Independent publisher · Est. 2023
Books that hit hard.
Punch Up Press publishes investigative non-fiction and fiction by Ryan Jones. The books start where an institution has already decided the matter is settled, and then go and read what it actually filed.
Out now
The Normal Thing to Be
How Infant Circumcision Became a Global Health Agenda
How a contested American custom was rebuilt as global health policy, and who did the rebuilding.
Why we publish
Beneath the surface
These are books and articles that challenge the status quo. Each one goes looking for information that usually stays hidden beneath the surface. Then readers get to see it.
Hear about the next one
New books, new essays, and the occasional note from the middle of an investigation. Once a month at most. One click to leave.