ABOUT

Books that
don't let you
off the hook.

English Woods Publishing is an independent press in Tampa, Florida. We make books that are raw, real, and ruthless — the kind that tell the truth.

01 / THE STORY

How we got here.

TAMPA, FL
Dion Parker, founder and author
AUTHOR · FOUNDER
Dion Parker

English Woods Publishing is an independent press based in Tampa, Florida, founded by author Dion Parker. We exist for one reason: to put out books that tell the truth and push people to do something with it.

The press started with one book — On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow — written for everyone who's been talked out of their own potential. Dion wrote it the way it needed to be written: plain, honest, and unwilling to let anybody hide behind an excuse. Rather than soften the edges to fit somebody else's catalog, he built his own.

We're independent and we plan to stay that way. We'd rather do one book right than ten books fast. Every title we publish has to earn its place — it has to be the kind of book you finish, then hand to someone who needs it.

We don't print what isn't real.
We make books that need to be read.

We're not for everybody. We're for the people who already know it's time.

02 / WHERE WE'RE AT

The short version.

01
TITLE IN PRINT
On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow
100%
INDEPENDENT
Author-founded · Tampa, FL
06
CHAPTERS, ONE SITTING
Memoir, manual, wake-up call
03 / WHAT WE BELIEVE

Six things.
No exceptions.

01

Voice over volume.

We'd rather publish one book right than five books fast.

02

Keep the rhythm.

If editing flattens how somebody really talks, the editing's wrong.

03

No permission needed.

We don't wait to be told a book matters before we make it.

04

Off the page.

A book isn't finished until it's been read out loud in a room.

05

Pay the writer.

Authors come first. Always. We can wait.

06

Loan, don't lock.

We make books built to be passed around, not shelved and forgotten.

WHAT WE'RE ABOUT

We make books
that don't let
you off the
hook.

— ENGLISH WOODS PUBLISHING
04 / GET IN TOUCH

Order, book, or holler.

GET THE BOOK

Order a copy.

On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow in paperback ($27.99), hardback ($37.99), or eBook ($9.99). Bookstore and bulk orders? Email us and we'll get it to you.

ENGLISHWOODSPUBLISHING@GMAIL.COM
813-551-0508
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SPEAKING & EVENTS

Book Dion.

Keynotes, workshops, book clubs, schools, churches, and teams. Tell us about your event and we'll find a date.

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PRESS & GENERAL

Holler at us.

Media, interviews, partnerships, or anything else — we read everything that comes in.

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TAMPA, FL
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