshire local history
Wiltshire local interest
- Singing Up the Country: The songlines of Avebury and beyond Bob Trubshaw
- Sacred Places: Prehistory and popular imagination
- Stonehenge – celebration and subversion
Complete publications for free download:
- Creating the Paranormal Bob Trubshaw
- Souls, Spirits and Deities Bob Trubshaw
- How Anglo-Saxons Found Their Way Bob Trubshaw
- The Especially Sacred Grove Bob Trubshaw
- Phantom Black Dogs in Prehispanic Mexico
- Horn Dance or Stag Night? Folklore and myth in the age of blogs
- Research in Geomancy 1990–1994: Readings in sacred space Jeremy Harte
- Alternative Approaches to Folklore 1969–1996 Jeremy Harte
Heart of Albion Press was founded in 1989 by Bob Trubshaw to publish Leicestershire and Rutland local history. By the mid-1990s titles had diversified into archaeology and mythology. In September 2002 Heart of Albion launched Explore Books, a series of books providing accessible overviews of the latest academic thinking relating to folklore, mythology and social history. In June 2004 a further imprint, Alternative Albion was launched to promote titles with more overtly counter-culture interest. At the end of 2010 Heart of Albion relocated to Wiltshire.